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Iran

White House national security adviser, John Bolton, said Wednesday there was “no reason” for Iran to scrap its commitments to the 2015 nuclear accord other than to seek atomic weapons. Bolton noted that without more nuclear power plants, it made no sense for the mullah regime to stockpile additional low-enriched...

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More than 100 Israeli high-tech entrepreneurs are presenting their innovations in one-on-one meetings with some 1,000 potential investors in China today (May 28) at the annual GoforIsrael China-Israel investment conference in Jinan City, capital of Shandong Province. The inventions span areas such as advanced production technologies, IT, life sciences, water technologies, cleantech,...

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In the first public comments on the U.S.-sponsored economic workshop to be held next month in Bahrain, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts “will go to hell.” Speaking at a ceremony in Ramallah, Abbas declared that, “The Palestinian Authority does not recognize this conference.”...

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Iran

Iran is conducting construction work on a crossing on the Syrian-Iraqi border to facilitate weapons smuggling from Tehran to its terror proxies across the Middle East, satellite images released by Fox News show. The images, taken by satellite company ImageSat International (ISI) last week, reveal new infrastructure 1.6 miles west...

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Europe

Every Jewish institution in Germany requires police protection, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an exclusive interview with CNN on Tuesday. Speaking to Christian Amanpour about rising levels of anti-Jewish hate, Merkel warned of “dark forces” gaining ground in Germany and across Europe. “There is to this day not a...

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As SodaStream’s Muslim employees are observing the month of Ramadan, marked by daily fasting, the company broke the fast together at a celebratory Iftar dinner this week. The nearly 3,000 attendees, comprised of all of SodaStream’s employees and local and international guests, made the event the largest Iftar celebration in Israel...

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, declaring a national emergency because of rising tensions with Iran, announced Friday the sale of over $8 billion worth of weapons to Arab allies in the Middle East to “help these nations to deter and defend themselves from the Islamic Republic.” Invoking a rarely used...

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Europe

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) announced Tuesday a full statutory investigation against the British Labour Party over its failure to stamp out anti-Semitism in its ranks and to investigate if the party had “unlawfully discriminated” against people because they are Jewish. The party’s current leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has...

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Israel

The IDF confirmed Monday that a Syrian anti-aircraft position has fired at one of its fighter jets during a routine mission within Israeli airspace. The strike occurred near Quneitra in southern Syria, close to the Israeli border on the Golan Heights. In response, the Israeli military bombed the launcher that...

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More than 1,000 wildfires raged through Israel over a scorching hot weekend, destroying 50 homes and burning through almost 2,000 acres of forest land. The fires, which broke out on Thursday, mainly centered around the Ben Shemen Forest near Ben-Gurion International Airport. Two communities were badly hit – the village...

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