Italian PM Matteo Renzi: Boycotts Are “Stupid and Futile”

July 27, 2015 In a speech before the Knesset (the Israeli Parliament) on Wednesday, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi aligned Italy with the Jewish state. “Italy will always stand for cooperation and never for boycotts, which are stupid and futile. Peace for Jerusalem is peace for the whole world. Our fate is your fate. Together we will build a more just world."

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Canada Modernizes Free Trade Agreement with Israel

July 27, 2015 While many around the world seek to enforce and expand a boycott of Israel, Canada and Israel enriched their Free Trade Agreement on Tuesday, strengthening ties between Canadian and Israeli businesses. When the deal was announced last week, Canadian politicians not only hailed the agreement's benefits, they also emphasized commitment to Israel.

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Syrian Christians Rescued by Jewish Holocaust Survivor

July 20, 2015 Lord George Weidenfeld is repaying a debt of gratitude to Christians who helped him escape the Nazis by facilitating the first of many rescues, bringing 42 Christian families out of Syria. "We have been deeply moved by the plight of Christians in conflict-torn Middle East countries, and we are supporting the transfer of Christian families to safe havens where they can lead normal lives," Weidenfeld told The Times of Israel, after the first transfer of 150 people.

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Israeli BioGas Device Turns Trash into Cooking Fuel

July 20, 2015 An Israeli company has developed an outdoor biodigester unit that converts trash into clean, renewable biofuel that is set to be a boon to the developing world and environmentalists in Israel and abroad.

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ICC Reopens 2010 Mavi Marmara Case Against Israel

July 20, 2015 Just seven months after the Hague's International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, closed the file on the 2010 Mavi Marmara flotilla incident, concluding that the crimes were not of sufficient gravity to fall under the court’s jurisdiction, the ICC ordered Bensouda to open a criminal investigation of Israel Defense Forces soldiers.

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Iran Nuclear Deal Decided, Moved to Congress

July 20, 2015 Despite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s repeated calls for a better Iranian nuclear deal, Iran and the “P5+1” powers, including the United States concluded on Tuesday a nuclear agreement that Netanyahu has called a “historic mistake for the world.”

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Iranian Leader Declares Demise of Israel

July 13, 2015 On Monday, while United States Secretary of State John Kerry feverishly worked to meet the ever extending deadlines for a nuclear agreement with the Iranian government, one of Iran’s highest religious political leaders, Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, declared Israel's demise. “Presence of the forged Israeli regime is temporary as eventually one day this alien existence that has been urged into the body of an ancient nation and a historical region will be wiped off the map.”

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Beit She’arim Becomes World Heritage Site

July 13, 2015 UNESCO (The United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture) has named the Beit She’arim National Park—a spectacular site founded during the time of Herod in the last century BC—a World Heritage Site.

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Christians and Jews Protest UN’s Obsession With Israel

July 6, 2015 Last week, as the United Nations Human Rights Council debated a resolution condemning Israel for violating human rights during 2014's Operation Protective Edge, more than 1,200 demonstrators, including many Christians and Jews, rallied in Geneva outside the Place des Nations, calling to the United Nations to treat Israel fairly.

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Egypt Declares State of War After Islamic State Attack in the Sinai

July 6, 2015 Egypt declared a state of war and a level-three state of emergency following simultaneous attacks from an Islamic State affiliate based in Sinai. About 100 soldiers and civilians died during the wave of suicide bombings and other attacks.

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