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Diplomacy

Israel’s delegation to a two-day investors’ conference in China this week is being called ‘unprecedented’ by the Ministry of Economy and Industry. At the event (Tuesday and Wednesday) in Beijing, 150 corporate leaders from 90 Israeli companies will meet with potential investors from all over China. The conference is taking...

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Iran

The Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah detonated an explosive device near an IDF bulldozer and another vehicle beside the Israel-Lebanon border on Monday afternoon, The Times of Israel reported. The attack, which took place near Shebaa Farms, also known as Har Dov, prompted Israel to fire approximately 20 artillery shells into southern...

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Iran

Foreign banks must cease any business dealings with the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah or its proxies to avoid being blocked from the American financial system, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The restrictions stem from a new law, which unanimously passed both houses of Congress at the end of last year. The Hezbollah...

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Iran

Rep. Steny Hoyer (D – Md.), the Democratic whip of the House of Representatives, expressed disappointment with the Obama administration for indefinitely delaying punitive sanctions on Iran over its illicit ballistic missile program, arguing that failure to act will erode the United States’ ability to enforce the nuclear deal with...

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Europe

The international medical organization Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF-Doctors Without Borders) prides itself on its neutrality, claiming to provide emergency assistance to people around the world regardless of their “race, religion, gender or political affiliation.” In practice, however, MSF consistently abuses its status as a humanitarian organization to launch venomous anti-Israel...

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Saudi Arabia’s allies announced that they were following Riyadh’s lead and cutting diplomatic ties with Iran after an attack on the kingdom’s embassy in Tehran, the Associated Press reported on Monday. Saudi Arabia executed 47 prisoners, including Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr from the kingdom’s predominantly Shiite eastern province, for terror-related offenses on Saturday. After...

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Diplomacy

After more than three years of absence, Egypt’s new ambassador to Israel arrived at the Egyptian Embassy in Tel Aviv on Friday. Ambassador Hazem Khairat is soon expected to formally present his credentials to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin. “It’s something that has been, that is deeply welcomed in Israel and...

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Israel

The manhunt for the suspect accused of committing a shooting spree in the heart of Tel Aviv on Friday is continuing, while Israeli authorities have arrested the man’s brother. Jaudat Milhem was arrested on Friday under suspicion of being an accomplice to the murder allegedly committed by his brother Nashat....

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Iran

Defeating ISIS requires fighting against Iran first, Lee Smith, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and senior editor at The Weekly Standard, argued in a lecture to the Middle East Forum, which was published on their website Tuesday. A recording of the talk is available at the link. Smith began his talk by explaining why...

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Only a day after floating the possibility that the White House would impose new sanctions on Iran due to its illegal ballistic missile tests, the Obama administration has now decided to delay its decision to an undetermined future date after Iran issued repeated threats, The Wall Street Journal reported (Google...

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