Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Israel Monday to meet with Israel’s top leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman and Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot. Dunford, was received at the Kirya, the headquarters...
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Israel’s first “smart” hiking trail, under construction between Tiberias and Beit Sheʽarim National Park in the Lower Galilee, will bring hikers back in history to the Second Temple period more than 2,000 years ago, when the Great Sanhedrin — the supreme Jewish authority of sages – was active in this...
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No one seems willing to help Syrians injured in that country’s civil war except for “God and Israel,” is a common sentiment expressed by the wounded Syrians who have been treated in Nahariya’s Western Galilee Hospital, Haaretz reported Saturday. The Western Galilee Hospital, which is located in Nahariya on Israel’s...
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A Texas-based bank announced that it would shut the account of a group promoting boycotts of Israel, Benjamin Weinthal of The Jerusalem Post reported Friday. Comerica Bank announced that it would close the account of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) in a statement e-mailed to the Post. The e-mail...
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Nearly three years after publishing a virulently anti-Israel letter which whitewashed Hamas and accused Israel of war crimes, The Lancet, a highly regarded medical journal published an issue highlighting health care in Israel, Ynet reported Monday. Subsequent to The Lancet‘s publication of the letter, the publication’s editor, Richard Horton, was...
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On May 5, 2017, the Israeli Economic Delegation of the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry in Texas and the Texas-Israel Chamber of Commerce co-hosted a first-of-its-kind event in the city of Austin for 200 key players from the Texas water industry and government. The event presented innovative Israeli water...
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Marwan Barghouti, a Palestinian terrorist currently serving five life terms in an Israeli prison, can be seen eating, violating a self-proclaimed hunger strike, in a video released by the Israel Prison Service, The Times of Israel reported Monday. A spokesman for the Israel Prison Service said that the video, which includes...
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In an interview with Qatar-owned broadcaster, Al Jazeera, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I – Vt.), who ran last year for the Democratic Party’s nomination for president, said that he supported Israel’s right to exist, rejected the anti-Israel BDS campaign, and blasted the anti-Israel bias at the United Nations, the Jewish Telegraphic...
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Taranis, a software platform to help farmers anticipate agricultural conditions, announced this week that it has closed a $7.5 million Series A round of financing led by Finistere Ventures, an AgTech (agricultural technology) venture pioneer, and Vertex Ventures. Existing investors, EshbolInvestments, Mindset Ventures, OurCrowd, and angel investor Eyal Gura, also...
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On his first trip abroad as president later this month, Donald Trump plans to visit Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican, Politico reported Thursday. Holy trifecta! @realDonaldTrump to visit capitals of three Abrahamic religions – #Vatican #Israel #Saudi – on 1 trip https://t.co/uOHzUPl3pN — Robert Satloff (@robsatloff) May 4, 2017...
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