A day after UNESCO adopted a resolution rejecting Jewish historical ties to Jerusalem, the agency’s director general warned that any effort “to deny, conceal or erase any of the Jewish, Christian or Muslim traditions undermines the integrity of” the city as a World Heritage site. Irina Bokova signaled her opposition to Thursday’s resolution,...

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The Israeli water company Netafim, a global leader in irrigation technology, recently acquired a majority share in the Cosa Rican irrigation firm RyM in order to further expand its Central America presence. The multinational company, founded at Kibbutz Hatzerim in 1965, acquired 60 percent of RyM, subsequently establishing Netafim Central America—the company’s 29th subsidiary....

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UNESCO, the United Nations’ cultural agency, approved a resolution on Thursday that denied Jewish and Christian historical ties to Jerusalem, a move that was harshly criticized by the White House as well as Israeli leaders from across the political spectrum. “One-sided, unhelpful resolutions have been a recurring challenge at UNESCO in recent...

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A senior Hamas official said that the terrorist organization wants to strengthen ties with Iran, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported on Monday. “Mahmoud al-Zahar underlined that the Palestinian resistance group is seeking to reinvigorate relations with Iran,” Fars wrote. “Relations with Iran are acceptable but they should further enhance and develop,” al-Zahar told the...

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Israelis didn’t have to go very far to deliver humanitarian aid to Haiti following Hurricane Matthew’s destructive brush with the island country. That’s because they were already there. A crew from the nonprofit organization IsraAID has been in Haiti for more than six years, having arrived just after the January...

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A senior Israeli minister is slated to travel to Turkey this week, marking the first such trip since Jerusalem and Ankara announced a reconciliation deal after six years of ruptured relations. Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy, and Water Resources Yuval Steinitz is set to attend the World Energy Congress in Istanbul, where he may...

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The political party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas praised the gunman who murdered two Israelis in Jerusalem on Sunday, referring to him as a “martyr” on social media. Musbah Abu Sbeih opened fire on a crowd of people waiting for a train, wounding six and killing two others before being fatally shot by police....

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A gate-shrine from the First Temple period uncovered at Tel Lachish National Park near Mount Hebron has been hailed by Israeli archaeologists as “an important and unusual discovery” that provides compelling evidence for the biblical account of King Hezekiah’s efforts to abolish worship there. The northern part of the 24.5-by-24.5-meter (80×80-foot) gate...

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eBay has agreed to purchase Corrigon, a Tel Aviv-based startup that specializes in visual searches, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. No terms have been announced, but the financial website The Marker estimated the deal to be worth $30 million. eBay acquired another Israeli company, SalesPredict, earlier this year. Corrigon’s visual algorithms allow a...

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The United Kingdom has frozen roughly $30 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority over concerns that taxpayer money is being used to pay the salaries of Palestinian terrorists, The Sun reported Friday. The move comes after an investigative report published in the Mail on Sunday in March and another released by the Overseas Development Institute think-tank in June found that British aid money...

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