Egyptian security forces operating in the Sinai Peninsula have seized several caches of weapons and explosives this week, which officials believe were destined for use against both Israel and Egypt. Officials told the Ma’an News Agency that among the cache contained anti-aircraft shells, grenades, and anti-tank mines intended for the bordering...

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Arabic media outlets are reporting that a high-level Israeli security delegation landed in Cairo on Thursday to meet with Egyptian intelligence and military officials. The leak to Ma’an News Agency is said to have come from an airport official. Focus on the Sinai Peninsula If confirmed, the news will be...

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is delaying a planned trip to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, which if carried out would widely be viewed as a diplomatic victory for the Iran-backed terror group. He will now delay the trip at least until after he meets with President Barack Obama in May....

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Hamas is beating, arresting, and forcibly cutting the hair of men who have “immodest” haircuts, part of a campaign to enforce Islamic styles in the Gaza Strip: The human rights group says the men were beaten and forced to sign an agreement to keep their hair short. They are also...

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Hamas appears to be stopping short of employing its full force to stop Gaza-based jihadists from launching rockets at Israel, though it has the power to do so. The Iran-backed group knows that clamping down too hard would provoke anger from the Gazan public. Hamas security forces detained a number...

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One needn’t romanticize this week’s West Bank unrest. It wasn’t exactly a spontaneous outburst of rage – rather, the three funerals held recently were a pre-planned set piece for the stone-throwing that followed. Near Tulkarem, and in Hebron, two teenagers were laid to rest, having been hit by IDF fire while throwing...

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Israeli soldiers yesterday shot and killed two Palestinians who were hurling firebombs at them, amid the outbreak of riots across the West Bank. Palestinians burned tires and threw rocks at IDF soldiers in outrage over the death of then-imprisoned Hamas terrorist Maysara Abuhamdia, who was serving a life sentence for his...

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A strong plurality of Palestinians would select as president Marwan Barghouti, a Fatah-linked terrorist currently serving five life sentences for coordinating attacks and suicide bombings against Israeli civilians, over current Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas or Hamas head Ismail Haniyeh in presidential elections: These are the results of the...

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Israeli and Palestinian sources have confirmed to The Tower that Israeli Air Force jets last night struck Hamas-built tunnels in the Gaza Strip intended to be used in attacks on Israel. Hamas announced Israel had struck “open areas” near the border – one east of Gaza City and the other...

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The White House is dispatching Secretary of State John Kerry to “smooth things over” between Israel and Turkey, after statements and threats made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised “worries that the Obama administration’s newly brokered friendship between [the two countries] risks unraveling.” The administration is concerned about Turkish...

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