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Diplomacy

Israeli leaders welcomed Rwandan President Paul Kagame for a two-day state visit on Monday, expressing hopes for increased cooperation and a solidarity rooted in their nations’ shared experience of overcoming genocide. President Kagame is now received by President Rivlin of Israel and Prime Minister Netanyahu at the President's residence in Jerusalem...

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The White House’s special envoy for international negotiations has returned to the Middle East for the sixth time in as many months, The Times of Israel reported Tuesday. Jason Greenblatt met with Palestinian officials in Jerusalem on Tuesday, even as the Palestinians continue to refuse to end payments to terrorists—a priority...

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MidEast

An award-winning reporter who first revealed that three Jewish women were ejected from the Dyke March in Chicago last month for carrying LGBT flags adorned with the Star of David has been reassigned to non-journalistic duties at The Windy City Times, the paper which published the original story, Ben Cohen reported for The...

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Iran

New details have emerged about underground weapons factories that Iran is building for its proxy group Hezbollah in Lebanon, The Times of Israel reported Monday. The existence of the factories was first reported in March by a Kuwaiti newspaper quoting an unnamed Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) general. Last...

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A week after the Palestinian terrorist group endorsed the boycott campaign against Israel, its officials convened for a meeting where Israeli-made refreshments were served. A picture of their meeting was tweeted by Israel’s coordinator of government activities in the territories (COGAT) with the caption, “A week after endorsing BDS, Hamas officials...

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Political newcomer Avi Gabbay has been elected to lead Israel’s opposition Labor party after winning Monday’s vote. He won 52 percent of the vote to beat Amir Peretz, a former party leader and defense minister. Addressing his supporters after his election, Gabbay said, “To anyone who doubted the vitality of...

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In a risky and delicate procedure performed for the first time in Israel this week, an interdisciplinary team of Hadassah Medical Center physicians fixed a severe heart defect in a 28-week-old fetus in the womb. The medical team widened the baby’s aorta using a balloon technique similar to adult catheterization....

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The lead singer of the popular British rock group Radiohead, which is slated to perform in Israel next week, raised his middle finger at anti-Israel protesters who were disrupting the band’s Glasgow concert on Friday, The Jerusalem Post reported. Supporters of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign, which seeks to...

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The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, expressed its support for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel in a Twitter post last week. “We salute and support the influential BDS Movement,” the Islamist faction tweeted on its official English-language account. We salute and support...

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Iran

Reports from German intelligence agencies show that Iran is still attempt to procure illicit technology, including parts for the operation of its heavy water reactor, which was shuttered under the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal, Benjamin Weinthal reported for The Weekly Standard on Friday. A report from the state of Hamburg...

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