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Diplomacy

In an exclusive interview with the Times of Israel on the sideline of the U.S.-led economic conference in Manama, Bahrain’s foreign minister said Wednesday that Israel has a right to exist and that the Gulf emirate wants to make peace with the Jewish State. Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa described...

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Israeli legal-tech company LawGeex was the first-ever recipient of the Technology Advancement in Law Award, a new category in the prestigious Burton Awards co-hosted by the Library of Congress and co-sponsored by the American Bar Association. The 20-year-old Burton Awards, dedicated to recognizing excellence in law, lauded LawGeex for its revolutionary Contract...

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Iran

Iran has hanged a former staff member of the Defense Ministry’s aerospace division on charges of spying for the CIA, the Associated Press reported Saturday. Iranian authorities confirmed an earlier report by the watchdog group Iran Human Rights (IRH) that said Seyyed Jamal Haji-Zavareh had been executed last week on...

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Iran

Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen killed one person and wounded seven in an attack on a Saudi Arabian civilian airport on Sunday evening – the second attack on the facility in just two weeks. Coalition spokesman Col Turki al-Maliki said the “terrorist attack” on Abha airport – about 70 miles...

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Global Affairs

Roman Abramovich, the billionaire owner of Chelsea Football Club, has pledged $5 million for a new foundation set up by U.S. businessman Robert Kraft to combat anti-Semitism. Kraft announced the launch of the organization as he accepted the prestigious Genesis Prize in Jerusalem on Thursday. Kraft, the owner of the...

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Global Affairs

More than 200,000 specialty foods and beverages will be displayed to the trade at the 2019 Summer Fancy Foods Show at the Javits Center in Manhattan June 23-25. Several Israeli companies will be among 2,600 exhibitors from around the globe. Rosh Pina-based Wine Water will offer samples of O.Vine Essence Water — alcohol-free premium...

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Europe

The British Labour Party is facing fresh accusations of anti-Semitism by inviting to parliament a high-ranking figure from the Iranian-backed Houthi movement which slogan includes “curse the Jews.” Brighton MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle is hosting Houthi international spokesman Ahmed Alshami at a meeting in parliament on Tuesday, organized by the far-left...

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Diplomacy

The United States unveiled the economic aspects of its Middle East plan – a $50 billion economic formula for Israeli-Palestinian peace – in Bahrain on Tuesday as part of an investment-driven strategy toward economic progress for the Palestinians, which the U.S. described as a precondition to end the decades-long conflict....

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Iran

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday imposing new “hard-hitting” sanctions on Iran, affecting Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s financial resources, as well as targeting senior military officials and the country’s top diplomat, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif. The goal of the new sanctions is to put pressure...

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Global Affairs

NFL quarterback Deshaun Watson and quarterback trainer Quincy Avery are touring Israel this week, accompanied by an Emmy-nominated film crew making a documentary about the star Houston Texans football player. The 23-year-old devout Christian said he was thrilled to be offered the opportunity of a week-long trip to Israel by...

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