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Israel to Demand Iran Be Punished for Missile Tests

The Times of Israel reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered Israeli diplomats to demand that world powers punish Iran for its recent ballistic missile launches, his office said on Saturday. Netanyahu “instructed the foreign ministry to contact the P5+1

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Israel Warns: Hamas, Islamic State Cooperating

TEL AVIV – Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), Maj.-Gen. Yoav Morechai, warned in an interview with the Palestinian news media this past week that Hamas and the Islamic State are cooperating, with Hamas fighters engaging in jihad in the Egyptian Sinai and IS sending their wounded to receive medical treatment in Gaza.

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Guardian Column: Jewish ‘Collective Memory’ Deformed Israeli Society

TEL AVIV – The Guardian published an article attacking Israel and Judaism’s “collective memory,” claiming that the Jewish state “offers a florid illustration of how disastrously collective memory can deform a society.” The article, authored by David Rieff, poses the question: What if collective historical memory leads to war rather than peace?

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A Gay Iranian Poet is Seeking Asylum in Israel

The Washington Post reports:  JERUSALEM — Iranian nationals are not even allowed to visit their country’s greatest foe, Israel, but an Iranian poet, who fled from there two years ago after facing harassment and arrest for being gay, is now

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Obama: Important to Provide Both Palestinian and Israeli Sides with Hope

Washington — US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that it was important to provide both the Israeli and Palestinian sides with hope for a resolution to violence. Obama said Jordan has played a “critical” part in “reducing some of the immediate tensions around the Temple Mount” and called the King a “voice of reason … and tolerance. We’re lucky to have a friend like Jordan.”

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