The Palestinian Authority is looking to deport a United States citizen who was recently sentenced to life imprisonment for selling land to Jews according to a report on Israeli television, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. U.S. officials have reportedly been pressuring the PA to release Issam Akel, who is...
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Both the United States and Israel have withdrawn from UNESCO, described by outgoing U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley as one of “the most corrupt and politically biased UN agencies,” Fox News reported Tuesday. Both countries had notified UNESCO, the UN’s cultural and scientific agency, of their intent to...
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The Palestinian Authority (PA) sentenced Issam Akel, a United States citizen, to life in prison for the crime of selling land to Jews, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday. Akel, who is a resident of Jerusalem, had been arrested in October, though the circumstances of the arrest still remain unclear. According to...
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Pittsburgh was a wake-up call to a Jewish community often focused on combating threats to others. Today, anti-Semitism not only survives but flourishes on both Right and Left, and Jews need to confront it. In doing so, Jews would strengthen internal unity and increase their credibility by borrowing a page...
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The United States announced Wednesday that it was withdrawing troops from Syria after what it described as the “defeat” of the Islamic State terrorist group. The decision, however, is a fatal miscalculation with potentially devastating consequences for Syria and the region. Our enemies are weakened, but by no means defeated....
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If the United States blocks Iran’s oil exports, Iran’s president threatened that his nation is prepared to shut the Straits of Hormuz, a critical shipping route for the world’s oil supplies, CNBC reported Tuesday. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told state television, “if someday, the United States decides to block Iran’s oil [exports], no oil...
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The United States Coordinator for Counterterrorism said that Iran spends nearly $1 billion annually supporting terrorist groups across the Middle East, Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe reported Thursday. Of the total, Amb. Nathan Sales said that Iran gives $700 million to the Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah; $100 million to Hamas and other...
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The United States increased pressure on European banks and firms that engage in a special European Union initiative to protect trade with Iran, warning them on Thursday that they will be at risk from newly reimposed U.S. sanctions, Reuters reported. “European banks and European companies know that we will vigorously...
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On Monday, the United States completed “its full snapback of sanctions on Iran,” bringing to bear the “heaviest economic pressure ever” against the Islamic Republic, in the hope that will “change the behavior of Ayatollah Khamenei, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin wrote in an op-ed...
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The Trump administration announced that it will re-impose all sanctions on Iran that had been lifted as the result of the 2015 nuclear deal, the Associated Press reported Friday. In a conference call announcing the administration’s intent to reinstate the harsh sanctions, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that...
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