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News Israelis Are Famously Bad Drivers — But They’re Leading Car Tech Revolution
Self-driving cars, a car battery that charges in five minutes, a sensor that can analyze a car’s surroundings and cars that talk to each other about road conditions. These are just a handful of the projects that Israeli technology companies are working on to improve the experience of driving — or do away with it…
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Fast Forward Israelis Are Famously Bad Drivers, But They’re Leading The Automotive Tech Revolution
Self-driving cars, a car battery that charges in five minutes, a sensor that can analyze a car’s surroundings and cars that talk to each other about road conditions. These are just a handful of the projects that Israeli technology companies are working on to improve the experience of driving — or do away with it…
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Fast Forward H.R. McMaster Insists ‘Disruptive’ Trump Is Good For Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — In an Israel Independence Day message, U.S. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, said President Donald Trump’s disruptive approach to governing coupled with the rise of the Islamic State presented new opportunities for regional peace. Trump “is a results-oriented businessman who feels an intense responsibility to succeed for his investors, in this case…
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Fast Forward Jewish Man Killed At West Bank Checkpoint Left Suicide Note
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Jewish man shot and killed at a West Bank checkpoint after charging at a female soldier while brandishing a knife left a suicide note. The Jewish man, 19, was shot and killed on Tuesday afternoon by Israeli security forces who felt their lives were in danger when they called on him to…
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Fast Forward New Zealand Reaches Out To Restore Ties With Israel
Recently appointed New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Gerry Brownlee contacted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an effort to restore diplomatic relations with Israel. Brownlee received his ministerial warrant on Tuesday, Israel’s Independence Day, and hours later wrote to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to get the relationship back on track. “I’ve sent a letter…
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Fast Forward Israel Ousts Critical Dutch Journalist
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Citing an administrative technicality, Israeli authorities refused to extend the work visa of the Jerusalem-based reporter of a Dutch daily that is highly critical of the Jewish state. Derk Walters, who has been the main correspondent of the NRC Handelsblad daily in Israel and the Palestinian Authorities since 2014, has exhausted the…
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Life Why Linda Sarsour Is So Controversial
NEW YORK (JTA) — One of the best symbols of the current Jewish political divide is a Muslim woman. To Jews on the left, Linda Sarsour is a courageous and effective activist who builds bridges and breaks stereotypes. To Jews on the right and some in the center, she’s an Israel-hating apologist for Islamic extremists….
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Fast Forward Ayelet Waldman ‘Dares’ Israel To Keep Her and Husband Michael Chabon Out
Amid reports that Israel is blocking tourists who seek to visit the Palestinian West Bank, author Ayelet Waldman has challenged Israel to keep out her and her husband, Pulitzer winner Michael Chabon on an upcoming trip in June. Waldman tweeted the dare on Tuesday: Israel banning tourists, like my husband Michael Chabon, who oppose the…
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