Lockheed-Martin, one of the world’s largest defense contractors, just opened its first office in Israel. Marilyn Hewson, Lockheed’s CEO observed that the office’s location in the Beersheba Advanced Technologies Park (ATP) was intentional as “it is clear that Beersheba is on its way to becoming the Silicon Valley of Israel.”...

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A pro-Israel hacking group launched a counter-attack against the Anonymous hacking group, exposing a number of their members by gaining control of their web cams. The exposure came a few days after the hackers launched the “Op Israel” attack on Israeli websites, April 7. The Israeli hackers, known as Israeli...

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Palestinian media outlet Ma’an conveyed comments earlier this week by Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh declaring that the kidnap of Israeli soldiers was a “top priority” for the Iran-backed terror group: Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Tuesday that capturing Israeli soldiers was the best method for achieving freedom for...

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Iran’s propaganda machine suggested April 13 that the leading figure in the Syrian opposition demanded “a coalition with Israel,” even being prepared to accept Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Tehran frequently uses its manifold media outlets to diss its opponents by hinting at or saying outright they enjoy relations...

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Police officers closed Jerusalem’s Temple Mount to Jewish and other visitors on April 13, after Arabs atop the compound began rioting, seemingly in part at the behest of Hamas. Hamas Movement has called for defending al-Aqsa Mosque in light of Israeli settlers’ intention to break into the mosque next Monday…Al-Aqsa...

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A recent report by Jonathan D. Halevi for the Jersusalem Center for Public Affairs supports the suspicion that that the crisis in negotiations precipitated by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to refuse any reasonable compromise with Israel was “a premeditated effort to participate in talks without the intention of compromising on...

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A suspected terrorist attack on an Israeli family driving in the West Bank – assailants riddled the family’s car with bullets as it was en route to Passover dinner on Monday – has reportedly claimed the life of one man, left his wife and child injured, and thrown into doubt efforts to...

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English-language Palestinian media reported on Thursday that the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) had voted to dispatch an expert mission to Jerusalem: Palestine and Jordan, thanks to support from Arab and Islamic groups, successfully passed Thursday a UNESCO Executive Board resolution to send an expert...

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Though evangelical Christian support for Israel remains strong, anti-Israel activists are increasingly making inroads in the evangelical community. One of the premier events among anti-Israel evangelicals is the annual Christ at the Checkpoint Conference (CATC) in Bethlehem. Inaugurated in 2010 CATC is organized by Bethlehem Bible College, which was recently...

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Twenty-five years after Israel launched its first reconnaissance satellite, the country sent Ofek 10 into space on April 9, with the promise that it can operate continuously, despite intense cloud cover and other harsh climatic conditions. Ofek 10 is an earth-observing remote-sensing satellite that employs synthetic aperture radar technology with...

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