The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa and Intel Corporation inaugurated the Center for Artificial Intelligence on October 8. The new center will support research projects of Technion faculty members engaged in computational learning and artificial intelligence together with Intel researchers. Natural language processing, deep learning and hardware optimization for...

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Israel is set to open a new high-tech incubator in the Indian city of Bengaluru (Bangalore) in December, the Deccan Herald reported last week. The center is to be located in the business district of the city, which is already home to numerous multinational research and development centers and startup...

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At a conference to promote business ventures between Israelis and Palestinians, David Friedman, the United States Ambassador to Israel said that he promised to speak with Israeli officials to help Palestinian businessman, if “any obstacles” impeded their progress, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. The closed-door meeting was sponsored by...

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Incendiary terror kites launched from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip have caused substantive ecological damage, burning half of the forested land near its southern border with Israel a new study has revealed. “Now is the time for decisions. My position is very clear: We must deal a heavy blow against Hamas. This...

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Paulee CleanTec of Tel Aviv has announced that its affiliate company Epic CleanTec of California won the grand prize in the Climate Innovation Showcase at the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco. The Epic system uses Paulee’s proprietary technology to separate out all the solid waste generated by occupants of a high-rise building...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised that Israel would “act forcefully” to a rocket attack from Gaza that severely damaged a house in Beersheba, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. A rocket launched from Gaza, which is dominated politically and militarily by the terrorist group Hamas, struck a house in...

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“We will maintain peace and we will arrive at our independent state through peace because God is with us, our issue is just, our people sacrificed a lot and you all are supporters of peace,” said Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas last month at the United Nations General Assembly. These...

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The meeting between United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford and Israeli Chief of the Israeli General Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot shows the “strong military-to-military relationship” enjoyed by the two nations, a readout of the meeting on Monday stated. Dunford “affirmed the U.S. commitment...

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Carly Pildis, identified as a political organizer and advocacy professional, argued that anti-Zionism violates the Jewish right to self-determination and has no place in progressive politics, in an essay published on Sunday in Tablet Magazine. The problem with anti-Zionism is that it “ghettoizes Jews from the rest of the justice...

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Newly-installed Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison called for closer ties with Israel and said that he would consider moving the Australian embassy to Jerusalem at a press conference Tuesday. At the joint press conference held with Foreign Minister Marise Payne, Morrison, who became Prime Minister in August, addressed three aspects of...

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