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Diplomacy

Reuters reported on Wednesday that Iran will exceed the amount of oil it is permitted to export under the interim Joint Plan of Action (JPA) for the fifth month in a row, a development set to deepen concerns that the West is losing control of the sanctions relief granted to the Islamic republic...

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MidEast

Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Wednesday declared that he will run in the country’s next presidential election, formally launching what is widely expected to be an easy glide into the presidency for the politically Teflon figure but potentially complicating Cairo’s future relationship with the Obama administration. A transcript of the resignation speech was provided by the...

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The controversial NGO Oxfam has been accused of ties to the terror group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), in a new report just published by Shurat Hadin, the Israel Law Center. The Tower previously reported the alleged terror links late last month. Oxfam found itself the subject...

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As notorious 9/11 Truther and anti-Israel activist Richard Falk prepares to leave his post as the United Nations’ special rapporteur on the situation of the Palestinians, reports are emerging that the Falk family’s special brand of crazy will still be represented at the United Nations, as Falk’s wife, Dr. Hilal Elver, is...

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MidEast

The United Nations has issued a report placing most of the blame for the humanitarian catastrophe in Syria on the government of President Bashar al-Assad. An anonymous American official told Reuters: What the report shows is that the magnitude and frequency of violence committed by the Assad regime far outstrips that...

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The only way for Israel to defeat Hezbollah is via a ground offensive, according to a senior source in the Israel Defense Forces. The assessment comes in light of the terror organization’s ever-widening power base across southern Lebanon and further north. Hezbollah is probably the world’s largest, most sophisticated, wealthiest...

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Turkey’s Hurriyet Daily News on Tuesday published an open letter to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pushing back against insinuations, leveled by Erdogan in a recent speech, suggesting that the paper and its parent group were printing reports critical of the government as a result of a complex blackmail scheme. The...

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Europe

The Jerusalem Post conveyed statements on Monday from the European Union’s envoy to Israel emphasizing that what the outlet described as an “unprecedented” EU offer to Israel and the Palestinians – under which the parties would be granted Special Privileged Partnerships with the bloc should they ink a comprehensive peace deal...

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Violence generated by the Syrian conflict spilled across both the Turkish and Lebanese borders on Monday and into Tuesday, deepening worries not just that chaos will splash beyond Syria but also that other actors may be drawn into the fighting. A series of incidents erupted between Turkey and Syria, including one that saw Syrian...

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Diplomacy

While the Arabic media is focusing on many of the key rifts between Arab states, regional leaders used this week’s Arab League Summit in Kuwait City to unite in their calls for “Jerusalem” to be the capital of a Palestinian state and for Israel to stop its assault on the...

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