Hoping to produce more Olympic medalists in the future, the Israel Olympic Committee and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology recently launched the Israeli Olympic Sports Research Center. “The joint establishment of the center will position Israel in an advantageous position over our competitors in world sports with regard to scientific...

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The annual Consumer Electronics Show, now in its 51st year, has become a mecca for Israeli tech firms. From software for autonomous vehicles to drones delivering pizza to walking and talking robots, if there’s a consumer angle, CES – with 180,000 attendees and 4,500 exhibitors from 150 countries –is an essential...

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As people everywhere turn on their taps, most are not aware that by 2025, at least half the globe’s population of 7.6 billion is expected to be living in water-stressed areas. And according to the World Health Organization, as of 2017, over two billion people in the world lack access...

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Patriots owner Robert Kraft has been named the winner of the 2019 Genesis Prize, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. Kraft has said that he will forgo the $1 million in money that accompanies the prize. He asked that the money be donated in his honor to programs that fight anti-Semitism and...

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Israeli jazz musician Tom Oren, 24, was selected as the first-place winner of the 2018 Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz International Piano Competition last month at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Oren performed “Just One Of Those Things” and “Just As Though You Were Here” at the December 3...

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Malaysia has so far refused to grant visas to an Israeli swimming team, which would allow them to compete in world championships this summer, Jewish News reported Tuesday. Israeli sports authorities have been attempting to obtain the visas for two months but have gotten no response from the Malaysian government....

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In a television interview with CBS’s flagship program “60 Minutes” on Sunday night, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi praised the intimate security cooperation with Israel in the Sinai Peninsula against jihadist forces, The Jerusalem Post reported. When the interviewer asked Sisi whether the cooperation was the “deepest and closest” that...

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Israel has solved its water crisis! That’s a typical headline about Israel’s world-leading smart water management and advanced water technology. As I sipped freshly desalinated Mediterranean water at the world’s largest seawater desalination plant, the brilliance of Israel’s many-pronged approach was as clear as the H2O in my paper cup....

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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), one time the nation’s premier civil rights organization, has falsely characterized legislation that would penalize companies that boycott Israel as limiting free speech. A letter posted at the organization’s website claimed that the bipartisan legislation, which supports state laws barring contracts with businesses that boycott...

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The Israeli Air Force conducted raids against Hamas targets in Gaza following the interception of a rocket over the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday. Several planes and helicopter gunships hit terrorist positions in a Hamas camp following the shootdown of the rocket early Monday morning....

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