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It is harder and more expensive for individuals and businesses to purchase tires for their cars in Gaza, while rioters have a “seemingly endless supply” of old tires to burn, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. Since the beginning of the so-called “March of Return,” rioters at the violent Hamas-led protests...

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Europe

Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad, provided Denmark and Sweden with the information to stop the attempted assassination of the leader of the Danish branch of an Iranian opposition group, an Israeli official confirmed Wednesday. “The Mossad’s efforts have led to thwarting Iranian terrorism in France, Belgium, Austria, Germany and now Sweden and...

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Israel

The idea of ultrasound technology is to give radiologists a dynamic look at moving parts inside the body. However, most ultrasound scans today are done by technicians – so the radiologist is reviewing recorded images or video clips instead of seeing the full real-time picture. As a result, the doctor...

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Diplomacy

In the latest sign that relations between Israel and the Gulf States are warming up, a Bahraini writer said that his nation will not ask for permission to normalize with Israel, Middle East Monitor reported Monday. Abdullah Al-Junaid spoke about Bahrain’s interest in normalizing relations with Israel during an interview at RT,...

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MidEast

For the first time, Haifa, Israel’s third largest city, has elected a female mayor, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. Labor Party candidate, Dr. Einat Kalisch Rotem, who has a Ph.D. in architecture and urban planning and teaches at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology’s graduate school, defeated incumbent Yona Yahav, to become the...

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Israel

The fight against campus anti-Semitism is “primarily one of education,” Dovid Efune, editor-in-chief of The Algemeiner said in a conference call hosted by The Israel Project on Tuesday, discussing his publication’s role in helping Jewish students grapple with anti-Israel and anti-Jewish hatred. Efune explained that the education he referred to...

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Featured

The Secretary-General of the Saudi-based Muslim World League, Mohammed al-Issa, has strongly denounced Saturday’s Pittsburgh synagogue massacre that left eleven people dead, The Algemeiner reported. Al Issa, a former justice minister who took over the government-funded group in 2016, said in a statement that his group “strongly condemns the heinous...

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Europe

On October 29, Israeli non-governmental humanitarian aid organization IsraAID received the German Chancellor’s Integration Award in recognition of its work with Syrian, Iraqi and Afghan refugees in Germany. IsraAID’s team in Germany was granted the award at a Berlin ceremony in recognition of its Brückenbau (“Bridge Building”) project providing psychological support in...

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Europe

After saying that Denmark would take “further steps” in response to a foiled Iranian terror plot on its territory, Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen said that his country would recall its ambassador to Iran and push for new EU-wide sanctions against the Islamic Republic, Reuters reported Tuesday. Samuelsen made his remarks...

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Israel

Israel is trying both to avoid an escalation with Hamas and to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe” in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israeli diplomatic reporters. While the prime minister didn’t discount the possibility that Hamas might eventually force Israel into an all-out war, he argued...

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