The Israeli military’s emergency medical unit won an unprecedented top grade from the United Nations’ public health agency for the humanitarian relief it provides in disaster zones around the world, The Times of Israel reported Sunday. The World Health Organization (WHO) last week granted the Israel Defense Forces’ field hospital the coveted...

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About 2,000 financiers, policymakers, business leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators from Israel and 30 other countries came to Tel Aviv earlier this month for the fourth annual Fuel Choices Summit, focused on establishing Israel as a center of knowledge and industry in the field of fuel alternatives and smart transportation. Since...

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…Now What? Donald Trump’s surprise election as President of the United States has led to a new focus on the foreign policy challenges he will face, especially in the Middle East. Among those challenges: wars in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen; a Kurdish push for independence; a regional power struggle between Iran and...

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The Palestinian Authority’s official television network has been broadcasting a new video multiple times a day that claims that Israel poisoned former PA President Yasser Arafat and is now targeting current president Mahmoud Abbas, the watchdog organization Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reported Friday. The PA often airs accusations that Israel poisoned Arafat on the...

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Israel’s top leaders offered tributes to the legendary Canadian singer Leonard Cohen, who passed away Thursday at the age of 82. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin shared on Facebook how Cohen’s music affected him and his wife Nechama. “This morning we looked at each other and thought the same thoughts: ‘Dance...

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Israel will not allow Iran to establish a presence in Syria along the Israeli border, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Jerusalem. Netanyahu explained Israel’s two overriding principles when it comes to defending itself from Iran: “First, prevent Iran from achieving nuclear weapons and second,...

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The chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces boasted at a public ceremony that his country has provided the terrorist group Hezbollah with missile technology that enabled them to target Israeli civilians, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported Thursday. “Iran established the missile industry for Syria in Aleppo in...

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Israeli private equity deal-making in the first nine months of 2016 hit $3.26 billion, exceeding the $3.22 billion raised in all of 2015, according to a new report from the IVC Research Center, which tracks venture capital and startup activity. In the third quarter of this year, $1.7 billion was...

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United Nations committees adopted ten anti-Israel resolutions in one day on Tuesday—more than twice as many as they passed about the rest of the world combined this week. Two of the resolutions denied Israeli ties to the Temple Mount, echoing two resolutions adopted by UNESCO, the UN’s cultural organization, in October....

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“Israel Day” was held at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, comprising a series of events highlighting Israel’s technological advancements and its outsize impact on Wall Street. The programming was organized by the America-Israel Friendship League (AIFL). “AIFL is honored that the NYSE recognizes Israel’s accomplishments as a start-up nation, not only...

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