Israeli scientists have developed a better way to detect polio outbreaks quickly in countries where the virus has effectively been eradicated, Ben-Gurion University announced in a statement Monday. There are two ways to detect an outbreak in a country that is considered polio-free. One is to wait until there is a reported...

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Israeli leaders strongly condemned on Tuesday a suspected chemical weapons attack carried out by the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. “We, as a people who survived the greatest of atrocities and rose from the ashes to be a strong and secure nation, we will do all we can to continue...

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Israel’s Ministry of Defense announced on Monday that it confiscated 30 wetsuits camouflaged as sportswear that were believed to be destined for Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Similar to an incident last year, the wetsuits were on their way to the Hamas-ruled enclave when they were intercepted at the Kerem Shalom...

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The world’s longest underwater gas pipeline, which would connect Israel to Europe, is set to be operational by 2025, Israeli and European officials announced on Monday. “The unprecedented $6 billion-$7 billion plan in question involves building a privately-funded, 2,200-km deep-sea pipeline linking Israeli and Cypriot gas to the Greek and...

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Israeli emergency teams have deployed to Peru to support affected communities following weeks of flooding and mudslides that have eviscerated much of the country’s infrastructure. The Peruvian government said it needed international aid to help hundreds of thousands of people displaced by flash floods and landslides. IsraAID deployed a team...

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The Palestinian terror group Hamas is seeking undersea routes to strike the Jewish state, The Times of Israel reported Saturday. “We see rearming on every level on the sea-front — systems, weapons and trainings. Hamas sees the sea as an option to achieve its aggressive, operational ambitions,” said Maj. Irad Shtatar,...

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Three men were said to be injured by an explosion at a Hamas-run terror training camp in the Gaza Strip, The Times of Israel reported Monday. According to media associated with Hamas, the terror group that rules Gaza, the explosion took place at a Hamas military site. “Three men sustained varied...

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Senior officials from Israel’s political and military establishments attended Sunday’s ceremony to mark the operational integration of Israel’s newest air defense system. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman led the ceremony at the Hatzor Air Base, near the Gaza Strip, to unveil David’s Sling, which is...

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This Is What It Looks Like When America Leads The United Kingdom is following the United States’ lead in saying “enough is enough” to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office announced last Friday that they are “putting the Human Rights Council on notice” because of...

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Call it chutzpah or marketing savvy – either way, Israel’s Plant Production and Marketing Board believes Chinese consumers are a ripe market for the easy-peeling Jaffa Orri premium mandarin orange. Food historians pinpoint China as one of the first places to cultivate mandarin oranges (Citrus reticulate) about 4,000 years ago....

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