The Jerusalem Post reported Friday that bipartisan efforts to impose sanctions on Hezbollah were progressing in both chambers of Congress: Last month, US Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire) and Marco Rubio (R-FLorida), both members of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2014...

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In an op-ed that appeared in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, former U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley argues that the “technocratic” Palestinian unity government is “a transparent trick meant to keep the dollars coming.” In Time for U.S. to Stop Funding Terrorists, Berkley, a Democrat, outlines the dangers that the joint Fatah-Hamas...

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On Monday, a spokesman for Hamas called upon members of the terrorist organization to carry out terror attacks in the West Bank. The Times of Israel reported: “We call on the men of resistance in the West Bank, primarily the Al-Qassam Brigades, to fulfill their duty in protecting the prisoners...

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Lebanon’s former head of General Security Jamil al-Sayyed, who spent four years in jail because of his alleged role in the killing of former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri, has launched a campaign to end the power-sharing arrangement between Shi’ites, Sunnis and Druze. This would effectively pave the way for Hezbollah...

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The Lebanese parliament on Monday failed for a sixth time in a row to elect a new president – parties linked to Hezbollah’s March 8 movement again boycotted the session and denied the body a necessary quorum: Lebanese parliamentarians failed on Monday in their sixth attempt to elect a new...

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In an editorial Friday, the New York Times acknowledged that “some skepticism is warranted” about last week’s announced Fatah-Hamas unity government. The editorial noted: Mr. Netanyahu is correct that Hamas, the Iran-backed group that took control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, is a violent, extremist organization committed to Israel’s...

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Bashar al-Assad’s re-election earlier this week is viewed by Iran as “a defeat for the United States and some Arab countries in the region,” according to an analysis published Friday by a Harvard-affiliated scholar. Dr. Majid Rafizadeh, an Iranian-American political scientist who serves on the board of the Harvard International Review, writes:...

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Veteran Israeli military analyst Amos Harel on Thursday assessed that a future war between Israel and Hezbollah seems increasingly likely and that Hezbollah may use the deterioration to launch a spectacular ground operation against Israel: While a balance of mutual deterrence has prevailed since the end of the Second Lebanon War nearly...

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The Jerusalem Post on Monday conveyed reports from Lebanese media outlets describing a series of lengthy meetings recently held between top Hezbollah and Hamas figures, including Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, the latest in what has become a steady stream of indicators that the Sunni terror group may be returning to...

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In reaction to yesterday’s endorsement by the Obama administration of the recent formation of a Palestinian unity government, Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz wrote a scathing critique of the administration’s approach to Israel. Horovitz, who is often critical of Israel’s current government, writes in 12 Ways the US Administration has Failed...

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