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Researchers have created technology that will enable our computers, text messages and phone calls to run 100 times faster through terahertz microchips. Until now, the major challenges that stood in the way of creating the terahertz microchip were overheating and scalability. However, following three years of extensive research, Hebrew University...

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Diplomacy

Israel’s Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon will fast track approvals necessary for the United States Embassy to open in Jerusalem in time to celebrate the nation’s 70th anniversary, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. “As we promised, we won’t let unnecessary bureaucracy delay moving the American Embassy to Jerusalem, Israel’s eternal capital,”...

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Diplomacy

Jordan has accepted Israel’s choice of new ambassador to the kingdom as relations between the two countries improve following a months-long dispute, The Times of Israel reported on Thursday. Israel’s Foreign Ministry named Amir Weissbrod as ambassador last month and his appointment received final confirmation by the Israeli cabinet on February 25. Weissbrod...

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Iran

A lack of water has been spurring protests in Iran against the regime since the beginning of the year, Reuters reported Thursday. Gathering information from online videos, Reuters reported that the protests over the water crisis have taken place mostly in Isfahan, located in central Iran, and, the Khuzestan province...

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Israel

A trove of rare bronze coins, the last remnants of a four-year Jewish revolt against the Roman Empire, has been discovered in a cave near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. During the digs at the Ophel excavation site, led by Hebrew University archaeologist Eilat Mazar, dozens of coins as well...

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Israel

Israeli forces apprehended an unarmed Gazan man who broke through the border fence in the northern Gaza Strip and crossed through into Israel, near the community of Zikim, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. It was third infiltration attempt this week. The man was turned over to the Shin Bet...

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Israel

The president of San Francisco State University (SFSU) asserted that the anti-Zionist views of a professor expressed on the official Facebook page of one of the school’s programs were “contrary” to the university’s values in a letter published at their website Monday. President Leslie Wong of SFSU said that the professor, Rabab Abdulhadi,...

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MidEast

A new report says roadside bombs disguised as rocks in Yemen bear similarities to others used by Iran’s terror proxy Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and by insurgents in Iraq and Bahrain, the Associated Press reported Monday. The study by Conflict Armament Research comes as the West and United Nations researchers identified...

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MidEast

Just days after the United States Congress passed the bipartisan Taylor Force Act into law, the Palestinian Authority published its 2018 budget, which includes $355 million allocated to payment of terrorists and their families, Palestinian Media Watch reported Wednesday. The Taylor Force Act would reduce U.S. aid to the PA...

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Europe

Let’s face it: Nobody wants to go through a colonoscopy, recommended for people over 50 to screen for colorectal cancer — the third most common cancer, with approximately 1.4 million new cases diagnosed worldwide each year, and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Because nearly one-third of the eligible...

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