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Dubai – Bahraini authorities on Sunday announced they would be taking “severe measures” to track down dissidents who use social media, as the Gulf monarchy tightens its grip on political opposition.

byBreitbart Jerusalem26 Mar 2018, 3:31 AM PDT0

Governor Andrew Cuomo

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) told a predominantly black congregation Sunday that Baptists, Catholics, and Jews all worship God but, unlike them, “without the rhythm,” according to the New York Post.

byJohn Nolte26 Mar 2018, 2:39 AM PDT0

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The Iron Dome missile defense system was apparently mistakenly activated by automatic gunfire within Gaza on Sunday, sending an unnecessary barrage of interceptors into the skies above southern Israel, the army said.

byBreitbart Jerusalem26 Mar 2018, 2:33 AM PDT0

Opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn gives a speech on Brexit at Coventry University in Coventry on February 26, 2018. Corbyn called for 'a new comprehensive UK-EU customs union' after Brexit on Monday in a major policy shift that could force Prime Minister Theresa May's government to change course. / AFP PHOTO / Ben STANSALL (Photo credit should read BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images)

British Jewish leaders blasted opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in an extraordinary public letter released on Monday, accusing him of backing anti-Semites “again and again.”

bySimon Kent26 Mar 2018, 1:37 AM PDT0

In this picture released by the office of the Iranian supreme leader on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to his supporters during his visit to Mashhad, 900 km (540 miles) east of Tehran, Iran. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Outgoing Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Herzl Halevi on Sunday accused Iran of bringing instability to the Middle East in its quest for hegemony, a trend that he said would shape the region this year.

byBreitbart Jerusalem26 Mar 2018, 12:44 AM PDT0

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TEL AVIV – Students at Trinity College Dublin voted this week to support the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel for the “long-term.”

byDeborah Danan25 Mar 2018, 10:58 AM PDT0

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 02: U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during a brief press availability at United Nations headquarters, January 2, 2018 in New York City. She discussed protests in Iran and the North Korea nuclear threat. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

TEL AVIV – U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley slammed the UN Human Rights Council on Friday after it approved five new anti-Israel resolutions, saying the council was “foolish and unworthy of its name.” At the same time, Israel blasted the UN agency for being a “sham” run by “bloodthirsty dictatorships.”

byDeborah Danan25 Mar 2018, 10:58 AM PDT0

A Palestinian militant from the Ezzedine al-Qassam brigade, the armed wing of Hamas, poses with his weapon while waiting for the arrival of Hamas leader-in-exile Khaled Meshaal in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on December 7, 2012. Meshaal is making his first-ever visit to the Gaza Strip amid tight security for festivities marking the ruling Islamist movement's 25th anniversary. AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images)

TEL AVIV – Hamas launched a large-scale military exercise in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, in response to Israels increased forces along the border ahead of a mass march as part of a “day of rage” planned to coincide with the eve of Passover later in the week.

byDeborah Danan25 Mar 2018, 10:57 AM PDT0

John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (UN), speaks during the American Conservative Unions Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., on Thursday, March 3, 2016. CPAC runs until March 5 with the five remaining 2016 Republican presidential candidates speaking. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has called the appointment of the former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton to the role of National Security Adviser of the United States “a shame.”

byBreitbart Jerusalem25 Mar 2018, 6:58 AM PDT0

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech during a swearing-in ceremony for Israel's new Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot at the Prime Minister's Jerusalem offices on February 16, 2015. AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is praising the U.S. government for passing a law that suspends some financial aid to the Palestinians over the stipends paid to families of Palestinians killed or jailed in fighting with Israel.

byBreitbart Jerusalem25 Mar 2018, 5:35 AM PDT0

Air India's Dreamliner taxis on the tarmac upon arriving in Sydney on August 30, 2013. Australia's first ever Dreamliner passenger flight touched down in Sydney as the airport welcomed direct services from New Delhi to Sydney with Air India. AFP PHOTO / Saeed Khan (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)

JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he hopes to slash flight times between Tel Aviv and Indias financial capital Mumbai, days after Air India ran the first scheduled Israel-bound service to cross Saudi airspace.

byBreitbart Jerusalem25 Mar 2018, 5:23 AM PDT0

Masoud Shojaei

TEHRAN – A conservative lawmaker in Iran slammed the sports federation on Sunday for allowing star footballer Masoud Shojaei to return to the international squad despite appearing against an Israeli team last year.

byBreitbart Jerusalem25 Mar 2018, 5:16 AM PDT0

UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been challenged to “explain why you defend the worlds oldest hatred”, in a debate on anti-Semitism in parliament.

UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been challenged to a debate on anti-Semitism in parliament to “explain why you defend the worlds oldest hatred.”

bySimon Kent25 Mar 2018, 3:56 AM PDT0

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley speaks during a press briefing at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in Washington. Haley says

UNITED NATIONS — Nine months ago, U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley stormed the United Nations top human rights body demanding an end to what she said is its bias against Israel and raising the prospect of a U.S. pullout if it didnt.

byBreitbart Jerusalem25 Mar 2018, 3:13 AM PDT0

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced on Saturday that she will lead a delegation of Democrats to the Middle East, with stops in Israel and Jordan.

byBreitbart Jerusalem25 Mar 2018, 2:56 AM PDT0

This August 3, 2015 photo shows bourbon pork chop flambe in Concord, NH. The bourbon gravy that is left after the flames burn out flavors every bite of the pork chop. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead)

An Orthodox Israeli rabbi has claimed that genetically cloned pig could be consumed by Jews, including when eaten with dairy products.

bySimon Kent25 Mar 2018, 2:23 AM PDT0

Hamas security forces secure the area while Palestinian bulldozers, at foreground, and Israeli backhoes, at midground, search the destroyed tunnel for the missing of five Islamic Jihad militants near the Israeli border east of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Friday, Nov. 3, 2017. The Islamic Jihad, says five of its members who have been missing since Israel demolished a militant tunnel dug from Gaza into Israel this week have died, the group said Friday that the militants' remains are on the Israeli side of the tunnel after searching for them on the Palestinian side. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

A group of Palestinians from Gaza infiltrated into Israel and tried to damage machinery being used to construct a new anti-tunnel barrier around the coastal enclave on Saturday night, the army said.

byBreitbart Jerusalem25 Mar 2018, 1:54 AM PDT0

Street musicians play their instruments as tourist walk past the stage where US President Barack Obama will deliver his public speech on Sunday April 5, at the Hradcanske Square in Prague, Czech Republic on Friday, April 3, 2009. Obama will attend a summit between the United States and the 27-member European Union in Prague on Sunday. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

PRAGUE – On a fine spring day in the Czech capital, a young busker draws a crowd with his rendition of “Knockin on Heavens Door”. Little does he realise the poignancy of the Bob Dylan lyrics.

byBreitbart Jerusalem25 Mar 2018, 1:35 AM PDT0

An Israeli F-15 I fighter jet launches anti-missile flares during an air show at the graduation ceremony of Israeli air force pilots at the Hatzerim base in the Negev desert, near the southern Israeli city of Beer Sheva, on June 30, 2016. / AFP / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

JERUSALEM – Israeli jets pounded Hamas positions in Gaza overnight after Palestinians staged a cross-border raid into southern Israel, the military said early Sunday.

byBreitbart Jerusalem25 Mar 2018, 1:09 AM PDT0

TEL AVIV – Israel provides a safe haven for gay Palestinians fleeing persecution and honor deaths, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach told Breitbart Jerusalem, noting the Jewish states equal treatment of the LGBT community in all aspects of civil and military life.

byDeborah Danan24 Mar 2018, 10:01 AM PDT0

Mavi Marmara

TEL AVIV – Remember the incident aboard the Mavi Marmara, a Gaza-bound ship in 2010 that became embroiled in a bloody battle with IDF commandos, leading to the death of nine members of a Turkish terrorist organization?

