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Diplomacy

United States ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, on Wednesday hosted 64 representatives of nations who abstained, voted ‘no’ or remained absent in a December UN General Assembly vote condemning President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The Jerusalem Post reported that, under the title...

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Israel

The numbers are in – Israeli actress Gal Gadot is officially the highest-grossing actress of 2017, amassing $1.4 billion worldwide. She is also the third highest-grossing actor overall, according to Forbes’ latest report. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that 2017 was an action-packed year for the...

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Iran

A bipartisan array of U.S. lawmakers have thrown their support behind Iranian protesters marching against the regime in the most turbulent unrests in the Islamic Republic since the Green Revolution in 2009. President Donald Trump said that “The people of Iran are finally acting against the brutal and corrupt Iranian...

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MidEast

In the heat of the 2016 presidential elections, then-candidate Donald Trump stated that he considers the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran the worst deal in history and would rip it up as president. While that did not yet happen, President Trump indeed took steps to show his personal displeasure...

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MidEast

United States President Donald Trump has threatened to cut off aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA), asking why his country should make “any of these massive future payments” when the Palestinians were “no longer willing to talk peace,” The AP reported on Tuesday. In a pair of tweets, the President...

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Diplomacy

Israel has slammed German Foreign Minister, Sigmar Gabriel, for comparing the Jewish State’s policies in the disputed West Bank territory to the former apartheid regime in South Africa, after terrorist organization Hamas used the minister’s statement for propaganda purposes, Benjamin Weinthal reported in The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. Gilad Erdan,...

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MidEast

Israeli high-tech exits totaled $7.44 billion in 2017, 110% more than the $3.5 billion in exits in 2016. An exit is defined as a merger, acquisition or initial public offering (IPO). Year-end figures for Israel’s high-tech industry released by PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Israel (excluding exits of less than $5 million) reveal...

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MidEast

Tens of thousands of Iranians have been marching since Thursday demanding the overthrow of the entire Iranian regime. At least 21 people have so far been killed, including an 11-year-old boy who died on Tuesday. The marches began as a protest against the regime specifically for spending money on military...

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MidEast

Israeli security forces have arrested a five-member Hamas terrorist cell in the West Bank the Shin Bet revealed Monday, as the agency warned that the Gaza-based terrorist group was increasingly trying to carry out attacks in the West Bank and Israel. “Recently, there’s been a marked increase in motivation by...

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Featured

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned on Monday that his country would respond to “rioters and lawbreakers,” and claimed the protests were fueled by the U.S., Israel and Saudi Arabia in an attempt to destabilize the Islamic Republic, The Times of Israel reported. People took to the streets in Mashhad on...

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