A group of Iranian hackers set up a system of LinkedIn profiles to pry sensitive information from people in the defense and telecom sectors, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. This tactic, known as “social engineering,” is one where hackers trick people to get them to cough up personal or sensitive...

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Seven people were injured in three terror attacks by knife-wielding assailants in Israel today. In the first attack, an Israeli man was stabbed and seriously injured in northern Jerusalem, The Times of Israel reported. Police said the attacker, a 19-year-old Palestinian from East Jerusalem, was “neutralized” within minutes. He was unharmed and was...

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New evidence has revealed that the Palestinian Authority is paying millions of dollars every month to convicted terrorists serving terms in Israeli jails, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. According to documents obtained by Israel Radio, most of those behind bars receiving PA money are Hamas members who were behind some of the bloodiest terrorist attacks...

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Three Israelis were injured in as many stabbing attacks today, the first in Jerusalem, the second in the southern city of Kiryat Gat, and the third in Petah Tikva, east of Tel Aviv. In the first incident, a Palestinian assailant stabbed an Israeli man near the Lion’s Gate in Jerusalem,...

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“Significant quantities” of oil have been discovered in the Golan Heights, the Israeli company Afek Oil and Gas announced today. The company estimates that the deposits could contain billions of barrels worth of oil—enough for Israel to become self-sufficient in its oil needs. “We are talking about a strata which is 350 meters thick, and what...

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Facebook will use an Israeli satellite to provide free internet access to sub-Saharan Africa, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement Monday. The technology giant plans to use the AMOS-6 satellite, built by Israel Aerospace Industries and operated by Israeli company Spacecom, as part of its Internet.org initiative. The program,...

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Five members of a Hamas cell responsible for the murder of an Israeli couple in the West Bank have been arrested, Israeli security officials announced. Eitam and Naama Henkin were shot in front of their four children while driving in the West Bank by assailants in another car. The Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service,...

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Al Jazeera has apologized for a tweet that seemed to blame Israel for the death of a Palestinian man without noting that the man had stabbed two Israelis to death. Palestinian shot dead after fatal stabbing in Jerusalem; 2 Israeli victims also killed http://t.co/mRHMHvi7s0 pic.twitter.com/l3WICTzCNI — AJE News (@AJENews) October 3, 2015...

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Jon Bon Jovi dedicated a new song “We Don’t Run” (embedded below) to an enthusiastic crowd in Tel Aviv on Saturday night. The singer, performing for the first time in Israel, told the crowd, “I’ve waited a long time for this, baby!” The Times of Israel reported: A few songs...

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In the midst of a wave of violence in Israel and the West Bank on Saturday night, Palestinians attacked an Israeli ambulance carrying an Israeli Arab to the hospital after he was attacked by Palestinians because they thought he was Jewish. An injured Israeli Arab man came to Kiryat Arba,...

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