MidEast

This week is the twenty-fourth anniversary of the bombing of the Israeli-Argentine Mutual Association (AMIA) Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, one of the worst terrorist acts against Jews since World War II. On the morning of July 18, 1994, Ibrahim Hussein Berro, a Lebanese citizen, drove a Renault Trafic...

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At least 44 Iranians have been arrested in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas for “damaging public virtue” by publicizing their businesses on Instagram, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Citing an account in Iran’s official IRNA news agency, the AP reported that eight women and 36 others in photography, beauty,...

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British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been accused by his own MPs of being an “anti-Semite and a racist,” who turns a blind eye to anti-Jewish sentiments in the Party, Sky News reported on Wednesday. Corbyn was labelled an “anti-Semite and a racist” by a veteran Labour MP Dame Margaret...

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A multiplatform screen adaptation of Hebrew University history professor Yuval Noah Harari’s bestselling 2011 book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind is planned by British film producer Sir Ridley Scott (“Blade Runner,” “Alien”) and Oscar-winning documentarian Asif Kapadia, according to Hollywood Reporter. In Sapiens, Harari posits that the human species “began as...

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An attack on a Syrian military airbase, which was run by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), on Sunday was described as a “strong message” to Iran, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday. A source familiar with the incident told the Post that the airstrike sent a “strong message” to Iran...

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Lockheed Martin and Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems have signed a memorandum of understanding to market Rafael’s Smart, Precise Impact and Cost-Effective (SPICE) stand-off weapon guidance kits, The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. SPICE is an autonomous, air-to-surface weapon systems, capable of destroying targets with pinpoint accuracy and at high attack...

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