A Magen David Adom (MDA) delegation recently went to the Philippines to train instructors for emergency medicine teams on dealing with mass casualty incidents. MDA, Israel’s national ambulance, blood-services and disaster-relief organization, has been collaborating for more than two years with the Philippine Red Cross in order to strengthen lifesaving capabilities and...

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Given their numbers, if Jews “were of the animal kingdom, the Jewish people would be an endangered species,” Josh Block,  president and CEO of The Israel Project wrote in an essay published on Tuesday in Tablet magazine. And yet, he continued, “it seems the world will do more to preserve...

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Deeplev, a deep-sea marine research station moored 50 kilometers off the coast of Haifa—the first of its kind in the region—is enabling continuous study of the physical and ecological system in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Anchored to the seabed 1,500 meters underwater, the station contains state-of-the-art measuring instruments spread over...

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President Donald Trump’s formal recognition last week of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was a step that was “long overdue” as it will force all parties involved in peace negotiations to “adjust to reality,” former State Department official Amb. Dennis Ross said in a conference call Tuesday hosted by The Israel Project....

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told European Union Foreign Ministers in Brussels that Palestinian rejectionism, not the status of Jerusalem or settlement construction, were at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Monday. On the first visit to Brussels by an Israeli Prime Minister since 1995, Netanyahu told EU Foreign...

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The control Hamas exercises over the Gaza Strip was evidenced as Israel once again destroyed a terror tunnel that extended from the Hamas-ruled territory into Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday. The IDF reported that it tracked progress of the tunnel even before it extended into Israeli territory utilizing “unique...

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A delegation of religious figures from the Gulf kingdom of Bahrain, sent by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, arrived in Israel this week “in order to send a message of peace,” The Times of Israel reported on Sunday. It is extremely rare for representatives from Arab countries with which...

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Roosters are best known for waking people up at dawn as they announce the start of a new day. But when the Rooster is a robot, it can also save people’s lives. The Rooster is a new robot from Israeli startup RoboTiCan that can help reach injured victims of natural disasters where...

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If Israel were a normal country, having the United States place its embassy in its capital city would not be newsworthy. If Israel were a normal country, that its negotiating partner regularly threatens violence would stir up outrage. If Israel were a normal country, the fact that its enemies hijack...

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The Israel Defense Forces has equipped a new maternity clinic over the border in Syria, as part of its Operation Good Neighbor instituted a year and a half ago to provide medical, infrastructural and civilian aid to Syrian victims of the ongoing civil war. The hospital reportedly was opened in...

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