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Reuters revealed today the existence of an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) document charging that Iran has failed to address questions about its past nuclear research. Reuters has more: Iran is failing to address suspicions it may have worked on designing an atomic bomb, according to the latest report by a U.N. watchdog,...

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MidEast

A  series of overnight blasts targeting the homes of Fatah officials in the Gaza Strip has prompted Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah to cancel his scheduled trip Saturday to the Hamas-ruled area. Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports: Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah has cancelled a visit to Gaza planned for...

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MidEast

On Thursday, Israel allowed a shipment of produce to pass through the Kerem Shalom crossing and enter the West Bank. It was the first such shipment allowed since the terrorist organization Hamas violently took control of the Gaza Strip in 2007. Reuters reports: A Palestinian official said a truckload of cucumbers...

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Israel

A delegation from the Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design in Jerusalem won first place among foreign schools at Tokyo Designers Week, October 25 to November 3, for its “How To” project — a series of YouTube videos demonstrating how to make products ranging from cotton candy to a step-stool,...

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Featured

Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was asked to assess “the ethical conduct” of the IDF during Operation Protective during in a discussion at the Carnegie Council for Ethics earlier today. Dempsey called the question a “softball” and proceeded to explain: I actually do think that Israel...

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The Wall Street Journal reported today (Google link) that President Barack Obama wrote a secret letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last month that “appeared aimed both at buttressing the campaign against Islamic State and nudging Iran’s religious leader closer to a nuclear deal.” Mr. Obama stressed to...

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MidEast

Bloomberg News reported on the ongoing tension in and around Jerusalem marked by two terror attacks yesterday involving cars driving into pedestrians. Palestinian rage has erupted after Israel temporarily closed the Temple Mount, a sacred site to both Jews and Muslims, in response to Arab youths throwing stones at visitors. …...

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Human Rights

Iran is the one of the few countries in the world that imposes the death penalty on individuals because they are gay or lesbian. Clerics in the Islamic Republic often pressure gay Iranians to undergo sex change operations, which drives many homosexuals to flee the country. An article that appeared...

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Diplomacy

At a joint press conference Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that Iran must prove its nuclear program is peaceful. Voice of America (VOA) reported that the two diplomats agreed “that Iran has a right to a peaceful nuclear program but ‘not a track...

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Since the beginning of 2014, at least four terror attacks have been carried out in Israel using motor vehicles as a weapon. The attacks left four people dead and 30 wounded, many of them seriously. Two of these attacks took place yesterday, when two Palestinian drivers drove their cars into groups...

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