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High Court petitioned to rescue 8 Fatah members from Gaza/ Ynet

Center for Defense of Individual demands Israel save eight Palestinians targeted by Hamas. 'Individual’s outcry must not be subject to cynical political considerations,' group says.

New EU sanctions against Iran over nuclear program/ Ynet

Slightly stricter trade sanctions meant to deter countries from doing business with Islamic Republic; fourth sanction looms on Tehran if it doesn't accept incentive package.

Features

Icons in the sky/ JPost

With kites featuring the Israeli flag, Theodor Herzl and Israel's national bird, the Hoopoe, the 23rd Annual Kite-Flying Festival at Jerusalem's Israel Museum hopes to entertain the whole family.



Animate this/ JPost

The annual Animation, Comics and Caricatures Festival, which kicks off at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque on August 13, looks to be the most eclectic installment of the event's eight year history. The four day program features around 100 events including animation films, sessions with artists - both local and foreign - workshops, master classes, exhibitions, activities for children, lectures and stalls stacked with a wide range of comics and other literature from all over the world, and from different eras.



Potter series inspires new phone tech that reads your mind/ ISRAEL21c

The Harry Potter phenomenon has slipped into a new IBM technology, thanks to the creative minds at IBM's Haifa Research Lab. The Israeli computer engineers have developed a new technology nicknamed Pensieve, inspired by the pensieve bowl in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.