A new initiative to bring post-trauma sport programming to the children of southern Israel is underway. Mifalot, a sport development organization, kicked off the project with the goal to raise $12,000 in funding for the educational programs and to rebuild a soccer field damaged by Hamas rocket fire at which...

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Supermarket chain owner Rami Levy said he will continue employing Arabs in his stores, despite a stabbing attack in one of his stores yesterday. In an interview with Israeli army radio, Levy said: I get requests from extremist elements asking me not to employ Arabs. Occasionally, they are even threatening to...

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In a country already boasting the honor of having the most museums per capita in the world, the opening of the Arab Museum of Contemporary Art and Heritage (AMOCAH) in the Galilee is nonetheless eliciting great excitement. The new museum – set to open its doors on December 13 –...

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As concern grows in the United States about the danger of head injuries to American football players after a spate of recent high-school deaths, an Israeli team has developed a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) diagnostic approach that can more easily visualize and assess the consequences of even mild injuries...

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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated Tel Aviv as a member of its “Creative Cities” Network on Monday. The Jerusalem Post reports: “Tel Aviv’s entrance to UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network reflects the world’s recognition of the city’s contribution to the present and the future –...

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At least twenty members of a cell affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan were arrested “on suspicion of forming a military wing and planning to smuggle arms into the West Bank,” according to a report today in The Times of Israel. The men, all members of the Muslim Brotherhood or...

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Israel has signed a deal with the World Bank to join the bank’s “Global Practices” program according a report today in The Times of Israel. The Times reports: Under the agreement, which was signed on the Israeli side by Economy Minister Naftali Bennett, Israel will develop training courses in coordination...

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In an account published yesterday in The Atlantic, former reporter for the Associated Press (AP) Matti Friedman explains how bias develops and influences international reporting from Israel. Friedman identifies both news agencies and NGO’s as effectively complicit in advancing the Hamas media strategy in particular and anti-Israel narrative bias more broadly. He notes:...

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A growing number of Palestinian youths are trying to flee from the Gaza Strip into Israel, despite risk of injury or arrest, the Arab news portal “24” reported (Arabic link). At least 12 such cases have occurred during the past two weeks. One youth was identified as Mahmoud Saleh, a...

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Israeli Minister of Economy Naftali Bennett has launched the flagship “Water City” project in China, which will help open the Chinese market to Israeli water companies as well as advance bilateral relations. The city of Shougang in the Shandong province was chosen as the focus of Israel’s water-related activities in...

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