Following the interdiction of explosive chemicals hidden in shipments of medical supplies to the Gaza Strip by Israel’s Defense Ministry, the American Special Representative for International Negotiations blasted Hamas, the terrorist group that has complete political and military control over the Gaza Strip, for causing “misery” to Gaza’s residents by choosing...

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American diplomacy derailed a bill that was set to pass Ireland’s parliament, which would have outlawed Irish citizens from buying souvenirs in lands captured by Israel in 1966, Adam Kredo of the Washington Free Beacon reported Monday. Last week, Ireland’s parliament was poised to pass legislation that would have made the...

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Ten Israelis athletes will represent Israel in four sports at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, February 9-25: short-track speed skater Vladislav Bykanov, Alpine skier Itamar Biran, skeleton racer Adam (AJ) Edelman, and figure skaters Alexei (Oleksii) Bychenko, Daniel Samohin, Evgeni Krasnopolsky, Paige Conners, Adel Tankova, Ronald Zilberberg and Aimee Buchanan. This...

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Israel broke up an attempt by Hamas, the terrorist organization that maintains complete political and military control over the Gaza Strip, to smuggle chemicals that can be used to create explosives which were hidden in shipments of medical equipment, The Times of Israel reported Sunday. Israel’s Crossing Authority found containers of chemicals...

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A 29 year-old father of four was stabbed to death outside the Jewish West Bank community of Ariel as he waited for a bus, The Times of Israel reported Monday. A video of the attack shows a Palestinian exiting a cab then crossing a street to stab the victim. The victim, identified...

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Senior Palestinian Authority official and lead negotiator Saeb Erekat insulted United States ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Saturday calling her “impudent” and said she should learn to “shut up” and refrain from criticizing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. The Times of Israel reported that Erekat, who serves as...

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Israel-based MDClone, which automatically mines insights for patient care and hospital operations from vast amounts of data, has signed a strategic partnership with the Institute for Informatics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The partnership will introduce a new approach to healthcare data access, privacy, analytics and...

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There was an interesting news item this week. At the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee to address the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, Israel presented a $1 billion plan to address Gaza’s crumbling infrastructure. The plan was presented by Israel, not by the Palestinian Authority, who is supposed to rule...

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The Department of Justice announced that it had reached a settlement, including an apology, in a case where a pro-Israel group was unfairly denied its tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in a statement released Thursday. Z-Street, a pro-Israel organization, applied for tax-exempt status in 2009, and was...

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The Israel Air Force (IAF) responded to missile fire from Gaza last night by targeting a Hamas observation post in the southern Gaza Strip. According to a military spokesperson: “The IDF sees the Hamas terror group as the sole party responsible for what takes place in the Gaza Strip and...

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