Terrorism

Faced with the loss of funds if the Taylor Force Act becomes law, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas must clearly outlaw terrorism as an important first step to show that the PA is seriously working to fight terror, two experts wrote in an op-ed published Tuesday in The Wall Street...

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The terrorist organization Hamas is establishing a foothold in Lebanon with the support of the Iranian regime and aims to intensify strategic ties with the Tehran-led Shiite axis, Shin Bet Director Nadav Argaman warned during a cabinet briefing on Sunday. Ynet reported Monday that Hamas and Iran patched up relations...

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The head of Israel’s General Security Service briefed the Israeli Cabinet on Sunday about the scale of the current terrorist threat. Nadav Argaman, head of the Shin Bet, told Government ministers that Israel has prevented 200 terrorist attacks from more than 70 local terrorist cells since the beginning of 2017. Argaman...

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The United States Senate has attached a bill that would cut some aid to the Palestinian Authority because of its payments to families of terrorists to its foreign operations bill on Thursday, assuring the measure will be voted on before the end of the year. The Taylor Force Act, named...

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Israeli President Reuven Rivlin began his visit to Germany on Wednesday by attending a memorial ceremony for the Israeli athletes murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Rivlin was joined at the memorial ceremony by his German counterpart President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Bavaria’s Prime Minister Horst Seehofer, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President...

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The United Nation Security Council’s renewed mandate for UNIFIL, the force that is responsible for patrolling southern Lebanon, is “an important step” in preventing arms from reaching Hezbollah, although “there is much more to do” United States Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley wrote in an op-ed published Tuesday in The...

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