Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a speech Tuesday that the Jewish State is in contact with “half a dozen important Arab and Muslim countries that until recently were hostile to Israel,” The Jerusalem Post reported. Speaking at the state memorial ceremony for former Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, Israel’s...

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Pitzer College President Melvin L. Oliver strongly rejected on Thursday a pro-boycott vote to suspend the school’s study abroad program at the University of Haifa in Israel, and said the school would not enact the decision to protect a “free exchange of ideas.” The private liberal arts college located in...

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One of the most significant barriers to integration of Arab-Israeli women into the job market, as well as greater involvement in the public arena, is transportation. Bus service from Arab villages in the north of Israel is sporadic at best. Catching a ride with a stranger is also a non-starter....

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Amnesty International, an NGO known for its hostility toward Israel, has come under fire after sending a press release to top British firms informing them that operating in the West Bank and East Jerusalem makes them complicit in “Israeli war crimes,” The Jewish Chronicle reported Wednesday. Along with the press...

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Rocket sirens were triggered in Tel Aviv, and residents reported hearing two explosions, as rockets targeted Israel’s second largest city, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. The IDF later confirmed that two projectiles had been launched from Gaza, the enclave to Israel’s south that is controlled politically and militarily by the terror...

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The United States referred to the Golan Heights as an area “under Israeli control,” instead of “occupied territory,” for the first time in its latest annual human rights report, published on Wednesday by the State Department, Axios reported. Israel captured most of the Golan Heights from Syria during the June...

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The city of Jerusalem has raised the Syrian flag in honor of a Damascus-born athlete who registered to run in the city’s marathon, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. Syrian-born Hasan Aljijakli, who has also lived in the United Arab Emirates and the Netherlands, registered to run in Friday’s marathon. It...

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Last June, a Norwegian rapper named Kaveh performed at the Haugen Food Festival at St. Hanshaugen in Oslo. On stage, he asked if there were any of his fellow Muslims in the crowd, and when the audience responded with some applause he wished them “Eid Mubarak.” He then asked if...

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Three collections from Israel’s National Library are featured in a new Google Arts & Culture online exhibition, Once Upon a Try, reportedly the largest online exhibition about inventions and discoveries ever curated. The show features more than 400 interactive exhibitions, collections and interactive stories from 110 renowned institutions across 23 countries. Once...

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After a buildup on social media, the IDF revealed intelligence that Hezbollah set up a cell on the Syrian Golan headed by a terrorist who is wanted for killing five American soldiers in Iraq, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. According to the IDF, the Hezbollah cell is made up...

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