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02/16/2021
The Supreme Sharia Court Council in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip has imposed travel restrictions on unmarried females, drawing sharp criticism from Palestinians and human-rights organizations.
In a circular issued on Sunday, the council ruled that “an unmarried female may be prevented from traveling if she did not obtain permission...
02/17/2021
Jewish leaders in Spain are calling for an investigation after a far-right event in Madrid featured antisemitic speeches and a Nazi salute.
About 300 people attended the event held near a cemetery in the Spanishcapital where veterans who fought alongside Hitler’s troops are buried. In one speech, a young woman was filmed saying:...
02/17/2021
Hezbollah's chief issued stark warning to Jewish state following a recent IDF intelligence report
Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah issued a warning to Israel Tuesday night following its conclusion of a massive air force drill simulating war in the north.
“No one can promise that a game of ‘days of battle’ will not...
02/16/2021
The U.S. and its Kurdish allies in Iraq believe Iran was complicit in a deadly rocket attack Monday against an airport housing American forces near the Iraqi Kurdish capital of Irbil that killed at least one contractor from the U.S.-led coalition and injured a U.S. service member among many others, multiple sources confirm to U.S....
02/15/2021
A rocket attack in Iraq on Monday evening appeared to target both busy streets and a base where US soldiers are located near the Erbil International Airport.
Over the last two years, dozens of rocket attacks have targeted areas where US soldiers were located on facilities on bases in Iraq. These have been blamed on Kataib...
02/16/2021
With tensions rising with Iran, Israel is concerned that the Islamic Republic could deploy up to 200 long-range missiles in Iraq that could be used to attack the Jewish state. Iran is already believed to have hundreds of missiles that can reach Israel.
While the chances of a direct confrontation between Israel and Iran are deemed...
02/16/2021
The Iranian and Russian militaries have kicked off a joint naval drill in the Indian Ocean aimed at boosting security of maritime trade in the region, Iran’s state TV reported on Tuesday.
The TV said units from Iran’s Navy and the powerful Revolutionary Guard’s navy will take part in the exercise dubbed “Iran-Russia Maritime...
02/12/2021
I am an Iranian, born in Iran one year after the Islamic Revolution in 1980. I spent my entire childhood there and was schooled in its educational system, which is designed by an extremist Islamic cult known as the Islamic Republic of Iran. Throughout those years and up until today, anti-Semitic and anti-Israel dogma pervaded the...
02/15/2021
Plans for where, how and when the U.S. Army’s two new Iron Dome air defense batteries could deploy are being finalized, according to Brig. Gen. Brian Gibson, the lead on the service’s air and missile defense modernization effort.
Lawmakers have demanded the service come up with a plan to deploy Iron Dome systems, which were...
02/15/2021
Israeli airstrikes targeted a number of sites in southern Syria after midnight Sunday, Syrian state media reported, in the latest in a series of attacks attributed to the Jewish state.
The attack came amid a reported uptick in efforts by Iran to transfer advanced weapons to its proxies in the region through Syria.
The strikes...
02/15/2021
In an effort to prepare for a possible war in the North, the IDF announced early Monday morning that the Air Force had started the "Vered Hagalil" surprise exercise.
The drill, that started on Sunday and operated under the directive of the Israeli Air Force chief Maj.-Gen. Amikam Norkin, is designed to improve Air Force readiness...
02/14/2021
Dubai’s ruler and The United Arab Emirates Vice President Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has sworn in the country's first ambassador to Israel, Mohammed Mahmoud Al-Khaja, the Dubai Media Office said on Sunday.
The UAE's cabinet last month approved the establishment of an embassy inTel Aviv in Israel, state media said, while...
02/14/2021
Israel’s largest healthcare provider on Sunday reported a 94% drop in symptomatic COVID-19 infections among 600,000 people who received two doses of the Pfizer’s vaccine in the country’s biggest study to date.
Health maintenance organization (HMO) Clalit, which covers more than half of all Israelis, said the same group was also 92%...
02/12/2021
Several Persian Jews in the United States spoke out against the Iranian government in a February 10 video.
A newly formed group called Iranian Americans for Liberty produced the video; the group aims to bring human rights and freedom to Iran. The video begins with a man named Simon in Beverly Hills stating, “I am a proud Persian...
02/11/2021
Oman is satisfied with its current relationship with Israel, the foreign minister said on Thursday, even after two fellow Gulf Arab states normalized ties with Israel and raised U.S. hopes others would follow suit.
“As regards Israel we are content so far with the level of our current relations and dialogue, which involves the...
02/12/2021
A woman on a London bus punched an 80-year-old Holocaust survivor and her son, a rabbi.
The Feb. 9 incident was reported Friday by the Jewish News of London Friday based on accounts by the Shomrim community protection team and the Campaign Against Antisemitism watchdog group.
Witnesses said the woman told the alleged victims,...
02/09/2021
The head of Morocco’s diplomatic mission to Israel landed at Ben Gurion Airport Tuesday and met with Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi before commencing his work in the country, following a normalization agreement between Jerusalem and Rabat.
Abderrahim Beyyoud, head of Morocco’s liasion office in Israel, told Ashkenazi that he was...
02/11/2021
The Hamas terror group ruling Gaza has replenished its arsenal since a 2014 war with Israel and now has a vast collection of rockets, guided missiles and drones, a senior Israeli military commander said Thursday.
According to Israeli military estimates, Hamas has some 7,000 rockets, as well as 300 anti-tank and 100 anti-aircraft...
02/11/2021
January was a record month for the Israeli tech ecosystem, with six start-ups raising mega-rounds of more than $100 million each, Start-Up Nation Central said Thursday.
In total, a record $1.44 billion was raised by Israeli firms in January, the NGO said.
The number of mega-rounds in January alone was almost a third of the 21...
02/11/2021
The number of militia proxies for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corpsjumped after the 2015 nuclear deal, and they pose the greatest threat to stability in the Middle East, according to research by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.
The former UK prime minister called the IRGC-backed paramilitary groups “directly part...
