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The US Mission to the UN is urging its fellow UNSC members to renew UNIFILs mandate in southern Lebanon at the end of the month. “The United States will continue to raise the threat posed by Hizballah as we seek significant improvements to UNIFIL,” US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley added.

Maj. David Zohar was killed in the deadly crash of an IDF Apache helicopter on Monday night. A second pilot is in critical condition at Soroka Medical Center. The causes of the crash are currently being investigated. All Apache aircraft are currently grounded until further notice.

Israeli athlete Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko, who competed despite her injuries, came in at fourth place at the IAAF World Championships in London after breaking her seasons best in two out of six jumps.

Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav, who was convicted of rape and served 5 year sentence in prison, appealed to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in a request to lift the restrictions he is under since his release 8 months ago.

Jerry Maguire and Stuart Little child star Jonathan Lipnicki recently visited Israel on a Birthright trip. According to Lipnicki, the amazing experience will impact his career from now on. “This is the first time in a while Im proud to be who I am and I hope to do a lot of projects in the future,” h

Major (res.) David (Dudi) Zohar, who was killed Monday night when his aircraft crashed, was a good friend of a pilot who was killed in a 2003 crash. Zohar even named one of his sons after his good friend, Amit Guterman, who was also the uncle of the pilot who was critically injured in last nights cr

A Ben-Gurion University professor and a professor from California State University believe they will be able to expand the understanding of dark matter in the scientific community and beyond.