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No one seems willing to help Syrians injured in that country’s civil war except for “God and Israel,” is a common sentiment expressed by the wounded Syrians who have been treated in Nahariya’s Western Galilee Hospital, Haaretz reported Saturday. The Western Galilee Hospital, which is located in Nahariya on Israel’s...

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A Texas-based bank announced that it would shut the account of a group promoting boycotts of Israel, Benjamin Weinthal of The Jerusalem Post reported Friday. Comerica Bank announced that it would close the account of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) in a statement e-mailed to the Post. The e-mail...

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At a debate with five other approved candidates ahead of Iran’s May 19 presidential elections, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani blamed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of sabotaging the 2015 nuclear deal Iran agreed to with the United States and five other powers, Agence France-Presse reported Friday. “We saw how they...

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Nearly three years after publishing a virulently anti-Israel letter which whitewashed Hamas and accused Israel of war crimes, The Lancet, a highly regarded medical journal published an issue highlighting health care in Israel, Ynet reported Monday. Subsequent to The Lancet‘s publication of the letter, the publication’s editor, Richard Horton, was...

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On May 5, 2017, the Israeli Economic Delegation of the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry in Texas and the Texas-Israel Chamber of Commerce co-hosted a first-of-its-kind event in the city of Austin for 200 key players from the Texas water industry and government. The event presented innovative Israeli water...

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Hamas has announced a new leader of its Qatar-based wing, in a significant win for the Gaza-based faction of the group. Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ former leader in the Gaza Strip, will replace Hamas’ current leader Khaled Mashaal who lives in exile in Qatar, after he completed the maximum two terms...

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Iran has issued threats to two nearby nations in recent days, further indicating that it is a destabilizing force in the region. Saudi Arabian Defense Minister, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, said in an interview, carried by several Saudi networks, that Iran seeks “to take over the Islamic world.” In response, his Iranian counterpart...

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Marwan Barghouti, a Palestinian terrorist currently serving five life terms in an Israeli prison, can be seen eating, violating a self-proclaimed hunger strike, in a video released by the Israel Prison Service, The Times of Israel reported Monday. A spokesman for the Israel Prison Service said that the video, which includes...

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In an interview with Qatar-owned broadcaster, Al Jazeera, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I – Vt.), who ran last year for the Democratic Party’s nomination for president, said that he supported Israel’s right to exist, rejected the anti-Israel BDS campaign, and blasted the anti-Israel bias at the United Nations, the Jewish Telegraphic...

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Taranis, a software platform to help farmers anticipate agricultural conditions, announced this week that it has closed a $7.5 million Series A round of financing led by Finistere Ventures, an AgTech (agricultural technology) venture pioneer, and Vertex Ventures. Existing investors, EshbolInvestments, Mindset Ventures, OurCrowd, and angel investor Eyal Gura, also...

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