One of the more iconic and sobering elements of Israeli reality were the gas masks distributed on the street or at post offices to every citizen after Saddam Hussein fired SCUD missiles at Israel during the 1991 Gulf War. They continued to be distributed until early 2014, when the Israeli...

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The former head of Israel’s military intelligence on Monday presented the country’s president with an annual security assessment, which highlights Hezbollah as the country’s most potent threat. Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Yadlin presented President Reuven Rivlin with the strategic assessment for 2016 – 2017 on behalf of the Institute for...

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About 1,000 farmers in Israel, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Kenya and Thailand are reporting up to 40 percent reduced use of pesticides and improved fieldworker efficiency due to a crowdsourcing platform called AgriTask. It’s like a smart one-stop shop for agricultural technologies and best-practices data. Developed by Israeli startup ScanTask in...

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Power Outrage Last Friday afternoon, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 2334, which criticized Israeli construction in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem. The resolution passed 14-0; the United States could have vetoed the resolution, but instead chose to abstain. The negative effects of the resolution will likely be felt for...

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The Sino-Israeli Robotics Institute (SIRI) was inaugurated in mid-December when a delegation of nine Israeli companies — led by Ariel University Prof. Zvi Shiller, chair of the Israeli Robotics Association, and Technion Prof. Moshe Shoham, founder of Mazor Robotics and a world leader in medical robotics — participated in the...

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The Israeli military is planning to test women’s ability serve in infantry and special forces units, a move that could open new combat positions for female soldiers and have wide-ranging implications on Israeli society, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The Israel Defense Forces, which was one of the world’s...

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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Friday criticized last week’s anti-Israel United Nations Security Council resolution as a “deeply unsettling” measure that would not help bring about a two-state solution, the Australian Jewish News reported. Speaking at a Chanukah celebration at Central Synagogue in Sydney, the prime minister described resolution 2334, which condemns Israeli presence...

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Australia would have voted against last week’s anti-Israel resolution at the United Nations Security Council had it been given the opportunity, the country’s foreign minister said in a statement on Thursday. Australia is not on the Security Council and therefore could not vote on the resolution, which criticized Israeli presence in...

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In what been described as an “unprecedented” public rebuke of a close ally, the British government released a statement on Thursday harshly criticizing U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry after his speech about Israeli-Palestinian peace on Wednesday. “We do not believe that the way to negotiate peace is by focusing on only one issue,...

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High-ranking members of the Democratic Party, who have in the past week harshly criticized the Obama administration for its refusal to veto an anti-Israel resolution at the United Nations Security Council, doubled down on their criticisms after hearing Secretary of State John Kerry’s Wednesday speech criticizing Israeli settlement activity. Sen. Chuck Schumer...

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