Israeli Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit announced his intention to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of bribery and breach of trust with respect to three investigations into the conduct of Israel’s long-serving leader, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. The most serious charge of bribery is with respect to what is...

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A United Nations report accusing the IDF of war crimes for its response to violent Hamas-led riots is marked by a “lack of expertise and muddled analysis,” a critique published Thursday by NGO Monitor assessed. The Jerusalem Post reported that the UN Human Rights Council commission of inquiry (COI) found that “IDF soldiers...

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Every year, Fast Company magazine ranks the world’s 50 most innovative companies. This year, six companies from Israel made the list, and ISRAEL21c has featured all of them. Vayyar Imaging came in No. 2 in the “Middle East” category. The company’s low-cost 3D imaging technology is used in cars, smart homes, agriculture, robotics, medicine...

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Retail giant Walmart acquired Israeli artificial intelligence (AI) startup, Aspectiva, for an undisclosed sum, Globes reported Tuesday. Though no purchase price was announced, it is said to be several tens of millions of dollars. Aspectiva joined Walmart’s Store N° 8, which serves as an incubator for the retailer. It will stay in its Tel Aviv...

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While in Moscow, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the Israelis would “continue to operate” against Iran’s entrenchment in Syria, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. Netanyahu said that he and Putin mostly discussed the deployment of Russian S-300 air defense systems...

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Beginning on March 30, 2018 the Islamist terrorist group Hamas, which is in complete political and military control of the Gaza Strip, launched weekly riots at the Gaza-Israeli border, an effort known as “The March of Return.” The IDF has now released a report detailing the environmental, material, and human...

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An African American law enforcement group has praised a Georgia-based exchange program with Israel for enhancing “public safety,” thereby contradicting a claim by the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign that joint exercises with Israeli law enforcement “militarize U.S. police forces.” In a letter published earlier this month, The National...

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Israeli director Guy Nattiv won an Academy Award for best live-action short for his film Skin at the Oscars on Sunday evening, February 24. “Oh my God. I moved here five years ago from Israel… Laila tov [good night] Israel, hi!” he said upon receiving the award. “My grandparents are Holocaust...

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Australia and Denmark slammed the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Monday for its bias against Israel when they spoke at the opening of the council’s 40th session in Geneva, The Jerusalem Post reported. The two nations urged the UNHRC to drop the contentious Agenda Item 7, which mandates...

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Israeli snack-food empire Osem has doubled production of Bamba, its bestselling crunchy peanut snack, making it available in major overseas retailers such as Walmart. Consumer surveys show that Bamba already is found in virtually every Israeli home. And it has been sold for years in kosher markets and specialty shops...

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