byDeborah Danan24 Mar 2018, 10:00 AM PDT0

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JERUSALEM – Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas Fatah faction declared earlier this month that the Palestinian people needs more murderers, a post on its Facebook page commemorating the anniversary of a terror attack said. The terrorist also called on more Palestinians to join the “resistance” in order to fight the “hostile” Americans and President Donald Trumps Jerusalem recognition.

byDeborah Danan24 Mar 2018, 9:57 AM PDT0

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President Donald Trumps decision to appoint former UN Ambassador John Bolton to serve as his National Security Advisor is arguably the most significant single step he has taken to date toward implementing his America First foreign policy since taking office.

byCaroline Glick23 Mar 2018, 3:53 PM PDT0

Taylor Force Act

Amidst criticism of the omnibus spending bill, the passage of the Taylor Force Act is a silver lining — and a milestone in foreign policy that could save taxpayers money.

byJoel B. Pollak23 Mar 2018, 3:51 PM PDT0

68th United States Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during his a public lecture

NEW YORK — Jonathan M. Winer, an official in John Kerrys State Department, vouched for the credibility of anti-Trump dossier author Christopher Steele to two reporters before they each broke separate stories about the information contained in Steeles largely discredited dossier, the two reporters revealed in their new book together.

byAaron Klein23 Mar 2018, 9:07 AM PDT0

American Jewish actress Mayim Bialik has told an audience that she is “happy to take a public bullet for this state,” while outlining her experiences of anti-Semitism at the Global Conference on Anti-Semitism in Jerusalem.

bySimon Kent23 Mar 2018, 8:14 AM PDT0

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A spokesman for the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem has denounced the “genocide” facing Christians in the Holy Land, declaring: “Every five minutes, a Christian dies in the Middle East, and Muslim leaders know it.”

byThomas D. Williams, Ph.D.23 Mar 2018, 5:33 AM PDT0

Patriot air defense

The Israel Defense Forces and US military ended their joint Juniper Cobra missile defense exercise this week, with live-fire tests of two anti-aircraft systems over the skies of central Israel.

byBreitbart Jerusalem23 Mar 2018, 4:53 AM PDT0

KIBBUTZ ZEELIM, Israel — Hawks, vultures and storks circle overhead as Christopher Sveen points at the heap of refuse rotting in the desert heat. “This is the mine of the future,” he beams.

byBreitbart Jerusalem23 Mar 2018, 4:33 AM PDT0

A French police officer has been shot by an assailant at a supermarket in the ancient city of Carcassonne, France, with reports of hostages being held and the Islamic State allegiance of the attacker reported in local media.

byOliver JJ Lane23 Mar 2018, 4:18 AM PDT0

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the 66th General Assembly Session at the United Nations on September 23, 2011 in New York City. The annual event, which is being dominated this year by the Palestinian's bid for full membership, gathers more than 100 heads of state and government for high level meetings on nuclear safety, regional conflicts, health and nutrition and environment issues. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday renewed his demand that Hamas hand control over the entire Gaza Strip to the PA government, starting with the terror groups security forces.

byBreitbart Jerusalem23 Mar 2018, 4:00 AM PDT0

In a video published on social media earlier this week, a Saudi journalist and historian — speaking in Hebrew — tried to reassure Israelis that there was nothing to fear from his countrys nuclear ambitions.

byBreitbart Jerusalem23 Mar 2018, 3:29 AM PDT0

An Austrian embassy attaché was recalled from his role in Tel Aviv after photos emerged of him wearing a clothing brand co-owned by Identitarian activist and leader Martin Sellner who was recently detained and refused entry into the UK.

byChris Tomlinson23 Mar 2018, 3:11 AM PDT0

Jews from the Warsaw ghetto surrender to German soldiers after the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of April-May 1943. On the right is SS Josef Blösche (1912 - 1969). (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

WARSAW, Poland — Polish victims of World War II should be able to claim 440 billion euros ($543 billion) from Germany in World War II damages, the head of a parliamentary commission said Thursday.

