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Washington – Ron Dermer, the Israeli ambassador to Washington, urged the United States to “stay the course” and increase pressure on Iran amid reports that the Trump administration is open to diplomatic initiatives with the Islamic Republic.

Mountain View, CA – McDonald’s has signed a deal to acquire the Israeli-founded customer service automation startup Apprente Inc., it was announced on Tuesday. As part of the deal, Apprente’s team will form a new internal group within the fast-food chain’s technology team, called McD Tech Labs. The Silicon Valley-based startup, founded in 2017 by […]

Jerusalem – Israeli tanks fired on two Hamas positions in Gaza on Wednesday an hour after three rockets were fired from Gaza on Jewish communities in southern Israel. One of the rockets landed on a greenhouse in a community near Ashkelon. Another rocket landed in a nearby community and damaged a home with shrapnel. A […]

Jerusalem – Israel’s response to Hezbollah’s attack earlier this month displayed the weakness of the Israel Defense Forces, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said on Tuesday. After the Lebanese terrorist organization fired several rockets at an IDF vehicle near the Israel-Lebanon border on Sept. 1, Israeli news media showed footage of what appeared to be two […]

Washington – The Trump administration was reportedly informed ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement that he would annex all Israel settlements if he wins re-election on Sept. 17, starting with the Jordan Valley. “Administration officials say the U.S. was informed of Netanyahu’s announcement before it was made. They stressed they don’t think Netanyahu’s […]

The City of David archaeological excavations have announced an important and momentous discovery. A bula (seal) bearing the name of Adoniyahu has been discovered in earth removed from adjacent to the Robinson Arch south of Temple Mount. There are three personages named Adoniyahu in Tanakh, including a son of Dovid HaMelech, and this is the […]

Kabul – Following U.S. President Donald Trump’s cancellation of a secret U.S.-Taliban meeting that was to have been held at Camp David on Sept. 9, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban organization) issued the following statement: “We held productive negotiations with the U.S. negotiation team and finalized an agreement. The American team seemed content […]

Jerusalem – Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog sent a letter on Monday to the president of the Belgian regional parliament of Wallonia in an appeal to lift the ban on kosher ritual slaughter without stunning in the region. The ban, initially legislated in 2017 in relation to Jewish and Muslim slaughter, had been in effect […]