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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2016. Credit: U.N. Photo/Cia Pak.

Mahmoud Abbas UN Speech is All Bark and No Bite

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“Peace be upon you.” Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas uttered these hospitable words to conclude a hostile speech against his usual suspect, namely Israel, in a pre-recorded speech to the United Nations General Assembly. If Abbas...
A conference in Erbil, Iraq, hosted by the Center for Peace Communications, September 2021. Source: Screenshot.

A cautionary tale about Arab-Israeli normalization

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Those picking up The Wall Street Journal on Sept. 24 got some good news about the cause of peace in the Middle East. On its opinion page was an article by Sheikh Wisam Al-Harden, an influential tribal leader...
An Israel Defense Forces artillery unit near the border with the Gaza Strip, May 18, 2021. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash90.

Palestinian terror factions: IDF shooting of Gaza suspect crosses ‘all red lines’

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The joint control room in Gaza that represents several terrorist factions said the shooting of a Palestinian suspect by the Israel Defense Forces on Thursday represented a “crossing of all red lines, which will...
View of the port in Gaza City on Aug. 13, 2020. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Expert says Gaza seaport in Sinai could boost Strip’s economy, preserve Israel’s security

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When Foreign Minister Yair Lapid recently floated his new two-stage plan for developing the Gaza Strip earlier this month, a clause in the plan sounded all too familiar to Asaf Ashar, an emeritus research...
Illustration of a drone, Aug. 17, 2020. Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90.

Hezbollah says its operatives downed IDF drone

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The Hezbollah terrorist organization said its operatives downed an Israel Defense Forces’ drone on the Lebanese-Israeli border on Thursday. According to a statement by the organizations, “fighters from the Islamic resistance succeeded in bringing down...
Maj. Gen. Gholam Ali Rashid, the head of Iran's Khatam al-Anbiyah Central Headquarters. Credit: Tehran Times.

Top Iranian general: Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad are Iranian armies

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The head of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiyah Central Headquarters said in a recent interview that Iran had created six armies outside the country’s borders, in a “corridor” stretching from Iran all the way to the...
Police near the scene of an attempted stabbing in Jerusalem's Old City, on Sept. 10, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Stabbing thwarted in Jerusalem’s Old City; terrorist neutralized

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Israeli security forces thwarted a terror attack in Jerusalem’s Old City on Thursday morning, according to the Israel Police. A 30-year-old woman approached police officers stationed near the Temple Mount’s Chain Gate and attempted to...
The illegal Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar, east of Jerusalem. March 21, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Court grants state six more months to plan evacuation of Khan al-Ahmar

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Israel’s High Court of Justice on Wednesday granted the government an additional six months to present its plan to the court for the evacuation of Khan al-Ahmar, an illegal Bedouin outpost a few minutes’...
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid is greeted at Bahrain International Airport on Sept. 30, 2021. Source: Twitter.

Lapid arrives in Bahrain in first official visit to Gulf State by Israeli minister

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Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid traveled to the Kingdom of Bahrain on Thursday in the first official visit by an Israeli minister to the country. Lapid met with Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani...
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris addresses students at George Mason University in Virginia, Sept. 28, 2021. Source: YouTube/Screenshot.

Kamala Harris praises student for expressing her ‘truth’ in anti-Israel rant

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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has come under fire for not condemning a student who accused the government of facilitating the “ethnic genocide” of Palestinians. Harris’s exchange with the student took place on Tuesday at...