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Iran has left bloodstained fingerprints through global terror- editorial

The announcement that came out of the Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday was brief and dry; the background is anything but that.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

Iran helped create Palestinian Lions’ Den terror group – Shin Bet

The Palestinian Lion’s Den terrorist group has been heavily influenced by Iran, Shin Bet Director Ronen Bar said on Tuesday, adding that they represent a new kind of organization, functioning as much on social media as in the physical world.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

Ariel University decries ‘racist and BDS-like’ State Department

A U.S. State Department decision to cease scientific and technological cooperation with Israeli entities over the 1949 armistice line, commonly known as the Green Line, is racist and smacks of a BDS-like double standard, Ariel University said on Monday.

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Biden Administration Defends Controversial Move to Slash Israeli Research Funding

The Biden administration is defending its decision to end taxpayer funding for Israeli research projects, a move critics say alienates one of the United States’ strongest allies.

Read more: The Washington Free Beacon

A new Iran nuclear deal might be on the horizon

Dennis Ross, a former special assistant to President Barack Obama, is the counselor and William Davidson distinguished fellow at the Washington Institute.

Read more: The Washington Post

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp denounces neo-Nazi demonstrations that occurred outside synagogues

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp condemned two neo-Nazi demonstrations that took place outside synagogues in Macon and near Atlanta on Friday and Saturday.

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How Wagner’s mutiny in Russia impacts Iran’s threat to Israel – analysis

For the moment, the world-shaking potential coup by the Russian Wagner Group against Russian President Vladimir Putin has ended.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

Iran said to target Israeli businessman, Chabad House, hotels in Cyprus terror plot

The targets in an Iranian-planned attack in Cyprus included an Israeli real estate businessman and a Chabad House, as well as hotels and entertainment venues frequented by Israeli tourists, Channel 12 reported Monday.

The report named the alleged targets, citing “the investigation” as its source for the information. It did not name the…

Video shows Palestinians attempting to launch crude rockets in northern West Bank

Palestinians in the northern West Bank attempted to launch two homemade rockets at Israeli towns, footage published Monday showed.

The Israel Defense Forces said one of the rockets landed in Palestinian-controlled territory in the northern West Bank and did not cross the border into Israel. The second apparently failed to launch, footage…

Florida to investigate Morningstar for potential BDS practices

The Florida agency responsible for investing state and local government assets confirmed to JNS that it is opening an investigation into potential boycott Israel (BDS) practices by the investment firm Morningstar and its subsidiary Sustainalytics.

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With drone strike, IDF changes West Bank rules in response to emboldened terrorism

The military’s use of airpower in the West Bank twice this week, after refraining for two decades, indicates Israel is looking to change the rules of the game when it comes to fighting Palestinian terror. This appears to have come after Palestinian armed groups changed the rules first, by ramping up terror attacks and more heavily resisting…

Congress Pushes to Subpoena the Biden Administration’s Iran Deal Ringleaders

House Republicans are laying the groundwork to subpoena top Biden administration officials over clandestine efforts to secure a revamped nuclear deal with Iran that would free up billions of dollars for the hardline regime, according to internal congressional plans obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

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US said it won’t topple Iran’s Islamic regime, top Iranian official claims

The United States will not attempt a change of regime in Iran, Islamic Revolutionary Guards official Hossein Taeb claimed on Friday, as per Iranian media.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

Russia ‘beholden to Iran’ in Mideast, U.S. Air Force CENTCOM commander warns

Following months of Iranian military equipment sales to Russia for use in Moscow’s war in Ukraine, a top American military official warned on Wednesday that the two nations “have a growing relationship,” and cautioned that “​​Russia is in some way now beholden to Iran.”

Read more: Jewish Insider

Majority of Arab youth in UAE, Egypt and Morocco strongly support normalization with Israel, according to new poll

Arab youth in the United Arab Emirates and Morocco, two signatories to the Abraham Accords, strongly support the normalization of ties with Israel, according to the 2023 Arab Youth Survey. Young Arabs in Egypt also strongly favor normalization with Israel, while the majority of respondents in other Arab countries from Algeria to Iraq to Saudi…

Iranian FM visits UAE, invites president to meet his counterpart Raisi in Tehran

Iran’s foreign minister on Thursday concluded a three-day tour of Gulf Arab neighbors with a visit to the United Arab Emirates where he held talks with the country’s president.

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Israel kills 3 terrorists in Samaria drone strike

The Israeli military on Thursday eliminated a three-man terror cell in Samaria via a drone strike on their vehicle.
The cell had fired on a military checkpoint near Jalamah in the Jenin area, and was responsible for a number of attacks on Judea and Samaria communities, according to a joint statement by the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and…

Israeli diplomat in Bahrain for talks on strengthening ties

Aliza Bin Noun, political director at Israel’s Foreign Ministry, arrived in Bahrain on Monday for talks on strengthening bilateral ties between the Abraham Accords partners.
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