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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on the first night of Hanukkah, on Dec. 22, 2019. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Netanyahu, Friedman officially extend scientific cooperation to Judea and Samaria, Golan Heights

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman on Wednesday signed the U.S.-Israel Science and Technology Agreement at Ariel University in Samaria. The agreement expands scientific and academic cooperation between the...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife Sara, US ambassador to Israel David Friedman attend an American Independence Day celebration in Jerusalem on July 2, 2019. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL

US to extend bilateral agreements with Israel into Judea and Samaria, Golan Heights

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The United States and Israel will eliminate territorial restrictions for bilateral agreements in a ceremony on Wednesday. The move will build upon a policy shift made by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this...
The Israel Antiquities Authority excavations at Nafah in the central Golan Heights. Photo by Assaf Peretz/Israel Antiquities Authority.

1,700-year-old boundary stone bearing name ‘Kfar Nafah’ found in Golan Heights

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A 1,700-year-old boundary stone bearing the Greek inscription “Kfar Nafah” (Nafah village) was discovered during an archaeological excavation in the Golan Heights last month, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced on Tuesday. When the inscription...
View of the sunset in the border area between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights on Feb. 20, 2019. Photo by Maor Kinsbursky/Flash90.

Netanyahu warns Hezbollah after Israeli retaliatory strikes in Syria

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Lebanon-based terrorist group Hezbollah on Tuesday that Israel would take the necessary measures to defend itself after Israel launched airstrikes against targets in Syria. “We hit a cell,...
Israeli soldiers near the Israeli-Syrian border, in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, on August 3, 2020. Photo by Basel Awidat/Flash90

IDF’s border alertness prevents second attempt at purported retaliation by Hezbollah-Iran axis

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For the second time in less than a week, the border alertness of the Israel Defense Forces border has proven itself, allowing the military to stay one step ahead of the Hezbollah-Iran axis and...
Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Elan Carr at a panel discussion on anti-Semitism in New York City on Sept. 10, 2019. Photo by Rhonda Hodas Hack.

Carr calls out J Street’s use of photo to advance ‘anti-Semitic conspiracy theories’

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U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Elan Carr called out the American Jewish lobby group J Street on Wednesday for using “crude anti-Semitic conspiracy theories to advance their agenda.” In his own tweet,...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the cornerstone ceremony for a new town named after US President Donald Trump, in Kela Alon in the northwestern Golan Heights, on June 16, 2019. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

On Trump’s birthday, Israel greenlights construction of Trump Heights

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Israel announced on Sunday the approval of plans to build a new town in the Golan Heights named after U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump Heights was so named in June of last year in honor of the...
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Lessons from the Golan

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I was privileged to have been invited to a meeting last month of the cabinet of the government of Israel. Convened in an open field on the Golan Heights with pure air and breathtaking...
The area in the Golan Heights designated for “Trump Heights.” Credit: Golan Regional Council.

New Golan neighborhood to be named ‘Trump Heights’

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A new town in the Golan Heights will be named “Trump Heights,” or “Ramat Trump” in Hebrew, after U.S. President Donald Trump officially recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan three months ago. The Israeli cabinet...
The area in the Golan Heights designated for “Trump City.” Credit: Golan Regional Council.

Israel prepares to break ground on ‘Trump city’

U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights sparked considerable excitement in Israel, leading to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s call for the founding of a Golan Heights community named...