The Daily Star yesterday reported on a speech given by Hezbollah’s deputy leader, Sheikh Naim Qassem. “Israel is the main enemy,” said Sheikh Naim Qassem. “But the tactical priority depends on the direct threat, so our confrontation with takfiri groups derives from the direct danger they represent, and it does...
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Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) just published a report of a disturbing movie that was uploaded to the official Fatah Facebook page last week. PMW reports that the movie boasts that the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades was formed at the behest of Yasser Arafat in 2000 and still has its “finger on...
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As “China week” continues in Israel, a Chinese official, Yongjie Chen, granted an interview yesterday to David Shamah of the Times of Israel. Chen told Shamah of China’s warming relations towards Israel in recent years and declared that Israel is “the best place in the world for China to invest:” “It’s...
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Pope Francis will host a meeting between Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the Vatican next month, according to the Associated Press. SKY News suggested the Holy See may be thinking about taking over from the Americans as the broker of any Israeli-Palestinian talks. The offices...
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Reuters on Wednesday conveyed statements from Khaled Meshaal, the head of Hamas’s political bureau, doubling down on his organization’s commitment to the eradication of Israel, especially and specifically in the context of an anticipated agreed government between Hamas and the rival Palestinian Fatah organization. Meshaal declared that Hamas had made...
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The Vatican and Israel are close to a deal on several outstanding issues, The Tower has learned. The announcement of an agreement paving the way to even closer ties could come later this year, possibly as early as June. Among the outstanding discussion points is the status of what Catholics see as...
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On Tuesday, Tablet Magazine reported on a new study by the Sunlight Foundation showing that Israel isn’t the foreign country that spends the most on lobbying, as is commonly claimed. Israel isn’t even in the top five. In fact, of the 84 countries surveyed, Israel ranks 83rd in terms of...
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The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday that the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) criticized the “rush to judgment” of the United Nations and other international organizations about last week’s killing of two teens in Beitunia during violent riots. According the Post, the ADL’s Director Abe Foxman said: The international community must respect the IDF’s right...
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The Jerusalem Post reported yesterday that a leading figure in Israel’s defense establishment warns of “a storm, on the horizon” regarding the security situation in the Middle East. Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amos Gilad, the director of political-military affairs at the Defense Ministry, reiterated the main strategic threat facing Israel in the near term: Iran’s...
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The House of Representatives on Monday voted to give the Congressional Gold Medal to Israel’s outgoing president, Shimon Peres. The bill, HR 2939, which was co-sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) and Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-MA), would confer the medal, one of the highest civilian honors in the United States, on Peres, who...
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