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An Israeli Merkava tank takes part in routine manuevers near the "blue line" drawn by the United Nations to mark Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, on June 2, 2020. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

IDF chief: Hezbollah ‘terror army’ preventing UNIFIL from fulfilling its mandate

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IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi said on Tuesday that Hezbollah “has become a terror army operating in Beirut,” preventing UNIFIL, the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, from fulfilling its mandate. “Hezbollah is...
Israeli Coronavirus Project coordinator Ronni Gamzu at a meeting with Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion at City Hall on Aug. 12, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Coronavirus chief: ‘Israel has lowest mortality rate in the world’

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According to Israel’s coronavirus Coronavirus Project coordinator Ronni Gamzu, his main goal right now is to combat and contain the virus “without implementing a full lockdown on the country.” “I am not sure we...
Linda Sarsour Credit: Festival of Faiths via Wikimedia Commons.

Sarsour featured at Muslim delegates assembly at DNC

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Former Women’s March leader and Bernie Sanders surrogate Linda Sarsour was featured on Tuesday at the Democratic National Convention’s Muslim Delegates Assembly, despite her history of anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, support for female genital mutilation and other...
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

College students start Jewish political action committee in support of Biden

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A political action committee was launched on Sunday in support of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. The Jewish Unity PAC (JUPAC) seeks to mobilize Jewish voters in Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan and other key swing...
U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon in Leidschendam, Netherlands. Credit: Vincent van Zeijst via Wikimedia Commons.

UN tribunal convicts Hezbollah operative for role in Hariri assassination

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Judges of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon convicted one member of the Hezbollah terror group on Tuesday and acquitted three others for the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. According to the...
Ross Kriel, 55, head of the oldest Jewish community in Dubai. Credit: Courtesy.

‘Going to be a warm peace’: Jewish leader in UAE reacts to normalization

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Following Israel’s signing of peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan, the Arab side remained obstinate about not building bridges between their people and the Israelis. With the normalization agreement between Israel and the United...
Khartoum, Sudan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Sudan says it looks forward to normalizing relations with Israel

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Israel and Sudan appear close to a peace agreement, following last week’s normalization deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Sudanese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Haidar Badawi Sadiq told Sky News Arabia, as reported in The National,...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a press conference at his office in Jerusalem, on Aug. 13, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90.

Netanyahu: Reports UAE peace deal included approval of F-35 sale are ‘fake news’

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday denied reports that the peace agreement announced last week between Israel and the United Arab Emirates included Israeli consent to an arms deal between the United States...
Steven Weil, incoming national director and CEO of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF). Credit: Mint Media.

Friends of IDF announces new CEO, national director

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Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) announced the appointment of Steven Weil as its new national director and CEO. He is to head the charitable organization beginning on Sept. 16, succeeding Maj. Gen. (Res.) Meir Klifi-Amir, who has...
Israeli Minister of Health Yuli Edelstein, July 15, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Edelstein visits Barkan rubber factory, stresses joint Israeli-Arab employment

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Israeli Minister of Health Yuli Edelstein and Samaria Regional Council Head Yossi Dagan visited a factory in the Barkan Industrial Zone in Judea and Samaria on Tuesday that started a new production line for...