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MSNBC panelists admonished Trump for likening the ongoing conflict in the Middle East to two children fighting at school.

“Boy, it’s a lot beyond that,” Washington Post Foreign Affairs Columnist David Ignatius who’s covered issues in the Middle East for 45 years, told the panel of journalists. “This has been now a year of war, almost to the day. It began with Israel just shattered by a surprise attack.”

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Trump made the controversial remarks on Wednesday during while campaigning in Milwaukee, just a day after Iran launched at least 180 missiles into Israel on Tuesday, and nearly a week after Israel killed Hezbollah leader Nasrallah was killed on Sept. 27.

“This has really been bad, but they have to finish that process however it turns out, they have to finish that process. This is a little bit like two kids fighting in the schoolyard. Sometimes you just...

Israel has unveiled details of its 13m (45m shekels) tax rebate initiative aimed at incoming film and TV productions.

The incentive is underpinned by Israel’s ministries of finance, culture and sports, economy and industry, foreign affairs and tourism.

Bannered the “Fund for the Promotion of Foreign Productions” the incentive will offer a rebate of up 30 to incoming films and TV shows up to a cap of 4.8 (16.6m shekels).

The ministries are also offering a further 10 on top for post-production and animation.

The measure lasts two years with the submission process opening from August 22.

“Israel has joined a prestigious club of countries that provide incentives to international productions to encourage them to come and film on their territory,” said Foreign Affairs Ministry Director General Alon Oshfiz.

“In recent years, Israel’s status as a television and film content power has risen and the Israeli story has generated global interest and curiosity.

Jerusalem, Jan 4 (Ians) Amid rising cases of Omicron, a preliminary study by Israeli researchers has shown that a fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine boosts antibodies five-fold in just a week after the shot is administered, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday. Bennett spoke during a visit to the Sheba Medical Center, where Israel […]...

Bengaluru, Nov 16 (Ians) Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu will inaugurate the 24th edition of Bengaluru Tech Summit 2021 on Wednesday. While Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennett and Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison will participate virtually, Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will be present […]...

After 12 years of leadership by Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s parliament installed a coalition government Sunday led by Naftali Bennett, the Orthodox head of a small ultranationalist party.

Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister in the history of Israel, but he has struggled in recent years with controversy. He is currently on trial for corruption, including bribery and fraud, and he has been unable to secure a majority in parliament and set up a successful government, despite Israel holding four elections in the last two years. He will now serve as the opposition leader.

"Wonder Woman" star Gal Gadot is partnering with Keshet International on a film adaptation of a novel "All the Rivers" -- which is banned from school reading lists by the Israeli government because of its depiction of an Israeli-Palestinian romance.

Gadot and her husband Jaron Varsano will be co-producing the film with Keshet Studios through Pilot Wave, the production company the couple founded together, reports variety.com.

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The project is based on the controversial 2014 Hebrew novel "Borderlife" by Israeli author Dorit Rabinyan, which was published in English by Random House as "All the Rivers".

It tells the story of an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man who meet in New York and fall in love, hiding their romance from their friends and family as they struggle to come to terms with their relationship.

The book set off a firestorm...

Gal Gadot is partnering with Keshet International on a film adaptation of a novel banned from school reading lists by the Israeli government because of its depiction of an Israeli-Palestinian romance.

The “Wonder Woman” star and her husband, Jaron Varsano, will be co-producing the film with Keshet Studios through Pilot Wave, the production company the couple founded together.

The project is based on the controversial 2014 Hebrew novel “Borderlife” by Israeli author Dorit Rabinyan, which was published in English by Random House as “All the Rivers.” The novel tells the story of an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man who meet in New York and fall in love, hiding their romance from their friends and family as they struggle to come to terms with their relationship.

The book set off a firestorm of controversy in Israel when right-wing Education Minister Naftali Bennett banned it from mandatory school reading lists in Israel in 2015. Ironically,...