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Daily Archives: November 6, 2020

Bonei Zion Prize. Photo credit: Yonit Schiller

Nominations Open for 2021 Sylvan Adams Nefesh B’Nefesh Bonei Zion Prize

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The nomination period for the 2021 Sylvan Adams Nefesh B’Nefesh Bonei Zion Prize has officially opened today for its eighth consecutive year. The awards, sponsored by Sylvan Adams, are given to seven extraordinary English-speaking Olim (immigrants to...
A view of the UN. General Assembly hall. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Still stuck in a time warp

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Some of you will probably be familiar with a charming German movie called “Goodbye, Lenin,” the story of which concerns a woman in Communist-ruled East Germany who falls into a coma and wakes up...
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, in Israel on March 9, 2016. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Credit: U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv.

What a Biden presidency could mean for Israel

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For some supporters of President Donald Trump in both Israel and the United States, the prospect of a President Joe Biden is a scenario they never wanted to contemplate. And while the outcome of...
An F-22 Raptor flies over Kadena Air Base, Japan on a routine training mission in 2009. Credit: Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway via Wikimedia Commons.

Report: US approves sending F-22 fighter jets to Israel

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The Trump administration has reportedly approved the sale of F-22 stealth fighters to the Jewish state, according to an article last week in the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, citing senior sources in Israel. The report said that U.S. Defense...
A MQ-9 Reaper US military unmanned aerial vehicle prepares to land after a mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. The Reaper has the ability to carry both precision-guided bombs and air-to-ground missiles. Credit: U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson via Wikimedia Commons.

Report: US State Department notifies Congress of $2.9 billion drone sale to UAE

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The U.S. State Department has informally notified Congress that “it plans to sell 18 sophisticated armed MQ-9B aerial drones to the United Arab Emirates in a deal worth as much as $2.9 billion,” reported Reuters on Thursday,...
A view of the Galilee Medical Center located in Nahariya, Israel. Source: Galilee Medical Center.

French ‘olim’ help fill needed health-care gaps in northern Israel

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As a wave of Islamist terror directed at churches and priests raises religious tensions in France, a special group of recent French immigrants is relieved to be settling into their new life in Nahariya,...
Satellite,Nanotechnology,Space,Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University develops, builds and plans to launch small satellite into orbit

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The TAU-SAT1 nanosatellite is currently undergoing pre-flight testing at the Japanese space agency JAXA prior to a planned launch by NASA in the first quarter of 2021. About the size of a shoebox, it was...
A phone with the Facebook logo. Credit: Pikrepo.

Facebook uncovers Iranian operation supporting anti-Netanyahu protests in Israel

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Facebook announced on Thursday that it has removed a network of Facebook and Instagram accounts linked to Iran that sought to promote and support protests in Israel against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In its  “October 2020...
Former Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil. Source: Screenshot.

US sanctions pro-Hezbollah Lebanese politician

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The Trump administration announced on Friday that it has sanctioned a top pro-Hezbollah Lebanese politician. Former Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil was sanctioned for helping Hezbollah, a U.S.-designated terrorist group—a move “likely to upend attempts to form...

Wiesenthal Centre Denounces Antisemitic Hate Displayed at Sharjah, UAE, International Book Fair

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Paris, 6 November In a letter to H.H. Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, Emir of Sharjah, UAE, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels stated: “This week's opening of the...