The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has given major grants in recent years to groups that call for boycotts of Israel and support the nuclear deal with Iran, Armin Rosen reported Wednesday in Tablet Magazine. Founded in 1940 by David Rockefeller and his four brothers, the fund is one of the most...

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The Palestinian Authority issued payments to terrorists and their families totaling more than $1 billion over a four year period, according to a recent study by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. The sum accounts for seven percent of the PA’s budget and is equivalent to 20 percent of the foreign aid the PA receives...

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Jerusalem will be Israel’s first city – and one of a handful of major cities in the world – to establish an independent municipal wireless network based on super-fast millimeter wave technology. The network will enable “smart city” services in such areas as security and safety, emergency response, parking and...

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The lower house of the Czech Republic’s parliament called on the government to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and to stop paying dues to UNESCO, the cultural organization of the United Nations, as long as it continued its anti-Israel bias, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. The Czech Chamber of Deputies...

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Israel’s public security minister called for the formation of “a counter-terror alliance that includes Israel, Arab states, the West and all like-minded countries” in an essay published Monday in Newsweek. The main motivation of terror right now, Gilad Erdan wrote, is “a radical ideology that uses an extremist view of...

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Staff at the Gazelle Valley nature park in Jerusalem are celebrating the recent birth of two new fawns, as these cute offspring bring the number of antelope to 20. Two years ago, when the nature reserve officially opened the Gazelle Valley nature park had just six long-legged antelope, a staffer...

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Israel on Wednesday celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the reunification of its capital city, Jerusalem. Jerusalem was secured by Israeli forces on June 7, 1967, corresponding to the 28th day of the Jewish month of Iyar, after two days of fighting with Jordan. In an account of the battle to retake...

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This July, 19-year-old Noa Gabay will represent Israel at the Focus on Youth event at the 13th World Harp Congress in Hong Kong, showcasing the cream of the future crop of harpists. “When I was five years old, like most little girls, I had a dream of becoming a ballerina....

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An announcement on the official White House website of a pending joint appearance on Monday by President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu identified the location of their meeting as Jerusalem, Israel. This is in contrast to the announcement the White House published ahead of former President Barack Obama’s...

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The Trump administration praised a series of measures approved by Israel to help improved the Palestinian economy and relax travel restrictions for the Palestinians, in a statement released Monday. According to the statement, the measures approved by the Israeli cabinet on Sunday are consistent with President Donald Trump’s “particular interest” in...

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