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Weed tourism lights up global travel
BizNews
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Marijuana-inspired travel is the next big thing in the global travel industry as the world begins to realise that ganja really is the new tourism gold. Knowing that cannabis and the tourism dollar are fast friends would most likely have Bob Marley...
An Israeli peace activist at the gates of Gaza: ‘What’s happening in the Strip is terrible’
El País
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July 3, 2025
Six faces printed on a banner watch over visitors next to the security checkpoint flanking the entrance to Kibbutz Be’eri, just a couple of miles from Gaza. The only woman among them, Ofra Keidar, was buried last week in the cemetery of this...
U.S. officials reduce travel warning for Israel, the West Bank, but dangers remain
MLive - Michigan
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July 3, 2025
The State Department has reduced its travel advisory for Israel and the West Bank, but says visitors could be in danger if they decide to visit. On Tuesday, the agency announced a Level 3 “Reconsider travel” advisory for those planning to travel...
Legal expert reveals how Trump admin can deport major anti-Israel activist
Fox News
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The Columbia University student has been held at a Louisiana immigration detention center since his arrest in March (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil is now free...
Tel Aviv Rises to No. 4 in Global Startup Rankings Report
Media Line
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June 30, 2025
Tel Aviv has claimed the fourth spot in the 2025 Global Startup Ecosystem Report, released Monday in Paris by Startup Genome and the Global Entrepreneurship Network. The annual report, unveiled at the VivaTech conference in Paris, draws on data...
Forest Hills folks volunteer in Israel
Queens Chronicle - New York
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In the aftermath of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel, more than 30 members of the Forest Hills Jewish Center showed their support in a fundamental, hands-on way. Congregants Matt and Judy Beizer spearheaded a trip to Israel from May 25 to...
Israel's economy can't survive a long war with Iran - and Trump knows it
Middle East Eye
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July 2, 2025
Iran's recent campaign of strikes against Israel has redrawn the theatre of conflict, shifting away from kinetic warfare alone towards a strategic offensive against the economic and financial infrastructure underpinning Israeli state power. What...
‘Lies’: Israel denounces Amnesty charge that aid system uses starvation in Gaza genocide
The Times of Israel
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July 3, 2025
CAIRO — Amnesty International issued a report Thursday claiming it had evidence that a controversial Israeli- and US-backed system to distribute aid in Gaza uses starvation tactics against Palestinians to continue to commit what it called genocide...
FSU grad among those rescued from Israel by Tampa team
Tallahassee Democrat - Florida
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FSU students and grads on a trip to Israel were evacuated after experiencing missile attacks during the conflict between Israel and Iran. The students, part of a geopolitical education tour organized by Hillel at FSU, were moved to safer locations...
Suspected Iran spies accused of plotting assassination of ‘senior figure’ in Israel
The Times of Israel
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July 3, 2025
State prosecutors filed an indictment Thursday against two young men from Tiberias accused of carrying out missions on Iran’s behalf, including a plot to assassinate a “senior figure” in Israel. Another suspected spy was indicted on similar...
Naqvi praises PM Shehbaz for Iran-Israel ceasefire mediation
Pakistan Today
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July 3, 2025
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday praised Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for playing a pivotal role in brokering the Iran-Israel ceasefire after the two countries engaged in a 12-day conflict marked by bombing campaigns and...
Travelers face soaring airfares as most international airlines continue to avoid service to Israel
All Israel News
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July 1, 2025
Illustrative - Passengers at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, June 25, 2025. (Photo: Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90) A week after the United States and Qatar brokered a ceasefire between Iran and Israel, most American and European...
Israelis hope for potential economic 'peace dividend' after war with Iran
Yahoo Finance
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By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel's 12-day war with Iran last month has dented its economy but investors and Israelis are hopeful that a U.S.-brokered halt to hostilities could bring an economic "peace dividend" with the country's...
Things to know for 4th of July travel
WBAY - Wisconsin
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July 3, 2025
ASHWAUBENON, Wis. (WBAY) - A record 1.6 million Wisconsinites are traveling for the 4th of July weekend, either driving or flying. That’s 2.4% more than last year. Flights are up this year, too. Nearly 59,000 Wisconsinites are flying to their...
Israelis hope for potential economic 'peace dividend' after war
BDNews24
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Israel's 12-day war with Iran last month has dented its economy but investors and Israelis are hopeful that a US-brokered halt to hostilities could bring an economic "peace dividend" with the country's neighbours that has been a dream for decades....
Israelis staying 75-days annually could be liable for tax as residents
Globes
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July 2, 2025
What is the definition of an Israeli resident for tax purposes? According to planned new legislation, anyone who stays in Israel for 75 days or more in a tax year, and whose total stay in Israel over three years is at least 183 days, will be...
Travel to Beirut, Amman, Tehran and Tel Aviv: Latest on flights
The National News
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Travel across the region has been affected throughout June as conflict between Israel, Iran and the US came to a head. With daily – sometimes even hourly – changes to airline schedules, open airspace and airports, passengers have been meticulously...
Students homeward bound from Israel
Solomon Star
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July 3, 2025
Five Solomon Islands students studying in Israel are expected to arrive back in the country on Friday. They are returning home after the conflict in the Middle East had delayed their return. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon....
Settlers as human shields: Israel's militarization of civilian areas in Tel Aviv and Haifa
Press TV
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By Press TV Staff Writer The recent Iranian retaliatory strikes against the Israeli regime as part of Operation True Promise III have cast a spotlight on a longstanding and notorious military strategy: the placement of critical military facilities...
UN expert calls on world to end trade with Israel’s ‘economy of genocide’
St. Kitts Gazette
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July 3, 2025
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, has called on countries to cut off all trade and financial ties with Israel, including a full arms embargo, and withdraw international support for...