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Israel Warns Syria on Escalation
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
By: Barry Segal
In blunt language marking a turn away from diplomatic caution, Israel warned the Syrian government Tuesday that it "would suffer the consequences" if it continued to press attacks, hours after Syrian and Israeli troops exchanged fire along the cease-fire line in Israel's Golan Heights.
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Syria Aims Missles at Tel Aviv
Monday, May 20, 2013
By: Barry Segal
According to a Sunday UK press disclosure, the Syrian army has begun deploying advanced surface-to-surface missiles and has aimed them at Tel Aviv.
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Russian Sends Ships to Syrian Coast
Saturday, May 18, 2013
By: Barry Segal
Russia has sent a dozen or more warships to patrol waters near its naval base in Syria, a buildup that US and European officials see as a newly aggressive stance meant partly to warn the West and Israel not to intervene in Syria's devastating civil war, according to reports on Friday.
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Israel Determined to Halt Missle Deal
Monday, May 13, 2013
By: Barry Segal
Binyamin Netanyahu is "fully determined" to halt sales by Russia of advanced missiles to Syria when he visits Moscow for talks with President Vladimir Putin, Energy and Water Minister Silvan Shalom said Sunday.
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Syria to Supply "Game Changing Weapon"
Sunday, May 12, 2013
By: Barry Segal
Syria will supply Lebanese terror group Hizbullah with "game-changing weapons" despite air strikes reportedly aimed at cutting off the flow of arms to the Lebanese Shiite terror group, Hizbullah's leader said on Thursday.
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Obama and Netanyahu's New Red Line
Thursday, May 9, 2013
By: Barry Segal
According to recent reports, US President Obama and Israel's PM Netanyahu have agreed on a new plan to block Iran's nuclear program, which calls for narrowing the gap between the Israeli and American red lines.l.
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Israel Carries Out Second Airstrike
Monday, May 6, 2013
By: Barry Segal
A series of explosions were heard in Damascus overnight Saturday in a second air attack within hours against Syria, believed to have been carried out by Israel.
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Proof Syria Is Using Chemical Weapons
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
By: Barry Segal
Israel has clear evidence of Syrian President Bashar Assad's army using chemical weapons against rebels, a senior diplomatic source said this week.
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The Hornet's Nest in the Middle East
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
By: Sarah Ann Haves
Looking at the condition of Syria today, with over 70,000 people dead and millions displaced from their homes, along with the horrors and atrocities associated with war, one wonders how worse it can get.
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Bolton: Situation with Iran "Very Perilous"
Saturday, April 27, 2013
By: Barry Segal
Speaking in an interview with media sources, former US ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, said that the situation with Iran "is very perilous" because the regime "is close to achieving its twenty year long objective of getting nuclear weapons.
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U.S. Aid Requires Israel to Co-ordinate
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
By: Barry Segal
It was hard to miss the thread connecting Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon and his American counterpart Chuck Hagel at the press conference Monday morning and the speech of Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Benny Gantz that evening in Tel Aviv.
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Quiet on Golan Borden Is Over
Monday, April 22, 2013
By: Barry Segal
"The 40 years of quiet on the Golan Heights are over," said Israeli Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz this week.
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Museum Seeks to Deny Jewish Rights to Israel
Monday, April 15, 2013
By: Barry Segal
Palestinian Authority officials joined a ceremony on Thursday to lay the cornerstone for a new museum of "Palestinian culture, history and society" near Ramallah, in yet another effort aimed at reconstructing history and attempting to strip the Jewish people from their rights to the Land of Israel.
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Korea Crisis Could Spur Iran Action
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
By: Barry Segal
With North Korea issuing apocalyptic threats of war, world powers are anxious not to have with Iran a situation like North Korea," said an international security analyst this week.
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Netanyahu: We Cannot Forfeit Our Security
Monday, April 8, 2013
By: Barry Segal
PM Binyamin Netanyahu spoke at the Holocaust Remembrance main event during which he quoted antisemitic statements from Iran as evidence the hatred against Jews that existed during the Holocaust is still in existence.
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IAF Air Strikes in Gaza
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
By: Barry Segal
For the first time since the conclusion of Operation Pillar of Defense in Gaza, Israel has initiated a strike on Gaza.
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Israel Becomes Largest Jewish Population Center
Monday, April 1, 2013
By: Barry Segal
During Passover, the Jewish population of Israel has passed the symbolic 6 million mark the same number of Jews believed to have been killed during the Nazi Holocaust while the country's total population is now 8 million.
