A year and a half after launching in Israel, the global streaming service Netflix has greatly expanded its offerings, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. While initially Israeli viewers had access to some 10% of the Netflix catalogue, now they will be able to watch many of the service’s most popular offerings, including...

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Sarcasm is no laughing matter for people with autism and Asperger’s syndrome, who have difficulty interpreting subtle irony and humor. It’s an issue that’s become increasingly important as sarcastic comments abound on social media. A tweet like “The new ‘Fast and Furious’ movie is awesome. #sarcasm” is meant to be...

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A single mother in Ashkelon brought her child to the local branch of Krembo Wings, a unique Israeli youth movement run by kids for kids with special needs. But unlike the other parents, she didn’t leave after dropping off her daughter. “I asked her, ‘Why are you still here? Go...

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Nadia Murad, a Yazidi survivor of Islamic State captivity and UN goodwill ambassador, visited the Israeli Knesset on Monday to raise awareness for the plight of her people and explain how it relates to Jewish suffering during the Holocaust. “My visit here today is to ask you to recognize the genocide being...

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Israel has dismantled the metal detectors outside the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, following more than a week of unrest. Work crews were spotted in the early hours of Tuesday morning removing the metal detectors at one entrance and by dawn they had all been removed, according to Muslim officials. The...

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The metal detectors have come down. Since this was never about metal detectors, it comes as no surprise that tensions did not immediately subside. In their initial reaction to the Israeli measures, Muslim leaders instructed worshipers to continue to stay away from the Temple Mount. The Waqf, the Islamic Trust...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed his Georgian counterpart, Giorgi Kvirikashvili, to Jerusalem on Monday, saying their countries are “are kindred souls living in a very difficult part of the world … that show a big future.” While 2017 marked 25 years of diplomatic ties between the two nations, Netanyahu remarked that...

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The family of Omar al-Abed, the knife-wielding Palestinian terrorist who brutally murdered three members of the Salomon family at Shabbat dinner on Friday, will enjoy a generous payment from the Palestinian Authority (PA) for the killing of Jews. As a result of the PA’s program to pay Palestinians who commit...

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A former Israeli senior national security official said that it’s in the “basic interest” of both Israel and Jordan to resolve a diplomatic crisis stemming from a terrorist attack at the Israeli Embassy compound in Amman on Sunday. Two Jordanians were killed in the attack, including one who stabbed an Israeli security guard with...

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Thousands attended the funeral on Sunday of Yosef Salomon, 70, and his children Chaya Salomon, 46, and Elad Salomon, 36, who were killed by a Palestinian terrorist in the West Bank on Friday. The terrorist—19-year-old Omar al-Abed—entered Yosef’s home in Halamish and attacked the family as they celebrated the birth of a new grandchild....

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