Iran’s presence in Syria is a greater threat to Israel than that of the Islamic State, an Israeli minister told The Jerusalem Post Thursday, noting recent gains made by the Shiite axis in the Syrian civil war. “It’s very easy and convenient to focus on ISIS,” said Yuval Steinitz, the...

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Working together is the name of the game in a project now underway in Israeli, Palestinian Authority and Jordanian communities. The joint project, Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT), aims to train local residents as first responders in case of an earthquake. “The project is funded by the Peace Partnership of...

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The Israel Defense Forces this week carried out its largest exercise in five years in the West Bank ahead of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The four-day drill consisted of simulating “a variety of scenarios and emergency situations such as settlement infiltrations, abductions of Israeli citizens, bombings, vehicular or shooting attacks, and...

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Israel’s High Court on Wednesday stayed the order to empty an ammonia storage tank in Haifa, which has been the target of threats by the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah, Bloomberg News reported. The Haifa District Court initially mandated the tank be closed by Saturday following a municipal report raising fears that it...

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Former bankruptcy attorney David Friedman was sworn in on Wednesday as America’s new ambassador to Israel, with Vice President Mike Pence administering the oath of office and calling Israel “our most cherished ally.” Before the swearing-in ceremony, Pence said that Friedman was “born for this job,” adding that “it is because of...

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Freightos, an Israeli company that set up the world’s first marketplace for international shipping, announced on Wednesday the completion of a $25 million Series B extension round, led by GE Ventures, with participation by additional investors. The funds will be used to scale the Freightos Marketplace globally while continuing development...

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Washington’s ambassador to the United Nations on Wednesday slammed efforts to boycott Israel, saying that they bear “no connection to any reasonable definition of justice.” Nikki Haley condemned the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign at a UN event called Ambassadors Against BDS, which was organized by the Israeli mission to the...

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Israel’s gross domestic product “grew strongly” at a rate of 4 percent in 2016, which was “higher than growth in most advanced economies,” the Bank of Israel said in its annual report on Wednesday. Israel’s labor market is “robust,” with an economy near full employment and an increase in real...

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Israel and Nicaragua restored diplomatic ties on Wednesday, seven years after Nicaragua severed relations following the Mavi Marmara incident in 2010. News of the reconciliation followed an announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday night that the Jewish state would be reestablishing ties with an unnamed nation within a week, The Jerusalem...

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The United Kingdom’s international trade minister is in Israel for the first meeting of the new UK-Israel Trade Working Group, on the same day Britain chose to notify the European Union of its intention to leave. Lord Price will meet Israeli Minister of Economy and Industry Eli Cohen on Wednesday,...

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