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A group of pilots from the Royal Jordanian Air Force recently paid a “working visit” to Israel, The Times of Israel reported on Thursday. News of this working visit comes after a report last month that Israeli and Jordanian pilots both participated in the American-sponsored Blue Flag military exercises this past summer. There were also reports...

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A bill that seeks to impose mandatory sanctions on banks that knowingly conduct business with Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese terror group, passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 425 – 0 on Wednesday, The Hill reported. The proposed legislation is now heading to the White House, where President Barack...

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Two German-born men of Palestinian descent have been charged with plotting to bomb a synagogue and the Israeli embassy in Berlin, Benjamin Weinthal, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, reported Wednesday in The Jerusalem Post. The suspects were accused of “planning a massive act of violence”...

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A ruling delivered by a European court last week on a trade deal between the European Union and Morocco undermines the legal basis behind the EU’s recently implemented labeling guidelines on Israeli goods produced beyond the 1949 armistice lines, international law expert Eugene Kontorovich wrote on the Walla news site (Hebrew link) on Wednesday. Kontorovich explained...

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A recent public opinion poll revealed that two-thirds of Palestinians support knife attacks against Israelis, while 54% oppose a two-state solution, The Jerusalem Post reported on Tuesday. In the survey, consisting of 1397 adults throughout the West Bank and Gaza, 67 percent of respondents said they supported the use of knife terror attacks...

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A report published Monday in Ynet that documents ties between Hamas and the Sinai-based branch of ISIS also shows Iran’s role in supporting ISIS. Israel’s security establishment has pointed out a clear paradox in this dangerous collaboration: the bulk of Hamas’ financial support comes from Iran, which is persistently fighting ISIS...

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