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Secret Alliance: Israel Carries Out Airstrikes in Egypt, With Cairo’s O.K.
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The jihadists in Egypt’s Northern Sinai had killed hundreds of soldiers and police officers, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, briefly seized a major town and begun setting up armed...
Britain Has Lost Its Bearings on Brexit
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The leaked U.K. government forecasts of Brexit's impact on the economy discusses several scenarios, none of them favorable. But the scariest takeaway was that London still isn't clear on what...
Palestinian Blackmail: US Is Our Enemy
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Palestinian Blackmail: US Is Our Enemy by Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute, January 30, 2018 A Palestinian woman holds an assault rifle to the head of an effigy of US President Donald...
Oil Boom Gives the U.S. a New Edge in Energy and Diplomacy
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A substantial rise in oil prices in recent months has led to a resurgence in American oil production, enabling the country to challenge the dominance of Saudi Arabia and dampen price pressures...
Palestinians buy $50 million private jet for Abbas
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Palestinians buy $50 million private jet for Abbas While slamming the US decision to cut aid to the Palestinians, the PA has purchased a private jet for Abbas. PA President Mahmoud...
The customs union could save Britain. Labour should support staying in
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Remaining in the customs union post-Brexit is vital to our manufacturing sector. Labour must change tack on it, and the single market, now. Never have we seen such a massive gulf between...
German Nurse Caused Cardiac Crises In Over 90 Patients Because He Enjoyed The Feeling He Got If He Was Able To Resuscitate Them
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BERLIN — A German nurse who is already serving a life sentence for two murders has been charged with killing 97 more patients over several years at two hospitals in northwestern Germany,...
Tillerson says the State Department is “ready” for the government shutdown. It’s not.
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said his department is “ready” if the government shutters Friday at midnight, but his own employees have no clue what will happen, what it might mean for them —...
The Palestinian Terror Party: Celebrating Murder
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The Palestinian Terror Party: Celebrating Murder by Bassam Tawil , Gatestone Institute, January 13, 2018 What do the Palestinians think about the murder of a young rabbi and father of...
Big News From China: Its Implosion Didn't Happen
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Somehow the nation once seen as a major swing factor has become the rock on which global growth depends. China's economic performance is all about what hasn't happened. That's huge. The...
Palestinians: Abbas's Big Bluff - Again
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Palestinians: Abbas's Big Bluff - Again Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during at the UN General Assembly in New York, September 20, 2017. (Photo by Kevin Hagen/Getty...
Leader of German Social Democrats' youth wing could be Merkel's nemesis
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On the face of it, a fresh-faced, hoodie-wearing 28-year-old is an unlikely threat to the leader of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD), let alone to conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel. Yet...
Israel Reunites Palestinian Girl with Mother After Father Abandons Her
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Israel Reunites Palestinian Girl with Mother After Father Abandons Her An Israeli policewoman with the abandoned Palestinian girl. (Israel police) Thanks to Israel’s caring...
Netanyahu: Abbas Finally Shows His True Colors
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Netanyahu: Abbas Finally Shows His True Colors Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (AP/Majdi Mohammed,l) Israeli leaders criticized Abbas for his vitriolic speech calling Israel a...
Israel Surges Ahead, Arab World Stuck in the Past
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Israel Surges Ahead, Arab World Stuck in the Past Against all odds, tiny Israel has established itself as a thriving first-world island surrounded by a decaying and failed Muslim Arab...
The Guardian view on UK defence strategy: Britain’s priorities must be European
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Whether Brexit happens or whether it does not, one thing will not change. Britain will need a defence strategy for the future that better reflects its real place in the world. Geographically,...
UK government's Brexit impact assessment 'shameful' says Sturgeon
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Nicola Sturgeon has described as “shameful” Westminster’s failure to consider the impact of Brexit on the economy, as her own government prepares to publish a “clear-eyed, hard-headed” analysis...
Cursed are the cheesemakers: Spain and Mexico locked in manchego dispute
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Mexican government leans away from Trump and seeks to update 2000 EU deal but fierce fight over naming rights shows no sign of ending soon One is a revered sheep’s milk cheese, as Spanish as...
Iran rejects Trump’s demand for changes to nuclear deal
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Iran rejects Trump’s demand for changes to nuclear deal Trump waives Iran sanctions, giving nuke deal “last chance” to fix its flaws; Iran rejects demand for change. By AP, January 13,...
Europe Has Completely Turned the Tables on Brexit
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Britain is paying for threatening to walk away from the EU without a deal. The U.K.'s obvious turnabout on the desirability of a no-deal exit from the European Union shows how completely the...
Latin American human rights court urges same-sex marriage legalization
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From NBCNEWS : A Latin American human rights court said on Tuesday that countries in the region should legalize same-sex unions, endorsing a growing push for marriage equality despite...
Hamas leader shot [himself], in critical condition
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Hamas leader shot [himself], in critical condition Hamas leader Imad Al Alami. (Arab media) Mystery shrouds the incident in which Hamas leader Imad Al-Alami was critically wounded....
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PAID TERRORISTS NEARLY $350 MILLION IN 2017
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PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PAID TERRORISTS NEARLY $350 MILLION IN 2017 BY LAHAV HARKOV, Jerusalem Post, JANUARY 9, 2018 Defense Ministry exposes Palestinian terror price list of how much...