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TEL AVIV – Mossad chief Yossi Cohen has called on the world to “act now” to prevent an Iranian nuclear bomb, Israeli media reported Sunday.

TEL AVIV – Israeli warplanes struck targets in central Syria overnight that are believed to be hording chemical weapons, reports in Arab media said Thursday morning. The strike drew a backlash from the Assad regime which warned Israel of “dangerous repercussions of this aggressive action.”

TEL AVIV – The IDF on Tuesday conducted the largest drill in two decades, with tens of thousands of soldiers simulating a 10-day war against the Hezbollah terror group.

TEL AVIV – Iran will send weapons and additional support to bolster its proxy Hezbollah to fight against “arrogant powers,” the regime’s newly appointed defense minister said.

TEL AVIV – Recent actions show that Gaza-based terror group Hamas is looking to restore its eroded alliance with Iran, an analyst from one of Israel’s leading think tanks claimed on Thursday.

TEL AVIV – Iran is constructing a weapons factory for long-range rockets in northwest Syria, Israeli media reported Tuesday.

Not long after announcing that it would certify Iran’s ongoing compliance with the JCPOA or “nuclear deal,” the Trump administration announced new sanctions against Iran and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, for what Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin described as “malign activity.”

TEL AVIV – Israel has sent messages to Iran via diplomatic channels in Europe warning the regime that it “will not tolerate” expanding Hezbollah’s arsenal with weapons factories in southern Lebanon.

TEL AVIV – If Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel the IDF should retaliate by striking Iran’s infrastructure, a former deputy defense minister said Wednesday at a security conference soon after the head of the country’s air force warned that Israel possessed “unimaginable” military power to use in a future war with Lebanon.

TEL AVIV – President Donald Trump’s successful visit to the Middle East reflects the change that is unfolding there, especially with regards to the growing alliance between Israel and Sunni Arab states, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said Sunday.

Former President Barack Obama lied to the American people about the infamous prisoner swap that was part of the Iran deal in 2016, and released fugitives who were considered major national security threats, according to an investigative report by Politico.

TEL AVIV – On the eve of Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, a U.S. Jewish human rights NGO has praised the Trump administration for taking the Iranian threat against the Jews and the Jewish state seriously as opposed to the Obama administration, which based its policy on “wishful thinking.”

TEL AVIV – An Arab NATO must be formed to confront Iran and its alliance with Iraq and Syria, a leading Saudi journalist said on Tuesday.

JERUSALEM – Working with Arab nations is the key to peace with the Palestinians, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the White House press conference Wednesday, while President Donald Trump concurred, calling the idea “terrific.”

TEL AVIV – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior Iranian officials are using intimidation and “blackmail” tactics against President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump to extort further concessions from the U.S., an expert on the Islamic Republic told the Algemeiner on Monday.

TEL AVIV – At least a dozen senior Iranian officials who were part of negotiations for the U.S.-led nuclear deal were arrested by the Islamic Republic on espionage charges, an Iranian lawmaker said.

TEL AVIV – Eleven Arab nations warned outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that “expansionist” and “sponsor of terrorism” Iran has only intensified its policy of “aggression in the region and the continuation of support for terrorist groups” since the nuclear deal.   

TEL AVIV – Iran’s foreign minister and parliament speaker cancelled meetings with Germany’s vice chancellor after he said that Tehran must recognize Israel in order to secure normal relations with Berlin.

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not likely to meet with President Barack Obama on his upcoming trip to the United States later this month.

TEL AVIV – Tehran has deployed a Russian-made long-range missile system to central Iran to protect its Fordo nuclear facility, Iranian state television said Sunday.

JAFFA – President Barack Obama is responsible for the death of a million people in Syria and Iraq, and were it not for Israel’s existence, Iran – buoyed by U.S. policies – would have destroyed the entire Middle East, Syrian opposition figure Issam Zeitoun told Breitbart Jerusalem in an exclusive interview.

TEL AVIV – In another seemingly antagonistic move towards Israel, Hillary Clinton’s pick for running mate Sen. Tim Kaine was revealed to be one of only 17 senators not to sign a letter urging President Barack Obama in April to increase the U.S. military aid package.

TEL AVIV – Confronting the U.S. is the only choice Iran has left, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani warned Wednesday.

HERZLIYA – Former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon announced his plans to run for prime minister in the next elections and claimed the current government was using the regional security situation to intimidate Israelis.

TEL AVIV – For the first time in 15 years, liberal Democrats in the U.S. sympathize more with the Palestinians than with Israel (40 percent versus 33 percent), a new poll from the Pew Research Center found.

TEL AVIV – In an oped published on Politico, former Middle East adviser to President Barack Obama, Dennis Ross, declared that Israel and Arab countries are increasingly turning to Russia because the United States is seen as “weak” and Middle Eastern leaders have “given up” on Obama.

TEL AVIV – The United States is the Middle East’s main enemy, with the “Zionist regime” a close second, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Sunday.

TEL AVIV – The Iranian daily Resalat published an article claiming that the U.S. is planning to implement a series of additional Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreements aimed at eradicating Iran.

Ted Cruz assailed President Obama and his Iranian nuclear deal, warning “every jihadist on the face of the earth… we are coming to kill you” during a speech at the New York State Republican Gala Thursday evening.

President Barack Obama said Iran was following the letter of the nuclear deal with the United States and the rest of the world, but suggested they could do more to follow the “spirit” of the agreement.

Despite numerous concessions and a historic treaty that will almost guarantee a pathway to acquiring a nuclear bomb, the Iranian regime’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei says the U.S. is still fundamentally hostile towards his nation and has warned Iranians not to trust their old enemy, “the Great Satan.”

The Iranian regime’s growing disdain for human rights were the subject of large protests in Paris this week that coincided with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s arrival there.

President Barack Obama praised his nuclear deal with Iran, insisting that his decision to negotiate with the rogue nation was producing great results – specifically citing the release of four Americans from Iranian custody

Sen. Marco Rubio reacted to the news that two U.S. Navy boats and 10 American service members are currently being held in Iran, demanding their swift release.

Tuesday on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) reacted to the Obama administration’s response to 10 U.S. sailors being in Iranian custody after two U.S. Navy vessels allegedly drifted into Iranian waters. Cotton expressed his skepticism in the

The Islamic Republic of Iran seized two U.S. Navy vessels while they were navigating the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, detaining the ships and ten American sailors near Iran’s Farsi Island, the Pentagon said.