Following the disappointing crash landing of Beresheet, Israel’s historic unmanned lunar spacecraft, on the night of April 11, SpaceIL Chairman Morris Kahn announced the establishment of Beresheet 2. Kahn, an Israeli philanthropist, donated $42 million of the $100 million cost of the mission. “This is part of my message to...

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Wild cheers turned to stunned silence Thursday night as Israel’s Beresheet unmanned spacecraft suddenly lost contact with the control center. Only minutes before, it had sent a spectacular selfie as it neared the surface of the moon. It was a little after 10pm. I was at the Jerusalem Cinemateque watching...

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After eight years of preparations costing $100 million, Israeli spacecraft Beresheet is poised to make history on Thursday when it reaches the moon. The privately funded lunar lander will face its biggest challenge during the landing maneuver, the last stage of the journey controlled solely by the spacecraft’s computer. Beresheet’s...

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Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, announced Tuesday a high-profile trade mission to Israel in May in what will be his first international trip since taking office. “Our delegation will bring business, academic and political leaders to help strengthen the bond between Florida and Israel,” DeSantis said during an appearance in Plantation. The...

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Pilots from Israel and the United Arab Emirates are flying alongside one another as part of Iniohos 2019, Greece’s largest annual military exercise. The drill started on April 1 at the Andravida Base in the Peloponnese and will end on April 12. The United States, Italy, Cyprus, and almost the...

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An international group of 52 undergraduate and graduate students from Imperial College London recently spent a week in Israel getting acquainted with the local high-tech scene. The students hailed from countries such as Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Hong Kong, France, Ethiopia, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark and Spain. They are...

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The Arab world must take initiatives to make Israel overcome “fears for its future” as a Jewish state in the Middle East, Oman Minister of Foreign Affairs said Saturday at the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Jordan. “The West has offered Israel political, economic and military support and...

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The city of Ramla, together with 14 NGOs, is celebrating the International Day of Sport and Peace (April 7). The event was established in 2013 by the United Nations and the International Olympic Committee to honor sport as a catalyst for social change. Some 3,000 events in 180 countries will...

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Israeli archaeologists unearthed the remains of a Jewish settlement of the Second Temple era in the southern Israeli city of Beersheva, revealing evidence of daily Jewish life and even rebellion. The site of the settlement, which dates from the 1st century CE to the Bar-Kochva Revolt of 135 CE, was...

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A professor at Columbia University – known for his hostility toward Israel and support for the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement – has said that the only difference between the Jewish State and the Islamic State is that Zionist columnists defend Israel’s “terrorist cause.” Hamid Dabashi, a professor...

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