The fourth annual Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism attracted five hundred participants from 50 countries and six religions to Jerusalem this week to tackle the daunting challenge of resurgent global anti-Semitism. The conference, sponsored jointly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry for Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs, opened...

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Inspired by a colleague in New York, a Tel Aviv photographer has created what is rapidly becoming an immensely popular webpage dedicated to showing the human face of Tel Aviv to Facebook users worldwide, including citizens of Israel’s most ardent geopolitical foes. “I get a lot of responses from people...

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Hezbollah is attempting to move advanced weapons into civilian areas in Lebanon in preparation for another conflict with Israel. The Iran-backed terror group has an extensive, video-documented history of exploiting Lebanese civilians, and during its 2006 war with Israel successfully created incidents in which human shields were endangered and killed....

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Air-raid sirens blared across Israel Monday afternoon in the first of two home front drills simulating a massive missile attack on the country. The first siren was aimed at practicing safety measures for day cares, schools, and workplaces. A later evening siren is intended for families. The drill, dubbed “National...

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Israeli innovation can help Asian countries cope with their most critical demographic, social, and environmental threats, according to participants at the recently concluded Israel-Asia Summit in Tel Aviv. an Indian official explained to Israeli outlets how the Jewish state’s innovation culture – and the products it produces – can help...

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British Foreign Minister William Hague signed a memorandum of understanding with Israel’s Minister of  Science, Technology and Space, Yaakov Peri, yesterday, cementing the scientific cooperation between the two countries: In a ceremony at the Hebrew University on Thursday, attended by British Ambassador to Israel Matthew Gould, the ministers inked the...

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Revelations made regarding the details of a 2008 peace offer by then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas are calling into question the willingess of the PA – and of broader Palestinian society – to accept a peace deal with Israel. In details revealed on TheTower.org,...

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Observers are calling attention to additional dimensions of a speech given Wednesday by Israeli Air Force Chief Amir Eshel. Eshel’s statements received wide attention for his evaluation that Russia would soon provide advanced S-300 anti-aircraft systems to Syria, undermining any future Western efforts to degrade the Bashar al-Assad regime. If...

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Israel will hold its seventh annual “Turning Point” civil defense drill next week. Israeli civilians face a unique security environment. When under missile attack by Iranian proxies in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, the most time any Israeli civilian anywhere in the country has to reach a shelter is three...

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“I am still waiting for a phone call from him,” former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert tells TheTower.org in an exclusive interview. Revealing never before heard details of talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Olmert was referring to the proposal for a peace agreement that he presented to Abbas...

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