NATO has recognized the Israeli Navy as a key medical-assistance partner in the Mediterranean following a drill held last month practicing emergency evacuations of personnel.
During the drill, dubbed “Crystal Sea 2020” and held on Oct. 31, NATO vessels from the United Kingdom, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria simulated medical emergencies at sea with the Israeli Navy.
“It was an example of partnership between the Israeli Navy and NATO. This is the second joint exercise of its kind between NATO maritime forces and the IDF,” said Capt. Yuval Ayalon, who heads the Planning and Organization Department in the Navy.

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This Motzei Shabbos will be the Ohel Sarala Evening of inspiration in honor of the Yahrtzeit of Rachel Imeinu.
The event will feature Rabbi Paysach Krohn with a foreword by Rabbi and Mrs. Aryeh Zev Ginzberg.
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Yair Netanyahu, son of PM, spoke Wednesday evening at a World Values Heritage event in NY, where he was interviewed by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach.
Speaking about his father’s legacy, “When my father came in back in the 90s, except for the threat, Israel was in a horrible socialist, primitive economy, no exports for example except maybe oranges. Israel was isolated because it was weak, everyone wants to be friend with you when you are strong.”
Yair then spoke of how his father being the premier has effected their family life.

Larry Gordon sits down 1 on 1 with jewish music sensation Benny Friedman.
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Israel’s Ministry for Strategic Affairs announced on Wednesday that it will allocate NIS 2 million (about $575,000) to fund advocacy organizations active in the fight against BDS.
The funds will be used to produce and promote viral videos on social media to help increase familiarity with the Jewish state, expose BDS misinformation and mobilize other pro-Israel activists to combat those who delegitimize and boycott it, according to i24News.
The videos will be produced in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German and several other languages.

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Despite Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau overcoming corruption allegations and winning re-election last month, he is set to govern with a minority government that will likely include support from parties to the left of his Liberal Party, such as the New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Green Party.
Whether this possible scenario could change the Canada-Israel relationship remains to be seen.

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert described the Shalit deal, in which Israel released more than 1,000 terrorists in exchange for the return of abducted soldier Gilad Shalit, as “a crime” in an interview with Kan 11 television.
“This issue of prisoner exchange – it’s a crime. I have no other word. I was really upset when I saw it,” Olmert said.
He noted the considerations that led him not to make a similar deal when he was Prime Minister. “Let there be no misunderstanding, I really wanted to free Gilad Shalit. But the endurance of a nation is measured precisely in those moments when the national interest stands against this tremendous passion of you wanting to bring your warrior home.”

“We have had more people die in America [from guns] in my lifetime than in every single war combined.” – Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., remarks on ” The View ,” Oct. 30, 2019
“We have had more people die due to gun violence in my lifetime than every single war in this country combined from the Revolutionary War until now.” – Booker, during the third Democratic primary debate, Sept. 12
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This is a favorite line of the 2020 Democratic hopeful, and we have never gotten around to fact-checking it. So we are going to make up for that now.
Our colleagues at PolitiFact have looked a previous iteration of this statement and deemed it “true.” (The Booker campaign defended the statement by referring us to the fact check.)

The dog that assisted in the mission that led to the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi will soon visit the White House, President Trump said Wednesday.
“He’s coming to the White House very soon,” Trump said at a rally in Monroe, La.
“I said, ‘bring him now,’ they said, ‘He’s on a mission.’ I said, ‘You gotta be kidding. Come on, give him couple of days rest, please,'” Trump added.
The dog, Conan, was injured in the U.S. mission that resulted in the ISIS leader’s death last month.
Read more at The Hill.
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