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Opinion These Riveting Photos Show Israelis Helping Africans Find Clean Water
‘Unsafe water kills more people than war.” This statement caught me off guard. “In 2017? Really?” I thought to myself. Yet hundreds and millions of Africans lack access to clean drinking water, resulting in famine, poverty and many deaths, facts those of us who take clean water for granted should contemplate as we mark World…
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Opinion Is There A Silver Lining To Increasing Anti-Semitism?
As Jewish Community Centers across the United States recently celebrated Purim, seven more received anonymous bomb threats. Despite the normally cheerful Purim festivities, the prevailing mood among American Jews is grim. Whether or not they’re in a state of panic, as some commentators have debated, there’s undoubtedly widespread anxiety among American Jews today, after more…
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Fast Forward Israeli And American Companies Create Marijuana Inhaler For Sleep
Insomnia sufferers often swear by a puff of marijuana before bed. Now an Israeli company is helping to medicalize the practice with an inhaler that delivers a stable and controlled dose of a cannabis formula that lasts through the night. i.can.sleep is a joint venture of iCAN:Israel-Cannabis, a group building out the medical marijuana industry…
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Fast Forward Israeli Group Sets Up ‘Shelters’ For Jewish Women Leaving Arab Boyfriends
An Israeli group opposed to relationships between Jews and Arabs has set up two “shelters” to assist Jewish women in leaving their Arab male partners. The anti-miscegination group Lehava created the facilities in apartment buildings, one in the West Bank and one in central Israel. “In the first days after a girl leaves an Arab…
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News Meet Yuval Harari, the Israeli Professor Who Predicts Homo Sapiens’ End
Yuval Harari has rocketed to the top of the American best-seller lists with his new book “Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow.” And the podcast-sphere can’t get enough of it. “Homo Deus,” which sketches out the rise of artificial intelligence and the Israeli professor’s predictions for the future of mankind, follows up on “Sapiens,”…
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Fast Forward Israel Strikes Syria And Russia Calls In Its Ambassador For Talks
(JTA) — Russia summoned its ambassador to Israel for clarifications following Israeli airstrikes in Syria. Russia, which backs Syria’s embattled president, Bashar Assad, summoned its envoy, Gary Koren, on Friday less than 24 hours after the Israeli military action on Thursday night, according to The Times of Israel. In a rare statement, the Israel Defense…
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Opinion Explosive Charge: Israel Is Not Part Of A ‘Cycle Of Violence’
The Israeli Air Force attacked Hezbollah targets in Syria on March 17, days before it went after Hamas targets in Gaza. The Israeli strike in Syria, reported in several news outlets, targeted weapons that convoys destined for Hezbollah. The weapons – almost certainly supplied by Iran and Syria – apparently had the potential to alter…
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Fast Forward UN Group Takes Down Report Accusing Israel Of Apartheid
(JTA) — A United Nations affiliate removed a report accusing Israel of apartheid from the internet after the secretary-general of the international body asked it to do so. Antonio Guterres asked the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia to remove the report, which was published Wednesday and says it “establishes, on the basis of…
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