Hamas, which exerts strict control over the Gaza Strip, allowed a public demonstration in support of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to take place on the streets of Gaza Monday. The rally was to back the radical Islamist groups and to support the recent terror attacks in France....

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At least 12 people were wounded Wednesday morning, four of them seriously, when a Palestinian from the West Bank suddenly drew a knife and started stabbing people on a crowded passenger bus during Tel Aviv’s morning rush hour, Ynet reported. At roughly 7:15 am a terrorist boarded Dan Line 40...

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The Iran-backed Houthi rebels have launched an attack on the American-supported government of Yemen that, according to a report in The Washington Post, will leave the president of that beleaguered nation politically “badly weakened.” The coup-style strikes by the Houthi rebel faction — believed backed by Iran — marked a major setback...

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Before leaving Israel, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed to cooperate with the Jewish state to fight terror, The Japan Times reported yesterday: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to work together to enhance anti-terrorism measures as they held talks Sunday in Jerusalem, Japanese officials said....

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Shiite Houthi fighters backed by Iran clashed this week with Yemeni army soldiers near the president’s residence in the capital Sanaa. Tehran’s involvement in Yemen’s internal conflict continues to contribute to the chaos that is worrying governments across the region. Gunfire was heard across the city and rebels stormed houses adjacent to the...

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The presence of a convoy carrying senior Hezbollah operatives and Iranian military personnel in Syria near the border with Israel suggests that they were “planning an operation against Israel on a high level,” Major- General (Res.) Eyal Ben-Reuven said in a conference call with reporters Monday. On Sunday an Israeli air...

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Alberto Nisman, the Argentine prosecutor who accused President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Wednesday of covering up Iran’s role in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA building, was found dead in his apartment yesterday – hours before he was due to present his findings to a closed-door session of Congress....

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A trial to determine the civil liability of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Palestinian Authority (PA) in terror attacks in Israel between 2001 and 2004 opened in New York on Wednesday. According to the New York Post: The PLO and PA are accused of plotting and funding seven terrorism attacks...

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President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of Argentina was accused by a state prosecutor Wednesday of covering up Iran’s involvement in 1994 bombing of the AMIA building, the deadliest anti-Semitic attack since the Holocaust, in order to strengthen ties between Buenos Aires and Tehran. Special prosecutor Alberto Nisman cited phone taps as...

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Police in France, Belgium, and Germany arrested more than two dozen suspects in anti-terror sweeps yesterday, the Associated Press (AP) reported today. French and German authorities arrested at least 14 other people Friday suspected of links to the Islamic State group. Thirteen more were detained in Belgium and two arrested in...

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