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PA President Abbas: ‘Millions Of Fighters’ Will Take Over Jerusalem

'Not a single penny' of payments to terrorists will be stopped

Mahmoud Abbas


Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas threatened this week that "million of fighters" would swarm Jerusalem and topple the Jewish state's capital city, warning that "no matter how many houses and how many settlements they declare that they [plan to build] here and there—they shall all be destroyed."

Iran Kicks Off ‘Massive’ War Games, Unveils Homemade Russian Missile System

'The drill is a real one because the battlefield, enemy, and the fighters are real'

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani


The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' ground forces kicked off a "massive" set of war drills Thursday as the country unveiled its own homemade version of Russia's advanced S-300 missile defense system in yet another showing of Tehran's growing readiness for a possible war.

Tlaib, Omar Fundraise on Back of Canceled Israel Trip

Tlaib levels inaccurate, anti-Semitic smears in pitch


Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) is fundraising off her aborted trip to Israel, just days after she refused an Israeli invitation permitting her to visit her ailing grandmother and, instead, shared an anti-Semitic cartoon about the Jewish state.

GOP Leader Demands Investigation Into Anti-Semitic Calif. High School Curriculum

New public school educational agenda is 'blatantly anti-Semitic, anti-Israel'

Kevin McCarthy


House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) is demanding an investigation into how the California Department of Education crafted a "blatantly anti-Semitic, anti-Israel" high school curriculum that has fostered unease in the state's pro-Israel and Israeli-American communities.

U.S. Knocks Germany in Row Over Middle East Peace Process

Germany 'completely mischaracterized' peace envoy's tough criticism of U.N.

Jason Greenblatt


The Trump administration is pushing back against recent criticism from German representatives regarding U.S. efforts to foster peace between the Israelis and Palestinians in what sources described as an ongoing diplomatic fight over the American administration's refusal to let the United Nations dictate the terms of the peace process.

California Introduces Radical Anti-Semitic High School Curriculum

Outrage in Jewish, pro-Israel community after anti-Israel activists hijack curriculum

Israeli flag March Takes Place During Jerusalem Day


The state of California has introduced "blatantly anti-Semitic and anti-Israel" lessons into its official high school curriculum, drawing outrage and concern in the state's Jewish and pro-Israel communities, according to multiple sources involved in the controversy.

Europe Poised to Put Warning Labels on Jewish-Made Products

Legal decision reminiscent of Holocaust-era boycotts of Jews

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The European Union is poised to mandate that Israeli products made in contested territories carry consumer warning labels, a decision that could trigger American anti-boycott laws and open up what legal experts describe as a "Pandora's box" of litigation, according to multiple sources involved in the legal dispute who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon.

German Refusal to Join American Anti-Iran Coalition Rankles U.S. Diplomats

U.S. Amb. to Germany: 'German participation would help deescalate the situation'

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Top U.S. diplomats are pressuring the German government to reverse its recent decision to decline participation in a U.S.-led coalition in the Persian Gulf aimed at combating Iran's repeated attempts to hijack international oil tankers, according to multiple U.S. officials who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon.