Iraq condemned an airstrike in eastern Syria that killed more than 50 pro-Assad forces and another 20 members of Iranian-backed, Iraqi Shiite militias, The Times of Israel reported Tuesday. The Iraqi Foreign Ministry expressed “rejection and condemnation of any air operations targeting forces in areas where they are fighting ISIS, whether in...

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In a 2013 news item on Iran’s annual Quds Day march, the Associated Press reported that newly elected President Hassan Rouhani said at the event that Israel was an “old wound” that needed to be removed. The AP later provided some context for those remarks, “Rouhani spoke at an annual pro-Palestinian rally...

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Thousands of Iranians defied the regime’s call to join anti-Israel marches last Friday, Quds Day, and instead showed their support for Israel on social media, according to Israel’s Foreign Ministry, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. The campaign using the hashtag #WeStandWithIsrael is meant to bring people of the two...

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A powerful Iranian general said that Hezbollah, which with its allies controls 74 seats in parliament after last month’s vote, has turned Lebanon into a “Resistance state,” Iran’s semi-official Mehr News reported Tuesday. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)- Qods Force, said, “Hezbollah for the...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made what he termed an “unprecedented” offer to Iran – or to the people of Iran – whom he described as “victims of a cruel and tyrannical regime that denies them vital water.” Netanyahu offered to share Israeli water saving technologies with them, in a...

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Flags of the Iranian-backed, Shiite terrorist organization Hezbollah were waved at Sunday’s annual Al-Quds march in central London, where one speaker said Israel should be “wiped from the map,” The Jewish Chronicle reported. Addressing the crowd, Shaikh Mohammad Saeed Bahmanpour vowed that Zionists’ “days are numbered.” Nazim Hussein Ali, who...

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Israel accused Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed terrorist group based in Lebanon, of arming and training Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip bordering southern Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday. The Post cited a report that appeared in the Lebanese paper Al Joumhouria that said that Israel had sent a letter to the United...

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When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to convince his European counterparts about the danger of the nuclear deal this past week, they were not receptive to his arguments. Yet the prime minister’s assessment of the deal three years ago, has been borne out by recent developments. Perhaps the leaders...

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Today, two diametrically opposed world views clash in the Middle East. One carries the message of love, respect, and freedom. The other is the embodiment of hatred, intolerance, and tyranny. Tens of thousands of people flocked to the streets of Tel Aviv on Friday as Israel’s 20th annual Gay Pride...

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Following the exit of the United States from the nuclear deal and reimposition of sanctions, airplane manufacturer Boeing announced that it would not deliver any planes to Iran, Agence France-Presse reported Wednesday. The announcement effectively ends the highly controversial multi-billion dollar deals Boeing made with Iran in the wake of...

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