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US Increases Troop Deployment to Middle East in Response to ‘Campaign’ by Iran

by Joshua Spurlock • May 26, 2019 • 0 Comments

The United States is adding to an already-increased deployment in the Middle East— due to an ongoing threat assessment of a “campaign” by Iran—sending a dozen fighter jets as part of a 1,500 troop force. The US Defense establishment on…

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Palestinian Government Senior Official Arrested for Shooting Attacks

by Joshua Spurlock • May 20, 2019 • 0 Comments

A senior official in the Palestinian Authority Prisoners Ministry was arrested by Israel earlier this year along with a partner for “a series of shooting attacks,” and he even used a vehicle given to him by the Palestinian government to…

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UK Foreign Secretary and US ‘Share the Same Assessment’ of Increased Iran Threat

by Joshua Spurlock • May 19, 2019 • 0 Comments

The United States has been warning that the threat of Iranian violence against their interests is higher than normal, and the United Kingdom agrees. UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Twitter on Thursday said that he and US Secretary of…

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German Parliament Calls Anti-Israel Boycott Movement ‘Anti-Semitic’

by Joshua Spurlock • May 19, 2019 • 0 Comments

The German Bundestag (parliament) condemned the anti-Israel “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions” (BDS) movement in a non-binding resolution on Friday and called the “pattern of argument and methods” of the BDS movement “anti-Semitic”, according to a report by The New York…

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Israeli President Pushes EU-Style Economic Peace for Middle East

by Joshua Spurlock • May 15, 2019 • 0 Comments

A peace treaty won’t be enough to bring peace between Israel and the Palestinians, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin told European Union ambassador to Israel Emanuele Giaufret—but the best peace plan might just be something with which the EU is very…

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Iran Says US Won’t Start War Because of Counterattacks on Israel

by Joshua Spurlock • May 12, 2019 • 0 Comments

Tensions between the United States and Iran are high—with the Americans sending an aircraft carrier strike group and a Patriot anti-missile battery to the region due to the Iranian threat—but it’s Israel who would be attacked in a US-Iran confrontation…

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