It took a global effort to save the life of an Afghan toddler suffering from a congenital heart defect. Israeli doctors, who voluntarily carry out heart surgeries for Save a Child’s Heart foundation, this week performed life-saving surgery on the two-year-old boy at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon. The...

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed President Edgar Chagwa Lungu of Zambia to Israel on Tuesday, offering him assurances “of our friendship and our commitment to our relationship.” Netanyahu recalled having met Lungu last July in Uganda and expressed his hope that they would meet again in few months. Lungu is visiting...

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Israeli security forces demolished nine homes illegally built on private Palestinian land in the West Bank on Wednesday, after removing protesters who tried to stop the demolitions. The police had removed protesters on Tuesday from eight of the nine homes in Ofra, but dozens of protesters holed themselves up in...

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A website published by the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah released a video clip earlier this week showing strategic sites throughout Israel that the group plans to attack, including nuclear facilities, power plants, and desalination centers. Following Nasrallah threats, Hezbollah’s @Alahednews published clip showing nuclear, strategic Israeli facilities to be attacked...

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A Jerusalem group is bringing Jews and Arabs together and helping them to get to know each other through backgammon tournaments, Reuters reported on Tuesday. The group Double Yerushalmi aims to strengthen ties between ethnic groups via the popular board game, as well as other cultural activities like singing and dancing....

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“If your house was on fire and you could only take one object with you, what would it be?” It’s a common question, often posed when people are trying to get to know one another. I was asked it by a friend just a few weeks ago. I glanced around....

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Over 165 Israeli startups and technology companies are participating in the 2017 Mobile World Congress, the world’s biggest mobile industry trade show, now taking place in Barcelona. Welcome to #Barcelona! #MWC17 begins today A post shared by The GSMA (@gsmaonline) on Feb 26, 2017 at 10:26pm PST The blue-and-white companies are...

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A top Chinese automobile manufacturer is slated to open a research and development center in Israel, Globes reported Sunday. Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) said that it will establish an R&D center in Israel focusing on “electrical propulsion, data networks, car sharing, and smart automated propulsion.” The company, which already has...

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The recent U.S.-Israeli proposal for a regional peace initiative, floated by President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in Washington earlier this month, is a non-starter, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday. Speaking at the opening session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva,...

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The terror group Hamas has built at least 15 tunnels that extend into Israel, the country’s Channel 2 reported Sunday, citing members of the government’s security cabinet. Although the Israel Defense Forces discovered and destroyed at least 34 tunnels during Operation Protective Edge in 2014, Hamas has been pouring resources into rebuilding its terror infrastructure,...

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