Officials from Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia hailed the United States’ decision on Thursday to strike a Syrian airfield that was used to launch a lethal chemical attack against civilians earlier this week. Iran, a chief ally and backer of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, condemned the operation, The Wall Street Journal...

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Russia on Thursday said it considers Israel’s capital to be western Jerusalem, making it the first country in the world to recognize Israeli sovereignty over any part of the city. Moscow’s unexpected announcement reflects “a sharp shift in Russian policy,” which had previously supported placing Jerusalem under the governance of an unspecified...

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Israel’s transport and intelligence minister has announced a plan to connect the Israeli and Palestinian rail network to the wider region. Israel Katz’s “Tracks for Peace” plan will include links to Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, and even Iraq. In return, those Arab states will be given access to...

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Saying that San Francisco State University (SFSU) had contributed to “the continuing marginalization and demonization of the Jewish state,” Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat declined an invitation to speak there in a statement released Wednesday. Barkat had given a scheduled talk at the university in April of last year, but was interrupted...

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One by one, Micah Hendler gives hello hugs to 30 teenagers from across Israel’s capital city as they arrive for choir practice at the International YMCA on King David Street. Jewish, Muslim and Christian, the girls and boys don’t appear to have much in common until Hendler starts the vocal...

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An extensive study examining whether Palestinian society supports a two-state solution for peace with Israel was published Monday in Mosaic Magazine. Data was used from some 400 publicly available polls. “Polls of Israelis and Palestinians show that there is still strong support for the two-state solution – in theory,” wrote Daniel Polisar, author...

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The Israeli company Water Gen, which developed technology that produces clean water out of thin air, has signed deals to share its innovation with India and Vietnam. The agreements were reached with India’s second largest solar engineering company to provide water to remote villages and with the Vietnamese government to install water generators...

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A federal judge ruled Friday that a lawsuit against the leadership of the American Studies Association (ASA) for endorsing an academic boycott of Israel may go forward. The lawsuit, which was filed a year ago, claimed that the ASA had acted outside the scope of its charter by approving a resolution...

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Palestinian Authority textbooks for the school year of 2016 doubled down on demonizing Israel and praising “martyrdom,” a report released this month by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se) concluded. The report assessed the contents of textbooks in the PA school system ranging from the...

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Guatemalan government ministries – including the Defense Ministry, Home Front Command, fire service, police and emergency responders – recently turned to the Israeli ZAKA International Rescue Unit to ask for training sessions. Guatemala is facing considerable challenges in the emergency field and is looking to train its emergency responders in...

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