Israel’s Channel 2 has aired an investigation alleging that Breaking the Silence, a group with the stated goal of ending the occupation of Palestinian territories, collected potentially classified information about IDF operations, I24 News reported on Thursday. In its investigation, Channel 2 cited unpublished testimonies from Israeli soldiers that were obtained by the right-wing NGO...

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During an official visit to Moscow on Wednesday, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin told Russian President Vladimir Putin that any future agreement on Syria must not strengthen Iran and Hezbollah. According to a Haaretz reporter, Rivlin also said that Israel considers Iranian and Hezbollah outposts on the Israeli-Syrian border to be a red line. “We...

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Axis Tel Aviv began on Tuesday at the Peres Center for Peace, and the local high-tech scene can expect new investing announcements at the end of the two-day event. The conference will display 25 of Israel’s most promising startups for venture capitalists and corporate investors from abroad. “Israel’s incredible advancement and innovation...

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Russian diplomats are stressing that Israel’s national security interests will not be hurt by the country’s sudden announcement of its plans to withdraw troops from Syria, which Israel’s top general admitted took him by surprise, Ynet reported Tuesday. “We will try to ensure that this (Syria) crisis is resolved, and we will also...

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Guinness World Records has confirmed that Israel Kristal, a Polish-Jewish Holocaust survivor who now lives in Haifa, is now the world’s oldest living man. “I don’t know the secret for long life,” Kristal said upon receiving his new title. “I believe that everything is determined from above and we shall never know...

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The latest wave of terror in Israel may not be conducted by “lone wolves,” as is commonly believed, but guided by the hidden hand of Hamas, a leading terror researcher has reported. Shaul Bartal of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies wrote that obscuring the genesis and motivations of such attacks...

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The Israeli nanotech company Melodea won the Nanotechnology Innovation of the Year Award at the recent NanoIsrael 2016 conference in Tel Aviv. Melodea has developed a cost-effective proprietary technology to extract nano-crystalline cellulose (NCC) from wood pulp and other side streams of the paper industry. Considered a green and safe alternative to fossil...

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The four remaining Republican candidates for President laid out their support for Israel during a debate Thursday night. The discussion moved towards Israel when Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) criticized Donald Trump for saying that he would be “neutral” between the Israelis and the Palestinians, and for not promising to scrap...

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In defiance of Vice President Joe Biden’s previous criticism for failing to condemn terror, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas refused on Wednesday to condemn the terror attack that claimed the life of American student Taylor Force earlier this week. In what The New York Times referred to as an “unusually stinging...

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Intel has announced that it is buying Replay Technologies, an Israeli startup that aims to re-invent the way people consume and interact with sports media. The price tag of the acquisition was not reported. “More than ever, everything in sports is becoming digital and measurable,” Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said in a blog...

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