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The Charm Offensive -- Did it Work?
Thursday, March 28, 2013
By: Sarah Ann Haves
With the hopeful Passover greeting of "Next Year in Jerusalem", many Jews have been contemplating how the recent visit to Israel by U.S. President Barack Obama will affect the U.S.-Israel relationship in years to come.
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Jordan Shuts Syria Crossing
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
By: Barry Segal
Passover, a seven day remembrance of the Jewish Exodus from Egypt, begins this year in Israel at sunset Monday, March 25, and concludes at nightfall on Tuesday, April 2.
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Passover 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013
By: Barry Segal
Passover, a seven day remembrance of the Jewish Exodus from Egypt, begins this year in Israel at sunset Monday, March 25, and concludes at nightfall on Tuesday, April 2.
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Obama in Israel
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
By: Barry Segal
The White House has released what it says is a map of Israel. The only problem is that Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the Golan Heights are missing.
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Netanyahu Presents New Government
Monday, March 18, 2013
By: Barry Segal
PM Binyamin Netanyahu presented the new government to President Shimon Peres Saturday night, ahead of its swearing in at the Knesset Monday.
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Hamas Increases Terrorist Efforts
Friday, March 15, 2013
By: Barry Segal
Hamas in Gaza has increased efforts to set up terrorist cells in the West Bank.
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Syria Conflict Threatens Lebanon
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
By: Barry Segal
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman called this week for international action to help Lebanon cope with a deluge of refugees from the war in neighboring Syria.
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Syrian Rebels Fire on Border
Monday, March 11, 2013
By: Barry Segal
The IDF has begun reinforcing its presence along the border. Israel has warned it can't 'stand idle' as Syria's war spills over.
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Netanyahu to Announce Coalition This Week
Sunday, March 10, 2013
By: Barry Segal
The Likud Beytenu is close to signing a coalition agreement with the Yesh Atid party, paving the way for Benjamin Netayahu to form a new government.
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UN: No Progress in Iran Talks
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
By: Barry Segal
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Yukiya Amano, said this week he was "unable to report any progress" in the organization's talks with the Islamic Republic over its atomic program.
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Netanyahu Granted Extension to Form Government
Monday, March 4, 2013
By: Barry Segal
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Saturday night gave PM Benjamin Netanyahu a two-week extension, as permitted by law, to continue his efforts to form a coalition government.
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Netanyahu's Woes -- Forming the Government
Thursday, February 28, 2013
By: Sarah Ann Haves
One of the key focuses of the new Israeli government, formed after the January 22nd national election, will be Jerusalem's relationship with Cairo.
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Republicans Warned on Defecting Hagel Filibuster
Monday, February 25, 2013
By: Barry Segal
If just a few Republicans defect on Tuesday when the Senate resumes consideration of the nomination, Hagel is assured approval.
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Purim: The Church As Esther
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
By: Sid Roth
God is calling the Church for such a time as this.
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5,000 Flee Syria Daily
Thursday, February 14, 2013
By: Barry Segal
The UNHRC has reported a disconcerting increase in the number of people fleeing Syrian President Bashar Assad's atrocities.
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Syria Toll May Be 90,000
Thursday, February 14, 2013
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US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday the death toll in Syria may have reached 90,000, citing figures given to him by his Saudi counterpart Prince Saud al-Faisal.
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Ahmadinejad in Egypt
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
By: Barry Segal
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Cairo Tuesday, marking the first visit to Egypt by an Iranian president since 1979.
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Hamas' Covenant with Death
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
By: Shira Sorko-Ram
Today, 1,000,000 Israelis live in the line of constant fire of rockets from Gaza, which average three launches a day.
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Region's Armies on High Alert
Monday, February 4, 2013
By: Barry Segal
The armies of Syria, Lebanon and Jordan are all on high alert, a Lebanese newspaper claimed Sunday. The report in A-Diar said the alerts were due to Israel's strikes on a Syrian missile transport and on a sensitive Syrian military installation.
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Israel Airstrikes in Syria
Friday, February 1, 2013
By: Barry Segal
Israel launched an airstrike inside Syria overnight Tuesday near the border with Lebanon, according to US and regional officials.
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Obama Secretly Pledges Divided Jerusalem
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
By: Barry Segal
Now that he has secured his second term, President Barack Obama has already secretly pledged to the Palestinians he will press Israel into a new round of so-called land-for-peace negotiations, a top Palestinian Authority negotiator has claimed.
