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In recent weeks, Donald Trump’s attack on a Gold Star family has captured the attention of American voters. His comments reminded the country of the sacrifices endured by those who have lost loved ones in war. Sadly, many have endured similar pain in Iran, where a quiet yet tragic wave...

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A video reportedly showing a drone operated by Hezbollah attacking a number of targets near Aleppo was released by a media source close to the terrorist group on Tuesday. Three separate attacks are seen in the video: the first is described as targeting “a [rebel] leader’s base,” the second is against a...

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Iran

An Argentine judge has ordered the reopening of an investigation into former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner over her alleged efforts to cover-up Iranian involvement in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. Judge Claudio Bonadio asked fellow judge Daniel Rafecas, who closed the...

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Israel’s Iron Dome interceptor is being consider by the United States Army to defend deployed troops, Defense News reported Tuesday. Iron Dome was primarily produced by the Israeli defense giant Rafael, but many of its component systems were provided by the American defense contractor Raytheon. That company has now built...

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Human Rights

The case of British charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been detained in Iran since April, charged with scheming to enact the “soft overthrow” of the Iranian regime, and separated from her two-year-old daughter, should prompt a reconsideration of whether the UK should normalize relations with Iran, an editorial in The...

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SayVU, a new app that allows a user to send a distress signal even if a phone is locked, is being used at the Rio Olympics as part of its security initiatives. The app got its start as a student project at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. SayVU allows users to...

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A Palestinian man who intervened to save children from a terror attack has been fired from his job due to local opposition to his actions, The Times of Israel reported Monday. In response, Yochai Damari, the head of the Har Havron Regional Council, the local government for Israelis living in...

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Yarden Gerbi, the 2013 world judo champion and seven-time Israeli titleholder, defeated Miku Tashiro of Japan to win the Olympic bronze medal in the women’s under-63 kilogram (139 pound) class Tuesday. She is the first Israeli to win an Olympic medal since windsurfer Shahar Tzuberi won a bronze medal in...

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Eight seriously injured Syrians, including children aged seven and 11, were treated by IDF medical teams at the Israeli-Syrian border last week before being evacuated to hospitals for further treatment, Ynet reported Sunday. The wounded were brought to the border fence following an artillery attack on the hospital in Quneitra,...

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A Palestinian engineer employed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has been charged with using his position to help the terrorist group Hamas, Israeli officials announced Tuesday. Waheed Borsh, a resident of Jabaliya in the Gaza Strip, was arrested on July 16 by the Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security...

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