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In an interview with Israel Radio, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Yukiya Amano said that no nuclear agreement will likely be reached between Iran and the P5+1 nations prior to the March deadline, The Times of Israel reported Saturday. An agreement between Iran and the international community regarding the...

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Diplomacy

In a speech yesterday before Iranian air force commanders, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected the idea of a political framework, which both Iran and the P5+1 nations agreed to when they extended the Joint Plan of Action this past November. According to a translation of Khamenei’s speech he said:...

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Israel

Egyptian sources claim that the large scale counter-terrorism operation carried out by the Egyptian army against insurgents in the northern Sinai Peninsula is achieving positive results. The operation has intensified since the Islamist terrorist group called Sinai Province carried out a series of coordinated attacks that killed more than 30...

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Europe

The European Union (EU) is funding illegal Palestinian construction in Area C, a territory that is under full Israeli jurisdiction according to the Oslo Accords, The Daily Mail reported Thursday. The EU is acting illegally by funding unauthorised Palestinian building in areas placed under Israeli control by international law, say an...

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Iran

Yemeni political and security officials are concerned over the Turkish Airlines decision to increase its flights from the Istanbul to Aden in Yemen. The Yemenis are not hiding their concern that the purpose of the flights is to move Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorists into the territory of Yemen....

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Human Rights

In recent weeks, Israel-based aid organization IsraAID has been stepping up its program to aid Yazidi and Christian displaced persons in northern Iraq. More than 18,000 Yazidis and  Christians are living in camps after fleeing from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). One of those displaced people Shehab,...

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Iran

Addressing Iran’s expanding role in the Middle East, The Washington Post editorial board wrote on Friday that “the Obama administration has declined to counter increasingly aggressive efforts by Iran to extend its influence across the Middle East and seems ready to concede Tehran a place as a regional power at...

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Diplomacy

Iran sought to block a condemnation of Syria for using chemical weapons at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Colum Lynch of Foreign Policy reported Wednesday. According to Lynch: Iran tried to block a move by the United States and Russia to present a mildly worded statement to...

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Diplomacy

A company with Israeli ties dedicated the largest solar field in Africa on Thursday. The solar field was built in Rwanda by Gigawatt Global, whose president is Israeli solar power pioneer Yosef Abramowitz, in Rwanda. The land for the solar field is owned by the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village. The youth village...

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Israel

A novel wearable device, already used on nearly 2,000 patients to slow the growth of cancerous glioblastoma brain tumors using electrical fields, is now being tested to judge its effectiveness against other types of solid tumors. Novocure Chief Science Officer Eilon Kirson tells ISRAEL21c that the 15-year-old company’s Tumor Treating Fields...

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