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Assad: "I Will Win Even If Damascus Is Destroyed"
Monday, January 28, 2013
By: Barry Segal
Citing French sources, Asharq Al-Awsat, days ago quoted the exchange between Syrian President Assad and the international envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi.
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Iran to Deploy Warships to Mediterranean
Monday, January 21, 2013
By: Barry Segal
Iranian naval commander Admiral Habibollah Sayyari announced Thursday that "The Navy's 24th fleet of warships will move through the Red Sea, Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea for three months."
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Israel's New Challenge After the Elections
Thursday, January 17, 2013
By: Sarah Ann Haves
One of the key focuses of the new Israeli government, formed after the January 22nd national election, will be Jerusalem's relationship with Cairo.
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Obama: Israel Doesn't Know What's Good for It
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
By: Barry Segal
Jeffrey Goldberg has revealed US President Barack Obama said repeatedly recently that Israel does not know what its own best interests are.
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Netanyahu: Security Is Better
Monday, January 14, 2013
By: Barry Segal
In Sunday's cabinet meeting, PM Binyamin Netanyahu rebuffed criticism from his predecessor, Ehud Olmert, who accused Netanyahu of spending NIS 11 billion on preparations for a strike on Iran that never materialized.
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Sen. Graham Slams Hagel Appointment
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
By: Barry Segal
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday that "Chuck Hagel would be the most antagonistic Secretary of Defense toward the state of Israel in our nation's history."
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Palestinian Authority Changes Name
Monday, January 7, 2013
By: Barry Segal
The Palestinian Authority has officially changed its title to the State of Palestine.
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Is Israel Illegal?
Friday, January 4, 2013
By: Shira Sorko-Ram
There is one phrase that every media network in the world knows and uses -- "occupied territory."
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Hamas Could Replace Palestinian Authority
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
By: Barry Segal
PM Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said Hamas could replace the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, before or after a peace agreement.
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Syria Violence Spikes
Monday, December 31, 2012
By: Barry Segal
Israel's government minister Moshe Yaalon this week disclosed the US was preparing to intervene in Syria.
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US to Intervene in Syria?
Sunday, December 30, 2012
By: Barry Segal
Israel's government minister Moshe Yaalon this week disclosed the US was preparing to intervene in Syria.
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Israel's 2013 Elections
Thursday, December 27, 2012
By: Sarah Ann Haves
Current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to form the next government, leading the nation as Israel's prime minister into 2017, if his new government lasts that long.
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Hizbullah Fighting for Assad
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
By: Barry Segal
The Lebanese terrorist group Hizbullah has confirmed its members are in Syria.
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First Damascus, Then Tel Aviv
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
By: Barry Segal
The leader of the radical Salafist movement in Jordan, whose organization actively supports the Syrian rebels, this week warned that once the Damascus opposition achieves its primary goal, it will set its sights on Israel.
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Third Intifada Boast
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
By: Barry Segal
Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron have declared the establishment of the National Union Battalions, saying "This is the beginning of a third Palestinian intifada."
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Judea and Samaria See Riots
Monday, December 17, 2012
By: Barry Segal
More than 4,000 Palestinian Authority Arabs rioted against Israel's security forces throughout Judea and Samaria on Friday afternoon.
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Palestinians Place Signs Delineating New State
Monday, December 10, 2012
By: Barry Segal
Eager to turn their victory at the UN last month into facts on the ground, Palestinian Arabs have begun posting official-looking signs on roads throughout Judea and Samaria delineating the new "State of Palestine."
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Hamas Leader Ends Exile
Monday, December 10, 2012
By: Barry Segal
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal arrived in the Gaza Strip on Friday, ending 45 years of exile from the area with a visit that underscored the Islamist group's growing confidence following a recent conflict with Israel.
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Hamas: Palestinian State An Illusion Without Fight Against Israel
Thursday, December 6, 2012
By: Barry Segal
A Palestinian state without an armed struggle against Israel is an illusion and won't add anything for the Palestinians, top Hamas official Osama Hamdan stated earlier this week.
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Europe Pressures Israel Over Building Plans
Monday, December 3, 2012
By: Barry Segal
German, Dutch, British, and French envoys have communicated their protest over Israel's plan to construct 3,000 housing units in East Jerusalem, as well as other West Bank settlement blocs.
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UN Recognizes Palestine as Observer State
Friday, November 30, 2012
By: Barry Segal
The General Assembly on Thursday approved a resolution granting Palestine non-member observer state status at the United Nations. One hundred and thirty eight countries voted in favor of the bid; 41 abstained and nine voted against it.
