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Fast Forward Hezbollah Calls Border Attack ‘Message’ to Israel
An attack by Hezbollah on Lebanon’s border with Israel which wounded two Israeli soldiers was a message that the group remained ready to confront its old foe despite its engagement in Syria’s civil war, the group’s deputy leader said. The soldiers were wounded by a bomb planted by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters in the Shebaa hills,…
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Opinion With All Due Respect, Can’t My Critics Read?
Those who follow me online have observed that I don’t usually respond to my critics. I confess: I have a little fan club that hangs out in the Comments section and on my Facebook page, cursing my ancestry and generally whooping it up, and they seem to be having so much fun that I hate…
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Fast Forward Israel Asks Bangkok Police To Ramp Up Security for Israeli Tourists
The Israeli Embassy in Bangkok asked local police to provide more security for tourists following a thwarted terrorist attack. The request reported Sunday in the Bangkok Post noted that the embassy made special mention of Israeli backpackers on popular routes. Bangkok Metropolitan Police Bureau Chief Kamronwit Thoopkrachang said his force would follow through and increase…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Stays Silent on Attack on Lebanese Hezbollah Site
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would neither confirm nor deny that Israel had struck a target in Lebanon. Lebanese media reported Monday that an Israeli airstrike hit a site in Lebanon known for its arms smuggling and recruitment for Hezbollah. The Daily Star on Monday quoted a Lebanese security source as saying that the Israeli…
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Opinion How Israel’s Politics vs. Security Rift Aids Jihadis
Hamas fighters testing a Gaza-made M-75 long-range missile, November 2013 / Getty Images Maariv’s Eli Bardenstein offered a stunningly clear and disturbing report (in Hebrew, my translation below) on Friday that illustrates the vexing complications introduced into the triangular Jerusalem-Cairo-Gaza relationship by political turmoil in all three places. It makes a very useful companion piece…
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Fast Forward Hezbollah Blames Israel for Assassination of Weapons Commander in Lebanon
A Hezbollah commander who fought in Syria’s civil war was shot dead outside his home in Lebanon on Wednesday in an attack which the militant Shi’ite group blamed on Israel. Israel denied any role in the killing of Hassan al-Laqqis, who was shot from close range by a silenced gun as he arrived home at…
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Fast Forward Israeli Warplane Strikes Syrian Military Base
Syrian rebels and a U.S. official cited by CNN said on Thursday Israel had mounted a new attack on a Syrian military base but the Israeli government declined to confirm any strike. CNN quoted an unidentified U.S. administration official on Thursday as saying Israeli warplanes struck a Syrian base near the port of Latakia, targeting…
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Fast Forward West Africa Eyed as Key Hezbollah Funding Source
The United States and its allies are clamping down on suspected Hezbollah activity in West Africa, which Washington says is a major source of cash for the Lebanese group as its patron Iran feels the pinch of sanctions. The push coincides with Hezbollah’s deepening role in Syria, where it has dispatched thousands of fighters to…
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