MidEast

A Palestinian media group produced a video re-enacting a grisly terrorist attack that claimed the lives of four people and wounded 16 others in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. The video, titled “Hard Work Pays Off,” depicts a man breaking his Ramadan fast before donning a suit, disguising himself as an...

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A prominent Canadian-Iranian scholar who was studying women in the Muslim world has been arrested in Iran, highlighting the continued risk that dual nationals face when they travel to the Islamic Republic. Homa Hoodfar, an anthropologist at Concordia University in Montreal, was first detained in March 10 by an intelligence unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, The...

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The British government has launched a probe into whether the Palestinian Authority is misusing aid money to pay salaries to convicted terrorists and incite violence against Israel, The Jewish Chronicle reported on Thursday. Secretary of State for International Development Justine Greening is in charge of the investigation. Findings are expected by...

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A $1.7 billion payment by the U.S. to Iran that coincided with the release of American hostages in January is helping Tehran boost its military budget by 90 percent in the next year, Eli Lake of Bloomberg View reported on Thursday. The $1.7 billion payment was transferred from a taxpayer-funded account called the Judgment Fund, which is used to pay...

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Israeli food products with Hebrew labeling have been delivered to a displaced persons camp near the rebel-controlled Syrian city of Quneitra, the Syrian news website Zaman al-Wasl reported Thursday. The food was distributed via Jordan, the report said, adding that this was not the first time this had occurred. The extreme need for aid in...

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An Israeli mobile platform is helping artists find a new way to profit from their work and share it with fans. Sephi Shapira began developing EscapeX after noticing that artists were posting songs and videos on sites like YouTube and Facebook, generating billions for the media companies through passive engagement...

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