MidEast

Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman on Wednesday called on residents of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip to maintain the relative quiet along the border with Israel that has been in place this week, The Times of Israel reported. Liberman made the comments hours after Israel reopened the main cargo crossing into...

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The United States Congress approved new legislation that would force foreign-owned media organizations, such as Qatar’s Al Jazeera, to register as a foreign agent under U.S. regulations. The National Defense Authorization Act has now been signed into law by President Donald Trump, which will require the federal government to more...

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Mexican media company Televisa has purchased two more original Israeli TV programs – “Yellow Peppers” and “Mythological Ex” — from Keshet International, the global content and media producer and distributor that’s part of Tel Aviv-based Keshet Media Group. “Yellow Peppers,” an award-winning series about a family’s journey with autism, was remade...

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In a speech Monday that addressed Iran’s troubled economy and the 2015 nuclear deal, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that he would “prohibit” talks with the United States, The New York Times reported. In an apparent response to President Donald Trump’s tweet, “Iran, and it’s economy, is going very bad,...

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Four incendiary terror-kites landed in southern Israel on Tuesday, as Israeli defense officials mulled over easing restrictions on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, after days of calm following an uptick in violence last week. The Times of Israel reported that, according to local government sources, four arson balloons with incendiary devices...

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In the wake of renewed revelations that Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn had laid a wreath at the grave of a terrorist involved in the 1972 massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics, the “totality of evidence” shows that Corbyn is an anti-Semite, Julie Lenarz, a senior fellow at The...

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