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A view of a joint U.S. and Israeli Air Force F-35 jets taking part in a recent exercise. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.

Top Israeli minister: Country opposes sale of F-35s to Qatar

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Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen said on Sunday that Israel would oppose any U.S. deal to sell F-35 fighter jets to Qatar, which supports Islamist forces in the region. In an interview with Army Radio, Cohen...
A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft. Credit: U.S. Air Force Photo/Alex R. Loyd.

Report: Qatar makes formal request to acquire F-35 jets

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Qatar submitted a formal request in recent weeks to the United States to acquire Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets, reported Reuters on Wednesday, citing three people familiar with the matter. If completed, a deal could complicate or even...
Following a March 20, 2017 decision by an Amman court to reject a U.S. request for her extradition, Palestinian-Jordanian Hamas terrorist Ahlam Tamimi gave an interview on March 22, 2017 to the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood mouthpiece Al-Sabil. (MEMRI)

Report: Jordan expels Nizar Tamimi, husband of US-wanted terrorist

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Jordan has reportedly expelled the husband of U.S.-wanted terrorist Ahlam Tamimi. Nizar Tamimi, 46, arrived in Qatar after the Hashemite Kingdom refused to renew his residency and asked him to leave within 48 hours, reported the pan-Arab...
Palestinian students on the first day of school in Nablus in the West Bank on Sept. 6, 2020. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.

Palestinians continue to incite terrorism and violence in school curriculum, says watchdog group

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A Palestinian student in fourth grade opens his math book and is asked to count the number of martyrs in Palestinian uprisings based on an accompanying photograph of raised coffins at a mass funeral....
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What’s behind the Ankara-Tehran partnership?

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In a video conference on Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pledged to target Kurdish forces in joint military operations. Both countries agreed that the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK)...
Members of the Palestinian security forces enforce a coronavirus lockdown in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Aug. 25, 2020. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Gaza lockdown extended by 72 hours amid rise in COVID-19 cases

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Hamas on Thursday extended the lockdown in the Gaza Strip for an additional three days, after two deaths and 26 new COVID-19 cases were recorded outside border quarantine facilities. Earlier this week, a Hamas spokesman confirmed four...

Amnesty International and Qatari information warfare

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Amnesty International recently suffered a blow, potentially as much to its reputation as to its operations, when the Tel Aviv District Court ruled to dismiss its complaint against Israeli cybersecurity company NSO Group/Q Cyber...
The Doha, Qatar skyline on Feb. 15, 2014. Photo: Francisco Anzola via Wikimedia Commons.

Qatar announces bid to host the Olympic Games

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Qatar announced on Monday its interest in hosting the Olympics in 2032. If it were to win the bid, it would mark the first time that a Middle Eastern country has ever held the...
Muslims visit at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City on Feb. 28, 2020. Photo by Sliman Khader/Flash90.

What is Israel’s next move as Turks and Saudis duel over Jerusalem?

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Tensions have run increasingly high between the Jordanians and Saudis on one side, and the Turks and Qataris on the other over control of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. “Turkey’s neo-Ottominism in its foreign policy...
Qatari flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Lawsuit: Qatar secretly gave funding for terror attacks that killed Americans, Israelis

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Qatar secretly provided funding for several terror attacks that killed Americans and Israelis, according to a lawsuit filed in New York on Wednesday seeking reparations for the families of the dead. As part of an alleged funding...