Iran has secretly amassed significant reserves – as much as 50 million barrels – of processed oil on tankers in the Persian Gulf, which Tehran is ready to export as soon as international sanctions are lifted, CNN reported Thursday. Iran claims it’s not stockpiling oil in tankers in the Persian...

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Cyber-attacks perpetrated by Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah against Israeli government and military bodies have gotten more sophisticated in the past year, an IDF major stated in an interview Thursday with David Shamah, the technology reporter for The Times of Israel. The major insisted on anonymity for security reasons. “While we’ve had cyber attacks all along, it...

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Jonathan Greenblatt, the newly appointed national director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and a former special assistant to President Barack Obama, called on Congress to vote against the nuclear deal with Iran in a column for the Huffington Post Thursday. Greenblatt stated that the nuclear deal not only gives Iran”a legal and legitimate pathway...

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Gen. Charles Krulak, the former Commandant of the United States Marine Corps and former member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that the nuclear deal with Iran, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is not “in the best interests of the United States of America, the...

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The Iranian regime is the real enemy of the nations of the Persian Gulf, whereas Israel is a “friendly state,” columnist Abdallah Al-Hadlaq wrote in the Kuwaiti government newspaper Al-Watan. His colum was translated today by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). To all those who think the Persian state (Iran), and the regime...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and and National Infrastructure, Energy, and Water Minister Yuval Steinitz presented a revised plan for developing the Leviathan natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, The Jerusalem Post’s Sharon Udasin reported today. The new document, whose additions focus on pricing schemes, development of the Leviathan reservoir and governmental...

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The billions of dollars in sanctions relief that will flow to Iran in the wake of the nuclear agreement “will fund Iranian imperialism,” Michael Gerson wrote in a column for The Washington Post. Gerson explained Iran’s long-running strategy of deploying “several thousand well-trained, well-led militia members” against the country’s regional rivals, having them “exploit...

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A Hamas operative recently arrested by Israeli authorities gave the Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, details about Hamas’ plans to attack Israel and how it is financed and supported by Iran, The Times of Israel reported today. According to the Times,  Ibraheem Adel Shehadeh Shaer was arrested last month, but details of...

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The nuclear deal between Iran and the West provides Iran and its allies with a “historic opportunity” to confront Israel, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a meeting in Beirut Tuesday, according to Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV. The Times of Israel reported: “Zarif said from...

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A group including three Congressmen was harassed as they toured the Temple Mount, The Jerusalem Post reported today. Reps. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), Keith Rothfus (R-Pa.), and Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) were visiting Israel as part of a trip organized by the Israel Allies Foundation. Jenkins’ wife Elizabeth was also in the group....

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