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Netanyahu’s Support Waning Among Likud Colleagues

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An old saying is that politicians are like fish: the longer they hang around, the more they stink. That seems to be the case with Bibi Netanyahu, Israel’s longest serving prime minister, at least...
A Palestinian shop owner hangs pictures of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the West Bank city of Hebron on July 20, 2016. Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90.

Israeli and Turkish presidents talk amid tense relations

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke on Monday with Turkey’s president amid a time of tense relations between the two countries. “I spoke a few hours ago with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, who called to...
Signs at the “No Fear: A Rally in Solidarity With the Jewish People” on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on July 11, 2021. Credit: Chris Kleponis.

Young and old brave heat in DC, ‘demanding change until this Jew-hatred stops’

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Despite the sweltering heat in the early afternoon at the U.S. Capitol on Sunday, Jews who attended the “No Fear: A Rally in Solidarity With the Jewish People” enthusiastically received the many speakers on...
Team Israel played against the FDNY (Fire Department of New York) in Brooklyn, N.Y., before embarking on a series of exhibition games on the East Coast that will see them fly to Tokyo to compete in the Summer Olympic Games, July 11, 2021. Photo by Howard Blas.

Back to baseball in Brooklyn and on to Tokyo for Team Israel

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For Team Israel and members of the media who spent three tense, very exciting nights at Maimonides Park in Coney Island, N.Y., back in September 2016, July 11 was a true homecoming. Team Israel played...
Everix optical filters. Source: Screenshot.

Israel Innovation Authority, Space Florida name winners of joint tech program

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Four innovative programs representing joint ventures between technology companies in Florida and Israel were named as winners of the 2021 Florida-Israel Innovation Partnership Program. A venture of Space Florida, the Sunshine State’s aerospace development authority, and...
Israeli ground forces march towarsd Lebanon from northern Israel, Aug. 2, 2006. Photo by Pierre Terdjman/Flash90.

Hezbollah releases new footage of raid that sparked 2006 Lebanon War

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Hezbollah released new footage on Monday of the 2006 cross-border raid that triggered the Second Lebanon War. The video’s release comes as Israel marks 15 years since the fatal abduction of IDF reservists Ehud Goldwasser...
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked speaks during a Yamina Party meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on July 5, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israel’s Interior Minister: ‘It will be easier for our government to work with the...

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The past three months have been the stormiest of Ayelet Shaked’s political life. She broke promises, bucked norms, was protested against, shifted allegiances and sparked antagonism that only time and action might allay. At the...
AIPAC president Betsy Berns Korn addresses the 2020 conference in Washington, D.C. Credit: AIPAC.

AIPAC cancels in-person conference for second year due to COVID concerns

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Because of continued uncertainties caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, AIPAC announced on Monday that it has decided to once again cancel its in-person annual policy conference for the second year in a row. The...
United Nations building in New York City. Credit: Pixabay.

NGOs call for UN version of Taylor Force Act to curb terror financing

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A new report by pro-Israel NGO Im Tirtzu reveals that over the last five years, U.N. agencies have funneled at least $40 million to radical anti-Israel groups, some with terror ties. It also offers...
Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic Jakub Kulhanek. Source: Twitter.

Austria, Czech Republic and Netherlands to avoid Durban IV conference in New York

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Three more countries have announced that they will not attend a U.N. event scheduled for September in New York that marks the 20th anniversary of the World Conference on Racism in Durban, or Durban...