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DIHAD executive chairman Abdul Salam al-Madani and ZAKA chairman Yehuda Meshi-Zahav sign a memorandum of understanding in Dubai on Nov. 25, 2020. Photo courtesy of ZAKA.

Israeli search-and-rescue organization signs historic MoU with UAE counterparts

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The Jerusalem-based ZAKA International Rescue Unit announced this week that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with its counterparts in the United Arab Emirates. The Israeli humanitarian organization, made up of volunteers who...
A view of the Al-Aqsa mosque on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. Credit: Andrew Shiva via Wikimedia Commons.

From Mecca to Jerusalem

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The dispute that is now rocking the Muslim world is not about whether the Prophet Muhammad’s famous “Night Journey” actually took place or was merely a dream. The current debate, which is intertwined with...
Deputy Knesset Speaker and Ra'am Party leader Mansour Abbas. April 16, 2019. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Israel’s Joint List outraged after member says ‘Arab parties not in left’s pocket’

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Deputy Knesset Speaker and Ra’am Party leader Mansour Abbas was the target of outrage within his own Joint Arab List faction after he told the right-leaning Israeli Channel 20 on Tuesday that “the Arab parties are...
Participants in the first Jewish-Arab-Jerusalem Hackathon, November 2020. Photo by May Hatib.

Jewish-Arab Hackathon aims to model new projects and ties in Jerusalem

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A group of 20 young entrepreneurs took part in a new initiative by Jewish and Arab entrepreneurs to build new projects for the benefit of Jerusalem. The first Jewish-Arab-Jerusalem Hackathon took place this month in...
Artist's rendition of the Dror 1, which will be the most advanced communication satellite built in Israel to date. Credit: Israel Aerospace Industries.

An insider’s look at Israel’s next satellite: A ‘smartphone in space’

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Work is on track to develop and build Israel’s next-generation communications satellite, ensuring that Israel will retain its independence in the critical domain of space-based communications, executives from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), which is...
Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Gilad Erdan, in his first address to the Security Council, Oct. 26, 2020. Source: Facebook/Gilad Erdan.

Israeli envoy calls for UN action against Iran over its actions in Syria

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Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan has called on the U.N. Security Council to take immediate steps to end the Iranian presence in Syria. The Islamic republic has been largely credited for keeping...
Soldiers of the IDF Bardelas Battalion prepare for urban-warfare training near Nitzanim in the Arava area of southern Israel on July 13, 2016. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Israeli military sees 160 percent rise in number of females in combat roles

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The number of women in combat roles in the Israeli Defense Forces has risen by 160 percent over the past six years, it was revealed on Tuesday during a discussion at the Knesset’s Foreign...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to U.S. President Donald Trump over the phone on March 21, 2019, thanking him for the United States recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Netanyahu talks with Pollard, looks forward to his arrival in Israel

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talked on the phone on Tuesday with Jonathan Pollard, a former intelligence analyst who served three decades in prison for spying for and giving classified information to Israel, and...
From left: Hillel Neuer, Arsen Ostrovsky, Former MK Dov Lipman, MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh, Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, Avi Mayer, Michael Dickson, Alex Traiman, Yosef Haddad in Jerusalem, Nov. 24, 2020.

JNS ‘top 40’ global advocates for Israel online assemble for Knesset panel

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More than 30 influential pro-Israel advocates participated in a special Knesset panel to address the diplomatic challenges Israel faces amid a growing wave of global anti-Semitism and anti-Israel media bias. The panel was the result...
Transitional leader of Sudan Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Israel sends delegation to Sudan for talks on economic, humanitarian cooperation

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Israel sent a delegation to Sudan on Monday for talks on expanding economic and humanitarian cooperation, Reuters reported. According to the report, a source confirmed that the delegation met with members of the U.S. embassy in Khartoum...