The 7th International Writers Festival next week in Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Jerusalem, will feature leading Israeli authors together with writers from across the world in a celebration of all things literary. The five-day festival running from May 12 to May 16 will open with a Jerusalem Prize being presented to American writer Joyce Carol...

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A former Middle East negotiator, who served both Democratic and Republican administrations, said the latest flare-up in Gaza was a threat against U.S. interests and those of its allies – orchestrated by the Islamist terrorist group, Hamas and its Iranian patrons – in the face of the Trump administration’s “maximum...

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“Daddy, how do you know that Israel won’t die?” my 8-year son recently asked me, looking very scared and worried. He had come home from school that day, where he’d heard about rockets raining down from Gaza into Israeli cities. He was grappling in his own way with the fragility...

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Qatar has said it will send $480m to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Gaza Strip after an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire agreement ended the deadliest rocket fire on Israel since the 2014 Gaza war. In a statement on Tuesday morning, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry announced that the country would allocate $300 million...

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The leader of the Iranian-sponsored Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, has repeated his threat to invade Israel’s northern Galilee region. In a speech aired on Lebanese television on May 2, Nasrallah said: “The resistance can penetrate the Galilee and the enemy knows it.” Commemorating three years since the death...

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The Iranian-sponsored terrorist organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), one of the Islamist groups behind the recent wave of attacks against Israel, has admitted that a pregnant woman and a 14-month-old baby died as a result of a dysfunctional rocket that exploded in the family’s home. “A leak from the heroes...

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The Israeli and American national academies of science signed a cooperation agreement in Jerusalem on April 7, a move set to further scientific research in both countries. The ceremony was held at President Reuven Rivlin’s Jerusalem residence. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities was represented by its president, Prof....

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With a strong bipartisan voice, members of Congress have reiterated Israel’s right to self-defense, after a barrage of almost 700 rockets was fired by Gaza-based terrorist groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad into Israel since Saturday. In a joint statement, Reps. Eliot Engel (D-NY), Brad Schneider (D-IL), Nita Lowey (D-NY),...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel was readying for further confrontations with Palestinian terrorist groups in Gaza, after the announcement of an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire. “Over the past two days, we have hit Hamas and Islamic Jihad with great force, attacking over 350 targets and terrorist leaders and...

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In the largest escalation of fighting since the 2014 Gaza war, Palestinian terrorist groups have indiscriminately fired hundreds of rockets into Israel since Saturday, killing four Israelis, including an Israeli-American. Moshe Feder, 68, died Sunday when an anti-tank missile struck his car, and a second victim killed in a rocket...

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