Israel and Egypt have objected to an American proposal to reduce its presence in a multinational peacekeeping force in the Sinai Desert, Haaretz reported Wednesday. The approximately 700 American troops make up about half of the force, which was set up as part of the 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, largely to...
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The Israeli military’s discovery of a another Hamas tunnel extending into Israel, the second one discovered in recent weeks, shows that the Iran-backed terror organization is gearing up for “the next round” of war with Israel, a former IDF general said Thursday. Yossi Kuperwasser, formerly the head of the research division of Israeli military intelligence...
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The Israeli Defense Forces has found a Hamas tunnel extending into Israeli territory for the second time in three weeks, the IDF announced Thursday. The concrete-fortified tunnel is 90 feet below ground and is only a few kilometers away from the tunnel that was discovered in April, the IDF said. That was the first...
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The Chinese technology conglomerate Kuang-Chi has announced the creation of a $50 million innovation fund based in Israel for investment in Israeli and global companies. The company says it plans to grow the fund to $300 million within the next three years. “Israel has unparalleled capabilities to offer the world,” Dr....
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“Little” Steven Van Zandt, the guitarist for Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street Band, slammed anti-Israel boycotters earlier this week, calling them “ignorant obnoxious idiots.” What began as a Twitter discussion over the band’s decision to cancel a performance in North Carolina last month turned into an exchange about Israel after a user named Patrick wrote: @StevieVanZandt...
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The passage of legislation against the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign in eight states over the past year has sent a strong signal to anti-Israel activists that their “smear campaign to delegitimize and demonize Israel has backfired,” Josh Block, CEO and President of The Israel Project, wrote in an op-ed published...
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Israel will open an official mission at NATO’s Brussels headquarters, the alliance announced Wednesday, reflecting Israel’s strong ties with American and European military partners, its growing rapprochement with Turkey, and growing regional and global concern about violence caused by Iran and ISIS. While Israel is not formally a member of NATO, the United...
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An Israeli man was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison for the brutal murder of Palestinian teenager Muhammad Abu Khdeir in 2014. Yosef Haim Ben-David was convicted for Abu Khdeir’s murder last month. Ben-David and two teenage accomplices abducted Abu Khdeir, drove him to a forest, choked and beat him, and...
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Every child gets a vision and hearing check in school on a regular basis. Dr. Moshe Fried, an Israeli plastic surgeon, believes an annual skin check is necessary as well, starting in the teens. This is why he agreed to be the medical consultant for Emerald Medical Applications’ DermaCompare, a...
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The West’s refusal to challenge the growing corruption and autocratic rule of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas “could have a devastating effect on the long- prospects for a viable Palestinian state,” Grant Rumley, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, wrote Monday in Newsweek. As long as Abbas continues security cooperation...
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