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Following a threat from an Iranian general to destroy Israel, the IDF targeted a position of the Syrian army, a client of Iran, after spillover fire landed in Israel, The Times of Israel reported Monday. According to the IDF, a mortar landed near Israel’s border fence with Syria following a skirmish...

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MidEast

A Palestinian engineer whom Hamas claimed worked for them, was shot and killed by unknown assailants in Malaysia where he taught, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. Hamas, the terrorist organization that exercises complete political and military control over the Gaza Strip blamed Israel for killing Fadi al-Batsh, who was...

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Europe

As part of a global cyber-attack, Iranians hackers targeted at least 23 German universities, stealing unpublished research, dissertations, and conference reports, the magazine Der Spiegel reported (link in German) on Friday. According to the report, the cyber-attacks started in 2014 and can be traced back to the Tehran Mabna Institute, a...

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Europe

Bestselling author J.K. Rowling stepped into Britain’s anti-Semitism debate last week, when she said in a series of viral tweets that “non-Jews should start shouldering the burden” in the fight against rising anti-Jewish sentiments, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. The Harry Potter author referenced the abuse Jewish people suffer...

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Israel

Pop sensations, heavy metal icons, indie dance duos, Latin music stars, a legendary reggae master and many more world-famous musical artists are on Israel’s impressive spring-summer concert lineup. As the weather begins to heat up, Israel’s music calendar is following suit, with highly anticipated performances from April to September. Backstreet...

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The fourth week of violent Hamas-led riots at the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel was marked by smaller crowds than in previous weeks and attempts to use swastika-marked kites to send molotov cocktails into Israel, The Times of Israel reported Friday. According the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, four Gazans were killed during...

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Diplomacy

Forty United Nations ambassadors representing nations in Europe, Latin America, Africa, and elsewhere, visited Israel to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the modern Jewish State, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. The group of ambassadors visited sites across the country, including Masada, the Dead Sea, the border with...

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Iran

Iran’s involvement in Yemen should be framed as part of its expansionist agenda in the Middle East region and larger proxy war with Saudi Arabia. Matters came to a head as a result of the Houthi’s seizure of the country’s capital Sana’a in September 2014. In March of 2015, a...

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MidEast

In an op-ed published Thursday in The New York Times, three European parliamentarians argued that the United States Congress should preserve the nuclear deal with Iran. Parliamentarians Delphine O of France, Omid Nouripour of Germany, and Richard Bacon of Britain argued that the nuclear deal, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is...

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The latest in a long string of Israeli TV formats picked up by Hollywood studios is “Nevsu,” a primetime series about an Israeli family headed by an Ethiopian father and Ashkenazi mother. For American viewers, the Fox TV network is renaming the show “Culture Clash” as a pilot focusing on a blended...

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