Israeli officials have raised their estimate of Hezbollah’s rocket arsenal to 150,000, an increase of 50% from May of this year, Avi Issacharoff reported for The Times of Israel on Thursday. The revised valuation on rockets suggests Hezbollah is ramping up efforts to acquire weapons whose purpose is to attack...

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Assi Azar, an openly gay Israeli television star and LGBTQ activist, was heckled and threatened by anti-Israel protesters during an appearance last week at Goucher College in Baltimore, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. Azar was screening his 2010 documentary Mom and Dad, I Have Something To Tell You, about Israelis...

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London Mayor Boris Johnson, in Israel as part of a trade and business delegation, praised the innovations made by the Israeli company Mobileye to help improve road safety in the UK’s biggest and most congested city. “It’s fantastic to see that cutting edge technology, such as Cycle Safety Shield developed by Mobileye in Israel, is...

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Republican presidential contender Sen. Marco Rubio (R – Fla.) strongly criticized the European Union’s new guidelines on labeling Israeli goods manufactured in territories beyond the 1949 armistice lines, saying that doing so would “politicize international trade, undermine economic cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians, and reward Palestinians who reject peace with Israel.” In an...

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David Simha, the president of the Israeli-Palestinian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said on Wednesday that the European Union’s decision to label goods produced by Israeli companies that operate beyond the 1949 armistice lines will most likely hurt the thousands of Palestinians these enterprises employ, rather than have a perceptible effect...

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Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy has announced a new grant program to woo Israeli entrepreneurs to its tech hubs and increase trade between the two countries. EXIST Startup Germany is offering grants of up to €150,000 ($160,000) to young Israeli entrepreneurs at universities and research institutes who...

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An Iranian hacking group believed to be affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was crippled by raids carried out by police across Europe after an Israeli-American cybersecurity firm informed them about the group’s activities, Reuters reported on Monday. Researchers from U.S.-Israeli security firm Check Point Software said the 1,600 high-profile...

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London mayor Boris Johnson called boycotters of Israel “foolish” while visiting Tel Aviv on a trip designed to attract Israeli high-tech companies to his city, the Associated Press reported Monday. The mayor of London has lashed out against boycotters of Israel as “lefty academics” who wield no real influence. … Johnson...

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Recent changes in the Middle East have given “leading Arab countries” a major role to play in achieving an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today in remarks at the Center for American Progress. He made his point while explaining Israel’s need for a “long-term security presence” in the West Bank in...

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Citing a concern that the European Union’s proposed guidelines to label goods produced by Israeli companies operating in the West Bank could “promote a de-facto boycott of Israel,” senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D – N.Y.) and Ted Cruz (R – Texas) on Monday released an open letter (.pdf), which was signed by...

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