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Lockheed Martin opens research center in Israel

American concerns EMC & Lockheed Martin are looking to gain from the abundance of Israeli innovation in technological realm.

Initial investment to stand at $1 million.

By Yoav Zitun

American global aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technology company Lockheed Martin, maker of Israel’s F-16, F-15 and F-35 fighter jets, announced Sunday that it will open a research and development center in Israel in partnership with American IT storage company EMC.

The new center, which will be introduced Monday at the companies’ stand in Tel Aviv at the Cyber Tech 2014 conference, will be built in the new industrial park in Beersheba, focusing on cyber defense solutions.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Lockheed Martin, technology

Israeli documentary wins at Sundance Film Festival

“The Green Prince,” garners one of prestigious Utah film festival’s top honors. It tells the story of the son of Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef, Mosab Hassan Yousef, who spent a decade as an Israeli informer in the West Bank.

Yishai Kichlis and News Agencies

Israeli writer-director Nadav Schirman’s new documentary, “The Green Prince,” which tells the story of a Palestinian spy for Israel, has won the Audience Award at the annual Sundance Film Festival, held in Utah.

“The Green Prince” – Photo: Courtesy of Hans Fromm, Yes Docu

The film, which premiered last week at Sundance, tells the story of Mosab Hassan Yousef, who spent a decade as an Israeli informer in the West Bank.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Israel culture

Every 45 minutes a Holocaust survivor dies

Poorer & lonelier: As world marks Int’l Holocaust Remembrance Day, figures show bleak reality behind lives of the remaining survivors in Israel.

By Omri Efraim

A Holocaust survivor dies every 45 minutes.

More than a thousand Holocaust survivors pass away every month, and the average age of those who live among us, some of them in extreme poverty, is 85 years of age, according to figures published Monday by the Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims in Israel.

The figures were released to the public on the day the world marks the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Holocaust survivors

Arab MK Rejects Jews in Future State: ‘Palestine’ Jews ‘Won’t be Loyal Citizens’

Israel’s PM Netanyahu’s comment of allowing settlements to remain in future Palestine forced Arab leaders to show true racist character, as MK Zahalka explains why ‘Palestine’ cannot accept Jewish citizens.

By Gil Ronen

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s bluff regarding the idea of leaving the Jews of Judea and Samaria inside a future state of “Palestine” – assuming it was a bluff, as sources in Netanyahu’s bureau claim – appears to be working brilliantly in exposing Palestinian hypocrisy.

According to Dani Dayan, the chief foreign envoy for the Yesha Council – a Judea and Samaria leadership forum – MK Jamal Zahalka (Balad) spoke on Haifa Radio Monday morning and rejected Netanyahu’s suggested solution – explaining that Jewish setlers who live inside “Palestine” will not be loyal citizens in the new Arab state. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: anti-Semitism, Dani Dayan, Jamal Zahalka

Israel to host 1st int’l Cyber Solutions Conference

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be keynote speaker to top executives & dozens of cyber security experts from world’s biggest cyber products’ companies.

By Ilan Gattegno

Israel will host the first ever Cyber Solutions Conference on Monday, bringing together dozens of cyber and cyber security experts from around the world.

Illustrative – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

Some of the world’s biggest cyber products’ companies have also sent their top executives to participate in the conference.

The conference, sponsored by the Israel National Cyber Bureau, and outlined in collaboration with its chief Dr. Eviatar Matanya, was initiated by IsraelDefense magazine.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be the event’s keynote speaker, with other speakers being some of the most prominent figures in the field, including Check Point CEO Gil Shwed, IBM Vice President Steven A.

Category: Innovations & Discoveries, Israel News | Tags: cyberwarfare

WATCH: IDF crack combat team demonstrates capture of Hezbollah post

IDF brass wants its enemy to the north to know that it too is preparing for the next confrontation.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

With the threat of war with Hezbollah constantly on the minds of Israeli military planners, the IDF wants it enemy to the north to know that it is preparing for the next round.

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The IDF released a video on Sunday showing how a crack combat engineering unit drills the takeover of an enemy position in built-up, urban environments.

The unit, known as Combat Engineering Battalion 601, can be seen planning and executing a simulated nighttime raid in the sort of fighting that Israel can expect to see during the next tussle with the Lebanon-based Shi’ite guerilla organization.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Hezbollah, IDF

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4 Israeli tourists in Chile: ‘We were treated as murderers’

Daniel Banai, along with his 3 friends, were expelled from Chilean national park , accused country’s authorities for degrading treatment. In a moment they turned us from tourists into “Israelis who tried to burn down the reserve,” he recalls.

By Itay Blumenthal

“We simply cooked tuna fish after the trip,” says Daniel Banai, one of the four backpackers who were expelled from Chile’s Torres del Paine Natural Park last week.

Wildfire in Torres del Paine 2011 – Screenshot

According to Banai, he and his friends were given a degrading and cold treatment by Chilean authorities, who in a moment turned them into “Israelis who tried to burn down the reserve.” Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: anti-Israel, Chile

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Sara & Bibi Walk 2 Km. in DavosTo Honor the Sabbath

Prime Minister, his wife Sara & entourage walk back to hotel after Friday evening ‘kabbalat Shabbat’ with Davos Jewish community.

