Can Jews, Muslims and Christians live side by side peacefully in Israel? It’s a question many people ask themselves. But they can, and they do, in cities such as Haifa and in less well-known Lod, whose slogan is “A mosaic of cultures.” The municipality is working hard to raise the...

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Rep. Steny Hoyer (D – Md.), the Democratic whip of the House of Representatives, expressed disappointment with the Obama administration for indefinitely delaying punitive sanctions on Iran over its illicit ballistic missile program, arguing that failure to act will erode the United States’ ability to enforce the nuclear deal with...

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Only a day after floating the possibility that the White House would impose new sanctions on Iran due to its illegal ballistic missile tests, the Obama administration has now decided to delay its decision to an undetermined future date after Iran issued repeated threats, The Wall Street Journal reported (Google...

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In December, the New Israel Fund (NIF), in partnership with Ha’aretz, will hold a “Conference on Peace. On Democracy. On Social Justice” in New York. This gathering, according to NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch, is supposed to provide a platform for “a frank Israeli-American discussion” about issues relating to Israel’s Jewish...

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Israel is experiencing a dramatic increase in citizenship applications from members of the Druze community who live on its side of the Golan Heights, The Times of Israel reported on Saturday. The spike in requests, which grew from two in 2010 to 80 thus far in 2015, is seen as...

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Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said that the Islamic Republic intends to send a “fleet of warships” to the Atlantic Ocean, The Times of Israel reported Thursday, citing Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency. “Our warships will soon berth at ports in the Atlantic Ocean,” Navy Commander Rear Admiral...

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In an interview with the Iranian newspaper Etemad, former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani admitted that Tehran sought and received assistance in starting its illicit nuclear enrichment program from the notorious Pakistani nuclear bomb dealer A. Q. Khan, according to a translation published by the Foundation for Defense of...

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The State of Colorado is the latest US state to sign a new industrial R&D agreement with Israel. Colorado already signed an R&D agreement with Israel in 2010, but the two states decided to renew the agreement following Colorado’s decision to significantly increase budgets earmarked for Coloradoan companies conducting R&D,...

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Dismissing concerns that ties between Israel and the United States are frayed, former adviser to President Barack Obama and veteran diplomat Dennis Ross said that the United States needs “one pillar of democracy and stability” in an increasingly chaotic Middle East, and Israel is that pillar, in an interview published...

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Though the nuclear deal was signed in hopes that it would move Iran into a more constructive relationship with the rest of the world, the conviction of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian on espionage charges shows that diplomatic engagement has led to a “stiffening” of Iran’s stance towards the West, Benjamin Weinthal, a...

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