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New on Broader View: November 2016
- BDS: How Much Boycott? by Elliott Abrams, Weekly Standard, November 12
- Demographics: Israeli Jewish, Arab fertility on par, Times of Israel, November 15
- Israelis: The Left That Cried Wolf by Evelyn Gordon, Commentary, November 6
- Terrorism: Incentivizing Terrorism by Yossi Kuperwasser, JCPA, November
- U.S.-Israel: Now What? by Herb Keinon, Jerusalem Post, November 9
More at American Jews, Europe, Jerusalem, Law, Lebanon, Liberals, Political Process, Polls, Refugees, Syria, and UN.
- Many fires, some caused by arson, ravage Haifa and Jerusalem areas; hundreds of homes destroyed, tens of thousands evacuated
- U.S. Congress passes resolutions opposed to unilateral UN actions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and partnering with Israel on advanced research and on cyber-security
- Pennsylvania passes anti-BDS bill; the city of Trondheim (Norway) votes to boycott goods and services produced in Israeli settlements on the West Bank, while Paris regional council bans funding for Israel-boycott promoters. BDS resolution passes at Portland State Univ. but fails (again) at the University of Michigan and banned at Canadian universities.
- Proofpoint buys Israeli cloud-security company Firelayers for $55 million; three Israeli startups raise a combined $38 million
- Israel signs scientific-cooperation deal with Canada; also strengthens ties with India, Chile, and Turkey
- Israelis win international awards and honors in film, emergency medicine, financial technology, synthetic biology, sports technology, advertising technologies, figure skating, and “Mr. Universe” bodybuilding
- Recent visitors to Israel include the Russian Prime Minister, Italian President, U.S. National Guard chief, the mayors of Toronto and Montreal with a trade mission, 18 other mayors from 5 continents, cyber-security experts and law-enforcement officials from 80 countries, a Brazilian dance company, English electronic music duo Chemical Brothers, actress Sophia Loren, internationally acclaimed chefs and piano players, stamp collectors, clean and renewable energy experts, Mixed Martial Arts competitors, a British warship, over 300 foreign firefighters, and 7 leading Moroccan journalists
(More at http://www.BroaderView.org/News) |
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