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Japan Pledges $100 Million for Gaza Reconstruction

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged $100 million of his country’s money to help reconstruct the Gaza Strip. Abe’s pledge follows this past summer’s 50-day war, initiated by the Hamas terror group, which left much the territory in ruins. As a result of Hamas’s aggression, dozens of Israelis and thousands of Palestinians died in the conflict.

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Elite French Troops Defect to Join ISIS

French government officials have confirmed to the media that up to ten of its former soldiers “have defected to the Islamic State. Among those defectors is at least one member of an elite fighting unit with advanced training.

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Japan Turns to Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Palestinians for Help Freeing ISIS Hostages

In their latest Internet hostage video, the Islamic State demanded $200 million from Japan in exchange for the lives of security contractor Haruna Yukawa and freelance journalist Kenji Goto Jogo, promising they would be killed within 72 hours if the ransom was not paid. After vowing that his nation would not submit to terrorist demands, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has asked several prominent Middle Eastern leaders for help, including Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

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ISIS Demands $200 Million Ransom for The Lives of Japanese Hostages

ISIS has released another of its notorious hostage videos, with the masked English-speaking terrorist known as “Jihad John” brandishing a knife and issuing death threats against hostages clad in orange jumpsuits. In this case, the two hostages are Japanese, identified by their captors as Kenji Goto Jogo and Haruna Yukawa. It is said that they will be killed unless the Japanese government pays $200 million in ransom within 72 hours.

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Gaza Pro-ISIS Rally: ‘Kill Those Who Insult Muhammad’

The citizens of Gaza marched out into the streets on Monday in support of the Islamic State terror organization. Rioters marched through the streets chanting phrases in condemnation of Charlie Hebdo’s newest Muhammad cartoon and in support of killing those who insult Muhammad.