This week, The Tower Magazine launched its September issue, featuring the following articles: Where the Shadiest Players Find a Home, by Jonathan Schanzer, Vice President of Research for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, goes in-depth on Turkey, whose government funds Hamas, helps Iran evade sanctions, and harbors a financier tied to the 9/11...
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Speaking yesterday at the 14th annual Conference of the Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon blasted Turkey’s role in supporting Hamas and the world’s refusal to take any action against Turkey. The Times of Israel reports: “The command center of Hamas’s overseas operations sits in Istanbul. Saleh al-Arouri is the man sitting there,” he said,...
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The New York Times over the weekend published a frontpage expose on the regional cascade effects being generated by Qatari support for a range of Middle East Islamist groups, cataloging measures that Doha has taken to boost among others the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Al Qaeda, and the Islamic State:...
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Israeli intelligence and satellite imagery is helping the United States and its allies build their campaign against ISIS, the Reuters news agency reported on September 8, citing an unnamed Western diplomat. The Western diplomat said Israeli spy satellites, overflying Iraq at angles and frequencies unavailable from U.S. satellites, had provided...
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According to a report Sunday, the IDF saved Irish United Nations troops who had come under fire from militants in Syria near the border with the Golan Heights. The Times of Israel reports: Senior military sources said that Irish soldiers would have been killed or taken captive if it weren’t...
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Former Israeli President Shimon Peres opened the 14th annual Conference of the Institute for Counter-Terrorism by calling on the world to join Israel in its fight against terror. Peres further pinpointed Qatar and Turkey as two major state sponsors of terrorist organizations, and demanded proper action be taken against both. The Jerusalem Post reported on Peres’ comments: “Terror...
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