Israel is the 11th happiest country in the world, according to a 2017 World Happiness Report published by the United Nations on Monday. The report, released on World Happiness Day, attempts to quantify each nation’s happiness, which it defines as “the proper measure of social progress and the goal of public policy.” It draws...

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It is an open secret that the Palestinian Authority pays salaries to convicted terrorists and stipends to the families of terrorists killed in action. In response, last week Israel designated the Palestinian National Fund, the treasury of the Palestine Liberation Organization, as a terrorist group, accusing it of serving as...

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Two Palestinian men have been charged with funneling funds from Turkish charities earmarked for Gaza reconstruction to the terrorist group Hamas, Israel’s internal security service announced on Tuesday. The Shin Bet said that Muhammad Murtaja, the Gaza coordinator of the Turkish Cooperation and Development Agency (TİKA), was arrested in February as he attempted to...

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Israeli security forces thwarted 16 suicide bombings and 16 kidnappings in 2016, making it the first year in three decades that no Israelis were killed by terrorists from the Gaza Strip, the head of Israel’s internal security agency told lawmakers on Monday. Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman told the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs...

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The head of the Israeli military warned Sunday that the Shiite terrorist group Hezbollah is building up its arsenal in Lebanon, which will bear the brunt of any future conflict between the Iranian proxy and Israel. In a “future war, there will be a clear address: the state of Lebanon and...

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Israel announced on Monday that the David’s Sling weapons system, designed to tackle medium-range rocket and missile threats, is set to be operational within the coming weeks. “In the next few weeks we will finish a long process of testing a new weapons system that will join the air force,”...

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Using ingenuity to overcome its serious water challenges, Israel has become the go-to expert for a world facing an impending water crisis. This year’s WATEC expo and conference, to be held in September in Tel Aviv, is expected to attract 10,000 stakeholders from 90 countries seeking Israeli solutions for water...

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The United States on Monday boycotted the United Nation’s Human Rights Council over its disproportionate focus on Israel, saying this “long-standing bias” severely jeopardizes the organization’s credibility. Israel is the only country that has its record examined during each of the council’s three annual meetings under a standing agenda item, known as...

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The Iran-backed Palestinian terror group Hamas will “no doubt” try to launch terror attacks on Israel during the upcoming Passover holiday, the head of Israel’s internal security agency told the Knesset’s influential Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday. “We are just before the Passover holiday, and there is no...

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced on Sunday that he will grant his people’s highest honor to the former head of a United Nations agency that issued a widely criticized report on Israel last week, Haaretz reported. According to a statement from the office of the Palestinian president, Abbas informed Rima Khalaf by phone...

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