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TEL AVIV – Hamas and the Iran-backed Islamic Jihad announced that they will collaborate to halt the French-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian negotiation plan.

The Gaza-based, al-Qaida-inspired militant group Ajnad Beit Almaqdes (Soldiers of Jerusalem) claimed responsibility for Wednesday night’s rocket fire on Israel, which triggered an Israel Air Force retaliation.

Iran has officially resumed funding to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad organization, the London-based newspaper Asharq al Awsat has reported, confirming a Breitbart Jerusalem report last month.

TEL AVIV – Over the last month alone, 12 jihadists have left Gaza to join the Islamic State in Sinai, a top Salafi source told Breitbart Jerusalem.

The Times of Israel reports: Hamas Gaza leader Ismail Haniyeh on Saturday accused Israel and the Palestinian Authority of complicity in the deaths of three children killed in a fire that burned down their home, which was apparently started by candles used to light the residence.

The leader of Hamas in Gaza said on Friday the Islamist group was “not calling for war” with Israel, and that Egypt and other parties were working behind the scenes to defuse the worst flare-up in violence since a 2014 conflict.

TEL AVIV – Islamic Jihad Leader Ramadan Abdullah Shallah (pictured) is visiting Iran for bilateral talks after a year-long rift. On the trip, Shallah met the Iranian leadership for the first time, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Foreign Minister Jawad Zarif, and others.

TEL AVIV – The Gaza-based group Islamic Jihad posted a video showing off a new light plane, marking the first time that the group has publicly announced that it is building up its own weapons cache in the war against Israel.

JAFFA, Israel – An overwhelming majority of young Palestinians reject cooperating with Israelis even if they share their neighbor’s vision on the solution to the conflict, a new poll has found.

TEL AVIV – In a troubling turn of events as Europe faces an unprecedented terrorist threat, an alleged French boycott of Israeli technology may have prevented the use of proprietary, terrorist-tracking software that could possibly have thwarted recent attacks in Paris and Belgium.

Iran is apparently pushing for merging two rival Palestinian militias that promote its regional agenda as well as Shi’a Islam.

Iran has resumed financial support for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, months after it withdrew support in retaliation for the group’s reluctance to openly back the Islamic Republic, an Islamic Jihad official told Breitbart Jerusalem.

JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday admitted that Israel conducted “dozens of attacks” to prevent arms from reaching Hezbollah in Syria. Speaking during a visit to reserve soldiers serving along Israel’s northern border, the prime minister’s comments,

TEL AVIV – Amid reports that a Syrian jet was shot down by rebels utilizing an antiaircraft missile, questions immediately arise as to where exactly the jihadi and moderate groups fighting Bashar al-Assad’s regime may have obtained such weaponry.

The Jerusalem Post reports: In a dramatic opening to Thursday’s IDF court hearing over whether to release or keep in custody the soldier who shot a Palestinian in Hebron last week, IDF Prosecutor Lt. Col. Edoram Rigler said that they

The Jerusalem Post reports: Islamic Jihad’s military wing, al-Quds Brigades, released a video on Tuesday documenting the preparations conducted by its tunnel fighters to avenge the blood of Palestinians “executed” by the IDF. The two-minute long video, titled “Blood readiness,”

The Jerusalem Post reports: Islamic Jihad master hacker Maagad Ben Juwad Oydeh was indicted in the Beersheba District Court on Wednesday for compromising IDF drones hovering over Gaza, enabling commanders in the Strip to view their video feeds. The indictment

JAFFA, Israel – The Islamic State’s semi-official publication, Al-Naba, ranted against the United States in a column published several hours after Tuesday’s deadly attacks in Brussels. The magazine, which is distributed in print in areas under IS control, seems to be laying the

TEL AVIV – Donald Trump’s speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on Monday was followed closely by the main Palestinian jihadist factions here, and those factions were eager to comment to Breitbart Jerusalem on the GOP frontrunner’s statements about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The Jerusalem Post reports: The military wing of Islamic Jihad, operating in Gaza, released a propaganda video Tuesday night threatening IDF soldiers in response to the recent “Israeli escalation” in the Gaza Strip. The minute and a half long video, titled

TEL AVIV – Hamas has succumbed to its supporters’ pressure to crack down on the Iran-backed Al Sabireen militia, despite Hamas’ dependence on Tehran’s financial support. Al Sabireen’s members are seen in the predominantly Sunni Gaza Strip not only as Iranian

TEL AVIV – Colonel Allen West compared President Barack Obama to Israeli left-wing NGO head Yariv Oppenheimer, saying, “Oppenheimer and Obama are the reason why we have ISIS beheading, crucifying, slaughtering, enslaving, raping, and committing acts of genocide.”

Israel Hayom reports: An Islamic Jihad-affiliated media outlet urging Palestinians to carry out terrorist attack has been taken off the air, a Shin Bet security agency statement revealed Friday The order to shut down the Ramallah-based Falastin al-Yom outlet, which

Israeli forces raided the West Bank offices of Palestine Today television overnight and arrested its manager over allegations of inciting violence, Israel’s Shin Bet internal security agency said on Friday. The operation targeting the station’s Ramallah offices was the latest

Ynetnews reports:  The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council decided Wednesday to formally define Hezbollah a terrorist organization. The decision comes against the backdrop of the recent crisis between Saudi Arabia and Lebanon in which Saudi Arabia has decided to stop the transfer

A former radical Islamist spoke at a German university about the “generational” dangers of radical Islamism among young Germans and incoming migrants. Ahmad Mansour is a psychologist and author who used to be a radical Islamist. He recently published a book which

Ynetnews reported: A Palestinian terrorist attempted to run Israeli reserves soldiers over with his car on Friday in Silwad, not far from Ramallah. A woman was lightly wounded, apparently by shrapnel, but no one was struck by the terrorist’s car.

TEL AVIV – Israel is a snake that targets Muslim and Christian holy sites, according to a cartoon published in the official Palestinian Authority daily, Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reported. The cartoon (below, right) depicts a snake with the head

TEL AVIV – Wednesday’s terrorist attack in Jerusalem seems to be a “departure” from the so-called wave of violence carried out by Palestinians – motivated largely by anti-Israel incitement – according to Breitbart Jerusalem bureau chief Aaron Klein.

Contents: West Bank tensions rise after Palestinian policeman shot dead; Israel rejects France’s ultimatum to recognize state of Palestine

EILAT, Israel – Iran has taken advantage of the recent cold spell in the Gaza Strip to increase its influence over the local population at a time when subsidies for Islamic organizations have been severely cut.

“The law needed to be followed,” when Kim Davis faced the same-sex marriage license situation in Kentucky, Gov. Chris Christie said during the GOP Iowa debate Thursday evening.

TEL AVIV – Islamic Jihad has made headway in fundraising in Algeria and Turkey, sources in the group told Breitbart Jerusalem, after Iran, the organization’s main source of revenue, pulled the plug.

TEL AVIV – Israel is readying itself for the possibility that Islamic State forces will cross the border from Sinai into Israel.

Salafi militants in Gaza have released a video under the banner “prepare us,” in which they call on Islamic State sympathizers and other jihadists to help them “get ready for war in the Holy Land.” The video is the latest

The wife of an Islamic State (IS) jihadist who helped massacre 90 people at the Bataclan concert hall during a string of terrorist attacks in Paris has boasted of her new life in Mosul via a series of email intercepts. She