U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Israel on Thursday for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It is his fourth visit to the country in as many months. Kerry was greeted warmly by Prime Minister Netanyahu: John, it’s a pleasure to welcome you in Jerusalem. You’re an old...

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The U.S. Senate voted 99-0 yesterday on S.Res. 65, which emphasizes the global threat posed by a nuclear Iran, calls for tightening sanctions on Iran, and reaffirms U.S. support for Israel if the Jewish state takes action to defend itself against the Islamic republic. The text is here and takes...

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Scandal threatens to engulf several prominent foreign correspondents and human rights workers who were revealed yesterday to be engaging in what the Washington Free Beacon described as “an anti-Israel hate-fest” on a private Facebook group. A post to the group, named the “Vulture Club,” sparked open contempt for a new...

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Sari Essayah is no typical E.U. parliamentarian. The bespectacled Finn is a retired world-champion race walker, who inherited her distinctly non-Finnish family name from a Moroccan father. And while Essayah had little contact with her father growing up, something of the Middle East and North Africa appears to have stayed...

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Israeli Air Force Chief Amir Eshel warned today that Syria will soon receive advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missiles from Russia. The warning comes after one that Israeli officials reportedly conveyed privately to their American counterparts two weeks ago. Israeli media had already disclosed that Syrian soldiers had completed two months of training on...

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The U.S. government is funding non-governmental organizations that politically agitate against Israel and undermine American policy in the Middle East. A report presented to Congress yesterday by NGO Monitor paints a picture of systematic vetting failures. The report is available here: This NGO Monitor report relates to U.S. government funding for non-governmental organizations...

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An Israeli official has confirmed to The Tower that Egypt had received permission from Israel ahead of time before launching its current military campaign in the Sinai Peninsula. Cairo has poured troops, artillery, and armored vehicles into the territory in response to the kidnapping of seven Egyptian security forces. There...

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Egypt is rolling forces into the Sinai Peninsula in response to the kidnapping of its security personnel. Cairo, of course, is treaty-bound by the Camp David Accords to limit the scope of its deployments in the Sinai Peninsula. When asked whether the armed campaign currently being waged in the territory...

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The recent kidnappings of seven Egyptian security officials in the Sinai Peninsula is calling attention to increasing lawlessness in the territory. The weakening of the Egyptian government following the 2011 Arab Spring revolution has allowed an influx of terrorists, including Al Qaeda, to establish bases in the Peninsula. The Sinai...

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The New York Times reports on a new Israeli government investigation that the paper says “casts new doubts” on iconic media images, filmed in September 2000, that have been used by activists, diplomats, journalists, and terrorists to justify attacks against Israelis and Jews. The images come from a France 2...

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