UN experts: Al-Qaeda messaging increasingly focusing on Al-Aqsa in wake of Oct. 7

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New report says terror groups can’t launch long-range operations but still ‘harbor global ambitions’; threat high in Africa conflict zones, Afghanistan, rise in Europe By AP and TOI STAFFToday, 9:32 am   Tens of thousands of Muslim worshipers attend the last Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan, at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound atop the Temple Mount […]

Alleged Israeli airstrikes target Iranian stronghold near Damascus – report

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Syrian state media said only material damage was caused by the airstrikes. TZVI JOFFRE FEBRUARY 2, 2024 07:25 Updated: FEBRUARY 2, 2024 09:47 An Israeli Air Force F-35 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration at a graduation ceremony for Israeli air force pilots(photo credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN)Alleged Israeli airstrikes targeted Sayyidah Zaynab, a stronghold of […]

With unprecedented executive order, US sanctions settlers behind ‘intolerable’ violence

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First series of financial penalties, travel ban slapped on 4 violent Israeli extremists; move creates tool that could be used to cut off entire settler movement from US financing By JACOB MAGID  Today, 9:58 pm   Illustrative: Israeli soldiers stand by as Israeli settlers throw stones at Palestinians during clashes in the town of Huwara in […]

Biden signs executive order targeting West Bank settlers

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The administration reportedly considered sanctions on Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich Mike WagenheimSenior U.S. Correspondent, i24NEWS February 01, 2024 at 11:40 AMlatest revision February 01, 2024 at 05:33 PM 3 min read Joe Biden speaking in Tel AvivAP Photo/Evan Vucci In response to the escalating violence in the West Bank, […]

Russia jokes at hostages’ expense after Israel welcomes band opposed to Ukraine invasion

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By TOI STAFF and AFP2 February 2024, 12:05 am   Russia’s foreign ministry decides to make fun of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, to get back over a Russian-Belarusian band that denounces Moscow’s Ukraine invasion being welcomed in Tel Aviv after they were held in Thailand on immigration charges that had sparked fears they could be deported to […]

JESUS TEACHES ABOUT ETERNITY

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December 30, 2021Daniel Woodhead Jesus Teaches About Eternity The Abyss of Hell by Sandro Filipepi Botticelli Cir.1485   Acts of Misguidance Carry Severe Penalties   Mark 9:42 42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he […]

Hamas reps reportedly in Cairo for more hostage deal deliberations

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Today, 10:33 am   Hamas representatives are in Cairo for another day of talks with Egyptian and Qatari mediators to discuss the parameters of a hostage deal, Channel 12 reports. The unsourced report doesn’t say if among the representatives is Hamas politburo leader Ismail Haniyeh, who has said this week that he will travel to […]

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards pull officers from Syria after Israeli strikes

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Today, 10:33 am   Hamas representatives are in Cairo for another day of talks with Egyptian and Qatari mediators to discuss the parameters of a hostage deal, Channel 12 reports. The unsourced report doesn’t say if among the representatives is Hamas politburo leader Ismail Haniyeh, who has said this week that he will travel to […]

Biden developing new Mideast doctrine bent on forming Palestinian state — NYT’s Friedman

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Today, 7:40 am   US President Joe Biden’s administration is homing in on a new doctrine involving an unprecedented push to immediately advance the creation of a demilitarized but viable Palestinian state, The New York Times’ Thomas Friedman says. The plan, Friedman writes, “would involve some form of US recognition of a demilitarized Palestinian state in […]

Report: Egypt and Israel nearing agreement on key corridor

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Israel and Egypt are nearing an agreement on how the Philadelphi Route will be controlled after the war with Hamas ends, sources say. Israel National NewsFeb 1, 2024, 10:26 AM (GMT+2) Sources familiar with the details of negotiations between Israel and Egypt on the Philadelphi Route have said that the sides are nearing an agreement, […]

IDF confirms flooding of some Hamas tunnels

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The method is only utilized “in locations where it is suitable,” according to the IDF, alleviating environmental concerns raised by the U.S. administration. Underground infrastructure in the Gaza Strip built by the Hamas terror organization exposed by the Israel Defense Forces, Jan. 29, 2024. Credit: IDF.   (January 31, 2024 / JNS) The Israel Defense […]

Report: Israel agrees to six-week ceasefire in exchange for all hostages

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Israel has signaled its agreement to a plan that would see all civilian hostages released in exchange for a two-month lull in the fighting in Gaza. Israel National NewsJan 31, 2024, 10:37 AM (GMT+2) reports that a new prisoner exchange agreement calls for Hamas to release all civilian hostages being held inside Gaza in exchange […]