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  Bibi Says Trump Knew In Advance Of Mossad Mission To Steal Iran Nuclear Files

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that he informed President Trump in advance of what Israel has described as a spy mission in Tehran last year to capture a secret Iranian nuclear archive. Netanyahu said in April 2018 that Mossad operatives had spirited thousands of hidden documents out of Tehran…

  By Dan Williams Jul 2, 2019 | 2 min read
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  Israel Bans Juul E-Cigarettes Over Health Concerns

  JERUSALEM, Aug 21 (Reuters) – Israel on Tuesday outlawed the import and sale of e-cigarettes made by Silicon Valley start-up Juul Labs, citing public health concerns given their nicotine content. A statement by Israel’s Health Ministry said the Juul device was banned because it contains nicotine at a concentration higher than 20 milligrams per milliliter…

  By Dan Williams Aug 21, 2018 | < 1 min read
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  Prince William Visits ‘Terrifying’ Holocaust Exhibit At Yad Vashem

  Britain’s Prince William voiced horror over a Nazi death camp exhibit at Israel’s Holocaust memorial in a somber start on Tuesday to the first official British royal visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Wearing a black Jewish skullcap, William, second in line to the throne, laid a wreath in the Hall of Remembrance at…

  By Dan Williams Jun 26, 2018 | < 1 min read
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  Israel Says Sniper Deserves A Medal For Shooting Palestinian — Probes Video

  Israel praised the sniper who was filmed shooting a Palestinian youth on the Gaza border but pledged disciplinary action over the leaked video of the incident. The 81-second clip surfaced on social media on Monday and led Israeli TV news, with one host calling it “disturbing.” Its release followed a surge in Palestinian protests at…

  By Dan Williams Apr 10, 2018 | < 1 min read
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  Israelis On Gaza Border Unmoved By Palestinian Protests

  NAHAL OZ, Israel (Reuters) – Hardened by years of rocket attacks from next-door Gaza, residents of this frontline Israeli village seemed unmoved on Sunday by Palestinians’ mass demonstrations at the border and Israel’s deadly response to them. Confrontations on each of the last two Fridays have been clearly visible from Nahal Oz, a kibbutz just…

  By Dan Williams Apr 8, 2018 | 2 min read
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  Top Israeli General: Iran Spending More On Foreign Wars

  JERUSALEM, Jan 2 (Reuters) – Iran spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually to help allies fighting elsewhere in the Middle East and this outlay appears to be rising, Israel’s armed forces chief said on Tuesday. Lieutenant-General Gadi Eizenkot’s remarks coincided with almost a week of Iranian street protests that initially focused on economic hardships…

  By Dan Williams Jan 2, 2018 | 2 min read
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  Could Israeli Tech Help European Union Weed Out ‘Lone Wolf’ Terror Suspects?

  European powers are trying to develop better means for pre-emptively spotting “lone-wolf” militants from their online activities and are looking to Israeli-developed technologies, a senior EU security official said on Tuesday. Last week’s truck rampage in France and Monday’s axe attack aboard a train in Germany have raised European concern about self-radicalized assailants who have…

  By Dan Williams Jul 19, 2016 | 2 min read
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  Israel Security Chief Praises Saudis in New Sign of Warming Ties

  Israel’s top intelligence official offered Saudi Arabia rare public praise on Wednesday for what he deemed its efforts, under King Salman, to lead “pragmatic” Sunni Muslim states confronting Iran and to overhaul Riyadh’s oil-dependent economy. The tribute by military intelligence chief Major-General Herzi Halevy at an international security forum followed years of veiled references by…

  By Dan Williams Jun 15, 2016 | 2 min read