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Iran Plans for 50-Kiloton Nuke
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
By: Barry Segal
Iran is planning to build a nuclear bomb with at least triple the force of the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in World War II, diagrams obtained by the Associated Press disclosed.
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Iran Moves to Rearm Hamas
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
By: Barry Segal
Israeli intelligence satellites have spied the loading of rockets and other materiel believed to be destined for the Gaza Strip.
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Morsi Called New Pharaoh
Monday, November 26, 2012
By: Barry Segal
Critics of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi branded him a "new pharaoh" after he assumed sweeping new powers.
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EU Defends Israel's Right to Protect
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
By: Barry Segal
The European Union has underlined Israel's right to protect its citizens from rocket fire and called for a "cessation of hostilities."
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Ground Operation Is Near
Monday, November 19, 2012
By: Barry Segal
Speaking Sunday night, Interior Minister Eli Yishai said it was likely Operation Pillar of Defense would continue and be expanded as well.
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Operation Pillar of Defense
Saturday, November 17, 2012
By: Sean Steckbeck
On November 14th, Israel launched Operation Pillar of Cloud by exterminating Hamas strategic mastermind Ahmad Jabbari.
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Israel's Ground Forces Amass
Friday, November 16, 2012
By: Barry Segal
The IDF is amassing forces near Gaza and preparing for a possible ground assault.
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Videos Reveal Hamas Propaganda
Friday, November 16, 2012
By: Barry Segal
As the IDF's Operation Pillar of Defense in Gaza continues, Hamas has made several totally false claims about damages it has supposedly done to Israeli cities and soldiers.
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IDF Kills Hamas' Military Chief
Thursday, November 15, 2012
By: Barry Segal
The IAF fired a missile at a car in Gaza Wednesday, killing the commander of Hamas' military terror wing, Ahmed Jaabari. Hamas responded by saying it was now in a state of "open war" with Israel.
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Israel's War with Hamas
Thursday, November 15, 2012
By: Sarah Ann Haves
Israel's current military operation in Gaza is aimed at bringing peace and quiet to more than a million people living under the constant threat of terror in the south of the country.
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Israel Hits Syrian Artillery
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
By: Barry Segal
Israel's army fired tank shells into Syria on Monday and scored "direct hits" in response to a Syrian mortar shell that struck Israel's Golan Heights region..
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Egyptian Islamists Rally for Sharia Law
Monday, November 12, 2012
By: Barry Segal
Over 10,000 ultraconservative Muslims demonstrated Friday in downtown Cairo to demand that Egypt's new constitution be based on the rulings of strict Islamic law, or Sharia, in the latest upheaval over the role of religion in the country's future.
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Fatah: Oslo Accords Will Cease After UN Bid
Friday, November 9, 2012
By: Barry Segal
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Obama on his re-election, saying "the strategic alliance between Israel and the United States is stronger than ever."
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Netanyahu Congratulates Obama
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
By: Barry Segal
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Obama on his re-election, saying "the strategic alliance between Israel and the United States is stronger than ever."
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Antisemitism Virulent in Egypt
Friday, November 2, 2012
By: Barry Segal
A rising tide of antisemitism in Egypt has stoked concerns among Americans and Israelis that extremism will guide Cairo's foreign policy under the Muslim Brotherhood-backed President Mohamed Morsi.
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Iran Confirms Nuclear Goals Near
Friday, November 2, 2012
By: Barry Segal
The Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Fereidoun Abbasi, said this week that Iran is completing its nuclear goals.
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IDF: Chances of Conflict Are Growing
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
By: Barry Segal
The chances of a "narrow or wide" armed conflict involving the IDF have grown recently, the army's head of the Technology and Logistics Branch told officers this week.
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Last Centrifuge Placed in Nuclear Facility
Monday, October 29, 2012
By: Barry Segal
Iran has nearly finished installing centrifuges at its underground nuclear plant, potentially boosting its capacity to make weapons-grade uranium.
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Romney Disagrees on Middle East Policy
Monday, October 22, 2012
By: Barry Segal
Tuesday's presidential debate focused overwhelmingly on domestic and economic issues, but some of the sharpest exchanges came on the topic of the Middle East.
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U.S. Officials Say Iran Agrees to Talks
Monday, October 22, 2012
By: Barry Segal
The US and Iran have reportedly agreed to one-on-one negotiations over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, according to Obama administration officials.
