Germany on Tuesday reiterated its refusal to normalize relations with Iran until the Islamic Republic recognizes Israel, Benjamin Weinthal reported in The Jerusalem Post. “There cannot be normalized, complete relations with Iran so long as Iran does not recognize Israel’s right to exist,” Chancellor Angela Merkel’s administration said in a letter to German parliamentarian Volker Beck, the...

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Israel’s agriculture minister said on Sunday that the country will soon begin allowing farmers to export medical marijuana abroad, the online Hebrew-language magazine Cannabis reported. “In two years we will have protocols in place that will allow farmers to grow cannabis,” MK Uri Ariel told Israel Radio, according to the magazine. “The Agriculture...

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Directors Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia picked up an MTV Video Music Award for best visual effects award for Coldplay’s music video “Up&Up” on Sunday night. Called “one of the best videos people have made” by lead vocalist Chris Martin, the video beat out clips from Adele, Zayn, The Weeknd,...

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Former Israeli finance minister Yair Lapid slammed the government of Sweden at a pro-Israel rally in Stockholm on Sunday, criticizing their and other European countries’ “disturbing obsession about Israel and the Jews.” Lapid was especially critical of Swedish foreign minister Margot Wallström, who has blamed the Israeli government for the recent wave of Palestinian terrorist attacks...

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Former Israeli defense minister and Labor Party stalwart Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, who died Sunday at the age of 80 due to health complications, was remembered by former Israeli President Shimon Peres as a “courageous commander” who was greatly concerned with the welfare of the State of Israel. Ben-Eliezer, also known by his...

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The Palestinian Authority’s failure “to build itself as a state-like entity” is at the root of ongoing unrest in West Bank territories under its administration, Pinchas Inbari, a longtime Arab affairs correspondent for Israel Radio, wrote in an analysis published Wednesday by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. In recent weeks,...

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Following offers of aid from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin, an Israeli humanitarian group specializing in disaster response has arrived in Italy to assist relief efforts after this week’s devastating earthquake. The 20-member IsraAID team, which includes trauma specialists and search-and-rescue personnel, was the first foreign humanitarian NGO to help local counterparts with recovery efforts at the earthquake epicenter, Jewish...

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An international team of scientists and astronomers has announced the discovery of a planet with a mass similar to that of Earth, orbiting Proxima Centauri — the closest star neighbor to our solar system. The collaboration of scientists from nine countries, known as the “Pale Red Dot” and led by...

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A group of African-American church leaders who represent some nine million worshippers criticized the anti-Israel elements of the Movement for Black Lives’ (MBL) recently published policy platform as “laced with misinformation and anti-Semitism” in a statement issued on Monday. MBL is a coalition of over 50 groups affiliated with the Black...

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The Israeli military has begun training infantry units to use advanced robotic systems in urban warfare situations, Ynet reported on Sunday. While the IDF’s Engineering Corps already employs surveillance robots to detect tunnels, this is the first time that a combat robot — called MTGR for “micro tactical ground robot” — will be used by the IDF’s infantry...

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