Weizmann Institute scientists have demonstrated for the first time a photonic router – a quantum device based on a single atom that enables routing of single photons by single photons. This achievement, as reported in Science magazine, is another step toward overcoming the difficulties in building quantum computers. At the...
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Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth late on Monday published extensive details of what is reportedly an all-but-complete agreement – stipulating steps to be taken by Israel, Hamas, Egypt, and the Palestinian Authority (PA) – aimed at bringing an end to the current round of fighting between Hamas and Jerusalem. “Hamas cannot say that it...
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An op-ed published yesterday in the Saudi owned, London-based newspaper Asharq al-Awsat argued that the Middle East conflict once known as the “Arab-Israel” conflict has shifted so much that it needs to be recast as one between Israel along with moderate Arab regimes, on the one hand, and extremist regimes, terror...
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Fox News reported yesterday that an internal United Nations audit of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Gaza found that UNDP “allowed at least five non-staff contract employees to handle ‘core’ procurement processes that only staffers are supposed to handle, including those for ordering up ‘significant’ civil construction activities.” The...
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Today was the thirty fifth day of Operation Protective Edge. The Tower today carried a news report originating from a Hebrew-language news site, citing sources in Gaza, that Hamas has executed many of its tunnel diggers in recent weeks to hinder Israel’s efforts to find the tunnels. The report gives insight...
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The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) today appointed a commission to investigate the commission of war crimes during Operation Protective Edge. Many of the commission’s members have a history of flagrantly anti-Israel statements. According to the UN’s announcement: In a statement released this afternoon, the Council’s President, Ambassador Baudelaire Ndong...
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The Foreign Press Association (FPA) today issued a condemnation of the systematic harassment that journalists in Gaza have suffered at the hands of Hamas. The statement read in part: The FPA protests in the strongest terms the blatant, incessant, forceful and unorthodox methods employed by the Hamas authorities and their...
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Israel envisions a demilitarized Gaza where Palestinian civilians receive humanitarian aid and supplies, but Hamas is cut off from getting resupplied with materials or money, according to Justice Minister Tzipi Livni. Livni headed the Israeli peace negotiations with the Palestinians, but has been a mainstream supporter of Operation Protective Edge. She presented...
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Two rounds of attacks on the Kerem Shalom crossing Sunday saw rockets and mortars exploded in the goods loading area, forcing Israel to close the border and temporarily halt the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza. An Israeli Defense Ministry statement said: Footage from security cameras showed several shells hitting the ground, exploding with...
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Today was the thirty fourth day of Operation Protective Edge. Good title: "Hamas could have chosen peace. Instead, it made Gaza suffer" | http://t.co/2OWziqFkiX — Mike Doran (@Doranimated) August 10, 2014 Once again Israel has agreed to a seventy two hour ceasefire. This one is to start at midnight tonight....
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