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Breaking News Hezbollah Operative Tracked Israeli Plane Landings in Cyprus
The Hezbollah operative on trial for plotting against Israeli tourists in Cyprus acknowledged passing on Israeli aircraft landing times to his terrorist handlers. Hosem Taleb Yaacoub on Thursday said in court that he recorded landing times for Arkia flights between Tel Aviv and Larnaca, the New York Times reported. Yaacoub, who has a Lebanese and…
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Israel News Europe May Act Against Hezbollah After Bulgaria Terror Bombing Probe
Both the Obama administration and American Jewish groups are pressing European governments with new vigor to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, following an investigation pointing to Hezbollah’s role in a terror attack against Israelis in Bulgaria last July. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, just settled into his new post, set the tone for…
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Breaking News Reporter Apologizes for Suggesting Israel Bribed Bulgaria on Bomb Probe
A correspondent for the Financial Times apologized for suggesting that Israel may have bribed Bulgaria to frame Hezbollah. “Sincere apologies and regret for ill-conceived tweet yesterday about Israel and Bulgaria,” Borzou Daragahi, the London-based newspaper’s Middle East and North Africa correspondent, wrote Wednesday on Twitter. The previous day Daragahi had tweeted, “I don’t doubt Hezbollah/Iran…
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Breaking News Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu: Bulgaria Bomb Probe Bares Hezbollah Terror
Bulgaria accused Lebanese militant movement Hezbollah on Tuesday of carrying out a bomb attack on a bus in the Black Sea city of Burgas that killed five Israeli tourists last year. The conclusions of the Bulgarian investigation, citing a clear connection to an attack on European Union soil, might open the way for the EU…
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Breaking News Bulgaria Blames Airport Bombing That Killed Israelis on Hezbollah
Two individuals with links to Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah were involved in a bomb attack on a bus in the Bulgarian resort of Burgas that killed five Israeli tourists last July, Bulgaria’s interior minister said on Tuesday. The conclusions of the Bulgarian investigation may open the way for the European Union to join the United…
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Opinion No Run-of-the-Mill Islamists
Hezbollah and Hamas have been capturing the world’s headlines for nearly 30 years. These two notorious organizations share more than just an enemy in Israel and an ally in Iran. Hezbollah has also served as a model for Hamas, with similar political structures, terrorist and military tactics, propaganda apparatuses and social welfare systems. Cooperation between…
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Breaking News Facebook Dumps Hezbollah Pages
Facebook removed pages for Hezbollah, its affiliated Al-Manar television station and its leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah. It is the second time that the social networking site has removed pages for the Lebanon-based Hezbollah; the first time was in August, but the group created new pages. The Middle East Media Research Institute had reported on the…
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Breaking News Netanyahu Blames Hezbollah for Drone Incursion
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday a drone aircraft, which flew some 35 miles (55 km) into Israel before being shot down last weekend, was sent by Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah. In a statement from his office, Netanyahu said during a tour of the southern frontier with Egypt that Israel would “act with…
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