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IfNotNow members with 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on the campaign trail. Source: IfNotNow via Facebook.

IfNotNow endorses Bernie Sanders for president

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The anti-Israel group IfNotNow has endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for president, announced the presidential candidate’s campaign on Wednesday. “IfNotNow is building an inspiring movement of young Jews working to promote peace in the Middle East,” said...
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) holds up former Women's March leader Linda Sarsour's new book while wearing a shirt that shows Israel replaced with a Palestinian state. Source: Alex VanNess via Twitter.

Michigan Rep. Tlaib dons shirt of Israel replaced with Palestinian state

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Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) has been seen wearing a T-shirt of the State of Israel replaced with a Palestinian state. “Stand in solidarity with Palestine by wearing this beautiful Palestinian tee-shirt,” reads an online purchasing description about...
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Source: Arab Press.

Hezbollah officials test positive for coronavirus after meeting with Iran military

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Senior Hezbollah officials have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) and have been placed under quarantine after meeting with affected Iranian military officials this week in Beirut, according to media reports. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is...
A view shows the rubble of buildings following Russian airstrikes on the outskirts of Maaret Misrin town in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on March 5, 2020. Photo by Ali Syria/Flash90 Photo by Ali Syria/Flash90.

Has Syria reactivated its chemical-weapons program? Recent strikes might provide a clue

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Syrian media reports of Israeli airstrikes, allegedly launched early on March 5 in central and southern Syria, may be a sign that Damascus has renewed its chemical-weapons program. According to Yediot Achronot, one of the targets...
Large tankers loading at Kharg Island Terminal, offshore in the Persian Gulf. As of 2012, the terminal has handled about 98 percent of Iran’s crude exports. Credit: National Iranian Oil Company via Wikimedia Commons.

Report: US sanctions have strangled at least one-fourth of Iranian oil rigs

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U.S. sanctions have caused at least one-quarter of Iran’s oil rigs to be inactive, according to a Reuters report published on Tuesday. “At least 40 of about 160 oil rigs in Iran remain idle or under repair,” reported...
Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in the Squirrel hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Credit: Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.

$5.4 million donated to those most affected by Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

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The $5.45 million that has been donated to Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha following the October 2018 shooting that killed 11 worshippers—the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history—will be given to survivors, first responders, congregations...
Saudi cleric and Muslim World League Secretary-General Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Issa. (MEMRI)

Muslim World League secretary general denounces political Islam

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There is no place for political Islam in France or anywhere else, Saudi cleric and Muslim World League Secretary-General Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Issa said last week. In an interview with France 24 TV’ Arabic-language channel on...
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi at a graduation ceremony of naval officers of the Israel Navy in Haifa Naval Base, northern Israel on March 4, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

IDF calls up dozens of reservists to plan coronavirus information campaign

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With more than 2,200 active-duty Israeli soldiers under quarantine for COVID-19, the Israel Defense Forces has decided to call up dozens of reservists to help the Home Front Command deal with the challenges the...
President Donald Trump meets with Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, and members of his delegation, Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. Photo by Shealah Craighead/White House.

Public trial of 68 Hamas activists gets underway in Saudi Arabia

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The trial of 68 alleged Hamas members has begun in Saudi Arabia. They were arrested in April 2019 in Saudi Arabia; most were Palestinians from the Palestinian territories who immigrated to Saudi Arabia, some...
Imam Sayed Hassan Qazwini, head of the Islamic Institute of America in Dearborn Heights, Mich., at a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) ahead of the Michigan primaries, March 7, 2020. Source: Screenshot.

Imam who spoke at Sanders rally has said ISIS is ‘arm of the Zionist’...

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An imam who addressed a March 7 rally for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in Dearborn, Mich., has said that the Islamic State “somehow is connected to Israel,” and that “ISIS is playing the...