In an unsigned editorial yesterday (Google link), the editors of The Wall Street Journal argued that the main obstacle to peace between Israel and the Palestinians is not settlements but “the culture of hatred against Jews that is nurtured by Palestinian leaders.” Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas condemned the killings,...

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The incidence of strokes and death in the wake of strokes have declined dramatically in the last 24 years, but according to a new study from Israel, the progress is not consistent across all age groups. Researchers from Israel and the United States discovered that while there has been a...

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A terror attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem’s Har Nof neighborhood yesterday left five people – four rabbis and a Druze policeman – dead and several others injured Tuesday when two Palestinians entered during morning prayers armed with knives, meat cleavers, and a handgun and attacked worshipers inside. Secretary of State John...

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Congressman Robert Aderholt (R- Ala.) today called on the administration to support the nation of Azerbaijan, a northern neighbor to Iran. The congressman said Azerbaijan was an important ally of the United States, and noted the country`s strategic location, as well as its support for anti-terrorist operations in Afghanistan, AzerTag...

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The Fatah movement and Palestinian Authority officials are giving contradictory messages following the murder of five Israelis in a Jerusalem synagogue. While Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas condemned the attack, one of his senior advisors and the official Facebook page of Fatah praised the attack, in which two Palestinians shot...

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On November 13, Microsoft announced its acquisition of Israeli enterprise security startup Aorato. Financial details of the sale weren’t disclosed, but according to The Wall Street Journal Microsoft paid close to $200 million. “We are making this acquisition to give customers a new level of protection against threats through better...

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The Times of Israel reports that Chief Rabbi David Lau of Israel reached out to Muslim religious leaders in the wake of today’s terror attack in a Jerusalem synagogue. Israel’s Chief Rabbi David Lau tells Channel 2 he’s dismayed by the silence of Muslim religious leaders in the wake of today’s...

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Secretary of State John Kerry strongly condemned this morning’s terror attack in Jerusalem (video embedded below), calling it “a pure result of incitement.” The Associated Press reports: Kerry, who spoke Tuesday before, noted that Israel had acted to calm the situation by easing age restrictions on Muslim worshippers at the...

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At least four people were killed and six injured in a terror attack at a synagogue in Jerusalem’s Har Nof neighborhood Tuesday morning. Two terrorists, apparently from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber, entered the Kehilat Yaakov synagogue around 7 a.m. during morning prayers and attacked worshipers with a...

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An Israeli team won the PayPal-sponsored 2014 Battlehack competition this past Sunday. The Israeli financial daily Globes reports that programmers Shai Mishali and Pavel Kaminsky won the contest, which was held at PayPal headquarters in San Jose, California: Programmers from 14 cities around the world, including Singapore, Istanbul, Berlin, Miami, and Toronto, competed...

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