The Israeli firm Orbotech — whose systems help produce virtually every electronic device in the world from computers to phones to connected cars — is being acquired by California’s KLA-Tencor Corporation in a transaction with an equity value of approximately $3.4 billion and an enterprise value of $3.2 billion. This is the...

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In response to continued attempts by Hamas to plant improvised explosive devices (IEDs) the Gaza border fence with Israel, Israel attacked numerous sites inside the Gaza Strip and destroyed two terror tunnels, one of which had crossed the border into Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday. According to the IDF,...

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On Saturday afternoon March 17, with not a cloud in the sky, Israel set a new record in solar power. At precisely 12:07pm, solar energy was producing 13.4 percent of the total electricity being consumed in the country, the Israel Electric Corporation said. Though new technologies and massive solar projects...

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Israel’s internal security agency, the Shin Bet, announced that one of nine people it had arrested from a ring that smuggled guns from Hamas in Gaza to the West Bank was an employee of the French consulate in Jerusalem, The Times of Israel reported Monday. Romain Franck, a French citizen...

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Adiel Kolman, a 32-year-old father of four from Kochav Hashachar, died of his wounds last night after being stabbed near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City earlier in the day. The attacker, named by security officials as Abd el-Rahman Bani, walked up to Kolman and stabbed him repeatedly in...

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India has been described as the diabetes capital of the world. More than 69 million Indians are currently living with diabetes and the number is expected to climb to 79.4 million by 2030. To help manage the treatment of this staggering number of patients, Apollo Hospitals Group’s nationwide chain of...

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The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has fired its first official Jewish Representative, Sherzad Omar Mamsani, reportedly under pressure from the central government in Baghdad. The Times of Israel reported on Thursday that the head of the KRG’s Ministry for Endowment and Religious Affairs, Mariwan Nasqshbandy, suggested that the decision to...

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Two news events this week underscored that the biggest impediment to Israeli-Palestinian peace is the inability or the refusal of the Palestinian Authority to govern effectively. In the first case, a convoy carrying PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah through Gaza was struck by an explosion damaging three cars and reportedly injuring...

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Leonardo DiCaprio is investing in a new eco-certified hotel in Herzliya. The Oscar-winning actor and environmental activist will join the project as an investor and partner, Hagag Real Estate Development announced last week. The hotel, located in the Herzliya Marina, will be designed by famous architect David Rockwell and will...

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Liraz Russo, 27, and Ben-El Tavori,26, known to Israeli music fans as Static and Ben-El, have signed a reported ten-year, $5 million deal with Capitol Records, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. This deal was made possible by entertainment mogul, Haim Saban, who heard about the group from his nephew...

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