Erdogan accuses Israel of ‘inhumane attack’ in Gaza

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Turkish leader says he implored US President Trump to intervene to halt violence on Gaza security fence. Turkish President and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he delivers a speech during the … Read More

Trump Freezes Funds for Syrian Recovery, Signaling Pullback

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Order to State Department to hold off on spending jibes with president’s call for an early exit. Syrian children and youths watching a U.S. armored-vehicle convoy pass last year on a road to Raqqa, Syria. PHOTO: HUSSEIN MALLA/ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump … Read More

Netanyahu Thanks America for Cutting Funding for Palestinian Terrorism

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For well over a decade, the Palestinian Authority has gotten away with using a significant portion of the international foreign aid it receives to encourage terrorist violence against Israelis. This despite the fact that the various peace agreements that the … Read More

Top Israeli Rabbi Believes Trump Will Build Third Temple in Jerusalem

US President Donald Trump’s unabashed support for the Jewish state and his public recognition of Jerusalem as its capital have many Israelis electrified. The current American leader’s positive attitude toward Israel seems nearly illogical, especially after decades of far more … Read More

Third Temple Alert: Police Authorize Passover Sacrifice Next to Temple Mount

Religious Jewish factions say they are moving ever closer to the realization of the Third Temple in Jerusalem. The latest evidence of this is police authorization, granted on Sunday, for a Passover sacrificial ceremony to be held just tens of … Read More

US pledges record $705 million to Israel’s missile defense programs

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The Israeli conducted a successful live-fire interception test of its Tamir weapons system, which it describes as a “sea-borne Iron Dome”. IDF Spokesperson Liberman thanked the US Congress in a following statement pointing out that it’s the “highest aid budget … Read More

Ex-defense minister says John Bolton pushed for Israeli strike on Iran

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Shaul Mofaz and three other former IDF heads warn of Tehran’s ambitions, but advise against tearing up nuclear deal. Shaul Mofaz speaks at Kinneret College in northern Israel on December 22, 2014. (Flash90) A former Israeli defense minister and chief … Read More

Thousands of Africans protest Israel’s mass deportation plan

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As many as 25,000 asylum applicants and their supporters have demonstrated in central Tel Aviv against plans for a mass expulsion. Rights groups are optimistic that a delay by the top court could keep them in Israel. Migrants and Israelis … Read More

An Austrian Jewish leader worries Israel may be embracing the far right

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Netanyahu’s ‘realpolitik’ weakens European Jewry, Ariel Muzicant argues, vowing to fight any attempt by Jerusalem to normalize ties with Freedom Party. Austrian Jews are worried Israel may warm up to the country’s far-right Freedom Party, a prominent local community leader … Read More

Trump Admin Warns Palestinian Leadership It’s Skating on Thin Ice

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Washington’s patience for the Palestinian Authority leadership is nearly spent. Ever since President Donald Trump came to the White House, US-Palestinian relations have been tense, to say the least. Trump’s overt affinity for Israel, and his unwillingness to tolerate the … Read More

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