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More than 420 Israeli companies and researchers that won a European Union Horizon 2020 grant last year were recognized at a recent awards ceremony in Jaffa. Horizon 2020 – the largest research and innovation program in the world – selected 423 Israeli participants in 2018. To date, the long-running funding...

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Europe

The Jewish Museum in Berlin has been slammed for stoking an anti-Semitic boycott of the Jewish state, after the publicly funded institution endorsed an article in favor of reversing anti-boycott legislation passed by the German parliament last month. Germany became the first European country to pass a landmark resolution that...

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At one year old, Noam Yasovsky was diagnosed with allergies to eggs, sesame, and milk. Eating at other people’s homes or in restaurants has been a challenge ever since, necessitating Noam to bring his own food or try to determine which dishes won’t put him at risk. Noam’s father, Alon,...

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Iran

In a cooperative training exercise last week, army cadets at the IDF’s Officer Training School drilled for a takeover of a Lebanese village held by Hezbollah in a potential future war with the Iranian-backed terrorist group. The exercise, dubbed “The Combined Combat Workshop,” brought together the armored corp, infantry, air...

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Europe

The leader of the British Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, has come to the defense of a newly-elected MP who was criticized for anti-Semitic comments made on social media, saying Lisa Forbes was “a good woman” and “not a racist in any way.” Forbes, who won the Peterborough by-election on Thursday,...

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Europe

Extremists linked to the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah have been caught stashing tons of explosive materials in a secret bomb factory in north-west London, The Daily Telegraph reported Sunday. Acting on information from Israel’s foreign intelligence agency Mossad, British authorities raided four properties in the outskirts of London, discovering thousands...

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Iran

The head of U.S. Central Command, Gen. Frank McKenzie, told reporters Thursday that the threat posed by Iran to U.S. forces in the Middle East is still “imminent” and “very real,” despite a cooling in hostile activity. The senior U.S. commander explained that the U.S. aims at striking the right...

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Europe

Authorities in France have busted a neo-Nazi cell accused of plotting terrorist attacks against Jewish and Muslim institutions, officials said Tuesday. The suspects had named their group L’Oiseau Noir (Black Bird) and were said to be “close in ideology to the neo-Nazi movement.” Five members of the group were charged...

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Israel

Four Israeli companies have won R&D grants from the Space Florida-Israel Innovation Partnership Program, founded in 2013 to support research, development, and commercialization of aerospace and technology projects that benefit both Israel and Florida. The program is a joint initiative of Space Florida, the aerospace and spaceport development authority for the...

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Iran

The sabotage attacks on four oil tankers off the coast of the United Arab Emirates last month bore the hallmarks of a “sophisticated and coordinated operation,” most likely carried out by a “state actor,” the United Nations Security Council learned Thursday. Abdallah al-Mouallimi, the Saudi ambassador to the UN, said: “We...

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