A World Cup qualifying match between Israel and Albania had to be moved after Albanian authorities arrested four people who were allegedly planning a terror attack against the Israeli team. The suspects were arrested in the city of Shkodër, where the match was scheduled to take place on Sunday. Albanian security forces...

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Hezbollah has been influenced by Russian forces fighting alongside them in Syria, raising concerns that the Iran-backed terror group will adapt those tactics for use against Israel, Defense News reported Sunday, citing a forthcoming report from the Israeli National Security Council. The NSC report asserts that Russian influence may help Hezbollah evolve from a well-armed...

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The recent arrest of World Vision’s top Gaza official, who admitted to diverting millions of dollars to the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, underscores several problems plaguing the international charity’s operations in the Middle East, the watchdog group NGO Monitor wrote in a report published Wednesday. The arrest of Mohammad el-Halabi in August...

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A top official of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has called for its inclusion in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), an umbrella group internationally recognized as the representative of the Palestinians, while stressing the Islamist movement’s continued commitment to attacking Israel, The Times of Israel reported on Wednesday. The PLO is dominated by the...

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Three Israeli soldiers were wounded, one seriously, when a Palestinian Authority police officer opened fire on a security checkpoint near Ramallah in the West Bank, The Times of Israel reported Monday. The policeman, identified as 26-year-old Muhammad Turkman, opened fire at the Focus checkpoint with an AK-47 rifle before being fatally shot...

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The Palestinians’ Extreme Negotiators Two Palestinian peace negotiators were in the spotlight this week, but what was on display was not their compromising natures, but rather their extremism. Chief negotiator Saeb Erekat was quoted by the official Palestinian newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadida earlier this month praising terrorists who are imprisoned by Israel. “The prisoners’...

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The chief Palestinian peace negotiator praised Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, most of whom have been convicted of terrorist crimes, “for their acts of heroism, and for their ongoing battle with the occupation,” Palestinian Media Watch reported on Thursday, citing the Palestinian Authority’s official newspaper. “Our brave prisoners, who gave...

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The Palestinian Authority has dedicated a new school to the mastermind of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reported Tuesday. A school in the West Bank city of Tulkarem has been named “the Martyr Salah Khalaf School” in memory of the leader of the Black September terrorist group. Khalaf,...

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Terrorist belonging to Fatah, the political party led by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, are training in Gaza in preparation for a war with Israel, veteran Palestinian affairs correspondent Khaled Abu Toameh reported Wednesday. A division of Fatah’s militia, the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, recently announced the opening a new terror-training academy in Gaza, in...

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A senior Hamas official said that the terrorist organization wants to strengthen ties with Iran, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported on Monday. “Mahmoud al-Zahar underlined that the Palestinian resistance group is seeking to reinvigorate relations with Iran,” Fars wrote. “Relations with Iran are acceptable but they should further enhance and develop,” al-Zahar told the...

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