A controversial decision by E.U. foreign ministers to cut off projects with Israeli-Jewish communities beyond Israel’s 1948 armistice lines may face additional complications, as legal scholars are pointing to deep contradictions within E.U. practices. The guidelines regarding those communities have in recent weeks been blasted by top international figures –...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke this afternoon to the United Nations General Assembly, questioning the assurances being voiced in some corners of the foreign policy community that newly inaugurated Iranian president Hassan Rouhani was willing or able to alter what is widely believed to be an Iranian drive to...

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Israeli officials over the weekend released details regarding the arrest of an Iranian-Belgian citizen accused of conducting extensive espionage against Israeli and American targets inside the Jewish state, deepening concerns regarding the scope of Iranian terror networks and the sophistication of Iranian tradecraft. Ali Mansouri, in his mid-50s, was arrested...

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Reports of spiking anti-Semitism in several European countries have analysts again asking whether Europe’s increasingly marked diplomatic hostility toward the Jewish state is a function of something more than geo-strategic and humanitarian evaluations. A recent report in the Jerusalem Post described among other things “outrageous” anti-Semitism in Belgium. A recent...

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A French diplomat who was filmed taking a swing at an Israeli soldier will be expelled from Israel, after Jerusalem filed a complaint with Paris about the incident. The incident occurred while Marion Fesneau-Castaing was participating in a European Union delegation delivering supplies to Palestinians attempting to rebuild illegally-built –...

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A pro-regime newspaper announced earlier this week that Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem will lead the country’s delegation to New York for the United Nations General Assembly. Muallem will reportedly speak next Monday. Political intrigue will swirl around whether and to what extent Muallem is treated as a legitimate representative...

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The Arab Spring has seen governments overthrown, mass movements formed and dissolved, and geopolitical calculations upended for groups and countries spanning Iran-backed terror groups all the way to NATO countries. It’s also seen a kind of dropping of pretenses for Al Jazeera, the Qatari-owned TV station that has often been...

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Reports of Israeli medical assistance to Syrian war victims long ago began to filter back into Syria. Jerusalem set up a field hospital near the Israeli-Syrian border last March, and victims who require extensive care have been taken to hospitals deeper inside Israel. Over 100 Syrians have been treated, leading...

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Analysts have begun to unpack the domestic, regional, and global implications of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Sunday electoral victory, which saw resounding success for her Christian Democratic Union and positioned her to take the helm for a third consecutive term as Chancellor. The Washington Post labeled the victory “historic” and...

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Two Israeli soldiers were killed by Palestinians in recent days, renewing criticism of Palestinian leaders accused of inciting violence and failing to prepare the Palestinian public for co-existence with the Jewish state and rattling U.S.-backed peace negotiations: In a statement concerning both attacks, the United States said such incidents “undermine efforts to establish...

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