Andrew Brunson Case Proves US-Turkey Alliance has been Over for Years

By Caroline Glick, JPost— As the crisis in U.S.-Turkey relations escalates, the time has come to imagine the unimaginable. Imagine that Turkish President Recep Erdogan decides — G-d forbid — to execute American pastor Andrew Brunson. On Wednesday, a Turkish court in Itzmir province rejected an appeal by Brunson’s lawyer to release him from house…

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Abbas’s Responsibility for Gaza Crisis

By Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute— The Palestinian Authority (PA) is continuing to pursue a policy of double-dealing regarding the Gaza Strip. On the one hand, President Mahmoud Abbas and the PA leadership continue inciting against Israel by holding it solely responsible for the humanitarian and economic crisis in the Gaza Strip. On the other hand,…

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Official: Trump and Putin agreed to get Iran out of Syria

By Israel Hayom—- U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly agreed in principle that Iranian forces should exit Syria when they met in Helsinki in July, according to a U.S. administration official familiar with the meeting. However, the official told Bloomberg that the Russian leadership said securing Iran’s withdrawal from Syria would…

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Iranian-Backed ‘Sleeper Cell’ Militants Hibernating in U.S., Positioned for Attack

By Adam Kredo, Free Beacon— Iranian-backed militants are operating across the United States mostly unfettered, raising concerns in Congress and among regional experts that these “sleeper cell” agents are poised to launch a large-scale attack on the American homeland, according to testimony before lawmakers. Iranian agents tied to the terror group Hezbollah have already been…

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‘No One Will Be Fully Pleased With Trump Peace Plan,” Officials Say

By Michael Wilner, JPost— If Senior Trump administration officials working on a proposal for Israeli-Palestinian peace issued a joint statement about their work on Wednesday, cautioning a world eagerly awaiting their plan that “no one will be fully pleased” with its contents. The statement was issued amid intensive discussions within the administration over when to…

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Abbas: We Will Thward Trump’s Plan, Nation-State Law

BY KHALED ABU TOAMEH, Jpost— US administration officials who purportedly claim to want to improve the living conditions of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are “liars,” Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday. Abbas, who was speaking at the opening session of the PLO Central Council in Ramallah, also vowed to pursue efforts to…

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Israel is not looking for war, but Gaza tensions ‎make it highly likely ‎

By Yoav Limor, Israel Hayom— The latest flare-up on the Israel-Gaza Strip border ‎appears to have calmed down dramatically since Thursday night, but everyone ‎knows it is far from over. Barring an extreme turn ‎of events, the next round of rocket fire on Israel’s ‎south is only a matter of time, as is Israel’s next…

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Trump approves largest-ever aid package to Israel, sets up showdown with Turkey over F-35s

BY Jackson Richman, JNS— U.S. President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Monday, which includes $550 million in assistance to Israel and temporarily halts the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey. This comes amid tensions between the United States and Ankara, which is currently holding an American pastor hostage, among…

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Nasrallah says Hezbollah stronger than IDF

By World Israel News Staff— Since 2006, the “Zionist entity” has been deterred, Hezbollah’s leader claims, adding that Tel Aviv has been trying to build up its military capabilities “in view of its defeat in 2006.” Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah said that the terror group he leads “is more powerful than the Israeli army”…

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Israel renews commercial goods traffic to Gaza as calm holds

By Israel Hayom— Israel allowed commercial goods back into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, in a sign of an easing of tensions as neighboring Egypt pursued a long-term ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. But the prospect of an agreement between Israel and the terrorist group prompted concern within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government that…

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Democrat Rashida Tlaib Celebrates Primary Win with Anti-Israel Tweets

By Joel Pollak, Breitbart— Democrat Rashida Tlaib, winner of her party’s primary in Michigan’s 13th congressional district, celebrated her win last week with a series of anti-Israel tweets. Tlaib, who is Palestinian-American, will become the country’s first female Muslim member of Congress next year. She is running unopposed in November. On Thursday, as Hamas rockets…

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