Critics who have been blasting Hezbollah for its involvement in the Syrian conflict have outlined an array of fears regarding the consequences of the Iran-backed terror group’s actions. The regional consequences of the group’s actions – Hezbollah risks creating a crescent of Sunni-Shiit conflict from the Mediteranean coast into Iraq...

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The reigning valedictorian of the medical school at Israel’s Technion – the country’s oldest university, dating back to 1912 – is a Muslim-Arab woman from a Nazareth-area village who only became fluent in Hebrew after leaving home. 27 year old Mais Ali-Saleh, from the village of Yafa an-Naseriyye, considers herself...

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Tuesday saw a variety of potentially escalatory fire from across the Syrian border into Israel. Unidentified gunmen firing on Israeli troops who were investigating an infiltration into Israeli territory by Syrian suspects. Dozens of blasts being linked to mortars fired across the border. The situation is not, in other words, stable. The...

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Hassan Rouhani is easing into his August 4 inauguration by dismissing Israel as a “miserable” country that makes him “laugh.” The boasts are in line with Rouhani’s status as a “consummate regime insider,” but align uneasily with declarations from corners of the foreign policy and journalistic communities describing him as...

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Saudi Arabian Airlines may be banned from operating at New York City’s John F. Kennedy airport because of its policy of not selling tickets to Israeli passport holders. New York City’s Public Advocate, Bill de Blasio held a press conference explaining the development, after a member of de Blasio’s staff...

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Growing concerns that violence from the increasingly anarchic Sinai Peninsula will spill over into Israel spiked over the weekend, as shots were fired on Israeli soldiers Sunday night. Israeli military officials responded to the incident by ramping up security in southern Israel. Jihadists have engaged in a string of attacks...

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Israelis who have been watching events in Egypt unfold in recent weeks have had a bit of historically unprecedented assistance: average Egyptians describing the latest eyewitness accounts in fluent Hebrew. Egypt has 12 universities. Each – even Al-Azhar University, the iconic stronghold of the Muslim Brotherhood – contains a Middle...

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A combination of political ideology and entrenched anti-Semitism within Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development (AKP) Party threatens to derail efforts to reconcile with Israel – at significant cost to Ankara’s interests – according to an array of recently published analyses and reporting. Relations between the two countries were frozen by...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is willing to release 40 Palestinian prisoners convicted of terrorism against civilians, Israeli media reported Thursday quoting U.S. officials. The move – which would not be conditioned on any reciprocal Palestinian steps – is reportedly intended to convey Israel’s seriousness about returning to peace talks....

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The most popular Israeli on Facebook is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has nearly half a million “likes.” But the runner-up is not Israeli President Shimon Peres, though Peres’s recent social media campaign to promote global peace did win broad acclaim and even prestigious awards. And it’s not supermodel Bar...

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