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A video of the Israeli first-responder organization, United Hatzalah of Israel, produced by the popular Israeli-Arab vlogger (video blogger), NAS Daily, became the most-viewed video about an Israeli non-profit in just one week, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. NAS, as Nuseir Yassin is known, produces one-minute videos on topics of interest...

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Israeli researchers report that they have invented the first fully personalized tissue implant, engineered from a patient’s own materials and cells. The new technology makes it possible to engineer any kind of tissue implant, for the spinal cord, to the heart, or brain, from one small fatty tissue biopsy. “We...

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Iran

In separate actions the United States State Department targeted the son of Hezbollah leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, and a notorious Hamas commander, Reuters reported Tuesday. Jawad Nasrallah, son of the Hezbollah leader, was designated by the State Department as a terrorist for attacks planned by him in the West Bank....

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Iran

The documents in an archive seized by Israel show that Iran had “more advanced capabilities to make nuclear weapons themselves,” according to a paper being prepared by an anti-proliferation think tank, Foreign Policy reported Tuesday. Foreign Policy, which saw an early draft of the paper being produced by the Institute...

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A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was implemented Tuesday night ending a barrage of some 460 rockets launched into Israel from the Gaza Strip, after Hamas “begged” for one, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, The Jerusalem Post reported. Netanyahu’s assessment was backed up by unnamed Israeli officials, who...

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Diplomacy

A senior official from Azerbaijan, a majority-Muslim country located in the southern part of the Caucasus bordering Iran, has expressed solidarity in the wake of the October 27 massacre in which 11 Jews worshipping at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh were killed and six others were wounded. “What...

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Israel

The urban culinary festival OpenRestaurants is returning to Jerusalem for the third year, beginning Tuesday until November 17. One hundred events will showcase the aromas, sounds, and tastes of the city with the participation of cultural institutions, celebrity chefs, ingredient manufacturers, and of course some of Jerusalem’s most popular restaurants and eateries....

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MidEast

The leader of Hamas said on Tuesday his group was open to the possibility of a ceasefire, after the terrorist group and its Iranian-backed allies had launched 400 rockets and mortars at Israel border communities, Reuters reported. “Should the Occupation (Israel) stop its aggression a return to the ceasefire understandings...

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As terrorists in Gaza continued Tuesday to launch rockets at Israel amid ongoing ceasefire mediation efforts, The United States Department of State slammed the terrorist group, Hamas, and reaffirmed that Israel has the right to defend itself, The Algemeiner reported. “We are aware of reports of ongoing rocket and mortar...

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MidEast

A man was killed in the Israeli city of Ashkelon on Monday by a rocket fired by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza, becoming the first civilian casualty of the most serious fighting between Israel and Hamas since Operation Protective Edge in 2014, The Times of Israel reported. The 40-year-old man, a...

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