The Times of Israel reports that Chief Rabbi David Lau of Israel reached out to Muslim religious leaders in the wake of today’s terror attack in a Jerusalem synagogue. Israel’s Chief Rabbi David Lau tells Channel 2 he’s dismayed by the silence of Muslim religious leaders in the wake of today’s...

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Secretary of State John Kerry strongly condemned this morning’s terror attack in Jerusalem (video embedded below), calling it “a pure result of incitement.” The Associated Press reports: Kerry, who spoke Tuesday before, noted that Israel had acted to calm the situation by easing age restrictions on Muslim worshippers at the...

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At least four people were killed and six injured in a terror attack at a synagogue in Jerusalem’s Har Nof neighborhood Tuesday morning. Two terrorists, apparently from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber, entered the Kehilat Yaakov synagogue around 7 a.m. during morning prayers and attacked worshipers with a...

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Fatah’s military wing al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades released a new video (Arabic link) showing its fighters training for the “destruction of Israel” and calling for more fighters to join the brigades. Fatah is the political party headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. At the same time, Hamas warned it is...

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A Jewish man was stabbed today near the Old City of Jerusalem, in what authorities describe as a nationalistic attack. The Times of Israel reported: The stabbed man reportedly managed to make his way to the Border Police station at the Old City’s Damascus Gate. The police escorted the victim...

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) yesterday formally endorsed the designation of 82 organizations as terror groups, in line with its federal law on combating terrorism, Al- Arabiya TV reported. A list of the designated organizations, published by the country’s state-run WAM news agency, includes Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the organization’s local...

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A report that appeared Tuesday in Forbes Israel (Hebrew link) ranks Hamas as the world’s second wealthiest terror organization, trailing only the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in rankings. The Times of Israel reports: Hamas is the second richest terror group in the world, with finances of around $1...

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The Egyptian military said that one of its navy vessels came under a terrorist attack in the Mediterranean Sea yesterday, leaving eight servicemen missing at sea and presumed dead, and another five wounded. Four boats used by the assailants were destroyed and more than 30 of the suspected fighters were...

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Hezbollah is working to recruit Christian, Druze, and Sunni youths for a possible future confrontation with Israel, the Lebanese newspaper al-Nahar reported (Arabic link) today. The new enlistment campaign is using the slogan “Our fate is one and we must fight together” in order to attract young fighters. The Shiite terror...

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At least two Israelis – a young woman and an IDF soldier – were killed and two others injured in separate terror attacks on Monday, refocusing attention on recent calls for violence that have come from the top echelons of Palestinian leadership, up to and including Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud...

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