An unsigned editorial published Friday in The Washington Post urged President Barack Obama “to initiate a reset” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the wake of last week’s diplomatic spat. The editorial begins by wondering “why the Israeli leader provokes such passionate animus from an administration that coolly shrugs off insults...

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Israeli high school student Avital Boruchovsky is the 2014 European Youth U18 Chess Champion, after winning a four-hour game against his Spanish opponent Jaime Santos Latasa at the Georgian championships. Russia’s Daniil Yuffa was the runner-up in the contest and Valerii Iovcov from Moldova placed third. “I can’t believe it’s...

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Calling it “a major setback” to President Barack Obama’s strategy for fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), The Washington Post reported Sunday that American-backed rebels were defeated by Jabhat al-Nusra, which is affiliated with al-Qaeda, in the northern Syrian province of Idlib. Moderate rebels who had been armed and trained...

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The Jerusalem Post reported Saturday that Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau met last week with Sheikh Mohammad Kiwan who serves as chairman of the Council of Muslim Leaders in Israel. The two issued a call for restraint and tolerance. “We must call for unity and peace between peoples in order that we...

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On Friday, Lebanon’s NOW media outlet reported that a Lebanese national, Mohammad Amadar, was arrested in Lima, Peru last week. NOW reported that explosives and a detonator were found in Amadar’s apartment and cited an Israeli news report that he had “planned to ‘execute a major attack’ against Jewish targets....

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The world’s foodies have had their say: Tel Aviv is an outstanding culinary destination. The White City snagged two top honors in the recently published Saveur Culinary Travel Awards 2014 and Israel’s airline raised a glass to an In-flight Wine award, as selected by the American-based, globally recognized culinary-travel magazine....

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The Fatah faction of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas called on Palestinians to stage a “day of rage” in Jerusalem on Friday. Though the day largely passed without incident, observers feared that Abbas’ statement would inflame mass unrest in the Jewish state’s capital, after a Wednesday assassination attempt on prominent...

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A report in The Washington Post yesterday raised new questions about the influence Qatar exerts over the Brookings Institution, a prominent Washington think tank, to which the emirate has committed over $21 million since 2011. While Brookings claims that  Qatar’s funding hasn’t compromised its researchers’ independence, an unnamed Qatari official was quoted as...

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The Times of Israel reports today that the United States Department of Defense is offering a $100,000 prize next year to an Israeli “startup developing innovative technology for counter-terrorism and/or home-land security applications.” The companies will compete at the  Combating Terrorism Technology Conference in Tel Aviv early next year. David Shamah, the...

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In testimony (embedded below) before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland on Wednesday, an Arab-Israeli priest, Father Gabriel Naddaf, told the council that Israel was the “only safe place” for Christians in the Middle East. Naddaf presented his testimony on behalf of the NGO UN Watch,...

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