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Iran

Iran test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles over the weekend, while its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps harassed American and British ships in the Straits of Hormuz, Fox News reported Tuesday. The two Fateh-110 Mod 3 ballistic missiles used in the launches were outfitted with “active seeker” technology, allowing them to more accurately target...

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Israel

Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered yet another fantastic find from the past: a 2,000-year-old road dating to the Roman period. The preserved road, stretching up to six meters (20 feet) wide and continuing for a distance of approximately 1.5 kilometers (0.9 miles), was revealed during an Israel Antiquities Authority excavation...

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Iran

The United States should officially designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, two think tank experts wrote in Foreign Affairs on Monday. Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Ray Takeyh, a senior fellow on the Council on Foreign Relations, pointed out that “since...

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Washington

Bomb threats were made Tuesday against at least 11 Jewish Community Centers and institutions across North America, as well as four offices of the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported. These are the first threats made against Jewish targets in the United States since Juan Thompson was arrested on Friday for calling...

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The International Women’s Strike, a grassroots organization connected to the Women’s March on Washington, is using Wednesday as an “international day of action” to support “resistance not just against Trump and his misogynist policies, but also against the conditions that produced Trump, namely the decades long economic inequality, racial and sexual violence, and imperial...

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Palestinian Affairs

A top United Nations official in the Gaza Strip was elected last month to join Hamas’ political bureau, an Israeli think tank reported on Sunday. The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center claimed that Muhammad al-Jamassi was one of 15 new bureau members to be selected. Al-Jamassi serves as board chairman of the United Nations Relief...

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Palestinian Affairs

The Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, has cancelled a public holiday to celebrate International Women’s Day, which takes place on Wednesday. The Palestinian Authority issued the holiday declaration, which included a day off from school, from its capital in Ramallah. But Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since conquering it in a coup nearly ten years ago,...

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Israel

A new Guinness World Record was set for most people using virtual reality displays at the same time when the Israeli company Mobileye made a presentation to 1,867 business leaders at the 2017 YPO Edge conference in Vancouver on March 3. Mobileye cofounder and CEO Ziv Aviram is a member...

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Israel

After being lampooned as the “Jamaican Bobsled Team of the World Baseball Classic,” team Israel swept to its second win in 24 hours today with a rout of the heavily favored Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) team by a score of 15-7. Just hours after they stunned the host team from South Korea...

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Iran

Israeli officials believe that a Hezbollah attack on the Jewish state will be supported by the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), The Jerusalem Post reported Saturday. The LAF did not participate in the last Israel-Hezbollah war, in 2006. But the LAF has improved its capabilities since then, with an arsenal rebuilt via aid from the...

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