byBreitbart Jerusalem23 Mar 2018, 2:24 AM PDT0

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The two terror attacks in the past seven days in Mevo Dotan and Jerusalems Old City, which claimed the lives of three Israelis in total, naturally put defense forces across the country on high alert ahead of the coming Passover holiday, but doubly so in the capital.

byBreitbart Jerusalem23 Mar 2018, 2:03 AM PDT0

David Friedman, ambassador to Israel nominee for U.S. President Donald Trump, listens during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. Friedman, the combative bankruptcy lawyer Trump tapped as his envoy to Israel, said he regretted using 'inflammatory rhetoric' during the divisive 2016 presidential campaign, but didn't specify which remarks he apologized for. Photographer: Pete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The Palestinian Authority on Thursday called for US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman to be added to a “global terror list” as it stepped up its war of words with the American envoy, days after PA President Mahmoud Abbas denounced him as a “son of a dog” and “settler.”

byBreitbart Jerusalem23 Mar 2018, 1:21 AM PDT0

An Israeli company located in Judea and Samaria is working to combat the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement through a monthly box subscription that allows supporters throughout the world the opportunity to be part of the Israel experience.

byAdelle Nazarian22 Mar 2018, 5:39 PM PDT0

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas earlier this month

WASHINGTON, DC — The struggling socialist Venezuelan regime, a global hub for crime-terror convergence, has been harboring criminal and terrorist groups such as Irans proxy Hezbollah, Chinese Triads, the Russian Mafia, and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), an expert on Latin America told lawmakers.

byEdwin Mora22 Mar 2018, 10:02 AM PDT0

In this Sept. 19, 2014 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures as he speaks during a media conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris. The Hamas militant group on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2017, said it has accepted key conditions demanded by its rival, President Mahmoud Abbas, including nationwide elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, to clear the way for a reconciliation deal after a 10-year rift that has left the Palestinians divided between two governments. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

RAMALLAH – A series of recent health scares have raised concerns about octogenarian President Mahmoud Abbas, reviving anxiety about a potentially chaotic succession battle bound to further weaken the Palestinian cause.

byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Mar 2018, 8:35 AM PDT0

In this Sunday, March 18, 2018 photo, members of a Tunisian police commando unit listen to instructions during a drill at the Jordan Gendarmerie Training Academy, in al-Swaqa, about 44 miles (70 km) south of Amman, Jordan. The U.S.-funded center, which formally opens Thursday, will conduct counter-terrorism training for law enforcement agencies from a pool of 56 eligible partner countries. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

L-SWAQA, Jordan — A U.S.-funded counterterrorism center has opened in Jordan where law enforcement officers from partner countries in the Middle East and beyond can practice shooting, storming hideouts and responding to bomb threats.

byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Mar 2018, 5:40 AM PDT0

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Two Hamas security force members were killed Thursday as they carried out a raid that resulted in the arrest of a suspect in a recent bomb attack against the Palestinian prime minister, officials said.

byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Mar 2018, 5:27 AM PDT0

An Israeli soccer player and the captain of the Iranian national team took to the Internet to show that the people of Iran and the people of Israel do not harbor hate.

byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Mar 2018, 4:49 AM PDT0

View of an unidentified male suspect handcuffed to a bench in the Southeast Community Police Station, Los Angeles, California, April 24, 2015. The man had been arrested for solicitation of prostitution in the South Figueroa Street corridor by the LAPD's Human Trafficking Task Force. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

Two Jordanians were sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in jail with hard labor for planning attacks on the Amman embassies of Russia, Iran and Israel.

byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Mar 2018, 4:17 AM PDT0

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Economic Club of Washington, Wednesday, March 7, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel will prevent its enemies from obtaining nuclear weapons after its military admitted it carried out a 2007 air raid against a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor.

byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Mar 2018, 2:58 AM PDT0

Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas gestures during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah on December 18, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON — The Taylor Force Act, which would slash funding to the Palestinians until Ramallah stops payments to terrorists or their families, will likely pass this week as part of a massive US government spending bill.

byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Mar 2018, 2:41 AM PDT0

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