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- Antisemitism: The A Word, Divest This, August 21
- Colleges & Universities: Reclaiming Zionism by Lilia Gaufberg, Times of Israel, August 5
- Europe: NGO Jihad by Susan Warner, Gatestone Institute, August 27
- Iran: Let’s Get Serious by David Harris, Huffington Post, August 16
- Political Process: Looking Ahead by Shoshana Bryen, Gatestone Institute, August 17
More at Gaza, Hamas, IDF, Jerusalem, NGOs, Palestinians, Political Process, Polls, Public Diplomacy, Syria, Water
- Jonathan Pollard granted parole after 30 years in prison for spying for Israel
- Shira Banki, 16, stabbed at Gay Pride march, dies
- Israel strikes Hamas weapons site after Gaza rocket attack
- Hamas enrolls 25,000 in combat-training summer camps
- Recent statements & stands against anti-Israel boycotts by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, the prime minister of Italy, and the mayor of Paris; Students at the University of Toronto reject BDS campaign, Jewish-American reggae star Matisyahu (uninvited from Spanish music festival, then re-invited), celebrity Oprah Winfrey, and African-American civil-rights activists
- Cyprus & Israel agree to share gas facilities and expand cooperation; Israel signs space-cooperation agreement with U.S. to prevent satellite collisions; Israel also improving ties with India, China, Japan, and Egypt
- Israelis win 21 medals at Special Olympics, silver medal in athletics World Championship, bronze medal in World Judo Championship, and gold medal in international chocolate competition; 91-year-old Israeli wins world running championship for seniors
- Controversy surrounds Israeli police chief appointment
- Captured Hamas operative reveals plans for new terror attacks, tunnels, Iranian financing
- Israeli doctors restore sight to 90 Kyrgyzstanis
- Six Israeli universities in Chinese ranking of world’s best
- Ben Gurion U. scientists connect HIV virus and leukemia
- Yahoo opens startup accelerator in Israel; Viber buys Israeli mobile game developer Nextpeer
- Recent visitors to Israel include U.S. Democratic and Republican Congressional delegations, U.S. presidential candidate Mike Huckabee; singer Mariah Carey, comedian Jay Leno, talk-show host Larry King, New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman; over 20 Nobel laureates and hundreds of foreign students at the world’s biggest science conference, 19 winners of Chinese teen science contest; the sailors and officers of the USS Porter and an Indian naval warship, and 2,000 Syrians treated for civil-war injuries.
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