Middle East

Male competitors more likely to believe in winning streaks

BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)– Research conducted at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) has determined that psychological momentum significantly affects performance among men but not among women, which may account for exaggerated risk-taking in financial and business endeavors among males. Psychological momentum is defined as a state-of-mind where an individual or a team feels things are […]

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Leaders from both countries ponder U.S.-Israel relationship

JERUSALEM (Press Release) –Newly installed  Republican Jewish Coalition Chairman, Sen. Norm Coleman, Leader of the Zionist Union, Isaac Herzog and the leader of the Yesh Atid Party, Yair Lapid, today addressed the Jewish People Policy Institute conference on the Future of the Jewish People in Jerusalem. Both Israeli political leaders discussed the need for Israel

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Middle East, USA

US Senator reintroduces bill to cut off funding to PA

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) announced that he is reintroducing a bill that would cut off funding to the Palestinian Authority for paying rewards to terrorists and their families Tuesday. The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (OU), the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, welcomed Sen. Graham’s announcement. The Taylor Force Act, named for

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Middle East, USA

Knesset approves making biometric ID cards mandatory

Final version of law will obligate citizens to put facial recognition information in national database, but not necessarily fingerprints By Times of Israel staff A sample biometric ‘smart card’ (photo credit: Lior Mizrahi/Flash 90) The Knesset on Monday passed a controversial bill that will obligate all Israeli citizens to obtain biometric ID cards, with their

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Middle East

Bernie Sanders draws parallels between Trump, Netanyahu, calls to end ’50-year occupation’

In J Street address, ex-presidential hopeful says progressives can oppose US president ‘without being anti-American’ and Israeli PM ‘without being anti-Israel’ By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil Sen. Bernie Sanders delivers a speech during J Streets 2017 National Conference at the Washington Convention Center, on February 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP) WASHINGTON — Former

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Middle East, USA

Israel ‘Must Be Ready To Accept Fleeing U.S. Jews’

Israel’s opposition leader Isaac Herzog delivered a startling message to the Trump administration on Monday: Israel must prepare to accept American Jews fleeing the country amid a new wave of anti-Semitism. The leader of the Zionist Union Party—the main challenger to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud faction and far-right coalition—was reacting to a

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Eric Canin, Cal State lecturer, suspended for hitting College Republicans member

A faculty member at California State University, Fullerton has been suspended after striking a College Republicans member during a campus protest earlier this month. The altercation occurred Feb. 8 as pro-Palestine students and counter-protesters marched peacefully through campus. Anthropology part-time lecturer Eric Canin reportedly approached the group of counter-protesters – many of them being CSUF

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA