At least five people were injured today in Jerusalem when a car plowed into a group of pedestrians in an apparent terror attack. The Times of Israel reported: A Palestinian man in a private vehicle hit the five, who included a bicycle rider and a pedestrian, as they stood on...

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Turkey’s “permissiveness” towards jihadists traveling through its territory to Syria is greatly aiding the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing yesterday. Agence France-Presse reports: The Turkish government was more concerned with Kurdish opposition and the...

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The United States Treasury Department designated two members of Hezbollah who are running an amusement park in Nigeria. Armin Rosen of Business Insider reports: The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control added two individuals to its specially designated nationals list on February 26: Fouzi Reda Darwish Fawaz and Mustapha...

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Reuters reported on Tuesday about the significant role Iran has in arming, training, and commanding Shiite militias in Iraq. A secret branch of the Iraqi government known as the Popular Mobilization Committee (“Hashid Shaabi” in Arabic) serves as an umbrella group for Shiite paramilitary organizations. The group is run by Abu...

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The United States Senate yesterday introduced a resolution authored by Sen. Robert Menendez (D – N.J.) condemning the rise of European anti-Semitism, The Times of Israel reported. The bipartisan measure was co-sponsored by 52 other senators. The resolution notes that “an alarming increase in anti-Semitic attacks and incidents targeting Jewish...

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The recent terror attacks in Paris and Copenhagen have brought the need to understand the phenomenon of rising anti-Semitism in Europe just seventy years after the Holocaust into sharper focus. Two reports published this month covering anti-Semitism in Britain during the past year note the contribution of media coverage of events in...

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The jury in a Federal District Court in New York found the Palestinian Authority (PA) and PLO liable under an American terrorism law for six terror attacks against Israeli targets in which Americans were wounded and killed and awarded the victims $218.5 million, The New York Times reported today. The...

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Iran has been coordinating with al-Qaeda to target American interests in the Gulf region since 2007, the English version of the Arabic daily A Sharq al-Awsat reported today. Speaking under condition of anonymity, the sources said coordination between Iran and the global terrorist organization was mainly taking place through Saudi citizen...

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An yeshiva student was stabbed and moderately injured before his assailant was apprehended by Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and his bodyguards, Ha’aretz reported today. A preliminary investigation revealed that the suspected assailant is an 18-year-old illegal Palestinian resident. According to a paramedic who was at the scene, the man was stabbed...

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The brutal massacre of 21 Egyptian Copts in Libya committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) affected not only the Egyptian attitude towards its western neighbor, but also towards its small eastern neighbor, the Gaza Strip. Although the Egyptian military reaction targeted terrorist strongholds in Libya, Hamas officials understood the message...

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