Ynet reported today that a team of four Israelis from IsraAID flew to Iraqi Kurdistan to help other NGO’s assisting Yazidi refugees from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The main focus was the Yazidi refugees, who appeared tired and beaten after a long journey. The four Israelis...

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The Palestinians will submit a resolution within weeks to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) demanding that Israel be made to withdraw from what Ramallah considers to be its territory – despite explicit American calls for Ramallah to put off the gambit – according to an announcement made earlier this...

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Arab countries put pressure on the Palestinian Authority to discourage it from requesting recognition of independence from the United Nations Security Council, a Palestinian official revealed on October 19. Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas announced last month he would appeal to the U.N. General Assembly and then to the Security...

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Major outlets and wires focused Wednesday on the dynamics of talks between the P5+1 global powers and Iran – per Agence France-Presse (AFP), Secretary of State John Kerry met with his Iranian counterpart, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to further discuss the looming nuclear talks deadline: “We only have 40 days left to the...

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Speculation continues to deepen surrounding last Monday’s mysterious explosion at Iran’s Parchin military base, where it is widely believed – including by the UN’s nuclear watchdog (IAEA) – that the Iranians conducted tests relevant to the development of nuclear warheads. Official Iranian outlets had acknowledged early in the week that...

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Reuters reported Thursday that negotiations between the UN’s nuclear watchdog (IAEA) and Iran – aimed at securing inspector access to sites where the Iranians are suspected of having conducted military-related atomic work – “appear not to have substantively advanced,” with the agency tersely announcing that “Iran did not propose any...

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According to a Reuters report on Wednesday, Iran has defended its refusal to allow an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert from inspecting its nuclear sites in August on grounds that “it had a sovereign right to decide who to admit onto its territory.” It was the third time the...

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UN Watch revealed Tuesday that European Union (EU) representatives had stopped attending United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions that focused on permanent agenda item 7 since last month. The move prompted outrage among Arab and Muslim nations. UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer was quoted (video embedded below) on the...

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Syria acknowledged Tuesday that it has four chemical weapons facilities that it hadn’t previously disclosed. The Associated Press reports: Syria has declared four chemical weapons facilities it hadn’t mentioned before, a special representative of the U.N. secretary-general told the Security Council on Tuesday. The news heightened concerns that the Syrian...

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Israel’s Minister of Foreign Affairs announced today that Israel is increasing its participation in the fight against the deadly Ebola virus sweeping western Africa. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has authorized MASHAV, Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation, to send three mobile emergency clinics to areas in western Africa where...

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