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Southern Israel Tenses After Hamas Fires Rocket Into Israel

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On Friday night, a rocket was launched from the Gaza Strip into Eshkol, Israel. In response, Eshkol Regional Council Chairman Haim Yellin expressed concern saying, “The military achievement of [Operation] Protective Edge is slipping away, without a political strategy to give real quiet to southern residents and all the citizens of Israel."

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Tikkun Olam: Israelis Advance Unmatched Medical Technology

Among His wonderful deeds for mankind, God has given the keys of countless medical secrets to the doctors and researchers of Israel, who have improved or have been developing treatments for ills such as paralysis and cancer. One of the most recent advancements is the treatment of acute radiation syndrome (ARS). Haifa-based Pluristem Therapeutics, alongside the U.S. National Institutes of Health, has been working for eight months to tap the tolerant cells of the placenta tissue for use in countering ARS, using donated placentas from a hospital in northern Israel to build its proprietary method of cell therapy.

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Netanyahu Rejects Undue Criticism of Building in Jerusalem

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Several international bodies recently lashed out at Israel after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued approval for building in Jerusalem. "For some there is a never a convenient time to build homes in Jerusalem, and if it had depended on them, we would never have built one home during the last 60 years because it was never the appropriate time," he said at the opening of the winter session of the Knesset (Israeli parliament) on Monday. "There is wide agreement among the public that Israel has the full right to build the Jewish neighborhoods of Jerusalem. Every Israeli government in the last 50 years did that, and it is also clear to the Palestinians that those places will stay under Israeli control in any mutual agreement," he said. "The French build in Paris, the English build in London, the Israelis build in Jerusalem. Should we tell Jews not to live in Jerusalem because it will stir things up?"

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Rivlin Visits Poland for Opening of New Jewish History Museum

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin flew to Poland this week for the opening of a Jewish museum in Warsaw, amid meetings with Polish heads of state to whom he stressed the need for a strong Polish-Israeli relationship. The museum is built on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto. It is the first museum to showcase the 1,000-year history of Polish Jews, who made an indelible impression on the identity of Europe.

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Three-Month-Old Girl Dies as Abbas’ Incitement Leads to Violence in Jerusalem

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The prime minister of Israel blamed Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas for inciting violence after the attack of a Hamas terrorist, who on Wednesday plowed his car through a crowd in Jerusalem at the Ammunition Hill light rail station during rush hour, killing a baby and injuring eight others. The Prime Minister’s spokesperson, Mark Regev said, “Today’s terror attack in Jerusalem, the attack on a mother and baby, is typical of Hamas, President Abbas’ partner in the Palestinian government. President Abbas himself unfortunately continues to use inflammatory rhetoric inciting against Israelis. This is instead of being a force for peace and reconciliation.” On Thursday, Netanyahu pointed to Abbas' call on Friday to Palestinians to use "any means" to bar the settlers from the Temple Mount.

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Netanyahu: Iran Is a Bigger Threat Than ISIS

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As the world turns its attention to the fighting in Syria and the Islamic State (ISIS), the November 24th final agreement between world powers and Iran regarding its nuclear energy program is fast approaching. Last Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed the urgency of ensuring that a proper decision is made regarding Iran's nuclear capacity, calling the Iranian nuclear threat greater than that posed by ISIS.

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Hamas Continues to Build Terrorist Tunnels

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Two months after cessation of hostilities during Operation Protective Edge, Hamas has published photos of its ongoing tunnel construction saying, “Our work does not stop.” The statement comes even as the international community prepares to dump additional billions into the Gaza economy to supposedly rebuild the destroyed buildings and infrastructure. Historically the majority of such funds have gone to enrich Hamas officials as well as pay for tunnel construction and the financing of illegal arms shipments.

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Israeli Child First to Register as Aramean Christian

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Only a month after Israel’s Interior Ministry announced it would recognize Aramean as a national identity on legal documents, Yaakov Halul, 2, from Gush Halav in the Galilee has become the first Israeli child registered as Christian Armenian. Christian IDF Officers Forum leader Capt. (res.) Shadi Halul and his wife registered the child on Monday hailing it an historic event.

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Israeli Company Produces Alternative Electricity Sources for World’s Poor

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According to the United Nations, over a billion people in the world live without electricity. Many in the developing countries of Africa and Asia have no lights, refrigerators or computers. Now an Israeli company, Eilat-Eilot (EE) Off Grid Hub is seeking to close that gap by bringing electricity, cooking fuel, and other benefits to those living in urban slums and distant rural areas.

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