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Iranian diplomat dodges Belgian trial for notorious bomb plot

Nov 29, 2020 @ 13:54Nov 29, 2020 @ 13:56 Diane Shalem 134 Views Belgian terrorist trial, Iranian bomb plot in Europe, Iranian diplomat

Claiming immunity, Assadollah Assadi, third secretary at the Iranian embassy in Vienna, refused to attend the Belgian court trying him

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Khamenei weighs in with threat of retaliation for the Fakhrizadeh killing

Nov 28, 2020 @ 14:41Nov 28, 2020 @ 16:31 Diane Shalem 341 Views assassinations, Israel, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Nuclear Iran

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council held an emergency meeting on Saturday, Nov. 28 following the assassination on Friday of Mohsen

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Father of Iran’s nuclear and missile programs assassinated near Tehran

Nov 27, 2020 @ 17:02Nov 27, 2020 @ 17:43 Diane Shalem 559 Views assassination, Binyamin Netanyahu, Iran nuclear, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh

The reclusive Dr. Mohsen Fakriazadeh, reputed father of Iran’s nuclear weapons and missile programs, was assassinated near Tehran on Friday,

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New covid infection crosses 1,000 mark, yet 15 Israeli malls reopen for “Black Friday” sales

Nov 26, 2020 @ 10:14Nov 26, 2020 @ 10:17 Diane Shalem 546 Views malls reopened amid covid

New coronavirus cases totaled 1,069 in last 24 hours, the Health Ministry reported on Thursday, Nov. 26. Out of 60,000

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A pilot and cadet killed in Israeli Air Force training aircraft crash

Nov 24, 2020 @ 17:40Nov 25, 2020 @ 3:00 Diane Shalem 690 Views

A light G-120 Snunit (Swallow) aircraft crashed north of Beersheba in southern Israel during a training flight on Tuesday, Nov.

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Government rift sets Israel on slippery slope to spring election

Nov 24, 2020 @ 12:14Nov 24, 2020 @ 12:14 Diane Shalem 621 Views Benny Gantz, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israeli coalition, March election, submarine inquiry

The bones of contention between the two parties leading the coalition government pile up day by day. After just seven

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Netanyahu flies to Saudi desert city to meet Crown Prince and Pompeo

Nov 23, 2020 @ 12:01Nov 29, 2020 @ 18:02 Diane Shalem 816 Views Mike Pompeo, Neom, Netanyahu-MbS, Saudi Crowmn Prince

The meeting was a close secret until the prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s flight landed at the western Saudi town of

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US posts B-52 bombers to Mid-East ahead of troop drawdown

Nov 22, 2020 @ 10:17Nov 29, 2020 @ 18:02 Diane Shalem 786 Views B52 bomber, CENTCOM, Mike Pompeo, US troop drawdown

US B-52 Stratofortress bombers were on their way to the Middle East on Saturday, Nov. 21. Their mission: “To deter

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Biden should hear Gulf rulers before a deal with Iran

Nov 20, 2020 @ 11:38Nov 29, 2020 @ 18:03 Diane Shalem 732 Views Bahrain FM visits Israel, Gulf vs Biden on nuclear deal, Israel may hit Iran?, Israel-nuclear Iran

Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani urged the presumptive US President-elect Joe Biden to talk with the Gulf states

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Tensions spike with Tehran’s threat of revenge after IDF hits al Qods assets in Syria

Nov 18, 2020 @ 7:53Nov 29, 2020 @ 18:03 Diane Shalem 1184 Views Ali Shankhani, Golan, Iranian targets, IRGC Unit 840

The IDF exposed the secretive Iranian al Qods Unit 840 operating in Syria on Thursday, Nov. 19, while drawing a

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