On a state visit to Israel on Sunday, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Australia early next year, which would make him the first sitting Israeli Prime Minister to visit Down Under. “Your friendship is terrific – Australia, the government’s and yours personally....

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Five experts from the Israel Trauma Coalition (ITC) will fly to Berlin on September 11 to give five days of training to clinicians, caregivers, and volunteers working with Mideast refugees in two temporary shelters. ITC Director Tali Levanon went to Berlin six weeks ago to assess the situation and will...

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Jessica Alba has been a Krav Maga fan for years. But now the Mechanic: Resurrection star is crediting the official self-defense system of the Israel Defense Forces for her ability to perform her own stunts in the new action-thriller. “I did all my stunts for Mechanic: Resurrection. Hand-to-hand combat is where...

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A number of top American sports teams recently sent representatives to scout the latest sensors and video technologies created by Israeli companies, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. The technology presentations in New York and San Francisco were arranged by the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry and the Israel Export Institute. Teams...

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Freightos, an Israeli company that set up the world’s first marketplace for international shipping, has purchased a Spanish competitor, the Jerusalem-based organization announced on Wednesday. The purchase of WebCargoNet will help the it create the “world’s largest freight Big Data database” for companies seeking the best price to ship cargo by air, land...

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An unusual hug caused thunderous applause at a recent Knesset ceremony saluting Israel’s emergency medical first-responders and search-and-rescue personnel. Yehudah Glick, a member of the Knesset who survived an Arab assassination attempt two years ago, spontaneously climbed onto the podium to embrace Kabahah Muawhiya, an Arab-Israeli volunteer EMT with the volunteer emergency medical...

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An Israeli soldier was shot and moderately wounded while guarding worshipers at Joseph’s Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday, The Times of Israel reported. The soldier was taken to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva and is now in stable condition, an army spokesman said. While Palestinians burned tires and...

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Microprocessor giant Intel on Tuesday introduced its “strongest and fastest ever” core processor chip, which was developed by the company’s team in Haifa, Israel. Ran Senderovitz, general manager of Intel’s Israel Development Centers, said that the seventh generation processor, code-named Kaby Lake, will run applications up to 12 percent faster compared to Intel’s sixth generation processors and speed up...

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Local and state-run media outlets in Saudi Arabia are beginning to shift their long-held position of enmity toward Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported on Tuesday. Recent changes include columnists quoting Israeli officials; asking Saudis to “leave behind” their “hatred of Jews”; and calling for direct talks between Israel and Saudi Arabia,...

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California’s State Assembly passed legislation to crack down on discriminatory boycotts of Israel by a unanimous 60-0 vote on Tuesday, the Jewish Journal reported. The legislation now heads to Gov. Jerry Brown, who is expected to sign it into law in the coming weeks. When the bill was originally introduced in April,...

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