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Bahrain – Saraya al Ashtar

Saraya Al Ashtar (AL-Ashtar Brigades) was named after Malik al-Ashtar, a figure significant to Shia’s from the early days of Islam. Based in Bahrain, they are funded, trained, and armed by Iran.

Ideologically the terror group has openly stated that it is loyal to the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Like other Iranian proxies, they have…

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Syria – Liwa Zaynabiyoun

Liwa Zaynabiyoun (The Zaynabiyoun Brigade) is an Iranian proxy comprised of Pakistani Shia Muslims. It derives its name from the shrine of Sayyidah Zaynab where the granddaughter of Muhammad is buried near Damascus. The group was tasked with protecting the shrine and this served as the justification for its deployment in Syria.

It was formed…

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Yemen – Ansar Allah

Ansar Allah (supporters of Allah), also known as the Houthis, is a Shiite movement that emerged in Yemen in the early 1990s.

The Houthis’ slogan, “Allah is great, death to the US, death to Israel, curse the Jews, and victory for Islam,” became the group’s trademark.

In 2014 the Houthis took over the capital Sanaa, removing the government,…

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Iraq – Kataib Hezbollah

Kataib Hezbollah (Brigade for the Party of Allah) is an Iraqi Shia militia that was formed in 2003, serving as an umbrella organization for several Shiite militia groups, until 2007 when it announced a merge into a single organization.

Trained and armed by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, the group gained notoriety after attacking American and…

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Hezbollah

Hezbollah (Party of Allah) was Iran’s first proxy and is the most powerful. The Lebanese terror organization was founded by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps in the early 1980s. It is responsible for several suicide bombings against U.S. personnel and facilities in Lebanon and has seized dozens of foreign hostages, including more than a dozen…

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‘It began with words’

(January 27, 2022 / JNS) The horrors of Nazi concentration camps did not materialize from thin air. Neither did the shootings in Poway, Calif., or Pittsburgh, Pa.; nor did the hostage-taking in Colleyville, Texas. As the late Holocaust survivor and educator Irving Roth often said: “It began with words.”

We must heed that warning now—here in the…

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Saudis say Hezbollah a threat to Arabs after Nasrallah calls king a ‘terrorist’

Envoy to Beirut says Riyadh ‘hopes political parties will end Hezbollah’s terrorist hegemony over every aspect of the state’
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Beirut said Thursday that Hezbollah was a threat to Arab security after the leader of the Iran-backed Lebanese movement branded King Salman a “terrorist.”

The latest exchange of…

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Hamas headquarters in Istanbul ‘directed hundreds of terror attacks’

A new report by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs also finds that the headquarters laundered millions of dollars.

Hamas’s headquarters in Istanbul has directed hundreds of terrorist attacks against Israelis and laundered millions of dollars, a recent report by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs has said.

The report noted that “a…

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Guest: Alabama can combat anti-Israel hate by divesting from Unilever

Something is rotten in Vermont. Ben & Jerry’s, perhaps the state’s most iconic global brand, decided in July to embrace and participate in the global discriminatory and antisemitic movement to Boycott, Divest from, and Sanction (BDS) the State of Israel. Alabama should reject the hatred at the core of Ben & Jerry’s decision and the deceit…

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Hezbollah drone downed by IDF mistakenly reveals operatives’ pictures

Oops! The drone shot down by the IDF on Wednesday had a memory card installed, revealing the Hezbollah operatives’ faces and vehicles.

A Hezbollah drone downed by the Israeli military had a memory card with clear pictures of operatives belonging to one of the Lebanese terror group’s elite units.

The drone that was shot down by the IDF on…

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Iran displays missiles amid nuclear talks with world powers

State television says missiles in central Tehran are the same types as those used to strike US bases in Iraq after Soleimani killing
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran displayed three ballistic missiles at an outdoor prayer esplanade in central Tehran on Friday as talks in Vienna aimed at reviving Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers flounder….

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Palestinian gunman killed in clash with Israeli troops during arrest raid in Nablus

Military says armed men opened fire on the soldiers, none of whom were injured; assailant identified as a member of Fatah terror group.

Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian gunman during an exchange of fire in the northern West Bank city of Nablus in the predawn hours of Thursday morning, the Israel Defense Forces said.

The soldiers were…

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IDF tanks fire warning shots near Syrian border

The move came after “suspicious individuals” were identified at military outposts near an Israeli force operating in the area, according to the military.

(January 6, 2022 / JNS) Israeli tanks fired warning shots near the Syrian border on Wednesday evening, after “suspicious” activity was identified near Israeli troops, the Israel Defense Forces…

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Israel remains optimistic bias may shift as UAE, other nations join UN Security Council

The Emiratis join Albania, Brazil, Gabon and Ghana in installing their countries’ flags outside the council chamber, replacing Estonia, Niger, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia and Vietnam.
Tuesday, and Israel is expected to look to its new friend to help tamp down the council’s disproportionate focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict….

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GOP senators demand SEC investigate Unilever after Ben & Jerry’s Israel boycott

Lawmakers call for investigation into statements made by Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever
In a December letter obtained exclusively by FOX Business to SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, Republican Sens. Thom Tillis, of North Carolina, John Kennedy, of Louisiana, and Tim Scott, of South Carolina, called for an investigation into statements made by Unilever…

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Letter to Sen. Rand Paul Concerning Support for Israel’s Iron Dome

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Letter To Sen. Rand Paul Concerning Support For Israel’s Iron Dome

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We Can Help Lebanon Come Back From Death’s Doorstep

Lebanon is dying. While it once had great potential as a crown jewel of the Mediterranean, the nation is being consumed once again by violence, division and the debilitating cancer of Hezbollah. The terrorist organization has murdered American soldiers, bombed Jewish cultural centers and an Israeli embassy, kidnapped Israeli soldiers, started…

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Turkey’s Erdogan: Whoever is on Israel’s side, we are against them

“Whoever is on the side of Israel, let everyone know that we are against them,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, according to Iran’s Press TV.

Erdogan made the comments as he addressed senior provincial officials from the ruling AKP party in Ankara.

“We do not approve of silence on the state terror that Israel blatantly…