Top Israeli defense officials rejected on Friday President Barack Obama’s assertion that Israel’s security establishment now “acknowledges” that the nuclear deal with Iran “has been a game changer” and a benefit to the Jewish state’s security. “The Israeli security establishment believes that agreements only have value if they are based on existing reality and...

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Fatah, the party headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, boasted on its Facebook page on Tuesday that it “has killed 11,000 Israelis.” The post also gives Fatah credit for having “sacrificed 170,000 martyrs” and noted that hundreds of its members are incarcerated in Israeli jails. “Israelis and Palestinians have long accused each other...

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The Australian government announced Friday that it has suspended aid to the charity World Vision after Israel’s internal security agency, the Shin Bet, charged the head of World Vision’s Gaza branch with funneling tens of millions of dollars worth of donations to the terrorist organization Hamas. The Shin Bet revealed on Thursday that...

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The next war between Israel and Hezbollah “will be catastrophic” because the Iran-backed terror organization has stationed its military assets inside “built-up population centers in cities, towns and villages” in Lebanon, Stéphane Cohen, head of diplomatic outreach and security analysis for The Israel Project (which publishes The Tower), wrote in The Times of Israel on Thursday....

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Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, the world’s largest generic medicines producer, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Anda, the fourth-largest distributor of generic pharmaceuticals in the U.S., for $500 million. It is believed to be the largest-ever purchase by an Israeli company. The acquisition comes...

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The regional head of the global Christian charity World Vision funneled tens of millions of dollars to the terrorist group Hamas in order to fund its military activities, the Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security agency, charged Thursday. The Shin Bet revealed that it had arrested Mohammad el-Halabi, the director of World Vision’s Gaza branch, in...

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For the first time, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will lead a ceremony for the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches who were tortured and killed by Palestinian terrorists in the 1972 Munich Games. For the past 44 years, Israel, the families of the victims, and many parliaments worldwide have called on the Olympic...

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The Islamic State’s affiliate in the Sinai Peninsula released a new video threatening Israel, saying it will turn into “a graveyard for Jews,” The Jerusalem Post reported on Wednesday. The 35-minute video, which was published on Monday by ISIS-Sinai Province, features footage of assaults on Egyptian forces, including bombings and shootouts. A...

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Official Palestinian Authority television broadcasted a controversial video last week that showed a father trying to get his son shot by Israeli troops, but deleted the scene in which the boy didn’t listen to instructions and high-fived the Israeli soldier instead, Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reported on Monday. In the...

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A group of American police chiefs, including those from cities recently struck by devastating terror attacks, are visiting Israel to learn advanced counter-terrorism techniques, The Jerusalem Post reported on Wednesday. About a dozen senior law enforcement officials — including the police chief of Orlando, Florida and the sheriff of San Bernardino County,...

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