Israeli authorities are continuing their search for the perpetrators who stabbed and moderately injured two elderly women in southern Jerusalem on Tuesday morning. Police say the attackers fled towards the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber. Two individuals apprehended by police earlier in the day have been released after an investigation cleared them of suspicion. The...

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The cloud of war constantly hanging over Israel has one silver lining: groundbreaking advances in wound care, developed for the battlefield and then shared with the rest of humanity. WoundClot gauze, a flexible and easy-to-handle material made of highly-absorbent regenerated cellulose (plant cells), was originally designed with soldiers in mind but...

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Iran announced Monday that it has tested another ballistic missile, which it claimed to have a range of 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles)—enough to reach Israel and most of the Middle East. Brig. Gen. Ali Abdollahi, deputy chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces, said that the missile, which was tested...

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas did not deny that his government gives payments to jailed terrorists when confronted on the issue by Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende. The exchange was reported by the Norwegian newspaper Dagen last week. Brende reportedly demanded that Abbas stop using foreign aid to pay terrorists and their families. Abbas did not deny the...

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Eight early-stage Israeli startups have been awarded  €50,000 ($57,000) grants from the European Commission’s SME Instrument Program, which helps small- and medium-sized businesses advance development of products judged to be of high potential importance for Europe and beyond. Nineteen percent of Israeli companies that submitted applications won grants, more than double the 8.7 percent rate of all...

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“Today we have diplomatic relations with 161 countries – more than at any time in our history,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the AIPAC policy conference in March. “And by the way, there are not that many countries left. There are only about 200 countries in the world.” Despite the number...

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Hamas fired mortars at Israeli troops seeking to uncover terror tunnels built by the Iran-backed terrorist group for the fourth consecutive day on Friday. Israel launched air raids against Hamas positions inside the Gaza Strip in response to the attacks. IDF troops have been operating near the border with Gaza and inside the enclave to find terror...

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Former high-ranking security officials from Israel and Saudi Arabia made a rare joint appearance in Washington on Thursday night, underscoring the quiet but steady cooperation between the two nations. Prince Turki al-Faisal, the former Saudi intelligence chief and ambassador to the United States, and IDF Maj. Gen. (ret.) Yaakov Amidror, the former Israeli...

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If investing in hope could be trademarked, two Israeli entrepreneurs—Forsan Hussein and Ami Dror—would hold the patent. The two cofounders and managing partners of Zaitoun Ventures—an investment firm that focuses on companies with diverse human capital—say their strategy is proving to be a winning formula. “We wanted to create a business...

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The Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security agency, confirmed Thursday that it arrested a leading Hamas tunnel expert last month. Mahmoud Atawnah, a member of Hamas’ Izz ad-din al-Qassam Brigades, was arrested after he crossed into Israel armed with two knives. Atawnah later told interrogators that he intended to kill the first Israeli he...

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