The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS) has taken particular aim at Israel’s tourism industry. Tourism accounts for about 11 percent of global GDP and 350 million jobs worldwide — more than ten percent of employment on the planet. In Israel, tourism is more than just sun, seashore, and spirituality;...

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Water pollution is one of the leading causes of death in the west African country of Sierra Leone, where average life expectancy is just 56 years. Now, St. Joseph School girls in the capital city of Freetown can easily access safe drinking water thanks to Israeli technology in the form...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to “discuss events in Syria.” Netanyahu requested the meeting shortly after the United States recognized Israel’s full sovereignty over the Golan Heights through a presidential proclamation at the end of March. Israel has been calling on...

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An artifact bearing the name of an aide to the biblical Israelite King Josiah was found in Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday. A bulla, a piece of clay used to bind documents together, bears the name of “Nathan-Melech, Servant of the King.” Dr. Anat Mendel-Geberovich of the Hebrew University...

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Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer was recently ranked by the Newsweek magazine as the 10th best hospital in the world. “Sheba Medical Center – or Tel HaShomer Hospital – in Ramat Gan is a leader in medical science and biotechnical innovation, both in the Middle East and worldwide,” the magazine explains. “The tertiary...

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Ahead of the planned riots at the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel, Egypt has warned Hamas to control the violence, as IDF troops have prepared to defend against attacks. Hamas has called for riots on Saturday, March 30, to commemorate the first anniversary of the Great March of Return. The...

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The virulently anti-Israel movement known as Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions — BDS — is roiling through campuses, overflowing into city councils, encroaching into corporate boardrooms, and now chomping at the essence of Israel’s special niche in the world: its travel and tourism industry. Everywhere, the boycotters have been asking to...

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Fast-food empire McDonald’s has acquired Dynamic Yield, an Israeli artificial intelligence startup specializing in personalization and decision logic technology. The move is set to offer a more personalized McDonald’s drive-thru customer experience in which outdoor menus will display food options based on the time of day, weather, restaurant traffic and trending...

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The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) called the Arab world’s refusal to talk to Israel a “wrong decision” and predicted growing ties between those nations and the Jewish State in the coming years, Gulf News reported Wednesday. “Many, many years ago, when there was an Arab decision...

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At least seven Iranians or Iranian-allied militia members were killed in an overnight airstrike against a weapons depot outside of Aleppo, Syria, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. The casualties were reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors developments on the ground in Syria. This is the Fajr-5C...

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