The Shin Bet announced Wednesday that it had arrested a cell of four Palestinians, including three minors, who had perpetrated four shooting attacks in the West Bank. The Israeli secret service said that the arrests had been made in conjunction with the Border Police and IDF and that family members had...

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The citizenship process for foreign same-sex partners of Israelis will soon be the same as that of heterosexual partners, Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced Thursday. Mandelblit’s decision came in response to a petition from the Israeli Gay Fathers Association, which complained that same-sex couples were forced to wait seven years...

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Israel is working hard to keep chemical weapons out of the hands of the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman told a Knesset committee Thursday. Israel does not usually acknowledge foreign military actions, but Liberman told European diplomats Wednesday—the same day that the Mazzeh military airport near Damascus was...

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In the wake of last month’s damaging wildfires in Haifa, the Israeli government announced Thursday that it would partner with Greece and Cyprus—two of the countries who assisted in putting out the fires—to create a regional emergency response force. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the announcement after meeting with...

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An Israeli company announced on Monday that it successfully transplanted lab-grown human bone into eleven patients, The Times of Israel reported. Bonus Biogroup grew the semi-liquid graft by extracting stem cells from the patients’ own fat tissues, which it then cultivated into bone cells. The patients, who suffered from bone loss, had the graft...

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An Israeli artificial bone product made from coral has received approval to be sold in Europe for dental and orthopedic procedures. CoreBone grows its corals in a closed system using patented technology to provide bioactivity and eliminate biological contamination. The corals are bred in a closed farm in the Arava desert,...

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Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman acknowledged his country’s recent airstrikes against Syrian targets, saying in an address to European Union ambassadors on Wednesday that the strikes were meant to prevent Hezbollah from receiving “advanced weapons, military equipment and weapons of mass destruction.” Though it is unusual for an Israeli government official...

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The rate of academic collaboration between American and Israeli professors has dramatically increased in the last ten years despite organized efforts on college campuses to boycott Israeli academics a new study (.pdf) has shown. In 2006, there were 3,439 articles in academic journals whose authors included one researcher from an institution in each country, while...

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A growing number of Arab Israelis are signing up to serve in the Israeli army, Reuters reported Tuesday. “I’m from this country and I love the country and I want to contribute,” explained Sgt. Yusef Salutta, a 20-year-old Arab from the north of Israel who is in the Desert Reconnaissance Battalion. “Everyone should enlist,...

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Researchers from around the world gathered recently in Israel for the inauguration of the Technion Integrated Cancer Center (TICC), a first-of-its kind hub for global cancer research, aimed at developing new treatments and inventing cutting-edge early stage diagnostic technologies. “Conquering cancer is one of the global community’s most pressing challenges,...

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