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Europe

A baby born without an esophagus and a five-year-old boy unable to eliminate bodily waste naturally were among the complex cases awaiting senior Israeli surgeons on their voluntary visits to Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. “It gives us a chance to do something...

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Diplomacy

Dismissing threats of violence emanating from the Palestinians and Arab nations, Israel’s former deputy national security adviser, Eran Lerman, believes that, were President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital this week, as expected, it could have a positive effect on the peace proposals the administration is preparing. In...

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Israel

Professors who were part of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign to isolate Israel, colluded not only among themselves to take control of the American Studies Association (ASA), but coordinated their effort with outside anti-Israel activists, two legal experts wrote in an op-ed published Sunday in The Wall Street...

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Global Affairs

Speaking at the 2017 Reagan National Defense Forum in California, Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster said that “about 80 percent of Assad fighters are Iranian proxies in Syria to establish a land bridge over into the Mediterranean,” as he warned of the “prospect of Iran having a proxy army on...

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Iran

Israel reportedly attacked an Iranian military base in the area of al-Kiswah in the early hours of Saturday morning. According to reports in the Syrian media, the IDF launched surface-to-surface rockets from the Golan Heights and the Israel Air Force (IAF) fired missiles at the military base, which is located...

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Israel

German and Israeli researchers have teamed up to launch a new high-tech accelerator focusing on cybersecurity innovation. The Hessian Israeli Partnership Accelerator for Cybersecurity (HIPA) was launched the first week of November in Jerusalem. It brings together top students in cybersecurity from both countries to work on projects in the areas of...

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Europe

A German politician criticized his government for denying’s Israel’s ownership of the Dead Sea Scrolls, which led to the cancellation of a planned exhibit of the ancient text next year, Benjamin Weinthal reported Friday for The Jerusalem Post. “If Germany is unwilling to clearly express the legal status of the...

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Israel

As part of Israel’s efforts to increase gender integration among combat forces, Israel’s first female tank operators are completing their training and ready to be deployed along Israel’s southern border, The Times of Israel reported. In March, the army announced that 15 women had been selected out of mixed-gender recruits...

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Europe

The Chief of the Defense Staff of the British Armed Forces, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, arrived in Israel Thursday for talks with IDF Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Gadi Eisenkot. A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces said,  “Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach and Lieutenant General Gadi...

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MidEast

International men’s lifestyle magazine GQ chose Israeli actress Gal Gadot as its 2017 Wonder Woman of the Year and for its 22nd annual Men of the Year issue. “When real-life wonder woman Gal Gadot smashed up the big screen in this summer’s blockbuster hit Wonder Woman, we knew superhero movies would never...

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