On Wednesday, an Israeli diplomat was appointed to serve on a United Nations committee focusing on “decolonization, Palestinian refugees and human rights, peacekeeping, mine action, outer space, public information, atomic radiation and University for Peace.” The Times of Israel reported: Israel overcame a coordinated effort by Arab states on Wednesday to thwart...

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Journalists on Wednesday worried that last week’s abduction of three Israeli teenagers risks triggering a full-blown conflict in the region. American, Israeli, and Fatah figures have all emphasized indications linking Hamas to the abductions. Veteran Arab affairs journalist Avi Issacharoff on Wednesday conveyed sentiments that Gaza residents are preparing for...

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US pharmaceutical giant Merck (MSD) recently signed a cooperation agreement with the Chief Scientist of Israel, a deal which will boost Israeli life sciences companies and offer collaboration on joint technology projects. The Chief Scientist will assist Merck in identifying Israeli companies that are ripe for collaboration then grant financial...

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Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon vowed on Tuesday to make Hamas “pay a heavy price” for the kidnapping of teenagers Eyal Yifrach, Gil-ad Shaar, and Naftali Fraenkel. The Times of Israel reported on the defense minister’s comments: “Hamas in Judea and Samaria will pay a heavy price for the kidnapping,”...

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Three men were arrested Tuesday for threatening their relative, Mohammad Zoabi, an Arab-Israeli teen who posted a YouTube video expressing his solidarity with  Eyal Yifrach, Gil-ad Shaar and Naftali Fraenkel, the three Jewish-Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped last Thursday. The Times of Israel reports: “Three members of a Nazareth family were arrested on...

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In Terrorists and Kleptocrats: How Corruption is Eating the Palestinians Alive, featured in the June 2014 issue of The Tower Magazine, Aaron Menenberg describes his two years serving in the Israeli Ministry of Defense’s Civil Administration. Menenberg’s job, as he describes it, was “to ensure aid projects funded by foreign governments...

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In the wake of last week’s abduction of three teenagers, an Israeli company has made available a nationwide reporting system that could prevent the repeat of such an event. David Shamah of the Times of Israel reports that NowForce, which makes systems for first responders, is making its system available for...

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Bonus Biogroup, a regenerative medicine company in Israel, has found a way to grow human bone from a patient’s own fat, culled during liposuction. Following successful pre-clinical testing, clinical trials will begin within the next year in Europe or in Israel on applications ranging from growing bones for dental surgery...

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Israeli authorities on Monday expanded their search for three teenagers thought to have been abducted by terrorists last week, as Israeli and U.S. officials converged on the assessment that elements from the Palestinian Hamas faction – which recently came together with its long-time rivals in the Fatah faction to agree to a...

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Ha’aretz reported Tuesday that the government of Norway has cancelled a conference of donor countries to the Palestinian Authority, which was scheduled for next week. Norway agreed to postpone the conference, which was to focus on economic development for the PA, after the kidnappings of three Israeli teenagers by the terrorist...

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