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Aug 12 2016

Israel claims first Olympic medal in eight years, alongside reported hostility

August 12 2016, 15:04

Israel won its first Olympic medal since 2008 this week, when Yarden Gerbi claimed a bronze medal in the women’s under-63 kilogram judo competition at the Rio games. After making... Read more

Aug 12 2016

Hamas allege prisoner exchange negotiations with Israel underway

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August 12 2016, 11:33

A Hamas official this week announced that talks have allegedly taken place with Israel to negotiate a prisoner exchange that would see the release of two Israeli civilians and the... Read more

Aug 11 2016

Israel charges UN employee with aiding Hamas in Gaza

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August 11 2016, 12:29

Israel has charged a United Nation worker of funnelling UN resources to the internationally proscribed terrorist group Hamas in the Gaza strip, a week after a director of the World... Read more

Aug 11 2016

August 2016: CFI leads first ever delegation of Scottish Conservatives to Israel

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August 11 2016, 10:51

Participants: Director of the Scottish Conservatives, Mark McInnes CBE, Scottish Conservative Chief Whip, John Lamont MSP, Maurice Golden MSP, Jamie Greene MSP, Rachael Hamilton MSP, Dean Lockhart MSP, Oliver Mundell MSP, Douglas... Read more

Aug 10 2016

Israeli scientists discover way to detect tumour cells invading brain early on

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August 10 2016, 11:28

Israeli researchers from Tel Aviv have found a new way of detecting metastatic melanoma at an early stage, which could prevent the spread of the tumour cells to the brain.... Read more

Aug 05 2016

Matthew Offord MP welcomes children from Israeli cancer charity to Parliament

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August 05 2016, 17:41

CFI Officer and MP for Hendon, Dr Matthew Offord, this week welcomed 25 Israeli children to see Parliament and Downing Street, who were visiting London with the Israeli charity Zichron... Read more

Aug 05 2016

Sir Eric Pickles: British taxpayers let down by gross abuses of Palestinian aid

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August 05 2016, 16:52

CFI's Parliamentary Chairman, Rt. Hon. Sir Eric Pickles MP, called on DfID to exercise "far stricter oversight of aid given to Palestinian organisations", following the revelation that a director of... Read more

Aug 05 2016

Ahead of elections, Fatah official Facebook page boasts of killing 11,000 Israelis

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August 05 2016, 16:22

Fatah's official Facebook page on Friday listed a number of its achievements, ahead of upcoming municipal elections in October. At the top of the post was the boast that the faction... Read more

Aug 05 2016

Israel to construct underground barrier to protect communities from Gaza terror tunnels

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August 05 2016, 16:09

Israel's Defence Ministry this week issued a tender for the digging and construction of a planned underground barrier designed to protect Israeli communities from the threat of Hamas's cross-border terror tunnels.... Read more