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Two Arab-Israeli members of a large Hamas terror cell who were arrested last month have been indicted for plotting to kill Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, The Times of Israel reported Friday. According to the indictment, Hazem Ziad Amran Sandouqa, a 22-year-old resident of Jerusalem’s Old City, and Fahdi Daoud...

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Israel

Nashat Milhem, identified by his father as the gunman who fatally shot three Israelis in Tel Aviv last week, was killed after opening fire on Israeli police, The Times of Israel reported on Friday. According to Israel’s Channel 2, authorities recently found an unidentified item that belonged to Milhem and...

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Iran

The United States Treasury Department sanctioned a Lebanese businessman for his support of the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah, marking the first application of the Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015, The Hill reported on Thursday. The act passed both houses of Congress unanimously, and was signed into law by President Obama last month....

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EarlySense, a leader in contact-free health sensing and analytics, has announced a new partnership with smart fitness technology leader iFit, to help users track their sleep. The Israeli developed EarlySense technology will be integrated with the iFit fitness tracking platform. “iFit embraces a 360 degree view on personal fitness and...

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The international streaming giant Netflix announced that its services are now available in Israel and 129 other countries, The Times of Israel reported on Wednesday. Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings shared the news during his keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. “With this launch, consumers...

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Europe

An IsraAid delegation is being hailed for the relief it’s extending to residents of Yorkshire county in northern England, which suffered severe flooding at the end of December, The Jewish Chronicle reported on Wednesday. The volunteers– Navonel Glick, Mickey Noam-Alon, Yuval Statman, and Gilad Lavi– have been helping rebuild destroyed homes...

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Diplomacy

Somalia ordered all Iranian diplomats to leave its borders within 72 hours, joining a growing number of countries who are severing relations with the Islamic Republic amid its escalation with Saudi Arabia, the Associated Press reported Thursday. “This step has been taken after careful consideration and in response to the...

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Europe

Spain’s Supreme Court awarded Israel’s Ariel University over $100,000 in damages after it was illegally excluded from a scientific competition by Spain’s Housing Ministry, Benjamin Weinthal reported in The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday. The landmark ruling marks the end of a case that began after the university was blocked in...

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Israel

Israel’s internal security agency, the Shin Bet, announced the foiling of a plot by a Hamas cell to kidnap and murder Israeli citizens in December, The Times of Israel reported on Thursday. The cell, which included three Israeli citizens from Jerusalem and three residents of Hebron, was led in part...

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In his keynote address opening the 2016 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last evening, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich announced that Intel is working with Israel’s Replay Technologies to deliver new viewing experiences for sports fans on broadcast, in the stadium and at home. Replay’s proprietary “freeD” technology,...

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