At least four people were killed and six injured in a terror attack at a synagogue in Jerusalem’s Har Nof neighborhood Tuesday morning. Two terrorists, apparently from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber, entered the Kehilat Yaakov synagogue around 7 a.m. during morning prayers and attacked worshipers with a...

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Fatah’s military wing al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades released a new video (Arabic link) showing its fighters training for the “destruction of Israel” and calling for more fighters to join the brigades. Fatah is the political party headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. At the same time, Hamas warned it is...

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In remarks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Saturday, United States Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel described the global posture of the United States: Today our military has nearly 400,000 personnel stationed or forward-deployed in nearly 100 countries around the world, from Afghanistan to the Philippines to Guatemala. This continued forward...

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) yesterday formally endorsed the designation of 82 organizations as terror groups, in line with its federal law on combating terrorism, Al- Arabiya TV reported. A list of the designated organizations, published by the country’s state-run WAM news agency, includes Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the organization’s local...

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According to an Iranian general, Hamas and Hezbollah both possess arsenals that “are able now to attack all targets from southern to northern parts of [Israel],” according to a report Wednesday in The Times of Israel. Citing Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency, the Times quoted  Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Brigadier...

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In 2009, at the beginning of his first term in office, President Barack Obama announced that his administration would be seeking to “directly engage” with Iran. Nonetheless, Obama acknowledged that Iran’s “actions over many years now have been unhelpful when it comes to promoting peace and prosperity both in the region and...

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A report that appeared Tuesday in Forbes Israel (Hebrew link) ranks Hamas as the world’s second wealthiest terror organization, trailing only the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in rankings. The Times of Israel reports: Hamas is the second richest terror group in the world, with finances of around $1...

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In an analysis published Wednesday, veteran Palestinian affairs reporter Khaled Abu Toameh faults Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, along with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, for radicalizing “Palestinians to a point where it has become laughable even to talk about any peace process with Israel.” Instead of being honest with...

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In a speech before supporters yesterday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas blamed Hamas for a series of blasts in Gaza last Friday targeting Fatah officials. An explosion also destroyed a stage set up for a ceremony to honor Yasser Arafat on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of his death. Reuters reports:...

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At least two Israelis – a young woman and an IDF soldier – were killed and two others injured in separate terror attacks on Monday, refocusing attention on recent calls for violence that have come from the top echelons of Palestinian leadership, up to and including Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud...

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