Wonder Woman is the best superhero movie of all time, according to influential United States online review site, Rotten Tomatoes. The film, which stars Israeli actor Gal Gadot, has moved to top position on Rotten Tomatoes’ list of the 50 best superhero movies of all time. Directed by Patty Jenkins,...

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“Whenever I go to Israel, people always say don’t go there, don’t go there. ‘F–k off, I go where I want!” legendary rocker Boy George told the audience as he and his band Culture Club performed in Tel Aviv, The Algemeiner reported Wednesday. After more than 30 years, Boy George and...

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Did a gas and electric company in New Zealand just buy Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system to protect its infrastructure? Not quite. But New Zealand-based energy and communications infrastructure provider Vector did make a $10 million investment in the Israeli company that developed the Iron Dome. And some of...

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After telling Romania’s Ioana Isac, the 3 millionth visitor to Israel this year, and her companion that their designated tour guide wasn’t available and a substitute would show them David’s Tower Museum in Jerusalem, Tourism Minister Yariv Levin introduced the couple to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, surprising both. The couple,...

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When the dispatcher alerted them about a two-week-old baby who’d stopped breathing, 16-year-old Ori Cohen and his Magen David Adom crewmates were right nearby with their ambulance. Working quickly under the guidance of the crew’s senior emergency medical technician, Cohen and his fellow volunteers restored the infant’s breathing and whisked...

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It sounded like something out of a movie. A dishonest businessman representing a crime boss is enticed to invest in a scheme that provides incredible returns. When the short term results proved to be as good as promised, the businessman went to his boss and encouraged him to invest and realize...

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Meeting with leaders of the Jewish community in Madrid on Sunday, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin pledged Israel’s support in the fight against anti-Semitism, as he embarked on a three-day state visit to celebrated 100 years of resurgent Jewish presence in Spain, The Times of Israel reported. “The community here today...

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Stewart Cowley’s The Hungry Hippo has been a bedtime favorite since its publication in 1986. The story tells of a grumpy young hippo named Potamus who stomps all over town in search of his favorite food (a peanut butter and jelly sandwich). Real life imitated art on November 1 when...

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Israel’s largest-ever biennnial aerial exercise, including the air forces of nine countries, is underway, The Times of Israel reported Sunday. Teams from the United States, Greece, Poland, France, Italy and Germany will be participating in Blue Flag 2017. For the first time a team from India will participate. An eighth...

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Israeli cybersecurity companies Skybox, Intezer and NanoLock dominated investment news during the month of October. Skybox Security raised $150 million in a financing round led by CVC Capital Partners’ Growth Fund, which invested $100 million; $50 million came from Pantheon. Skybox, founded in Israel in 2002, is headquartered in Silicon Valley...

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