In the latest sign of warming ties between Israel and the Gulf States, Israel’s Minister of the Economy and Industry Eli Cohen was invited to Bahrain to participate in an international conference, Ynet reported Sunday. The Startup Nations Ministerial conference, which is held under the auspices of the World Bank...

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Over 100 rockets were fired into southern Israel by Hamas, the terrorist group that exerts political and military control over the Gaza Strip, following an operation in Gaza that claimed the life of IDF officer, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday. Dozens of Red Alert sirens sound in the last few minutes...

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Israel’s Supreme Court upheld verdicts totaling 14 million NIS ($3.81) against the Palestinian Authority for torturing Palestinians it held in custody, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. The two verdicts — one from June of 13.1 million NIS ($3.57 million) for the false imprisonment of 51 plaintiffs, and the second one from December...

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Forty-two nations will compete next May in the Eurovision Song Contest, to be hosted at Expo Tel Aviv, Globes reported Wednesday. The announcement was made by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Of the 42 participating countries, 36 will compete in the semi-finals on May 14 and 16. The finals will be held...

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CollPlant, an Israeli regenerative medicine company focused on 3D bioprinting of tissues and organs, signed a license, development and commercialization agreement with United Therapeutics Corporation of Maryland for 3D bioprinted lung transplants. The agreement combines CollPlant’s proprietary recombinant human collagen (rhCollagen) derived from engineered tobacco plants, and its BioInk technology,...

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A report released by the Tourism Ministry on Monday revealed that Israel’s tourism industry continues to break records with more tourists visiting the Jewish State in October 2018 than ever before, totaling about 486,000 registered entries to the country. Globes reported that this represents a 19% increase over April 2018...

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Jason Greenblatt, the administration’s Special Representative for International Negotiations hailed the Regional Tracks for Peace initiative promoted by Israeli Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz at a regional transportation event hosted by Oman, The Times of Israel reported Monday. Katz presented his plan at World Congress of the International Road Transport Union held in Muscat,...

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Nadav Argaman, the chief of Israel’s internal security agency, Shin Bet, told a Knesset committee that his organization prevented some 480 terror attacks during 2018, The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. The attacks, which were described as “substantial,” included 280 planned shootings, 101 so-called “close” attacks such as car rammings and...

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Jerusalem is the global flagship location for the seventh annual worldwide Dance for Kindness sponsored by Life Vest Inside to kick off World Kindness Day on November 13. The November 11 event will feature a global freeze mob/flash mob at 8pm local time at The First Station (registration is at 4, rehearsal at 5,...

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Israel enjoys unprecedented cooperation with the Arab Muslim world in light of shared security interests and changing dynamics in the region, Joshua S. Block, CEO and President of The Israel Project, wrote in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal on Monday. “Although Israel and the Arab Gulf states have...

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