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An Israeli air raid on a depot controlled by the Syrian regime two weeks ago hit a supply of chemical weapons being transferred to the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah, a spokesperson for a Syrian opposition group said Sunday. Fahed al-Masri of the National Salvation Front told Israel’s Army Radio that...

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British Prime Minister Theresa May praised Israel as “a remarkable country” on Monday, affirming her government’s commitment to bolster bilateral relations with Jerusalem and opposition to efforts to economically attack the Jewish state. Her sweeping address before the Conservative Friends of Israel, which received a standing ovation, began with a reference...

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The Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas on Saturday offered to share its rocket arsenal with any Arab country that would be willing to attack Israel. Fathi Hammad, a spokesman for the Iran-backed Islamist group, said in an interview with the Hamas-run Al Aqsa TV that the group  has become “the leading manufacturer of...

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British Prime Minister Theresa May announced on Monday that the UK government will adopt a new, clearer definition of anti-Semitism. May outlined the new definition, which was set out by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, in a major speech to a Conservative Friends of Israel event. The definition includes claims that...

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On one of my first assignments abroad as a rookie journalist back in the early 1990s, I found myself in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, just as the violent disintegration of Yugoslavia was getting underway in earnest. One afternoon, sitting with a group of journalists and writers in a café in...

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Will Obama (or Trump) Release Secret Iran Documents? Senators from both parties have called on the White House to release documents pertaining to the Iran nuclear deal that are being stored in secured classified facilities despite not actually being classified. The documents reportedly contain American promises regarding the opening-up of Iran’s economy, details of...

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The United Kingdom and Gulf countries will work together to counter Iran’s “aggressive regional actions,” British Prime Minister Theresa May announced Wednesday. May was in Bahrain for the Gulf Cooperation Council summit, which also included leaders from Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The UK and those countries signed...

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Israel’s Shin Bet security agency on Thursday announced the arrest of a seven-man Hamas cell in the West Bank, which was planning to kidnap an Israeli soldier in order to negotiate the release of a convicted terrorist. The arrests were made in the Hebron area and included three brothers —...

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Both houses of Congress passed a defense authorization bill Thursday that includes over $600 million in funding for U.S.-Israel cooperation in missile defense development. The defense legislation passed the Senate by a margin of 92-7 after the House of Representatives approved it 375-34. It now awaits the president’s signature, which is all...

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Ohio’s Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a bill to prevent taxpayer funds from being used to support entities that participate in discriminatory boycotts of Israel. House Bill 476 was approved by a vote of 26-5, a week after it passed the state’s House of Representatives by an 81-13 margin, the Cleveland Jewish...

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