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Jew, Messianic Jew, One New Man
Monday, October 22, 2012
By: Sid Roth
Many are confused about Jewish Roots and Messianic Judaism and Old Testament or the Law.
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God Is Not Politically Correct
Friday, October 19, 2012
By: Mahesh & Bonnie Chavda
One of the most significant strategies of the enemy has been the attack on our Judeo-Christian heritage.
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Clinton Say U.S. Must Ignore Violence?
Monday, October 15, 2012
By: Barry Segal
The US must look past the violence and extremism that has erupted after the "Arab Spring" revolutions and boost support for the region's young democracies to forge long-term security, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday.
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Black Leaders Oppose Obama
Friday, October 12, 2012
By: Barry Segal
A group of African-American faith leaders plan to spend $1 million on an effort to strip President Barack Obama of 25% of the black vote that he garnered in 2008.
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Iranian Bomb Next Year
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
By: Barry Segal
Experts have confirmed PM Binyamin Netanyahu's warning that Iran can have enough enriched uranium next year to produce a nuclear bomb.
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Red Line Strategic View Unchanged
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
By: Barry Segal
The public discord between the U.S. and Israel has been dialed down but the basic strategic view of Israel has not changed.
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Persecution Update
Monday, October 8, 2012
By: Barry Segal
Persecution of Christians in the Islamic world is on its way to reaching epidemic proportions.
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It's Time to Seek the Lord
Monday, October 8, 2012
By: Mahesh & Bonnie Chavda
Last week, the book of Jonah was read in synagogues across the globe on Yom Kippur.
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Israel's Best Friends
Monday, October 8, 2012
By: Sarah Ann Haves
Two dozen members of parliaments from 17 countries traveled to Jerusalem this week as guests of the International Israel Allies Foundation (IIAF).
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Obama Campaign Lied
Sunday, October 7, 2012
By: Barry Segal
Tensions between Israel and the current US administration hit a new low two weeks ago when President Barack Obama refused to meet with Israel's PM Binyamin Netanyahu during his visit to New York to address the UN General Assembly.
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Strangest Weapon Yet Against Israel
Friday, October 5, 2012
By: Shira Sorko-Ram
What could be more bizarre than a religious ritual that circumcises a baby eight days old? Nothing, as far as a German judge in Cologne is concerned.
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Cheering Christians Thanked in Jerusalem
Friday, October 5, 2012
By: Barry Segal
Cheers of "We love Israel" were heard throughout the streets of Jerusalem Thursday as thousands of Christians from all over the world participated in a parade to show their support for the State of Israel.
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Population to Pass Six Million
Thursday, October 4, 2012
By: Barry Segal
The Jewish population in Israel numbers about 5,978,600 - just 21,400 short of the symbolic six million mark, which it is expected to pass by the end of 2012.
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Red Line for Iran
Friday, September 28, 2012
By: Barry Segal
Israel's PM Binyamin Netanyahu drew an actual red line with a marker on a chart symbolizing Iran's uranium enrichment program and explained Iran must be told if it reaches enough uranium enriched to the 90% level in order to make a nuclear bomb, it will be attacked.
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Mideast Unrest Mere Bump in Road
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
By: Barry Segal
President Obama, in agreeing to a lengthy interview with "60 Minutes," may have created his own "bump in the road." In the course of that interview, Monday, he referred to escalating Middle East turmoil as "bumps in the road."
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Yom Kippur 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
By: Barry Segal
Tuesday September 25 at sunset marks the beginning of this year's Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement). The observance ends at dusk Wednesday, September 26.
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Iran Ships Weapons to Syria
Friday, September 21, 2012
By: Barry Segal
Iran has been using civilian aircraft to fly military personnel and large quantities of weapons across Iraqi airspace to Syria to aid President Bashar Assad in his attempt to crush an 18-month uprising against his government, according to a Western intelligence report.
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Abbas Proposes Cancelling Oslo Accord
Thursday, September 20, 2012
By: Barry Segal
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas proposed cancelling the Oslo agreement as well as the associated economic and security arrangements during meetings on Saturday and Sunday with PA leaders.
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The Sweetness of the New Year in a Bitter Middle East
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
By: Sarah Ann Haves
This Jewish New Year is a time of personal and national reflection, while the Middle East boils with new outbreaks of violence.
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Gunmen Attack Peacekeepers Base in Sinai
Monday, September 17, 2012
By: Barry Segal
While Egyptian protesters fought security forces outside the US Embassy in Cairo Thursday morning, another standoff was taking place in cyberspace between the Embassy and the Muslim Brotherhood.
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