Benjamin Weinthal of The Jerusalem Post reported yesterday about revelations that an Iranian backed terrorists group has strong ties with Turkey’s ruling AKP party. Citing the work of counter-intelligence expert John Schindler, Weinthal writes that the “dismissal of an investigation into an Iranian-linked terrorist group” suggested that “[t]he decision to pull the plug...

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Omri Ceren writes in the lead article of the October 2014 issue of Commentary Magazine that, contrary to the claims of Hamas and several critics of Israel, the IDF defeated Hamas in this past summer’s Operation Protective Edge. Ceren is the managing director for press and strategy at The Israel Project, publisher of...

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In a staff editorial today, The Chicago Tribune argues against granting Iran any extension in nuclear talks past the current deadline in November, which is less than two months away. The editorial states: Time is nearly up. Painful economic sanctions brought Tehran to the bargaining table. The threat of even more...

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“Islamic resistance,” a byword for attacks on Israel if not the country’s destruction, is a “religious and human duty,” according to Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani. Slamming the Tel Aviv regime as the major threat to the world, Shamkhani called on the whole Muslim nation to close...

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With less than two months left before the deadline for a nuclear deal between the P5+1 and Iran, The Wall Street Journal is reporting (via Google) Tuesday that the Western nations are preparing to reward Iran for making a deal with expedited sanctions relief. Iran has been pushing for a...

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Contradicting allegations made by Iran, a report today quoting the sister of Dr. Ardeshir Hosseinpour claims that he was killed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) because he refused to help the Iranian regime build a nuclear bomb. The Times of Israel reported on the charge made by Mahboobeh Hosseinpour: Mahboobeh said...

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The Times of Israel reports today that a man was hanged in Iran last week for insulting the prophet Jonah: Iranian prisoner of conscience Moshen Amir-Aslani was executed last week after being found guilty of heresy and insulting the prophet Jonah, according to human rights organizations. Aslani, 37 was hanged at...

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In a speech today before the United Nations General Assembly (embedded below), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu identified the greatest threat to the world as “militant Islam” and argued that the threat Israel faces from Hamas is the same that the rest of the region and the world faces from...

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On the eve of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the United Nations General assembly focusing on the Iranian threat, The Wall Street Journal described Washington as failing to maintain its position regarding Tehran’s nuclear program. An in-house opinion piece (via Google) from the WSJ suggested “Tehran holds firm while the...

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An unsigned editorial in The New York Times Saturday, placed the blame of the lack of a nuclear deal squarely on Iran. The criticism is especially notable as the Times has been a very strong supporter of a nuclear deal with Iran. The editors of Times pull no punches in...

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