Iranian press outlets are conveying information to the effect that several Iranians recently released in a prisoner swap between Damascus and Syrian rebels were Revolutionary Guard commanders. Last September, Revolutionary Guard Commander-in Chief Mohammad Ali Jafari confirmed that “a number of members of the Qods force are present in Syria.”...

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A just-announced unity deal between the Palestinian Fatah and Hamas factions risks permanently undermining peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, according to Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Hamas has been at odds with Fatah at least since the Iran-backed terror group violently expelled Fatah officials from...

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The U.S. Treasury has outlined a number of mechanisms that Iran is using to evade sanctions meant to induce the country to increase transparency around its atomic program, which is widely suspected of having a clandestine weapons component. The Iranians are using, according to Treasury officials, private exchange houses and...

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Voting has opened for Israel’s January 22 election, with approximately 4,000 Israeli envoys casting their votes at 96 foreign missions around the world. Israel’s embassy in Wellington, New Zealand was the first to open its polls and early voting will conclude at the consulate in Los Angeles on Friday morning....

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Representatives from Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas are in Cairo for reconciliation talks, the progress of which has been at best uneven. Resentment and sometimes open fighting has complicated efforts to bring the two groups together since a violent 2007 coup saw Hamas forces expel Fatah from the Gaza Strip....

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In response to increased cyber warfare, the Israel Defense Forces has doubled the number of soldiers trained specifically for combatting cyber-attacks on vital Israeli computer infrastructure. During Operation Pillar of Defense in November “a record number of such attacks was recorded, which came from over 180 different countries, mostly against government and...

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A new study shows massive Iranian support has improved the military capabilities of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist organizations. According to Tel Aviv-based Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, the massive rocket fire from Gaza in November that targeted Israeli civilian population centers was made possible by Iran’s support....

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Israel’s election is seeing its first official TV and radio campaign ads, which are heavily limited – to the relief of many voters inside Israel, and to the jealousy of many abroad – only during fixed times during the day and only within two weeks of voting. Polling throughout the...

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Iran’s missiles can strike thousands of “enemy” bases throughout the region, according to boasts by a top Iranian military official. Gen. Morteza Qorbani described Iran’s missile arsenal as capable of conducting sustained strikes on targets within 2,000 kilometers of Iran’s borders, and Qorbani emphasized that the range brought 2,000 “enemy” targets...

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Leading candidates from Israel’s major parties emphasized Tuesday that Iran’s atomic program, widely thought to have a clandestine weapons component, will constitute a central concern for Israel’s next government. The politicians’ statements, which came as part of a pre-election debate hosted by The Israel Project at the Hebrew University of...

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