U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Israel on Thursday for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It is his fourth visit to the country in as many months. Kerry was greeted warmly by Prime Minister Netanyahu: John, it’s a pleasure to welcome you in Jerusalem. You’re an old...

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Israeli Air Force Chief Amir Eshel warned today that Syria will soon receive advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missiles from Russia. The warning comes after one that Israeli officials reportedly conveyed privately to their American counterparts two weeks ago. Israeli media had already disclosed that Syrian soldiers had completed two months of training on...

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Last week Egyptian media outlets reported on the capture of Al Qaeda-linked Egyptians who had been planning suicide car bombings against the French and American embassies in Cairo. The suspects were found with 22 pounds of explosive materials. It is expected that the suspects had escaped from prison in 2011...

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The report in yesterday’s Sunday Times that Syria had advanced missiles trained on Tel Aviv could create the impression that another Israeli-Syrian war is in the offing. Syria’s heightened level of alert is no surprise. It’s standard practice for the Assad regime to warn that a single bullet fired at...

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Israel Aerospace Industries has signed a multi-billion dollar contract to assist in constructing America’s new F-35 Mark 2 stealth fighter. The company will provide the wings: Israel Aerospace Industries will build wings for the F-35 Lightning II stealth combat jet, which Lockheed Martin Corporation will begin producing in 2015. The...

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A suicide bomber from a far-left Turkish group opposed to U.S.-Turkish ties detonated himself in front of the US embassy in Ankara on Friday, killing a Turkish security guard. The attacker managed to enter American property and the U.S. State Department described the attack as a “terrorist blast.” Turkey’s government has been...

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A future Palestinian state is in “extreme jeopardy” according to Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. The Palestinian Authority is struggling to cope with a spiraling economic and financial crisis that Fayyad linked to the failure of Arab states to deliver promised assistance. The assistance has become crucial in the aftermath of...

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A German columnist’s inclusion in the Simon Weisenthal Center’s list of top anti-Semitic writers is sparking debates across Europe. Jakob Augstein’s online columns in Spiegel have covered topics ranging from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to ultra-Orthodox religious groups in Israel to the U.S.-Israel relationship, citing in particular that he...

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A top Iranian nuclear negotiator is minimizing prospects for a breakthrough in talks between Tehran and the P5+1 aimed at decreasing opacity around Iran’s atomic program. Mostafa Dolatyar, who heads the Iranian foreign ministry’s think tank, blasted the approach of the P5+1 – the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia,...

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Iran seems set to reject IAEA requests to visit Parchin, as representatives of the UN nuclear watchdog meet with Iranian officials in Tehran to try to reduce opacity surrounding the Islamic Republic’s atomic program. The IAEA had asked to visit the site, where intelligence reports indicate Iran has conducted testing...

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