The 2016 U.S. Universities Debating Championship, which took place at Morehouse College in Atlanta over the weekend, was marred by controversy after one of the propositions to be debated was revealed to be “This House Believes That Palestinian Violence Against Israeli Civilians Is Justified,” a decision that led to some participants to walk out....

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Showbox wants to be the Wix of video editing. Like fellow Israeli startup Wix, which allows users to drag and drop images and text to build a free website, Showbox brings a similar simplicity to online video. Showbox CMO Tomer Afek likens his company’s product to LEGO – just snap...

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Former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton rejected the idea of having the United Nations impose a peace deal on Israel and the Palestinians in an interview published Monday in the New York Jewish Week. Gary Rosenblatt, editor of the Jewish week, wrote that the positions Clinton shared in the interview...

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At least three Hamas operatives were killed on Sunday when a tunnel collapsed in the southern Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian media reports. The collapse was the twelfth reported this year as Hamas continues to rebuild its terror infrastructure in the aftermath of its 2014 war against Israel. Israel Radio reported last week...

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Aqwise, a global provider of advanced water and wastewater treatment solutions for the industrial and municipal markets, has officially dedicated its new wastewater treatment facility in Durango, Northern Mexico. Plans for the $3 million Turn-Key wastewater treatment project were signed in 2013, during an official visit by then President Shimon Peres...

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President Barack Obama is facing growing bipartisan pressure from lawmakers opposed to giving Iran further sanctions relief under the guise of adhering to the “letter and the spirit” of last year’s nuclear deal, Associated Press diplomatic reporter Matt Lee wrote in an analysis published Monday. While many international sanctions on Iran have been lifted due...

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has formed a new constitutional court that will have primacy over lower courts and further entrench his hold on power, Reuters reported on Monday. The court, which will be run by judges who are affiliated with Abbas’ political party Fatah, “risks deepening Palestinian political divisions,” according to critics. Its rulings...

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A Palestinian terrorist who killed three people, including an American-born peace activist, in an October 2015 terror attack was honored at a ceremony in a West Bank high school run by the Palestinian Authority last week. The program at the Shari’ah School for Boys in Qalqiliya, which was first reported by Palestinian Media Watch, honored terrorist...

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A majority of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza approve of attacks against Israeli civilians and believe that an armed intifada would help them on the path to statehood, a recent poll has found. The survey, carried out by the Ramallah-based Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research and...

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Taylor Force, the American veteran who was killed last month by a Palestinian in a terror attack in Jaffa, was honored in a memorial service on Thursday. The memorial was organized by The Israel Project, which publishes The Tower, and the Israeli Scouts Movement. Force was an Eagle Scout and served...

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