Fatah and Hamas, the two main Palestinian political parties, have expressed praise for a terror attack that killed four Israelis in Jerusalem on Sunday. Fadi al-Qunbar, a suspected ISIS supporter, drove a truck into a group of Israeli soldiers, killing Lt. Yael Yekutiel (age 20), Cadet Shir Hajaj (22), Cadet Shira Tzur (20),...

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The Israeli high-tech sector posted $10 billion in “exits” in 2016—including the $4.4 billion acquisition of social games developer Playtika in July—according to the annual end-of-year market report by IVC-Meitar. The research firm’s High-Tech Exits Report, published on Tuesday, showed that Israeli high-tech companies closed 104 deals last year—including 93 mergers and...

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Anti-Israel UN Resolutions? Not in Our House (of Representatives) Battle lines have been drawn between the Obama administration and a large bipartisan majority of Congress after the White House refused to veto United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334, which condemned Israeli activities in eastern Jerusalem and the West Bank. The House of Representatives...

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Perched on a ledge outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is an unremarkable wooden ladder, placed there by an unknown person, which has stood untouched for 150 years. The six Christian denominations that grudgingly share one of Christianity’s holiest sites are locked in a tense territorial standoff....

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A former Supreme Commander of NATO advocated for even closer military cooperation between the United States and Israel in an essay for Time on Thursday. Former Admiral James Stavridis, now the Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, wrote that in order for the United States to confront the...

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The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a measure on Thursday objecting to last month’s anti-Israel United Nations Security Council resolution. House Resolution 11, which passed 342-80, condemned Security Council Resolution 2334, which called Israel’s activities in eastern Jerusalem and other areas captured in 1967 “a flagrant violation under international law.”...

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One day after last month’s vote in the United Nations Security Council to condemn Israeli activities in areas it conquered in 1967, the world body’s General Assembly approved funding to create a database of companies that do business in those areas, which some fear could be used to create a “blacklist,” Fox News...

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Or Sasson won a bronze medal in judo at last summer’s Rio Olympics. The 25-year-old national hero then donated his Olympic jacket to Shalva, the Israel Association for the Care and Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities. At Shalva’s gala dinner on December 18, the coveted jacket was auctioned for $100,000...

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The world’s tallest solar tower is currently being constructed in Israel’s Negev desert, the latest example of the Jewish state’s newfound emphasis on renewable energy. The tower, which will be 250 meters (820 feet) tall, is encircled by around 50,000 mirrors, called heliostats. Unlike the more common photovoltaic solar panels, which convert sunlight directly...

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A conference in Jordan last month explored the future of Hebrew as an academic subject in the Arab world, reflecting many Arab thinkers’ growing acknowledgment of the importance of studying and understanding their Jewish neighbors. A closing document developed at the conference, which was held at the Center for Israel Studies...

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