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In The News

US To Designate Yemen’s Houthi Rebels As Terrorist Group

01/11/2021

Pompeo says move aims to hold group accountable for 'cross-border attacks threatening civilian populations'

The United States plans to designate the Yemeni Iran-linked Houthi rebelsas a foreign terrorist group, US State Secretary Mike Pompeo said Sunday.

"The designations are intended to hold Ansar Allah accountable for its...

Iran

Mike Pompeo To Accuse Iran Of Maintaining Ties With Al-Qaeda: Report

01/11/2021
Declassified intelligence expected to show Iran aided al Qaeda and provided safe haven for its leaders

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to accuse Iran of maintaining ties to al-Qaeda on Tuesday at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, according to a Reuters report.
Pompeo intends to reveal declassified intelligence in...

Turkey

Turkey Pro-Government Media Claims ‘Jews’ Control America

01/09/2021

The antisemitic conspiracy has been pushed by far-right Islamists from Hamas to Malaysia to Turkey, where the ruling party frequently taps into conspiracies to stay in power.

The recent article appeared at Yeni Safak in Turkey. Turkish media has largely become controlled by the government and dissidents silenced in the last ten...

In The News

Israel’s Former Ambassador To Egypt To Reopen Israeli Mission In Morocco

01/11/2021

Ambassador David Govrin will head to Rabat in the coming weeks to reopen Israel’s liaison office in Morocco, the Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday.

The former ambassador to Egypt will be Israel’s temporary charge d’affaires in Morocco, as Israel sets up its mission to the North African state that joined the Abraham Accords last...

In The News

Confederate Flag Found Tied To Door Of Jewish Museum In New York City

01/10/2021

A Confederate flag was discovered tied to the front door of the Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City early Friday morning.

The museum, located in Battery Park City in Lower Manhattan, said that it has filed a police report and is working with authorities to identify those who carried out...

Iran

Return To Iran Deal ‘Could Spark Middle East Nuclear Arms Race’

01/11/2021

The new US administration should not return to the spirit of the Iran deal, which could spark an arms race in the Middle East, former secretary of state and national security advisor Henry Kissinger warned during an online conference on Monday.

Kissinger criticized the 2015 Iran deal, which President Donald Trump left in 2018, and...

US-Israel Relationship

Israel’s Covid-19 Vaccinations Hold Lessons For U.S.

01/11/2021

Israel has rolled out the fastest Covid-19 vaccination campaign in the world, inoculating 20% of its population in three weeks. The small country—with roughly nine million people, about the same as New York City—now aims to inoculate the majority of its population by March.

While Israel’s vaccination campaign is relatively simple...

Iran

Iran’s Regime To Execute Another Champion Wrestler

01/10/2021

The Iranian state’s opaque judiciary is slated to execute a second champion wrestler after it engaged in the widely criticized wrongful hanging of Greco-Roman wrestler Navid Afkari in September for his role in protesting regime corruption.

Mehdi Ali Hosseini, 29, from the city of Andimeshk in the province of Khuzestan, was...

In The News

IDF: Attempted Car-Ramming, Shooting Attack Carried Out In West Bank

01/09/2021
An attempted terror attack targeting IDF soldiers was carried out in the West Bank city of Jenin Saturday afternoon, according to an Israeli military statement.
Two suspected Palestinian assailants attempted a car-ramming attack against IDF soldiers before opening fire on troops stationed at a nearby checkpoint.
No injuries have been...

Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority Again Frames Terrorism Against Israelis As A ‘Holy War’

01/07/2021

Official Palestinian Authority daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida recently printed an op-ed containing glowing praise for a terrorist responsible for multiple attacks against Israelis, including one in which a nine-month-old child was killed.

The terrorist, Marwan Zalum, was honored for fighting “a holy war for the sake of Allah under the...

In The News

Iran Warns That Lebanese, Gaza Proxies Can ‘Level Haifa, Tel Aviv To The Ground’

01/03/2021
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reportedly given green light to Tehran-backed terrorist groups

A senior Iranian commander has warned that the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has given the green light for Tehran-backed proxies in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip to level two of Israel's three largest cities....

Israel’s Elbit To Set Up Flight School For Greek Air Force

01/06/2021
Deal worth $1.68 billion amounts to largest defense contract between Israel and Greece

Israel's Elbit Systems defense contractor will set up and operate the International Flight Training Center for the Greek Air Force, under a deal approved by the Greek government.
According to Tuesday's press release by the Israeli Defense...

Iran

Iran Threatens To Start Enriching Uranium To 90 Percent: Report

01/08/2021
'If enrichment above 20 percent is required in some areas, the AEOI can do that,' spokesman cited as saying

Iran warned Thursday that the country could ramp up its uranium enrichment to 90 percent -- just around the weapons-grade level.
China's Xinhua news service cited the spokesman of the country's nuclear agency as saying that...

Iran

Iran’s IRGC Unveils Underground Missile Base In The Gulf

01/08/2021

Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards unveiled an underground missile base at an undisclosed Gulf location on Friday, Iranian state media reported, at a time of heightened tension between Tehran and the United States.

"The base is one of several bases housing the Guards' Navy's strategic missiles," the state media quoted the head of...

In The News

First Israeli Diplomat Set To Take Up Post In Abu Dhabi – Report

01/05/2021

Israel will in the next few days send a diplomat to Abu Dhabi to set up a temporary mission in the United Arab Emirates as a prelude to establishing a permanent embassy, the Kan public broadcaster reported Tuesday.

Eitan Na’eh will become the first Israeli to have full diplomatic status in the Gulf state following the...

US-Israel Relationship

Israeli Defense System Delivered To US Army To Shield Abrams Tank

01/06/2021

A new defense system for armored vehicles, developed in part by a top Israeli defense company, was delivered in full to the US Army on Wednesday, according to an American contractor.

The Trophy Active Protection System (APS) was jointly developed by Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and its US partner Leonardo DRS, which...

In The News

IDF Deploys Iron Dome Missile Defense System to Eilat to Combat Terrorist Threat

01/07/2021

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) deployed the Iron Dome missile defense system on Wednesday in Eilat, the country’s southernmost city, according to Israeli media reports.

The decision was taken to attempt to give cover to twin threats; the presence of terrorist cells located in the Egyptian Sinai, and also because of Iranian-backed...

Syria

Alleged Israeli Airstrike Reported In Southern Syria

01/07/2021

An alleged Israeli airstrike targeted locations in southern Syria as explosions were heard in the skies over Damascus on Wednesday night, according to Syrian state media SANA.

The strikes were launched from the Golan Heights, a Syrian military source told SANA, claiming that most of the incoming missiles were intercepted by Syrian...

US-Israel Relationship

Tel Aviv Municipality To Light Up With US Flag Following Capitol Unrest

01/07/2021

The Tel Aviv municipality building will light up with the colors of the US flag following the riot and invasion of the Capitol building on Wednesday afternoon, Tel Aviv Mayor and Israelis Party leader Ron Huldai announced on Thursday morning.

"Tonight, we will light up the municipality building with the US flag to strengthen and...

Statement From CUFI Founder And Chairman Pastor John Hagee

CUFI Founder and Chairman Pastor John Hagee Released the Following Statement Earlier Today
01/06/2021
The events we are witnessing at the Capitol today are an un-American abomination and a disgrace to our democracy. There is absolutely no justification for the violence that is transpiring. There is nothing patriotic about storming our Capitol....