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Fast Forward WATCH: What Happens When Israelis Run Into Iranians On Vacation
Israeli tourists ran into a group of Iranians on a hike in Georgia. So how did the two groups address the diplomatic tensions between their nations? Watch this clip from Israeli news site 0404 to find out: Contact Naomi Zeveloff at [email protected] or on Twitter @naomizeveloff
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Breaking News Iran And Hamas Sanction US, Israel For Alleged Misbehavior
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israel’s archenemies apparently couldn’t wait until April Fool’s Day. On Sunday, geopolitics got all “hafouch” as they say in this country. Iran reportedly imposed penalties on U.S. firms for working with Israel, and Hamas closed its border with the Jewish state. Typically, of course, it’s the other way around, with the United States…
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Breaking News Iran Imposes Sanctions On 15 US Companies Over Support For Israel
(JTA) — Iran has imposed sanctions on 15 American companies over their alleged support for Israel. The announcement by the Iranian Foreign Ministry accuses the United States of “propping up the Zionist regime, terrorists and suppressing civilians in the region,” the state agency IRNA reported. The announcement comes two days after the United States issued…
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Breaking News Senate Introduces New Iran Sanctions Bill Ahead Of AIPAC Conference
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A bipartisan slate of senators has introduced new sanctions targeting Iran for its missile testing and destabilizing actions days before AIPAC’s national conference. The Countering Iran’s Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017 was introduced Thursday by Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J….
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News These Day School Kids Just Won Their 3rd Model UN Competition—Representing Iran
Rochelle Zell Jewish High School in the north Chicago suburb of Deerfield is small—165 students, total—but mighty, at least in Model UN circles. For the third straight year, it captured the national Model UN title, this time representing Iran. It was probably the first time Iran had ever been represented by so many people in…
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Opinion Israel’s Next Big War
Israel’s next big war is almost certainly going to pit it against some combination of Iranian, Syrian and Hezbollah forces along its northern borders with Syria and Lebanon. To be sure, an additional confrontation with Hamas in Gaza (Israel’s opponent in the costly 2014 Gaza War. which led to the death of roughly 2,100 Palestinians…
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Breaking News Iran Calls Bibi’s Purim Narrative ‘Fake History’
(JTA) — Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “fake history” for saying that Iran sought the annihilation of the Jews, just as had ancient Persia. “To sell bigoted lies against a nation which has saved Jews 3 times, Netanyahu resorting to fake history & falsifying Torah. Force of habit,”…
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Fast Forward White House Says Return Of Robert Levinson From Iran Is ‘Priority’
(JTA) — The Trump administration said the return of a Jewish American man working as a spy who disappeared from Iran in 2007 remains a priority. Robert Levinson, 68, of Coral Springs, Florida, a consultant for the Central Intelligence Agency, has been missing since disappearing from Iran’s Kish Island during what has since been revealed as…
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