Israel’s political leaders recast themselves in the role of Zionist visionary Theodor Herzl this week, as the Knesset’s summer session opened with a special debate themed for Herzl Day. Eager to establish themselves as the true heirs of Herzl’s legacy, the politicians each paid tributes to the “visionary of the...

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A new investment club focused exclusively on high-tech startups headed by ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) entrepreneurs in the KamaTech accelerator points to the slow but steady growth of Haredi participation in the high-tech ecosystem in Israel. The 12Angels investment club includes some of Israel’s biggest names in the industry: Flash-drive pioneer Dov Moran, Facebook Israel general manager...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally signed a coalition agreement with the Yisrael Beiteinu party Wednesday, pledging during the ceremony to work towards peace with the Palestinians. The coalition agreement expands the governing coalition to 66 members of the 120-seat Knesset, expanding from the razor-thin majority of 61. “Israel needs governmental stability if it is...

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Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s offer of bilateral talks on Tuesday. “Time is short. Netanyahu is trying to buy time, but this time he will not escape the international community,” Hamdallah said in a meeting with French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, who was visiting...

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An Israeli interior design app is a winner in Google’s newly minted Play Awards for the best Android apps. Houzz, founded in 2009 in Tel Aviv by Israeli couple Adi Tatarko and Alon Cohen, took top honors in the Best App category. The free platform for home remodeling brings together both professionals...

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The controversy that emerged this spring over Oberlin College’s inaction after The Tower revealed professor Joy Karega’s Facebook posts, which many characterized as anti-Semitic, was only the latest in a series of failures by the college to properly address hostility towards Jews on campus, Tablet reported Tuesday. The Tower’s scoop that Karega had posted theories that ISIS was a...

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Israel and South Korea announced on Tuesday that they have reached an agreement to begin negotiating a free trade agreement. Israeli Economy Ministry Director-General Amit Lang and South Korean Deputy Trade Minister Tae Hee Woo announced their intention to begin talks on June 27 in Seoul. The negotiations will focus on increasing commercial ties between the...

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Top Iranian military and political officials have reiterated their enmity towards both the United States and Israel recently, specifically singling out the Jewish State for threats of destruction. “If the Supreme Leader’s orders [are] to be executed, with the abilities and the equipment at our disposal, we will raze the Zionist regime in...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told French Prime Minister Manuel Valls during a meeting on Monday that while he appreciates France’s desire to pursue peace between Israel and the Palestinians, the international peace initiative Paris is planning will not lead to a negotiated solution, which can only be reached by bilateral talks. Netanyahu instead called for “direct...

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The head of the Jewish campus organization Hillel International condemned anti-Israel protesters who “aggressively confronted and threatened” students attending a film screening at the University of California, Irvine last week. “We cannot allow Jewish students to be intimidated, threatened or harassed when they exercise their rights to assemble for student programming. Hillel...

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