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Human Rights

Iranian security services raided the homes of eight Iranian converts to Christianity on July 1 in the southern city of Bushehr, hustling them off to solitary confinement, Benjamin Weinthal reported in The Jerusalem Post. The arrest was first reported on Friday by Article 18, an organization that promotes religious freedom...

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Palestinian Affairs

Despite prolonged economic hardship, the Palestinian Authority (PA) increased its financial contributions under the sickening “pay to slay” policy in the first five months of 2019, paying no less than $65 million to Palestinian terrorists and their families, the watchdog group Palestinian Media Watch said Thursday. The move represents an...

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Israel

Novel dental fillings made of resin-based composites enhanced by antibacterial nano-assemblies, developed at Tel Aviv University, can hinder bacterial growth on dental restorations, the main cause of recurrent cavities that can lead to root-canal treatment and tooth extractions. “Antibiotic resistance is now one of the most pressing healthcare problems facing...

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Iran

An oil tanker owned by British Petroleum (BP) is sheltering inside the Persian Gulf amid fears it could be seized in an act of aggression by Iran, Bloomberg reported Monday. The theocratic regime in Tehran threatened to retaliate after the British navy seized an Iranian oil tanker entering the Mediterranean...

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In an unprecedented ruling, the Jerusalem District Court said Monday that the Palestinian Authority (PA) bears responsibility for 17 terror attacks carried out by terrorist organizations such as the PLO, Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad during the Second Intifada, in which 34 Israelis were killed and seven others were wounded....

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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Monday that Iran has enriched uranium past the 3.67 percent limit agreed in the 2015 nuclear accord, confirming an earlier announcement by the Iranian regime. The confirmation by the UN nuclear watchdog came amid warnings from Tehran that the county could soon start...

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Business

A new era in satellite communications will be ushered in with the launch of NSLSat-1, the world’s first expandable high-performance communications nanosatellite, on Friday by Israeli space-tech startup NSLComm of Airport City. The nanosatellite, designed with a unique “expandable” technology to meet the growing global demand for increased connectivity, will launch at...

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Israel

The Israeli military said Monday that it shot down a drone that crossed into its territory from the Gaza Strip, where the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas exercises complete political and military control. Israeli radar systems tracked the drone near the communities of Karmiya and Zikim. “IDF troops spotted the drone...

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Diplomacy

Iran warned Saturday that Britain “should be scared” of reciprocal measures for the capture of an Iranian oil tanker by the British navy in Gibraltar in the early hours of Thursday morning as the vessel was believed to have been carrying oil to Syria, in violation of European Union sanctions....

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Iran announced Sunday that it was moving forward with breaching critical commitments of the 2015 nuclear accord by enriching uranium to levels that could eventually be used for a nuclear weapon, in an aggressive move that brings the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) closer to collapse. In an interview...

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