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The China-based World Economic Forum included four Israeli companies in its list of 56 Technology Pioneers for 2019, released on July 1. This year’s cohort was selected by a committee of 59 leading technology experts, investors, and entrepreneurs. “Our new tech pioneers are at the cutting edge of many industries, using their...

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Iran

Houthi terrorists in Yemen have launched their third attack in three weeks on Abha International Airport in Saudi Arabia, wounding at least nine civilians. Among those injured in the drone attack were eight Saudis and one Indian passport-holder. The Iranian-aligned terrorist group confirmed that they had “launched a wide operation...

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Iran

The United States announced on Tuesday that it has identified Husain Ali Hazzima, a senior Hezbollah operative, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). In a statement, the U.S. Department of State said that Hazzima is the chief of Hezbollah Unit 200, which is the intelligence branch of the Iranian-sponsored terrorist organization....

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Iran

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani warned Wednesday that the Islamic Republic will increase its enrichment of uranium to “any amount we want,” escalating tensions with the United States and European co-signatories of the 2015 nuclear accord. “From 7 July, Iran’s enrichment level will not be 3.67 percent,” as per the framework...

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Walking into Nazareth’s Saint Gabriel Hotel felt like entering the Star Wars cantina. People were playing hacky sack, flying drones and jumping out windows onto large air cushions to test their velocity. I half expected to see Jabba the Hutt. A few years ago, Yossi Vardi, one of the godfathers...

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Israel

Antidepressant exposure increases the risk of dementia by a factor of 3.43 among people over the age of 60, compared to peers unexposed to this medication, according to an international study led by Israeli researchers published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Dementia, an incurable neurodegenerative disease characterized by impairment and deterioration...

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Global Affairs

Jeremy Hunt, the British foreign secretary and a leading candidate to become the country’s next Prime Minister, launched a blistering attack on Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on Monday, accusing him of fostering a climate of anti-Jewish hate. In an exclusive interview with Jewish News, Hunt described a visit to...

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Iran

Israel will be annihilated in half an hour if the United States retaliates against Iran over a string of unprovoked attacks, a senior Iranian lawmaker warned Monday in an interview with a Tehran-based Arabic language network. “If the U.S. attacks us, only half an hour will remain of Israel’s lifespan,”...

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Diplomacy

Israel’s foreign minister on Sunday visited the United Arab Emirates and met with senior UAE officials on the sideline of the UN Environment Conference, in the latest sign of warming ties between Israel and the Gulf Arab states. The Jewish state and the Sunni Arab world share some basic foreign...

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Israel

Israel is not a country known for its immense water resources. As such, the question of water supply and availability is never too far away in the minds of many Israelis, leading to plenty of technological innovations in the field. One major innovation in recent years has been the technology...

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