A delegation of Jordanian sheikhs representing several tribes across Jordanian society met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at the president’s residence Wednesday. Members of the Middle East Department, of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also participated in the meeting with the sheikhs. The sheikhs are visiting Israel for five days...

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The dean of a school system in the Gaza Strip who was appointed to his post by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas continues to spread classic anti-Semitic libels on official PA television, Palestinian Media Watch reported Tuesday. Imad Hamato, who has long given classes on Islam on PA television, was appointed...

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The controversy over the possible disclosure of Israeli intelligence by President Donald Trump will affect neither overall U.S.-Israeli relations, nor intelligence cooperation, which remains “solid,” a former official of the Mossad, Israel’s external security agency, told reporters during a conference call Wednesday. Brig. Gen. (ret.) Amnon Sofrin, who headed Mossad’s...

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When Israeli engineers at the Israeli Air Force’s (IAF) Depot 22 asked Boeing, the prime contractor for an F-15B that had been severely damaged, if it could rehabilitate the plane by attaching its undamaged front section with the rear section of another damaged plane, Boeing never returned the call. According...

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Arab Gulf states have offered to improve ties with Israel if it intensifies efforts to reach a diplomatic agreement with the Palestinians, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The potential steps could include allowing Israeli planes to fly over their territory, establishing direct telecommunication access to Israel, easing some limits on...

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Israel’s recently installed ambassador to Nigeria cancelled the embassy’s Independence Day celebration and used the money saved to create a soccer league for children who escaped from the terrorist group Boko Haram, Ynet reported Sunday. Ambassador Guy Feldman used the money initially allocated for the party to buy uniforms for 225...

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The party of newly installed French President Emmanuel Macron expelled a candidate for a parliamentary seat on Friday over anti-Semitic comments he made on social media, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported. En Marche removed Christian Gerin, a journalist, from its ticket for next month’s legislative elections after tweets he made were...

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Yarok Technology Transfer, an innovation-based developer of fast, accurate tests for the food industry, today announced it has received the United Nations International Award 2017 for “Innovative Ideas and Technology on Agribusiness.” The Jerusalem-based company was honored for its fast testing system that is able to detect the presence of...

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Two Changes of Heart Israel recently received significant support from two unexpected sources. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I – Vt.) earlier this month told an Al Jazeera interviewer that he supports Israel’s right to exist and opposes boycotts that single out the Jewish state. When the interviewer asked him if signing a...

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Israeli defense officials have warned that Hamas is planning a terrorist attack in the West Bank to avenge the killing of one of its former masterminds and convicted terrorist Mazen Faqha, who was murdered in March in what Hamas claims was a Mossad operation, the Hebrew daily Israel Hayom reported...

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