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Gaza Fires on Israel

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Southern Israel was hit Wednesday with the second rocket attack from the Gaza Strip since Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas installed the new Fatah-Hamas unity government on June 2. The United States denounced the attack as “unprovoked aggression,” although it said it would still work with the new government. “We condemn all rocket fire from Gaza. It is unprovoked aggression against civilian targets and is totally unacceptable,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said, noting that there were no Hamas members in the new Palestinian government.

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Israel and EU Sign Scientific Cooperation Agreement

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On Sunday Israel and the European Union signed the Horizon 2020 agreement that gives Israel access to the EU’s largest ever research and development program. The agreement allows Israel to participate and benefit the same as any other member state. Israel, the first and only non-member state to have access to the fund, devotes 4 % of its GDP to research and development in the fields of science, medicine, technology and the environment. It has been working with the EU since 1996, but the present agreement will allow for a more active involvement.

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Abbas and Peres Pray for Peace on the Vatican Lawn

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In an unprecedented interfaith prayer summit on a lawn of the Vatican, Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met yesterday to pray for peace in the Middle East. Before the prayer summit, Peres stated, “I have come to the Vatican from the State of Israel together with the representatives of the main monotheistic religions in Israel for an extraordinary event for peace. This spiritual call is very important and influential, since the conflict [in the Middle East] is one that is of both a political and a religious nature.”

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Australia Clarifies Stance on East Jerusalem

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Australia has taken a courageous stand against an international trend and decided it will no longer refer to East Jerusalem as “occupied.” “The description of East Jerusalem as ‘occupied’ East Jerusalem is a term freighted with pejorative implications which is neither appropriate nor useful,” Attorney General George Brandis told Australia’s senate on Thursday, reading from a carefully drafted statement that was written following a conversation with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.

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New Israeli Device Helps People Better Understand the Physical World

Aviv’s Consumer Physics Inc. has created a device called SCiO that will give ordinary people insight into the physical world in which we live. The device uses Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy to provide instant information about the chemical make-up of just about anything and sends it directly to the user’s smartphone. The device works by shining a light onto the surface of the object, which reflects back onto the device sensor along with the object’s molecules, creating a unique molecular optical signature for that object.

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Violence Against Jews on the Rise in Jerusalem

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On Friday, a foiled suicide bomb attempt at the Tapuach Junction near the Samarian community of Ariel led to an area-wide manhunt for the terror cell behind the attack. It is believed that at least three other terrorists are involved. There is concern that additional attacks will be attempted since the group is thought to possess additional bomb belts and other weapons. The suspect aroused suspicion because he was wearing an unusually large coat in the heat. He was arrested when he refused to remove it. The arrest took place before any damage could be inflicted.

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Hamas-Fatah Unity Government Sworn In

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The two main Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, have moved one step closer to reaching a unity deal. Late Thursday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced that the two sides have agreed upon Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah as the prime minister of the new Hamas-Fatah unity government. At a brief ceremony attended by Abbas and the new prime minister, Abbas announced, “This letter designates Dr. Rami Hamdallah to form a new transitional government. I wish him luck in this difficult task which he will undertake.”

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