Israel’s education minister, Naftali Bennett, announced plans to open the Jewish state’s first Arab general academic college, The Jerusalem Post reported on Monday. Israel’s Council for Higher Education (CHE), which is headed by Bennett, is set to approve the proposal for the establishment of a state-funded college in northern Israel. The CHE will either...

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The David’s Sling mid-range missile interceptor, jointly developed by American and Israeli defense contractors, has completed its final test and is prepared to be deployed next year, The Times of Israel reported on Monday. In the final test of the series, an interceptor missile was successfully launched, performed all flight phases, and engaged the...

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The government of Peru has awarded a $108 million regional telecommunications infrastructure project to the Israeli company Gilat Satellite Networks. The new project, which will be based in the Cusco region, is the latest awarded to Gilat by Fitel, Peru’s telecommunications investment fund. Gilat has projects currently underway in the regions of Huancavelica, Ayacucho and...

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Samir Kuntar, the notorious Hezbollah terrorist who was killed in an airstrike on Saturday night, was preparing forces in the Syrian Golan Heights to orchestrate attacks against Israel before his death, former Israeli national security advisor Gen. Yaacov Amidror said during a press call hosted by The Israel Project on Sunday. While Amidror did...

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Hezbollah commander Samir Kuntar and eight other terrorists were killed in a targeted air strike in the Damascus suburb of Jaramana Saturday night. Kuntar spent 29 years in prison for the brutal murder of an Israeli man and his four-year-old daughter in 1979. “At 10:15 p.m. on Saturday December 19,...

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In a packed event at New York’s 92d Street Y on Thursday, Bernard-Henri Lévy, one of France’s top public intellectuals, called for forces of the liberal Left to unite in confronting the growing threat of violent jihad. In particular, he criticized those who have abandoned internationalist liberalism in favor of opposition to America...

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The parliament of the Czech Republic has voted for a resolution asking the government not to implement the European Union’s guidelines for labeling goods that come from territories captured by Israel in 1967. The resolution passed by an overwhelming majority, with all parties except for the Communists supporting it. Culture Minister Daniel Herman...

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Many Americans with ties to Israel have been denied security clearances necessary to work for the Defense Department or the United States military, Bret Stephens of The Wall Street Journal reported (Google link) on Wednesday. Stephens reported on the case of Gershon Pincus, a dentist, who after 35 years in private practice...

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Israel and Turkey have reached an agreement to restore diplomatic ties, ending five years of strained relations, Ha’aretz reported Thursday. The understanding was reached in Zurich, Switerzland by Joseph Ciechanover, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s personal envoy to Turkey; Israeli National Security Adviser Yossi Cohen; and Turkish Foreign Ministry Under-Secretary Feridun Sinirlioğlu. The crisis in...

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After being threatened with legal action by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Kuwait Airways, the Gulf kingdom’s national airline, is cancelling flights between New York and London rather than let Israelis fly on those routes. The Department of Transportation sent a warning letter to Kuwait Airways in September after Eldad Gatt, an Israeli citizen,...

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