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Daily Archives: October 15, 2018

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, leave Israel for Davos. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Refocus on Netanyahu after Holy Days

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We’ve had the holidays, and have gone back to work. Slowly, in the matters of the Netanyahus. Sara’s trial has begun, sort of. The prosecution has asked for three judges, given the delicacy and complexity of things....
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

What a political general teaches us about the Israel-Diaspora disconnect

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It appears as if another Israeli general is about to enter politics. According to multiple reports, Benny Gantz, who served as chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces from 2011 to 2015, will...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the Ministers’ Committee meeting on Sept. 17, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Netanyahu blasts B’Tselem as ‘disgrace’ ahead of its UN Security Council address

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a conference of Christian media gathered in Israel on Sunday night that the anti-Israeli army group B’Tselem is a “disgrace,” ahead of the group’s leader addressing the U.N....
Palestinian protesters wave flags during a protest against the U.S. decision earlier this year to cut U.N. aid funds to Palestinians in Bethlehem, on Sept. 26, 2018. Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90.

UNRWA announces job with overly high salary, benefits

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Despite major budget cuts, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) posted a job last month paying 14 times the average annual Palestinian income. The position of director of external relations...
Supreme Court Justice David Mintz attends a swearing-in ceremony for newly appointed judges for the Supreme Court at the President's residence in Jerusalem, on June 13, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israeli Supreme Court justice escapes three-man Arab attack in Samaria

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Israeli Supreme Court justice David Mintz narrowly escaped being lynched by three Arabs on Monday morning who blocked his vehicle and came towards him armed with hammers. Israeli Police received a report of an Israeli...
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman is seen surrounded by security as he visits the Tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs in the city of Hebron on Jan. 14, 2013. Photo by Flash90.

Israel approves building 31 new homes in Hebron

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Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday approved a plan to build a new housing complex for the Jewish community of Hebron, the first major building project in the city in two decades. “A new Jewish...
Footage of Sunday's brutal attack in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Oct. 14, 2018. Source: YouTube.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man brutally attacked in New York

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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man was beaten at a traffic intersection in Brooklyn on Sunday in an assault that police are investigating as a possible hate crime. The attack took place on Sunday morning in the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Rwandan President Paul Kagame in Davos in January 2018. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Israel to open embassy in Rwanda, deepening African diplomatic partnerships

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Israel will open an embassy in the central African state of Rwanda in 2019, Israel Hayom learned on Sunday. The new embassy will be located in the capital, Kigali. Although the two countries have maintained...
Israeli children in second grade (7 and 8 years old) use computers in a classroom during a lesson at the "Janusz Korczak" school in Jerusalem, on May 17, 2011. Photo by Kobi Gideon/Flash90.

Imperva to be acquired by Thoma Bravo for $2.1 billion

Information-security software firm Imperva has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by American private-equity technology investment firm Thoma Bravo in a transaction valued at approximately $2.1 billion. Headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., with development offices...

Rookie NFL kicker scores goal with new ‘mezuzah’

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Greg Joseph has just arrived in Cleveland, and already things have gotten off on the right foot. The new placekicker for the NFL’s Cleveland Browns scored his a first career game-winning field goal last week with just two...