Fatah’s military wing al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades released a new video (Arabic link) showing its fighters training for the “destruction of Israel” and calling for more fighters to join the brigades. Fatah is the political party headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. At the same time, Hamas warned it is...

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With a week left until the November 24th deadline on nuclear talks between the P5+1 nations and Iran, remarks made by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this past summer take on greater significance. In a July interview with Fareed Zakaria, Clinton states: […] if you cannot be persuaded that the...

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A Jewish man was stabbed today near the Old City of Jerusalem, in what authorities describe as a nationalistic attack. The Times of Israel reported: The stabbed man reportedly managed to make his way to the Border Police station at the Old City’s Damascus Gate. The police escorted the victim...

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On November 12, Windward and CyberSeal were named the first- and second-place winners, respectively, of the International Innovation Competition for HLS and Cyber Technology at Israel’s 2014 Homeland Security Conference, which was sponsored by the Chief Scientist at Israel’s Ministry of Economy with the the Israel Export Institute CyberSeal and MATIMOP – The...

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The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported today on the efforts of IsraAID, an NGO funded by Jewish organizations and supported by the Israeli government, to aid African countries dealing with the Ebola epidemic. IsraAID is offering counseling to those on the front lines of the Ebola outbreak. Enter IsraAID. The lone Israeli or...

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A new Israeli study says obesity can play a major role in triggering and prolonging autoimmune diseases like Crohn’s Disease and multiple sclerosis (MS), in which the immune system attacks its own body rather than predatory invaders. A study published recently in Autoimmunity Reviews by Prof. Yehuda Shoenfeld, the Laura Schwarz-Kipp Chair for Research...

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On Wednesday, The Times of Israel reported on a dilemma facing Israeli emergency room doctors. On October 22, after he ran into a crowd of pedestrians at a light rail stop in Jerusalem, killing two people (including a 3-month-old baby) and injuring several more, Abdelrahman al-Shaludi was shot by police...

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In an analysis published Wednesday, veteran Palestinian affairs reporter Khaled Abu Toameh faults Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, along with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, for radicalizing “Palestinians to a point where it has become laughable even to talk about any peace process with Israel.” Instead of being honest with...

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Good news for patients with acute chest pains: The Israeli company BSP, which develops and produces advanced tools for non-invasive diagnosis of heart disease, recently won approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market and sell its HyperQ Rest System. The HyperQ Rest System aids in the diagnosis...

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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced a successful test of the Barak-8 surface to air missile on Monday. The missile is jointly produced by Israel and India. Defense News reports: “The system is now operational,” said Boaz Levy, executive vice president and general manager of IAI’s Systems, Missiles and Space Group. “All...

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