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Following a report released this week by a cybersecurity firm, social media giants Facebook and Twitter shut down hundreds of accounts, including many from Iran, for engaging in what Facebook called “coordinated inauthentic behavior” on the platforms, Wired reported Tuesday. The report issued by FireEye on Tuesday said that the...

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Israeli rhythmic gymnast Linoy Ashram, 19, set a new world record with a score of 20.65 points in the clubs event at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup Championship in Minsk, August 18. Ashram also won the gold medal in the all-round phase of the competition, in which gymnasts perform routines using...

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MidEast

With a lot of fanfare, Iran unveiled what it called an “indigenous” new fighter jet with “advanced avionics,” only to have observers note that the plane resembled the F-5, a plane designed by Northrop-Grumman in the 1950s, The Times of Israel reported Tuesday. Ofir Gendelman, Arabic language spokesman for Israeli...

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The United States Department of Justice announced the indictment of two men for spying on Jewish organizations and anti-regime activists, The Chicago Tribune reported Monday. In the indictment, Ahmadreza Mohammadi Doostdar, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen, and Majid Ghorbani, an Iranian citizen and resident of California, were charged with acting as...

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SodaStream CEO Daniel Birnbaum, who sealed a $3.2 billion agreement with beverage giant PepsiCo on Monday, hailed the deal as a victory over the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, which advocates for the destruction of the Jewish State, The Times of Israel reported. SodaStream had become a target...

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Beverage and snack giant PepsiCo has agreed to buy Israeli company SodaStream in a deal worth $3.2 billion. SodaStream makes home beverage carbonation systems sold in 46 countries. Pepsi’s incoming CEO, Ramon Laguarta, said the acquisition reflects the company’s campaign to find new ways to reach consumers “beyond the bottle” as well...

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The leader of the British Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, who is embroiled in scandal over accusations of anti-Semitism within his party, was found to have participated in a panel at a 2012 conference in Qatar with several Palestinian terrorists sentenced for murder, The Times of Israel reported on Monday. The...

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is said to have angered the government of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi with his rejection of an Egypt-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas to end the violence in Gaza, The Times of Israel reported Sunday. According to a report by the London-based Al-Hayat daily...

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In an op-ed published in The Jerusalem Post on Sunday, TIP CEO & President Joshua S. Block detailed how support from Iran gave Houthi rebels the resources to wage war in Yemen and how the humanitarian crisis affecting the Yemeni people could be alleviated by cutting off the Houthis from...

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MidEast

White House National Security Adviser John Bolton met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Sunday evening, telling the premier that Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs were “right at the top of the list” of challenges facing the United States and the world, The Times of Israel reported....

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