Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Ron Prosor lambasted the international body on Tuesday for its discriminatory behavior towards Israel, arguing that the once-venerable institution has been hijacked by undemocratic regimes that wield it as a means to further their own political ends. In an op-ed published by The...

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Brig. Gen. Mohammad Reza Naqdi, the commander of Iran’s Basij militia, said in an interview that “erasing Israel off the map” is “nonnegotiable,” The Times of Israel reported today. Naqdi’s comments were made public as Iran and six world powers prepared Tuesday to issue a general statement agreeing to continue...

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When the Hamas terrorist movement arose in 1988, the mosque was the main platform for spreading its ideas. Today, more than 26 years later, Hamas has a well-oiled media machine that operates TV channels, newspapers and websites. In order to become more open to the outside world, Hamas recently launched (Arabic link)...

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On Thursday, Israel facilitated the entry of 1,000 tons of cement into the Gaza Strip, which remains the stronghold of terrorist group Hamas, according to a report by AFP. The cement entered Gaza in 175 truckloads through the Kerem Shalom border crossing and was paid for by Qatar, a strong...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed his commitment to a peaceful two-state solution with the Palestinians, in his first post-election interview, with Andrea Mitchell of NBC. Netanyahu also expressed his pride leading people of all different ethnicities, downplayed his differences with President Barack Obama, and reiterated his concerns about a nuclear...

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Barely minutes after the news broke of yesterday’s terrorist attack on the Bardo Museum in Tunis, in which 22 people, the vast majority of them foreign tourists, were murdered, jihadi sympathizers were taking to Twitter to crow about their latest success. “Tunisia is contributing the most number of mujahideen to...

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Dr. Anat Berko, an internationally recognized expert on terrorism who specializes in studying the motivations of suicide terrorists, was elected to the 20th Knesset yesterday. Berko, who agreed to join the Likud party in December, is also a former lieutenant colonel in the IDF. The Jerusalem Post gave a brief biography...

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The Palestinian Authority responded to the electoral victory of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday by threatening to continue diplomatic warfare against Israel. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) reports: “It is clear that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will form the next government, and for that, we say clearly that we will go...

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As part of its ongoing policy of expanding its influence in the region, Iran is now trying to strengthen its ties with branches of the Muslim Brotherhood throughout the Middle East. According to analysts in the Arab world, this was the purpose (Arabic link) of the latest trip by Ali...

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An investigation into the Associated Press’s news coverage of last summer’s war between Israel and Hamas found that an AP report published last month analyzing the death toll in Gaza was “botched in just about every imaginable way.” In an article for The New York Observer published Tuesday, journalists Richard Behar and Gary Weiss found that the news organization...

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