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Diplomacy

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon met with Indian Prime Minister Narendrea Modi today in New Delhi in what The Times of Israel described as marking “the end of an era when defense deals between the allies had to be kept hush-hush.” Ya’alon’s visit, the highest-level official visit since the countries established...

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MidEast

As Islamic terrorism continues to plague Egypt, the country plans to set up a committee to look into ways of blocking terror-linked websites, the Egyptian Al Ahram daily reported Tuesday. [Egyptian Prime Minister] Ibrahim Mahlab is forming a committee to study possible amendments to national security laws in order to remove websites linked to...

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Israel

Like many other environment-conscious and cost-conscious homeowners, maybe you’re considering installing solar panels on your roof. Though the sun’s energy is free, the panels represent a significant capital expense. Will you break even, let alone save money, by switching from fossil fuels to solar power? Now there’s a website that can answer...

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Europe

Alexander Kudascheff, the editor-in-chief of the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle, asserted that Europe “must stand united against rampant anti-Semitism” in an op-ed published on the website on Monday. Kudascheff began his argument by responding to the recent terror attacks that have targeted Jews in Europe. This terror targets all of us, but it...

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Diplomacy

Administration officials have denied reports that it has been withholding information about the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran from their Israeli counterparts, The New York Times reported yesterday. For its part, the Obama administration has been issuing strong denials that it is holding anything back. Alistair C. Baskey, a spokesman...

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Israel

Adele Bitton, a four-year-old girl who was injured in 2013 when the car she was riding in was attacked by rocks, was buried a day after dying from long-term complications from her injuries, The Times of Israel reported today. Her parents spoke at her funeral, which attended by hundreds of...

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MidEast

The regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad launched a new offensive on the city of Aleppo on Tuesday, the same day it reportedly agreed to a United Nations plan to suspend aerial bombing and artillery shelling on the northern city. In the new offensive around Aleppo, the Syrian army is...

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Diplomacy

A plurality of Americans are in favor of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressing Congress next month on the dangers presented by a nuclear Iran, Bloomberg View’s Josh Rogin reported Tuesday. Citing the results of a recent poll, Rogin writes: How do Americans feel about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

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Iran

Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Iranian-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah, publicly took credit for recent gains made against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), The Washington Post reported yesterday. In a videotaped speech delivered to followers in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Hasan Nasrallah called on the region’s traditional...

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MidEast

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) published a shocking new video on Sunday in which it showed the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya. The group, which has taken advantage of the anarchy prevailing in Libya to gain a foothold in its territories, kidnapped the Egyptian...

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