PBS map Barak 8 defense system successfully tested in India (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) India on Tuesday carried out a successful test of the Israeli-developed Barak 8 defense system. The test was held at a military base in Odisha, in eastern India. Barak 8 is a surface-to-air missile defense system designed to intercept any type […]
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Middle EastThe video was published today on mainstream media and Eli Cohen”s relatives watched the moments he was hung in front of a crowd in a public square in Damascus. “There were tears and nerves as we watched, how they lowered him down from the rope into the coffin, to see three cars circling around and
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Middle EastThe Pontiff is among the many formidable figures from political, religious and cultural circles around the world who have expressed their wishes for Shimon Peres’ good health. JERUSALEM, Sept. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — While the condition of Shimon Peres, Former President of Israel and Nobel Peace Prize laureate remained “grave but stable” on Tuesday, a
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International, Middle EastIran”s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Sunday said the Islamic Republic must stand strong against Washington on the region”s conflicts. “The Americans insist we negotiate with them on regional issues, especially on Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen,” Khamenei said in a speech to commanders of the elite Republican Guards quoted by AFP. “What is
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Middle East, USARepublican Presidential candidate Donald Trump says that while police in the US know a lot about who might be a potential terrorist, they are afraid to act for fear of being accused of racism. He then suggested that the Americans will do well to learn from Israel regarding counter-terrorism practices. Speaking to Fox News show
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Middle East, USAU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday met Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas in New York, where the two discussed the “two-state solution”. “The Secretary and President Abbas discussed regional challenges and constructive ideas for the way forward to support our shared goal of a two-state solution,” said State Department spokesman John Kirby.
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Middle East, USAIn the 14 September issue of POLITICO magazine, retired US diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad published a report on his most recent trip to Saudi Arabia and the startling, indeed astonishing, changes he found there. Khalilzad is wholly credible witness. He has spent a great deal of time in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, Jordan and
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Middle EastIndia on Tuesday test fired a long range surface-to-air missile developed jointly with Israel, The Hindu reported. The long range missile, a joint venture of India and Israel, was test launched using a mobile launcher in the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off Odisha coast. India test fires surface-to-air missile developed with Israel “Apart from
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International, Middle EastWASHINGTON — In the wake of a recently signed agreement providing aid to Israel, Sen. Lindsey Graham thinks two more things need to be done: The U.S. should give the country additional funds, and sanctions should be reimposed on Iran. The South Carolinian was joined by fellow Republican Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas, John McCain
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Middle East, USAHours after 88 senators publicized a joint letter to President Obama, urging him to continue America”s longstanding policy of vetoing anti-Israel resolutions in the United Nations Security Council, Texas Senator and 2016 GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz rejected the letter, saying its call for a two-state solution violated Israeli sovereignty. The bipartisan letter, coauthored by
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Middle East, USAIsrael”s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon reacted harshly to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon”s opening address at the UN General Assembly. The Secretary-General decided to take the opportunity to criticize Israel, saying: “Ten years of illegal settlement expansion and fifty years of occupation. This is madness. The Palestinians cannot continue to live under Israeli
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International, Middle EastExaggerated criticism and unsupported charges are nothing new in American presidential politics. All candidates do that to some extent. But Donald Trump has created a special situation by saying so many things that are flatly untrue and doubling down when challenged. He’s created real problems for the news media because it’s hard to check every
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USAHitting back at critics of his plan to accept more refugees in the U.S., President Obama said Tuesday that foreigners fleeing war zones are victims, not threats to national security. Hosting a meeting at U.N. headquarters on the global refugee crisis, Mr. Obama criticized proposals by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to temporarily ban Muslim
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International, USAWASHINGTON — The investigation into bombs planted in New York and New Jersey over the weekend is so far “eerily similar” to the Boston Marathon bombing, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said Tuesday. Like those responsible for the Boston attack, brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami had traveled overseas and come to the
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