Israeli officials have raised their estimate of Hezbollah’s rocket arsenal to 150,000, an increase of 50% from May of this year, Avi Issacharoff reported for The Times of Israel on Thursday. The revised valuation on rockets suggests Hezbollah is ramping up efforts to acquire weapons whose purpose is to attack...

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In the wake of the nuclear deal with Iran, President Barack Obama can help secure Israel’s borders by recognizing its sovereignty over the Golan Heights, former Israeli ambassador to the United States and Knesset member Michael Oren wrote in an op-ed published at CNN on Sunday. Oren argued that this recognition,...

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U.S. officials believe that the increasing number of hacking attacks carried out this past month by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) against American government personnel may be linked to the arrests of American-Iranian citizens by the regime, The Wall Street Journal reported (Google link) Thursday. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,...

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October 19 was “adoption day,” one of the markers of the nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers in July. It is the date by which Iran says it will voluntary adopt measures governing inspections of its nuclear sites, while the United States and Europe will begin the process of removing nuclear...

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Using Russian airstrikes as protection, Iran has moved hundreds of troops into Syria, the Associated Press reported today. It is the first time Iran has openly deployed soldiers from its army into Syria’s four-year-old civil war, though it has previously sent armed forces “advisers,” as well as members of its Islamic...

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In the wake of Russian airstrikes in Syria, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has come within one mile of the northern border of Aleppo, Reuters reported today. Islamic State is now within 2 km (1 mile) of government-held territory on the northern edge of Aleppo which has...

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The terrorist organization Hamas is behind the latest wave of violence in Israel and the West Bank, aided by incitement from the Fatah party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, counter-terror expert and Likud MK Anat Berko said today. Berko noted that both Hamas and Fatah will sometimes claim credit for...

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The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case determining whether Iran’s central bank must pay $1.75 billion to victims of Iranian terror, Reuters reported Thursday. The high court agreed to hear an appeal filed by Bank Markazi, the Iranian central bank. The bank is contesting a July 2014 ruling...

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Hundreds of Iranian troops and equipment have been transported to Syria ahead of a ground attack supported by Russian airstrikes to help President Bashar al-Assad recapture territory, Reuters reported today, citing Lebanese sources. “The (Russian) air strikes will in the near future be accompanied by ground advances by the Syrian...

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Iran is using the expected financial windfall it will receive from the nuclear deal to increase its funding of the terrorist groups Hezbollah and Hamas, Avi Issacharoff reported in The Times of Israel today. Since the deal was signed, Iran has significantly increased its financial support for two of the largest terror groups...

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