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One of the Palestinian Authority’s core obligations under the terms of the Oslo Accords is ending the popular anti-Israel incitement that permeates official Palestinian institutions and civil society. The PA’s failure to condemn calls to violence against Israelis, magnified by its own frequent contributions to the toxic rhetoric, has led...

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Iran

The Israeli intelligence community estimates that over 55 Iranians have died fighting for the regime of dictator Syrian Bashar al-Assad, a toll that has undermined domestic Iranian support for continued intervention in Syria, Reuters reported Friday. Speaking to Reuters, a senior Israeli military officer cited Israeli intelligence findings that “55-plus”...

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Iran

Sanctions imposed on Iran for violations of the nuclear deal should be used to pay damages to American victims of Iranian-sponsored terror, Daniel Miller, a survivor of a 1997 terror attack in Jerusalem, wrote in an op-ed published Friday in The Orlando Sentinel. According to a prepared testimony (.pdf) that Miller presented at...

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MidEast

Malian special forces stormed the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako after Islamist terrorists took 170 people hostage on Friday, Reuters reported. Seven hours after the attackers entered the hotel, Malian authorities declared that the siege was over and all hostages were freed. A body count following the rescue effort determined that...

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Israel

The magazine Condé Nast Traveler has named Jerusalem one of the best cities in the world as part of its Readers’ Choice Awards. The airline El Al, as well as hotels in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Eilat were chosen as among the world’s best in their respective categories.   “Long a...

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Israel

Ezra Schwartz, a teenager from Sharon, Massachusetts, was identified as the American killed in a terror attack near Alon Shvut in the West Bank on Thursday, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported. Schwartz, 18, was one of three people killed Thursday near the settlement of Alon Shvut. He reportedly was studying for a...

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Global Affairs

A video of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected mastermind behind the Paris terror attacks last week, showed a clip of him saying that it would be “nice to see … the blood of infidels.” An ISIS-made video, which was uncovered by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), is embedded below. It shows Abaaoud, also...

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Europe

After a soccer match between Germany and the Netherlands was cancelled on Tuesday due to a bomb threat, the head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency said that his country should respond to terror like Israel does, Ynet reported on Wednesday. Hans-Georg Maassen, president of Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, observed in...

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Iran

The latest International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on Iran’s nuclear program raises concerns about the U.N. watchdog’s ability to verify Tehran’s compliance with the nuclear deal, according to an analysis (.pdf) published by the Institute for Science and International Security on Wednesday. The institute reviewed the process by which...

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Israel

Two people were killed and one injured in a Palestinian stabbing attack in southern Tel Aviv on Thursday, shortly before three others were killed and at least five others were wounded in a shooting and car ramming attack in the West Bank. In Tel Aviv, a 36-year-old Palestinian assaulted his victims as they were...

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