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Fast Forward Top Israeli General: Iran Spending More On Foreign Wars
JERUSALEM, Jan 2 (Reuters) – Iran spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually to help allies fighting elsewhere in the Middle East and this outlay appears to be rising, Israel’s armed forces chief said on Tuesday. Lieutenant-General Gadi Eizenkot’s remarks coincided with almost a week of Iranian street protests that initially focused on economic hardships…
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Fast Forward Israel, U.S. Sign Agreement On Countering Iran
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Top U.S. and Israeli teams have agreed on a strategy to counter Iran. Barak Ravid, a reporter for Israel’s Channel 10 and for the U.S. political newswire Axios, reported on Thursday that teams led by President Trump’s National Security Adviser, H.R. McMaster, and his Israeli counterpart, Meir Ben-Shabbat, agreed on overt and…
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Fast Forward Iranian Vandals Attack Synagogues, Destroy Torahs
(JTA) — Two synagogues in the Iranian city of Shiraz were attacked by vandals who damaged Torah scrolls, prayer books and ritual objects. The city’s Kashi Synagogue was attacked Sunday night, while the Hadash synagogue was attacked Monday afternoon, according to Sam Kermanian, senior advisor to the Iranian-American Jewish Federation, who has been in touch with Jews…
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Fast Forward Iran Condemns U.S. Decision To Move Embassy To Jerusalem
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran “seriously condemns” the U.S. decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem and its recognition of the city as Israel’s capital, read a statement on Wednesday from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs carried by state media. The move violates international resolutions, the statement said. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said earlier that…
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Breaking News Netanyahu: U.S. Must ‘Seize The Opportunity’ Of Trump’s Iran Deal Moves
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the Middle East policy community to do what it could to “seize the opportunity” presented by President Donald Trump when he decertified Iranian compliance with the nuclear deal. “President Trump has created an opportunity to fix the grave flaws of the JCPOA,” Netanyahu said Sunday during a…
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Fast Forward Israel Will Not Allow Iran To Entrench Itself In Syria, Netanyahu Warns
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned in a video statement that Israel would not allow Iran to gain a foothold in Syria, hours after reports that Israel had struck an Iranian military installation near Damascus. “Let me reiterate Israel’s policy: We will not allow a regime hell-bent on the annihilation of the…
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Fast Forward Iranian Wrestler Throws Match To Avoid Facing Israeli
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Iranian wrestler acknowledged that he threw a bout at an international championship where he was favored for a gold medal rather than face an Israel challenger in the next round. Alireza Karimi-Mashiani, 23, told the Iranian Students’ News Agency that when his coaches told him he would have to throw his…
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Fast Forward AIPAC Slaps Down Report That It’s Softening On Iran Deal
The pro-Israel lobby AIPAC issued an unusual statement on Monday afternoon, pushing back against a report a right-wing news website that it had sponsored a briefing featuring a supporter of the Iran nuclear deal. In a report on Monday, the Washington Free Beacon wrote that an off-the-record briefing hosted by AIPAC earlier that day had…
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