Marking a first for Israel’s national intelligence agency, the Mossad has revealed that two women were recently appointed division heads, the highest position reached by women in the secretive government body. With the identities of the two withheld from publication for security reasons, Yedioth Aharonoth reported Sunday that “S” was appointed to the role of […]
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Middle EastIsrael and the United States are in negotiations to establish a joint fingerprint database, which will be a significant step forward in granting blanket visa exemptions for Israelis wishing to enter the United States. According to Channel 2, a meeting was held Monday between the Justice Ministry, the Foreign Ministry, and the Prime Minister’s Office
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Middle East, USAA Swiss lawmaker resigned after comparing the transportation of pigs for farming to the transportation of prisoners to Auschwitz. “The (Nazi) deportees had only a slight chance to survive. As for the pigs, they are condemned to certain death,” Swiss Green Party lawmaker Jonas Fricker said on Thursday during a debate in the National Council,
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International, Jewish ReligionGreece’s defense minister said on Sunday plans are being drawn up for joint air force drills with Cyprus, Israel, Egypt and other European countries as part of efforts to bolster stability in the eastern Mediterranean, The Associated Press reports. The remarks by Panos Kammenos came after a military parade in the Cypriot capital to commemorate
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International, Middle EastA Palestinian accused of killing a senior Israeli policeman and wounding his wife and nine-year-old child was sentenced on Monday to two life terms in prison, the military announced. Ziad Awad, who appeared before a military court in the West Bank, was found guilty of intentionally causing the death of Baruch Mizrahi by shooting at
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Middle EastMichael Rosbash of Brandeis University, whose parents fled Nazi Germany, and whose father was a cantor, was one of three American scientists to win the Nobel Prize for Medicine. The prize awarded to Rosbash, 74, and the others announced Monday was for their discoveries about molecular mechanisms controlling the body’s daily rhythm. Jeffrey Hall of
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAA chaplain on the Las Vegas Metro Police Force confirmed to The Times of Israel that one of the wounded from the shooting spree that left at least 58 people dead and over 515 wounded has been identified a Jewish female. She underwent surgery and her condition is “not life-threatening,” Rabbi Mendy Harlig said. Get
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USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)–San Diego lovers of Israel will have an opportunity to hear an Arab Israeli explain how he went from hating Israel to calling himself a Zionist. StandWithUs (SWU) educator Yahya Mahamid, 19, will share his journey at the SWU San Diego Festival of Lights “I Love Israel” gala on December 2 at
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Middle East, San Diego County, USASAN FRANCISCO (Press Release) — Do you know a teen with a passion for making the world a better place? The Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards are seeking nominations of exceptional Jewish teens leading meaningful community service and social change initiatives. Now entering its 12th year, the national award annually recognizes up to 15
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USADonald Trump president President Donald Trump gave a statement offering words of healing in the wake of the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas that claimed more than 50 lives. Trump began his speech saying, “We are joined together today in sadness, shock and grief.” He then went on to
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USAA gunman firing from the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas Strip casino sprayed hundreds of shots into an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 50 people and wounding more than 400 as tens of thousands of screaming concert-goers ran for their lives, officials said Monday. It was the deadliest mass shooting in
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The puzzle of Donald Trump is parallel to the puzzle of the United States. An Israeli psychiatrist, interviewed on a prime time discussion program, presented an analysis of the United States which–to her–explained the ascendance and behavior of Donald Trump as an archetype of the American experience. The themes she noted in
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Ira Sharkansky, USANEW YORK — Samuel (Si) Newhouse Jr., the low-profile billionaire media mogul who ran the parent company of some of the nation’s most prestigious magazines, died Sunday. He was 89. Newhouse’s death was confirmed by his family, who said he died at his New York home. Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email
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Obituaries & memorials, USAThe Foreign Ministry said on Sunday it’s reviewing the travel ban imposed on Israeli nuclear secret-spiller Mordechai Vanunu after Norway granted him permission to immigrate so he can be united with his wife. “Israel will continue to review updates of the situation in order to determine appropriate restrictions in accordance with security dangers posed by
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