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Traveling Israel’s Legendary Burma Road

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AstWVwdZoJo

Jerusalem’s Jews Cut Off From Supplies in 1948: How Israel Responded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SorMJ3badU

Israeli UN Ambassador Urges Security Council to ‘Act Immediately’ to End Palestinian Authority Payments to Terrorists

The Security Council must “act immediately” to halt the flow of money from the Palestinian Authority to jailed terrorists, Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon declared on Thursday.

“Aid provided by the donor countries to the PA every year ends up funding terrorists who murdered innocent Israelis,” Danon said in a statement.

In a letter sent...

President Trump ‘still reviewing’ embassy move to Jerusalem – White House

The president has not made a decision yet and is still reviewing that,” Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters at the daily press briefing.

Sanders was asked about a report on the Hebrew-language news site NRG that implied Israeli sources were notified Trump had decided against moving the embassy and would sign a waiver in...

The Israelis helping to conquer cancer

May is National Cancer Research Month in the United States. But cancer doesn’t care who you are or where you live, so every research breakthrough is vital to the global community of cancer patients and their families.

And Israel is renowned for its many studies and scientific breakthroughs that have led to new treatments and better understanding...

Nikki Haley rolling back UN’s ‘anti-Israel bias,’ Israeli official says

Former S.C. gov. Nikki Haley’s performance so far as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is getting rave reviews from one U.S. ally.

Israel’s justice minister told a New York crowd Sunday that her country is no longer “the United Nations' punching bag,” now that Haley is representing the United States, according to the Washington Free Beacon....

Pentagon eyes Iran-North Korea military connection

When Iran attempted to launch a cruise missile from a “midget” submarine earlier this week, Pentagon officials saw more evidence of North Korean influence in the Islamic Republic – with intelligence reports saying the submarine was based on a Pyongyang design, the same type that sank a South Korean warship in 2010.

According to U.S. defense...

Israeli study finds missing protein may contribute to Alzheimer’s

Researchers at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) say they have verified the absence of a protein in Alzheimer’s disease patients, and that absence likely contributes to the onset of the debilitating disease.

The common consensus is that aging is the result of DNA damage accumulation — essentially the body’s failure to implement...

US planes to fly in Israeli Air Force exercise this week

American and Israeli pilots will take to the skies for a joint exercise near the southern city of Eilat this week, the army said.

The drill will take place at the Israeli Air Force’s Ovda air base, just north of Eilat.

Ovda is the home of the air force’s Flying Dragon Squadron, also known as the Red Squadron, which plays the role of enemy...

The Lone Star state welcomes the Israel water industry

On May 5, 2017, the Israeli Economic Delegation of the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry in Texas and the Texas-Israel Chamber of Commerce co-hosted a first-of-its-kind event in the city of Austin for 200 key players from the Texas water industry and government.

The event presented innovative Israeli water technologies developed to meet...

US military chief to visit Israel, discuss IS, Syria – report

US military head Joseph Dunford will visit Tel Aviv on Monday to meet his Israeli counterparts and discuss fighting the Islamic State on the Jewish state’s borders, according to a report Sunday.

Dunford, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, will meet with IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, according...

US lawmakers urge recognition of Jerusalem births as in Israel

Dozens of US lawmakers wrote a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson last week calling on him to change the longstanding policy of refusing to recognize Americans born in Jerusalem as individuals born in Israel.

The State Department has long resisted recognizing Jerusalem as part of Israel in Americans’ birth certificates and other...

Israel’s “Friendly” Neighbors: A Closer Look

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3doGO_J66-U

Benjamin Netanyahu “I look forward to talks with Trump to advance peace”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said he looked forward to talking with US President Donald Trump about the best way to advance peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

He spoke just one day after Trump announced the start of a new peace processduring a joint press conference with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud...

Morocco’s Christian converts emerge from the shadows

AGADIR, Morocco (AFP) — Moroccans who secretly converted to Christianity are demanding the right to practice their faith openly in a country where Islam is the state religion and “apostasy” is condemned.

At an apartment in a working-class part of the southern town of Agadir, Mustapha listened to hymns emanating from a hi-fi under a silver...

Ambassador Friedman’s First Stop in Israel the Kotel

WASHINGTON -- David Friedman, the new US ambassador to Israel, will make the Western Wall his first official stop when he arrives at his post on May 14, US officials told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.

Senior State Department officials confirmed the ambassador would travel to Israel in ten days, but declined to comment on where he will be taking...

Holocaust Survivor Irving Roth Part 8: The Miracle of Christian Support for Israel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Z0g_4Sf_E

Holocaust Survivor Irving Roth Part 7: Losing His Brother

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJS7RfTZvVw

Holocaust Survivor Irving Roth Part 6: Reunited With His Parents

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMBQXHJzmyU

Holocaust Survivor Irving Roth Part 5: Surviving the Nazi Death March

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XLZQ4NAv1U