A Republican and a Democrat from the House Armed Services Committee introduced a resolution on Monday calling on the Obama administration to continue the twenty-plus-year American policy of vetoing any United Nations Security Council resolution that unilaterally tries to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict instead of encouraging bilateral negotiations. The resolution,...

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The Israeli military has uncovered a tunnel built by the Iran-backed terrorist group Hamas that breaches into Israeli territory, Haaretz reported on Monday. It is the first such tunnel discovered inside Israel since the end of the 2014 Gaza war, when the Israel Defense Forces destroyed over 30 Hamas tunnels, 14 of which extended into Israel. The tunnel was...

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The agriculture industry is the world’s largest consumer of water, accounting for approximately 70% of the global freshwater supply. Much of that irrigation water is lost due to wasteful and unsustainable farming methods, which strain limited water resources in the face of growing demand. Israeli hydraulic engineer Simcha Blass, confronted with...

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Water chillers – essentially giant refrigerators that cool large buildings – consume a high percentage of all the electricity used in air-conditioning systems of commercial and industrial buildings. That’s not only a major environmental load, but a financial one as well. The annual cost of cooling the Crowne Plaza Tel Aviv City...

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Sen. Mark Kirk (R – Ill.) called for an investigation into Germany’s second largest bank over reports that it is hosting the account of an organization that promotes boycotts of Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported on Wednesday. “I am alarmed by reports that Commerzbank, a German bank headquartered in Frankfurt...

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The national director of the Anti-Defamation League has criticized the organizers of the U.S. Universities Debating Championship, which took place in Atlanta last weekend, for making student competitors debate the motion “This House Believes That Violence By Palestinians Against Israeli Civilian Targets Is Justified.” 1/3 Pained by #USUDC debate on killing Israeli civilians. Would...

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Jamal Hakrush was appointed deputy commissioner of Israel’s national police, the first Muslim to be appointed to the force’s second-highest rank, The Times of Israel reported on Wednesday. Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich praised Hakrush at his initiation ceremony, and called for more Arabs to join the police force. Hakrush, a native of...

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An Iranian helicopter pilot who defected to Turkey last year has threatened to move to Israel and work against the Iranian government if it does not stop harassing his wife and son, the Times of Israel reported on Wednesday. Maj. Ahmad-Reza Khosravi, who flew for the Iranian Security Service, told the Times that he fled Iran after...

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More people were able to read and write Hebrew during the First Temple period (around 600 BCE) in what is now Israel than was previously believed, a new study has surmised. An analysis published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences used a combination of archaeology, Jewish history, and computer...

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Florida’s recently signed law against anti-Israel boycotts is a “major blow against anti-Israel bigotry and discrimination,” The Israel Project’s CEO and President Josh Block wrote in an op-ed published Wednesday in the Orlando Sun Sentinel. The Israel Project publishes The Tower. The legislation, SB 86, restricts the state from investing in companies...

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