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Some U.S. government officials have privately acknowledged that a key provision of the nuclear deal with Iran violates existing federal law, James Rosen of Fox News reported today. At issue is a passage tucked away in ancillary paperwork attached to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, as the...

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Israel

At an unusual press conference to address the escalating violence across Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, flanked by the nation’s top security officials, promised that the government would be “taking action” against inciters and perpetrators of violence, including enhanced security measures and stiff punishments for those involved in rock and...

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The terrorist organization Hamas is behind the latest wave of violence in Israel and the West Bank, aided by incitement from the Fatah party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, counter-terror expert and Likud MK Anat Berko said today. Berko noted that both Hamas and Fatah will sometimes claim credit for...

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Iran

A group of Iranian hackers set up a system of LinkedIn profiles to pry sensitive information from people in the defense and telecom sectors, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. This tactic, known as “social engineering,” is one where hackers trick people to get them to cough up personal or sensitive...

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Seven people were injured in three terror attacks by knife-wielding assailants in Israel today. In the first attack, an Israeli man was stabbed and seriously injured in northern Jerusalem, The Times of Israel reported. Police said the attacker, a 19-year-old Palestinian from East Jerusalem, was “neutralized” within minutes. He was unharmed and was...

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MidEast

New evidence has revealed that the Palestinian Authority is paying millions of dollars every month to convicted terrorists serving terms in Israeli jails, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. According to documents obtained by Israel Radio, most of those behind bars receiving PA money are Hamas members who were behind some of the bloodiest terrorist attacks...

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Iran

Russia and Iran decided in July to undertake joint military action to prop up Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, even while they sat on opposite sides of the table in nuclear negotiations, Reuters reported Tuesday. The first step of the joint offensive was planned by the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps—Qods...

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A Palestinian driver rammed his vehicle into a checkpoint east of Jerusalem on Wednesday evening, injuring two border police officers before being shot and apprehended, The Times of Israel reported. In a statement, the police said the man was traveling from the direction of Ma’ale Adumim in the West Bank....

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Global Affairs

Former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton is further distancing herself from the foreign policy of the administration she served by calling for the removal of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and imposing a no-fly zone over that country. On the campaign trail yesterday, Clinton said of Syria,...

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Three Israelis were injured in as many stabbing attacks today, the first in Jerusalem, the second in the southern city of Kiryat Gat, and the third in Petah Tikva, east of Tel Aviv. In the first incident, a Palestinian assailant stabbed an Israeli man near the Lion’s Gate in Jerusalem,...

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