Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday called allegations of impropriety on his part in Israel’s submarine deals with Germany “contrived slander.” “I didn’t get a shekel from the submarine deal,” the premier told local authority leaders in the West Bank settlement of Shiloh.

“Reckless” and “highly offensive” comments made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the wake of the Christchurch massacre have been condemned in Australia, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison warning he would consider “all options” in reviewing bi-lateral ties between the two countries.

The Islamic State (ISIS) has mocked claims by U.S. military officials that the organization is on the brink of total collapse, while also calling on its followers to act in retaliation for the massacre at a mosque in New Zealand that took place last weekend.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is actively pressuring the Iraqi government to stop embracing Baghdad-sanctioned Shiite militia fighters and politicians backed by Iran who are hell-bent on using their unprecedented political to undermine American interests in the region on behalf of Tehran.

The political situation in Algeria remained at a stalemate on Tuesday, as thousands of protesters once again packed the streets and called for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to resign. A new activist group asked the military to stay out of the fight and “play its constitutional role without interfering in the people’s choice.”

New York University is set to host far-left political activist Linda Sarsour next week, despite widespread concern, as well as the activist’s continued embroilment in scandals involving antisemitism.

TEL AVIV — Moshe Feiglin, chairman of the Zehut party, vowed in an interview with Breitbart Jerusalem that if he enters the Knesset he will work to end unnecessary bureaucracy and lower the cost of living for Israelis.

A group of Iraqi Yazidis rallied outside the White House over the weekend to urge U.S. President Donald Tump’s administration to help them rescue the estimated 3,000 Yazidis who remain missing or in Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) captivity and to protect their homeland in Iraq.

All of Israel is within range of Hezbollah’s missiles, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Maj.-Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari said in an interview with Iranian media on Sunday.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been challenged by New Zealand for his inflammatory comments in election rallies since the Christchurch mosque massacre on Friday, and Foreign Minister Winston Peters is now travelling to Turkey “to set the record straight” on the matter.

WASHINGTON — A new group was launched Tuesday to bolster pro-Israel candidates running for Congress.

Sustained anti-Israel bigotry that has become a feature of the deliberations of the U.N. Human Rights Council was called out Monday by Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany.

Iranians have been urged to put a curse on the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia, with Iran’s president reiterating his long-standing charge on Monday that the U.S. and its allies are solely responsible for the country’s ailing economy.

Turkish intelligence services have joined with investigators in the Netherlands examining whether Monday’s shooting attack in Utrecht was a terror incident or a possible family dispute, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

Comedian and liberal activist Sarah Silverman offered effusive praise for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on Monday after the latter published an op-ed in the Washington Post outlining her foreign policy views.

The attorney for imprisoned Navy veteran Michael White said he is concerned for his client’s health but “hopeful” Iran will release him to the U.S. so he can be with his family.

Authorities in Saudi Arabia claim that the people behind the assassination of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi have been “brought to justice,” yet refused to provide details over who was responsible. 

Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani has pledged to file a lawsuit against U.S. officials for “crimes against humanity” in the form of economic sanctions after the Trump administration re-imposed sanctions on the regime after canceling Barack Obama’s nuclear deal.

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that Turkey and Iran carried out a joint operation against Kurdish separatist militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), with full results yet to be announced. The operation was apparently conducted in the Qandil mountains of Iraq’s Irbil province, about 25 miles from the Turkish border.

The Washington Post attempted to defend the anti-Israel views of Rep. Rashida Tlaib by claiming falsely that Tlaib opposes a “a Jewish-only state.”

TEL AVIV — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan screened a video at a campaign rally that falsely links Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son, Yair, to the deadly shooting massacre in Christchurch, New Zealand in which 50 people were murdered at two mosques.

TEL AVIV – The Likud party is predicted to win the most seats in Israel’s upcoming elections, a poll published Sunday showed, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling party narrowly beating the newcomer Blue and White party by a margin of 31-30.

TEL AVIV – A Palestinian teenage girl who tried to sneak a knife into the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron on Sunday was detained by security forces, police said.

TEL AVIV – Former prime minister Ehud Barak is the latest victim to have his phone hacked by Iran, the head of the Shin Bet said. 

TEL AVIV – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “twist the ear” of his son Yair to punish him for calling Istanbul by its former name of Constantinople. “You should twist the

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has claimed that Iran is meddling in the upcoming Israeli elections by pushing for the ouster of the current government in favor of one run by the newcomer Blue and White party. 

TEL AVIV – The President of California’s Pitzer College said he ignore a motion voted on by staff last week in favor of suspending a study abroad program in Israel.

TEL AVIV — Moshe Feiglin, chairman of the Zehut party, vowed that if he enters the Knesset following next month’s election here, he will work to “drain the swamp” by fighting corruption and big government policies that, Feiglin argues, are negatively impacting Israelis day-to-day.

One Israeli was killed and two were critically injured in a pair of shooting attacks in the northern West Bank on Sunday, the military said.

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), even as its so-called caliphate continues to crumble, disseminated a new propaganda film this week urging the jihadi remnants in the group’s last sliver of land in Syria not to worry about their possible demise because they will end up in “paradise” while their enemies will go to “hell.”