Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s historic visit to several Latin American countries this week could serve as a platform to promote regional cooperation against Iran’s involvement in global terrorism and Hezbollah’s activities in the region, Emanuele Ottolenghi and Michaela Frai wrote in The Jerusalem Post. Latin America’s permissive environment for...

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Israeli Paralympic table-tennis player Karmit Dor won a gold medal in the Czech Open Championship last weekend, in which 150 athletes participated. Dor overcame Poland’s Karolina Peck in the Women’s Singles Class 10 final in a close match (4-11, 12-10, 11-5, 9-11, 13-11). Peck went into the tournament ranked third...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Argentina on Monday on the first leg of a groundbreaking diplomatic tour that will also include Colombia and Mexico. Netanyahu has called the visit, the first to Latin America by a sitting Israeli Prime Minister, “historic.” He is travelling with a large business delegation...

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Israeli humanitarian-aid groups are already on their way to Florida after Hurricane Irma made landfall this Sunday and threatened the state with tornadoes, catastrophic storm surges, and strong winds and flooding. Other Israeli aid teams are making their way to Mexico, which was hit by a deadly earthquake on Thursday night,...

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The head of Israel’s General Security Service briefed the Israeli Cabinet on Sunday about the scale of the current terrorist threat. Nadav Argaman, head of the Shin Bet, told Government ministers that Israel has prevented 200 terrorist attacks from more than 70 local terrorist cells since the beginning of 2017. Argaman...

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How did an Israeli startup evolve from using radio frequency (RF) technology intended to detect breast cancer to creating palm-sized devices that can monitor passengers in self-driving cars? That’s the remarkable story of Vayyar Imaging, which is building a multi-purpose sensor with real-life uses that sound straight out of science...

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Conan O’Brien, the comedian and popular late night television host, said on his recent trip to Israel that the doctors at a northern Israeli hospital who treat Syrian patients deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. O’Brien was in Israel to produce a segment for an ongoing series called Conan Without Borders. For...

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Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday warned that Israel might be forced to take preemptive action against Hezbollah to take out the terrorist organization’s weapons arsenal. Rivlin made the remarks after Israeli warplanes struck one of the Syrian regime’s key missile and...

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Intel, the chip-making giant, is installing cutting edge Israeli-developed replay technology into eight more NFL stadiums for the 2017 season, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. Cameras outfitted with freeD technology, which were developed by Israeli startup Replay Technologies, have been installed in the home stadiums of the Arizona Cardinals,...

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The official launch of TLV in LDN, a four-day festival taking place across London that celebrates different aspects of Tel Aviv’s vibrant culture, kicked off Thursday night at the Roundhouse in Camden. Israeli Public Security and Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan was joined by the United Kingdom Secretary of State for...

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