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On Sunday, iconic rock star Bon Jovi officially confirmed that he will perform in Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Park next year, The Jerusalem Post reported. “Guess what? We’re coming back,” Bon Jovi said in a video announcing the upcoming performance in July 2019. “Looking forward to ending the tour in Israel,...

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Diplomacy

A Canadian-backed resolution condemning Iran for “severe” human rights violations passed the United Nations General Assembly by a wide margin, The Times of Israel reported Tuesday. The resolution passed by a margin of 84 to 30, with 67 abstentions. https://twitter.com/CanadaFP/status/1075033990288023552 Iran was “strongly” urged by the resolution to end its...

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Diplomacy

The IDF said that Hezbollah is attempting to close off terror tunnels, and UNIFIL declared that two of the uncovered tunnels represented violations of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, The Times of Israel reported Tuesday. The IDF released a video showing footage from one of the four terror tunnels discovered...

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Diplomacy

The British Department for International Development (DFID) has come under fire for politicizing a review of incitement against Jews in Palestinian textbooks, after it was revealed that the investigation will also include an assessment of Israeli textbooks, The Jewish Chronicle reported Tuesday. “I’m not aware of evidence of any widespread...

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MidEast

Meir Cohen, an MBA candidate at Bar-Ilan University’s Graduate School of Business Administration, has become the first Israeli ever to win first place in the global Capsim Challenge of business simulations. The Capsim Challenge is a biannual competition that challenges contestants to run a multi-million dollar simulated company. In the early stage...

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MidEast

The European Union’s second-highest tribunal on Friday rejected an appeal by the Iranian-backed terrorist organization Hamas to stop the EU’s freeze on their assets, The Times of Israel reported. The General Court of the EU based in Luxembourg threw out a bid by Hamas, which exercises complete political and military...

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The Women’s March movement of Washington State has announced its dissolution over the ties leaders of the national organization have with anti-Semitic preacher Rev. Louis Farrakhan, The Spokesman-Review reported Friday. Angie Beem, who served as president of Women’s March Washington, announced the disbanding of the group in a statement on Facebook...

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Diplomacy

In a surprise move, Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa on Saturday defended Australia’s decision to recognize West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, saying it would not affect the establishment of a future Palestinian state, after the Arab League “strongly condemned” the decision, The Times of Israel reported. Australia...

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Iran

Israel announced that it had located a fourth Hezbollah terror tunnel that extended into Israel from Lebanon, The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday. Though local authorities have been informed of the location of the tunnel, the army has not publicly announced its location. Like the other three tunnels the IDF has...

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Children will be able to interact with beloved characters such as Peter Rabbit, thanks to a pioneering Bookful platform from Israeli virtual and augmented reality (AR) company Inception VR. Penguin Random House is integrating Bookful into some of its most classic and front-list titles. Beatrix Potter’s bestselling books “The Tale of...

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