By Gil Ronen

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, his wife Sarah and members of the staff of the Prime Minister’s Office who are currently visiting Davos, Switzerland, chose to respect the Sabbath and walk back to their hotel from the Friday evening ‘kabbalat shabbat’ reception held in their honor by the Jewish community of Davos.

Netanyahu had been driven to the hotel that hosted the ceremony before the Sabbath began.

The walk was estimated at two kilometers in length. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Davos, Sara Netanyahu, Shabbat

Scarlett Johansson responds to BDS critics of her SodaStream endorsement

The Jewish Hollywood Star sparked controversial uproar after revealing her endorsement for the Israeli made selzter-maker.

By i24News

American starlet Scarlett Johansson has responded to the wave of criticism leveled at her for agreeing to endorse the Israeli company SodaStream, who own a factory in the West Bank.

In a statement made to the Huffington Post, Johansson described her role as the first-ever brand ambassador for SodaStream as “building to peace.” She also made clear that despite the pressure from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS), she would not renege on her commitment to SodaStream, which will include a TV spot to be aired during the Super Bowl. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: BDS, Israel boycott, SodaStream

Introducing Yair Netanyahu & Norwegian Girlfriend, Sandra Leikanger

Israel’s PM happily informs his Norwegian counterpart in Davos, that his son, Yair, is serious about a Norwegian student.

By Israel Today Staff

A smiling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with his Norwegian counterpart, Erna Solberg, in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday, and one of the topics on the agenda was Netanyahu’s son’s new Norwegian girlfriend.

Netanyahu reportedly revealed to Solberg that his son, Yair, had recently vacationed in the northern part of Norway with his new girlfriend, , a Norwegian national who is currently studying at Israel’s Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya.

Norwegian news agency Dagen managed to snag some photos of Yair and Sandra together in Norway from her Facebook page. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Israel Norway, Yair Netanyahu

IRS recommends Gaza convoy-tied charity’s status be cancelled

The American IRS audit reveals suggestion of taking tax-exempt status away from Interreligious Foundation for Community Organizations (IFCO)/Pastors for Peace after it served as a vehicle for passing donations for an aid convoy to Hamas officials in Gaza.

By IPT News

An Internal Revenue Service audit recommends stripping a New York-based charity of its tax-exempt status after it served as a conduit for donations for a convoy that delivered cash and goods to Hamas officials in Gaza.

The investigation was prompted by a 2009 report by the Investigative Project on Terrorism that documented statements during a Viva Palestina fundraiser directing contributions to the charity, the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organizations (IFCO)/Pastors for Peace.

Category: Israel News | Tags: hamas, humanitarian aid, IRS

israelandstuffcom | January 25, 2014

Team of researchers determined when Adam was born

Adam isn’t 5,764 years old: According to 2 Israeli researchers, the 1st human walked on earth 209,000 years ago – proving that he lived during Eve’s time

By Ynet

“Adam,” our oldest relative to date, finally has a date of birth, and it’s not 5,764 years ago, when the world was created according to the Halacha. According to two Israeli researchers, the first human walked on earth 209,000 years ago – 9,000 years earlier than what scientists previously thought.

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The study was conducted by Dr. Eran Elhaik from the University of Sheffield and by Professor Dan Grauer from the University of Houston and the Tel Aviv University. Continue Reading »

Category: Innovations & Discoveries, Israel News | Tags: Tel Aviv University

israelandstuffcom | January 25, 2014

Palestinian shot dead in confrontation with IDF forces on Gaza-Israel border

IDF reports that dozens of Palestinians, refusing to heed orders to halt, entered a ‘closed security zone’ on Gaza’s northern border with Israel to riot.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN, REUTERS

Israeli troops killed a Palestinian man on Friday and wounded others in a cross-border confrontation with protesters in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian hospital officials said. The Israeli army could not confirm that a Palestinian had been killed in the confrontation.

The shooting occurred after Israeli forces killed two Palestinian militants in a Gaza air strike on Wednesday, blaming one of them for a rocket attack during the funeral of late prime minister Ariel Sharon earlier this month.Palestinian

Category: Israel News | Tags: Gaza border, IDF, Israel Gaza

israelandstuffcom | January 24, 2014

Israel on List of 10 Most Powerful Nations In World

National Power Index ranks Israel 10th in recent study. The research is composite index of factors including economic & military capabilities.

By Ari Yashar

Israel, the tiny nation that defied history in coming back to life after 2,000 years of exile, is among the top 10 most powerful nations in the world according to a recent research study.

Market Business News recently reported on the 2012 National Power Index (NPI), released by the Foundation for National Security Research (FNSR), a New Delhi-based think tank. The study is a comprehensively revised version of the previous indexes published in India’s National Security Annual Review (INSAR) since 2002. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: IDF, Israel economy

israelandstuffcom | January 24, 2014