With the rejection of all U.S. financial assistance over a new anti-terror law, the Palestinian Authority “has chosen terror over the wellbeing of its own civilian population,” TIP CEO & President, Joshua S. Block, said in an op-ed published in JNS on Wednesday. The PA announced earlier this month that...

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The Qatari envoy to Gaza said that the United Nations will take over the distribution of aid money to Hamas, The Times of Israel reported Friday. “The first project will be signed with the UN on Monday at a value of $20 million for a temporary cash-for-work program to last...

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The United States Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on two private airline companies for allegedly aiding Iran, including transferring weapons and troops from Tehran into Syria, The Washington Post reported on Thursday. Action was also taken against two Syria-based, Iran-backed militias consisting mostly of foreign nationals from Afghan and Pakistani...

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France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Wednesday that he expects a European-backed system to facilitate non-dollar trade with Iran, a so-called Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) which allows European Union countries to circumvent sanctions imposed by the United States, to take effect in the coming days. The SPV would...

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Following the shooting of an IDF soldier on the border with Gaza, an Israeli tank fired on a Hamas outpost killing a terrorist and injuring two others, Reuters reported Tuesday. According to the IDF, the soldier was lightly injured when a bullet struck his helmet as he was confronting rock throwers...

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Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, told the Security Council on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic of Iran spends $7 billion annually on terror activities in Middle East, sponsoring wars in Syria, Yemen and Iraq, while the Iranian economy is on the brink of collapse. “The Iranian regime’s...

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Germany barred Iran’s Mahan Air from landing in German airports over concerns that the planes are used to transport arms and soldiers to Syria, euronews reported Monday. Germany took the action as tensions between the European Union and Iran have been rising over the Islamic Republic’s support for terror on...

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A general of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that Iran would keep its military forces in Syria, despite a warning from Israel earlier this week, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported Wednesday. “The Islamic Republic of Iran will keep its military advisers, revolutionary forces, and its weapons in Syria,” Major...

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Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, said Tuesday that the Palestinian Authority (PA) “should stop spending 7 percent of its annual budget on inciting and paying terrorist salaries, and instead use it to develop its infrastructure and help its people,” Ben Cohen reported in The Algemeiner. Danon was...

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The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have threatened to launch more drone attacks, after a strike on a Yemeni government military parade in the southern province of Lahaj killed several people last week, The Daily Telegraph reported Sunday. The Houthis’ acts of aggression against the internationally recognized Yemeni government has...

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