In ISIS: Can the West Win Without a Ground Game?, published in the October 2014 issue of The Tower Magazine, Jonathan Spyer outlines the dilemmas facing policy makers who wish to, in the words of President Barack Obama, “degrade and ultimately destroy” the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)....

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The Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF) announced 94 new grants, totaling $3,453,332, for the 2014/2015 funding year at The Barbara S. Goodman Annual Scientific Awards in New York recently. Among the areas of cancer research directly sponsored by ICRF in 2014/2015 are studies in bone, brain, breast, colorectal, gastrointestinal, liver, lung,...

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Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Israeli-Jordanian peace treaty. The treaty was signed 1994 in a moving ceremony attended by Jordan’s King Hussein and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. The treaty enhanced security, stability, and U.S. interests in the turbulent Middle East region. Articles published in the past days in...

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Reuters reported yesterday that India has chosen to order the Israeli built Spike anti-tank missile system over the comparable American Javelin system. India has opted to buy Israel’s Spike anti-tank guided missile, a defence ministry source said on Saturday, rejecting a rival U.S. offer of Javelin missiles that Washington had...

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Thursday, David Schenker of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy wrote an assessment of the twenty years of formal peace between Israel and Jordan. The treaty was signed October 26, 1994, twenty years ago today. In short Schenker writes: For Israel, the treaty was its second with an Arab...

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Inc. magazine chose Israel’s Wix as one of “7 of the Hottest Middle Eastern Startups You Can Learn From.” The Tel Aviv-based cloud based website builder is the only Israeli company on the New York publication’s prestigious list. “Wix’s platform made an often complicated task into a simple and enjoyable...

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A long-delayed missile deal between Israel and India has been completed, according to a report in Ha’aretz yesterday, The purchase deal was approved by India’s cabinet committee on security matters, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to the Times of India. Under the plan, India will take delivery of...

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On Tuesday Israel’s Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced that it had recently discovered a stone fragment at an excavation north of Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate with an inscription dedicated to the Roman emperor Hadrian. The inscription reads: (1st hand) To the Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, son of the deified Traianus Parthicus,...

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Telefónica, a leading global telecommunications company, is partnering with Jerusalem-based technological incubator VLX Ventures (Van Leer Xenia Ventures) to make potential investments in Israeli startups focusing on video, cloud computing, big data, Internet of Things, smart homes, wearable technology and future communications. Chosen companies will receive investment capital and also...

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Israeli defense minister Moshe Ya’alon appeared on The Charlie Rose Show on Sunday and discussed many of the issues and threats currently facing Israel. One segment of the interview (embedded below) focused on Iran’s efforts to develop a nuclear weapon. The interview begins with Rose asking Ya’alon how long it...

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