German and Israeli researchers have teamed up to launch a new high-tech accelerator focusing on cybersecurity innovation. The Hessian Israeli Partnership Accelerator for Cybersecurity (HIPA) was launched the first week of November in Jerusalem. It brings together top students in cybersecurity from both countries to work on projects in the areas of...

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A German politician criticized his government for denying’s Israel’s ownership of the Dead Sea Scrolls, which led to the cancellation of a planned exhibit of the ancient text next year, Benjamin Weinthal reported Friday for The Jerusalem Post. “If Germany is unwilling to clearly express the legal status of the...

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As part of Israel’s efforts to increase gender integration among combat forces, Israel’s first female tank operators are completing their training and ready to be deployed along Israel’s southern border, The Times of Israel reported. In March, the army announced that 15 women had been selected out of mixed-gender recruits...

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The Chief of the Defense Staff of the British Armed Forces, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, arrived in Israel Thursday for talks with IDF Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Gadi Eisenkot. A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces said,  “Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach and Lieutenant General Gadi...

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On the 70th anniversary of the ratification of the United Nations Partition Plan, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy has launched a new website called “Settlements and Solutions” that seeks to use civilian satellite imagery to provide a better understanding of West Bank demography in unprecedented detail that shows that...

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For a few hours each week, more than 2,000 fourth- to ninth-graders from 31 Jerusalem schools transform into PICO Kids. Mentored by 80-plus university students and local entrepreneurs, PICO Kids might build mini rockets, produce maps of their own DNA, create TED-style talks, do lab experiments, and learn programming, 3D printing...

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While on a state visit to Kenya, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Rwandan President Paul Kagame, and announced Tuesday that Israel would open an embassy in that East African nation. Netanyahu also announced that Israel was considering establishing direct flights to Rwanda after meeting with Kagame, The Times...

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United States Vice President Mike Pence attended an event in New York on Tuesday to mark the 70th anniversary of UN General Assembly Resolution 181 that recommended partitioning Mandatory Palestine into a Jewish state and Arab state. The event was organized by the World Jewish Congress and the Israeli mission to...

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The Israel-based I Clown You Project brought two Dream Doctor medical clowns, David Barashi and Rotem Goldenberg, from Israel to Los Angeles earlier this month for a weeklong series of events, lectures, hospital visits, workshops and seminars. The project aims to grow awareness in the United States around the profession of professional...

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Israel passed a message to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad through an intermediary that it would take military action in Syria if Iran is allowed to establish a permanent military presence in Syria. Ehud Yaari, Middle East analyst for Hadashot News (formerly Channel 2), reported the story and revealed Iranian plans...

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