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A group of political and technology leaders attended the inauguration of the Israeli Innovation Center at the Peres Center of Peace, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. Among the high-profile dignitaries from the worlds of politics and technology included Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; China’s Vice President Wang Qishan; the...

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Iran

President Donald Trump signed a recently passed bill that imposed new sanctions on the Lebanese Iran-backed terrorist group, Hezbollah, at a ceremony at the White House commemorating the 35th anniversary of the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut, Fox News reported Thursday. “At 6:22 a.m., the terrorist detonated the equivalent of...

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Israel

Four Israeli teens came home with medals from the 2018 Youth Olympic Games held in Buenos Aires earlier this month. On the first day of the 12-day event, October 6, 15-year-old swimmer Anastasya Gorbenko won a gold medal in the women’s 200-meter individual medley. She set a new Israeli record, completing the...

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Diplomacy

Members of the IDF’s elite 699 search-and-rescue unit arrived in Jordan, at the request of the government, to help in rescue efforts after Jordan was hit with a flash flood that swept away a school bus, leaving 17 dead and others injured, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. The troops...

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Iran

A first draft of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s 50-year plan shows that his goal remains one of “regional, even global, supremacy,” in addition to the Islamization of Iranian culture and the rejection of Western values, an expert on Iran wrote in an analysis published Wednesday. Though the final...

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American Jews who feel alienated by Israel and its politics should engage more deeply with dialogue and positivity, instead of drifting away, Joshua S. Block, CEO and President of The Israel Project, said in an interview with i24news at the sideline of the Jewish Federation of North America’s annual General...

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Israel

The IDF’s outgoing Gaza Division commander said that the level of violence on the border between Israel and Gaza is controlled by Hamas, the terrorist group that exercises complete political and military control over the Gaza Strip, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. Brig. Gen. Yehuda Fuchs made his remarks...

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MidEast

Artificially activating the “reward system” in the brains of mice with two types of cancer led to a dramatic reduction in the size of their tumors, according to authors of a study conducted at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. “The relationship between a person’s emotional state and cancer has been...

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Diplomacy

The documents recovered by Israeli intelligence from Iran’s hidden nuclear archive show “that Iran conducted far more high explosive tests at the site than previously understood,” according to a paper published on Tuesday by the Institute for Science and International Security. Among the authors of the paper are Ollie Heinonen,...

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Israel

Israel’s defense minister has allowed Qatari-bought fuel shipments to Gaza to resume, after canceling them a week ago when a rocket launched from Gaza struck and severely damaged a house in Beersheba, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. “In accordance with Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman’s decision from Sunday and in...

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