City of David Top Finds #5 and #4: The Shiloh Inscription and Seals of Prophet Jeremiah’s Captors
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City of David Top Finds #3: The Ancient Pool of Siloam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfmefLuioVo
City of David Top Finds #2: The Road of Pilgrimage to the Temple Mount
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ajg9HfrzkQ
City of David Top Finds #1: King Hezekiah’s Royal Seal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk0njpxXJI8
Mike Pence and Trent Franks Lead Thousands of Christians at CUFI’s Pro-Israel Event
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“The resolution of the Mennonite Church USA is confusing and contradictory,” said Mat Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel and president of...
Decrying ‘Abominable’ PA ‘Martyr Payments’ Policy, Former US Officials Pledge Support for Taylor Force Act at Senate Hearing
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Toyota research arm takes first step into Israel’s start-up scene with investment into robotics for the elderly
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Toyota Research Institute, TRI, the automaker's initiative in artificial intelligence, autonomous driving and home robotics, has a treasure chest of $1 billion and says...
Courageous Israeli Soldier Loses Arm, Returns to Battlefield
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From the Land of the Free to the Holy Land
Most Americans don’t know it, but the United States has been involved in the Holy Land for a long, long time.
Starting in the early 19th century, as travel to the region became safer — in the wake of the wars fought by the US and Europe against the Barbary Pirates (1801–1805 and 1815–1816), and the 1830 French conquest of Algeria — North...
Iran seeking nuclear weapons technology, German intel says
Damning German intelligence reports emerged in June and July revealing the Iranian regime’s continued pursuit of nuclear weapons and missile technology in defiance of international sanctions and UN resolutions.
A federal intelligence report also said that the Islamic Republic targets Jewish and Israeli institutions with espionage.
According to...
Israeli Doctoral Student Develops Groundbreaking Test for Parkinson’s Disease
JNS.org – Suaad Abd-Elhadi, a doctoral student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has won an innovation award for developing a new groundbreaking tool that could lead to earlier detection of Parkinson’s disease.
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Six Members of ‘Lost’ Jewish-Indian Tribe Join Same IDF Combat Unit
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The soldiers — Khananya Baite, 21; Ayal Haokip, 20; Ben Gurion Kipgen, 19; Amos Pulamte, 20; Michael Sitlhou, 22; and Binyamin Tungnung, 20 —...
Netanyahu cuts $1 million more from UN budget after UNESCO Hebron vote
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Friday that Israel would further reduce the amount it gives annually to the United Nations in membership fees by another $1 million following a decision by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to list the Old City of Hebron in the West Bank as an endangered...
Haley calls UNESCO Hebron motion ‘an affront to history,’ says US to review ties
WASHINGTON — Hours after UNESCO declared the Tomb of the Patriarchs, in the Old City of Hebron in the West Bank, an endangered Palestinian world heritage site, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said the move was both “tragic” and an “affront to history,” and that the US would review its ties with the world body as a result of the...
Sniffing out diseases with the Nanose
If there is such a thing as a science superstar, it might be Hossam Haick, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Nanotechnology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
Born and raised in Nazareth, he left Israel after receiving his Ph.D. to study in the United States for a few years, then returned to the Technion, where he is currently a...
US warship visit marks ‘deepening cooperation’ on regional threats, top officer says
The docking of a US Navy supercarrier on the Haifa coast this week signifies deepening ties between Israel and the United States in confronting threats posed by “the global Jihad axis,” according to a top IDF officer responsible for cooperation between the two militaries.
The USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier, which has been a leading part of...
Israel fumes over ‘sad, pathetic’ UNESCO decision on Jerusalem
Israeli officials angrily rejected a resolution by a UN body condemning its activity in East Jerusalem and the Old City, with the Foreign Ministry saying the move was irrelevant.
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