The first-ever direct flights between Israel and Japan have been chartered for September, Globes reported Thursday. The four flights — two in each direction — have been chartered by three Japanese travel agencies on Sun D’or, El Al’s charter flight unit. The planes will travel from Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport...

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In addition to meeting with Israel’s top leaders during his visit to the Jewish State this week, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen visited a center that promotes Israeli-Arab coexistence and admitted that Austria bore “shared responsibility” for the Holocaust. The Jerusalem Post reported on Wednesday that Van der Bellen said that...

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The year 2018 saw a record number of anti-Semitic incidents in Britain, a fact that comes down to “anti-Semitic” politics, not news about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to a new survey by the Community Security Trust (CST). The number of recorded anti-Semitic events rose 16 percent in the last year...

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A company headquartered in Concord, Massachusetts with Israeli roots is playing an important role in curbing global hunger, saving millions of people from malnutrition, and pulling farmers around the globe out of the cycle of poverty. Its invention is already doing great things, but much more can be done to...

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January 2019 saw a lot of investment activity involving Israeli companies, although no triple-digit investments were posted. The biggest round for the month was $55 million raised by cybersecurity company Cato Networks from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Aspect Ventures, Greylock Partners, Singtel Innov8 Ventures and USVP Management Company LLC. Tel Aviv-based Cato was...

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A bill that would support United States allies in the Middle East, including Israel and Jordan, and which supports states’ efforts to discourage discriminatory anti-Israel boycotts, overwhelmingly passed the Senate, JNS reported Tuesday. The bill passed by a vote of 77 to 23. Provisions in the bill would increase U.S. security...

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The United States Army announced on Wednesday that it will purchase an unspecified number of Israel’s Iron Dome short-range missile defense systems from state-owned developer Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. Globes reported that this is the first-ever export deal for Iron Dome agreed to by Israel. “The Iron Dome will...

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The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is set to disproportionately single out Israel in the body’s upcoming 40th meeting in Geneva, which will take place from February 25 to March 22, The Jerusalem Post reported on Wednesday. Of a list of 79 reports to be dealt with, seven separate...

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The biggest M&A news out of Israel in January 2019 was London-headquartered private equity firm Bridgepoint Advisers’ $260 million agreement to acquire Miya Water, a subsidiary of Tel Aviv-based Arison Holdings. Amazon Web Services is acquiring CloudEndure, in a deal estimated at no less than $200 million. The cloud computing company, based...

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Despite all the corrupt, tyrannical theocracies and dictatorships in the Middle East, the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) — the academic umbrella organization for the field — aims its harshest criticism at the only democracy in the region: Israel. MESA’s disdain is apparent in the dozens of “advocacy letters” it...

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