The number of British people who believe that Israel is a “key ally” of the United Kingdom has grown in the last year, as has the number that oppose boycotts of the Jewish state, a new survey from the Britain Israel Communications & Research Centre (BICOM) revealed. BICOM also found an increase in...

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The global police agency Interpol has rejected the Palestinian Authority’s bid for membership, The Times of Israel reported Tuesday. The Palestinians had sought a vote on membership during Interpol’s annual meeting this week in Bali, but 62 nations voted in a preliminary hearing against placing the proposal on the agenda. “Many others abstained,...

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The first Ethiopian-Israeli beauty queen is on a quest to show the world how “unique and diverse” Israel is, The Algemeiner reported on Friday. Yityish “Titi” Aynaw, who was born in the Ethiopian province of Gondar, is currently on a week-long college speaking tour in the United States. “There are Americans who I...

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Ozzy Bitew, a program developer for the website platform Wix, was born in Lod, Israel to parents who immigrated from Ethiopia in 1977. Socioeconomic disadvantages have made high-tech careers difficult to achieve for many Ethiopian-Israelis. But Bitew was able to overcome those obstacles thanks to Tech-Career, which provides specialized courses of...

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Hezbollah has been influenced by Russian forces fighting alongside them in Syria, raising concerns that the Iran-backed terror group will adapt those tactics for use against Israel, Defense News reported Sunday, citing a forthcoming report from the Israeli National Security Council. The NSC report asserts that Russian influence may help Hezbollah evolve from a well-armed...

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Reports of anti-Semitic incidents on college campuses have gone up, and are correlated to the presence of groups advocating boycotts of Israel, a study by researchers at Brandeis University has found. The report, conducted by the Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, found that the presence of a Boycott,...

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Israeli officials believe that the Palestinian Authority is seeking to use the United Nations’ cultural body to lay claim to the Dead Sea Scrolls, a collection of nearly 2,000-year-old biblical manuscripts considered to be among Israel’s greatest archaeological treasures, The Times of Israel reported Sunday. The ancient Hebrew scrolls, discovered in...

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Pennsylvania has become the latest state to adopt bipartisan legislation prohibiting its agencies from contracting with companies that support discrimination based on national origin, including through the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign against Israel, the Jewish Exponent reported Friday. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf signed HB 2107 on Friday after it overwhelmingly passed the state’s House...

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The campaign to subject Israel to boycotts, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) is tainted by ties to the terrorist organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), researchers from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies wrote Wednesday in The Hill. Jonathan Schanzer, a former U.S. Treasury official who is now the think...

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Engie, an Israeli app that aims to revolutionize the car repair industry, has announced a $3.5 million investment round. The app allows drivers to connect to the car’s computer, understand the car’s health, know how much the repair will cost, and choose the best mechanic nearby. Almost 100,000 users and 200 mechanics have...

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