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Palestinian Affairs

The Palestinian Authority joined Hamas and other terrorist groups in praising the Arab-Israeli man who murdered three people in Tel Aviv before dying in a shootout with Israeli police after a days-long manhunt. The PA’s Ministry of Health called terrorist Nashat Milhem “one of the most precious martyrs whose name has been inscribed with his...

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Israel

Russia is supplying the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah with advanced weaponry, including “long-range tactical missiles, laser guided rockets, and anti-tank weapons,” according to two anonymous Hezbollah commanders, The Daily Beast reported on Monday. The duo, who used the false names Bakr and Assir, met with The Daily Beast separately in December...

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Iran

The Obama administration’s failure to address the brutality of the Iran-backed regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria led to a “vacuum” that allowed “a humanitarian catastrophe, a terrible refugee crisis, a deepening proxy war and the rise of ISIL in Iraq and Syria” to occur, Dennis Ross, a former White...

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Israel

The American Historical Association (AHA) has once again overwhelmingly voted down an anti-Israel resolution at its annual meeting, The Times of Israel reported on Sunday. On Saturday, a resolution that accused Israel of limiting Palestinian academic freedom and called on the AHA to “monitor Israeli actions” was rejected by a vote...

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Iran

Supporters of the Iran-backed dictator Bashar al-Assad and the terror group Hezbollah have taken to social media to mock residents of the besieged Syrian city of Madaya, who are being starved by the Assad regime and its allies, The Independent reported on Saturday. The hashtag #متضامن_مع_حصار_مضايا, meaning “solidarity with the...

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Israel

Two Israeli left-wing NGOs, including the watchdog group B’Tselem, have come under scrutiny after their members were revealed to be helping the Palestinian Authority catch and kill Palestinian land dealers who intend to sell property to Jews, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) reported on Saturday. Last week, the Israeli investigative...

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Iran

JNS.org – The rulers of the Arab Gulf states are, it seems, increasingly attentive to what Israel has to say about the balance of power in the region. As a rising Shi’a Iran faces off against a Sunni coalition led by Saudi Arabia, the core shared interest between Israel’s democracy...

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Diplomacy

The Obama administration ignored leaders of Iran’s pro-democracy Green Movement when they requested support from the United States in 2009, The Wall Street Journal reported (Google link) on Friday. According to current and past U.S. officials, the decision was influenced by President Barack Obama’s reluctance to jeopardize future nuclear talks...

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Human Rights

The Iranian government has been cracking down on individual rights with increasing fervor since the nuclear deal was signed in July, defying the expectations of some deal supporters that the agreement would lead to a more moderate path for the Islamic Republic. The Wall Street Journal reported (Google link) more Friday:...

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Iran

Rep. Joe Kennedy (D – Mass.) and Rep. Ted Deutch (D – Fla.) introduced a bipartisan bill to quicken the process for imposing sanctions on Iran over its ballistic missile program, human rights violations, and support of terrorism, The Washington Post reported on Thursday. Describing Democrats as being “frustrated” and “losing...

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