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The Israeli military said Saturday night that it destroyed a Hamas tunnel mere meters away from Israeli territory, hitting the underground structure with a number of airstrikes.

by Breitbart Jerusalem12 May 2018, 11:36 AM PDT0

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Viktor Orbáns Hungary, supported by the Czech Republic and Romania, blocked an EU motion condemning President Donald Trumps decision to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, according to Israeli news anchor Barak Ravid.

by Jack Montgomery12 May 2018, 4:56 AM PDT0

Civil rights leader Tamika Mallory, right, with her god-mother Hazel Dukes, left, NAACP New York State Conference president, prepare to hold a press conference, Tuesday Oct. 17, 2017, in New York. Mallory, who helped organize the Women's March on Washington, has accused an American Airlines pilot of racial discrimination in kicking her off a flight. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

TEL AVIV – Womens March leader Tamika Mallory blamed President Donald Trumps Muslim travel ban and proposal for a wall on the border with Mexico on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his “oppressive” policies.

by Deborah Danan12 May 2018, 4:01 AM PDT0

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TEL AVIV – Converting to Judaism is the “most important thing right now,” NBA All-Star Amare Stoudemire told Breitbart Jerusalem in an exclusive interview Monday.

by Deborah Danan12 May 2018, 3:59 AM PDT0

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, praised President Donald Trump's highly contentious decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem, during a meeting at the White House

President Donald Trump will address approximately 800 U.S. and Israeli dignitaries at the ceremonial opening for the relocation of the American embassy to Jerusalem by video on Monday.

by Adelle Nazarian11 May 2018, 3:18 PM PDT0

The Iranian regime orchestrated a series of anti-American protests in response to President Donald Trumps decision to exit the Iran nuclear deal and featured supporters throughout the Islamic Republic who gathered after Fridays prayers.

by Adelle Nazarian11 May 2018, 12:17 PM PDT0

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gestures during an exclusive interview with AFP in the capital Damascus on February 11, 2016. / AFP / JOSEPH EID (Photo credit should read JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)

In an extensive interview published Thursday covering his ties to Iran, accusations of chemical weapons use, and a potential meeting with President Donald Trump, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad referred to the U.S. military as “terrorists,” alongside the Turkish and Saudi armies.

by Frances Martel11 May 2018, 10:32 AM PDT0

Mohammad Javad Zarif

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif said on Friday that he would attempt to save the nuclear deal through diplomacy after President Donald Trump announced U.S. withdrawal this week. If that effort fails, he threatened that Iran would resume enriching weapons-grade nuclear material on an “industrial scale.”

by John Hayward11 May 2018, 10:17 AM PDT0

Syrian President Bashar Assad

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad said in an interview Thursday with Greek newspaper Kathimerini that he is not interested in meeting President Donald Trump to discuss an end to the civil war in his country because Trump has no real power in the United States.

by Frances Martel11 May 2018, 8:16 AM PDT0

Christian Zionist John Hagee of CUFI (Gali Tibbon / AFP / Getty)

JERUSALEM, Israel — Pastor John Hagee, founder and national director of Christians United for Israel (CUFI), told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Friday that President Donald Trump had earned “political immortality” by moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

by Joel B. Pollak11 May 2018, 7:26 AM PDT0

Israeli Merkava tanks roll near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip as they return from the Hamas-controlled Palestinian coastal enclave on August 5, 2014, after Israel announced that all of its troops had withdrawn from Gaza.

TEL AVIV — The next few days may well be the most challenging and fateful period that Israels security establishment has contended with for decades. Not since the Six Day War or the Yom Kippur War has the Jewish state been confronted with such direct threats on its borders.

by Aaron Klein11 May 2018, 6:33 AM PDT0

Contents: Turkey tightens grip on Syrias Afrin, and continues to threaten Manbij; Israel-Iran missile barrages in Syria take a pause on Thursday

by John J. Xenakis11 May 2018, 5:55 AM PDT0

Blue State Blues (Breitbart)

In both the Iran deal and Jerusalem, the U.S. and Israel stand together, unapologetically, against the fearful tide of world opinion.

by Joel B. Pollak11 May 2018, 5:50 AM PDT0

US Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on April 12, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly warned Tehran in the follow-up to President Donald Trumps withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, that if it harms Israel, the American military will respond.

by Adelle Nazarian11 May 2018, 5:46 AM PDT0

The Israeli military released a series of images Friday it said showed the extent of damage to Iranian intelligence installations in Syria targeted during a massive aerial bombardment just 24 hours earlier.

by Simon Kent11 May 2018, 4:19 AM PDT0

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire speaks prior to Eurogroup meeting at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Bulgaria, Friday, April 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

European nations were urged Friday to stand as one and fight U.S. sanctions targeting foreign companies that trade with Iran, as Washington increased its pressure on the Islamic republic.

by Simon Kent11 May 2018, 3:45 AM PDT0

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, top, speaks during a Friday Prayers ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Oct. 5, 2007. Millions of Iranians attended nationwide rallies Friday, "Al-Quds Day," the Arabic name for Jerusalem Day, in support of the Palestinians, while Ahmadinejad said Israel's continued existence was an "insult to human dignity. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

TEHRAN – Iran on Friday condemned Israels air raids in Syria, saying they had been launched on “invented pretexts”.

by Breitbart Jerusalem11 May 2018, 2:53 AM PDT0

BEIRUT – United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon said Friday they were keeping a close eye on the southern border with Israel, but the area was “quiet” after strikes on suspected Iranian positions in Syria.

by Breitbart Jerusalem11 May 2018, 2:27 AM PDT0

France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (L) and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini speak together as they arrive for a foreign affair council at the European Council in Brussels, January 22, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

Frances foreign minister on Thursday condemned the United States for reimposing sanctions against foreign companies trading with Iran, labelling the move “unacceptable” in comments that expose the deepening rift between Washington and its European allies on the issue.

by Breitbart Jerusalem11 May 2018, 1:13 AM PDT0

This frame grab from video provided on Wednesday, May, 9, 2018 by Syria News, shows people standing in front of flames rising after an attack on an area known to have numerous Syrian army military bases, in Kisweh, south of Damascus, Syria on Tuesday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the missiles targeted depots and rocket launchers that likely belonged to Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard in Kisweh, killing nine people. (Syria News, via AP)

During two pre-dawn hours, Israeli F-15 and F-16 fighter jets evaded “dozens of missiles” and dropped “many dozens” of bombs on over 50 Iranian targets throughout Syria as the Israel air force carried out an extensive campaign, dubbed “Operation House of Cards,” to try and destroy Irans military presence in the country.

by Breitbart Jerusalem11 May 2018, 12:47 AM PDT0

Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a meeting with the heads of local regional councils, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009. General elections in Israel are scheduled for Feb. 10 and pre-election polls show Netanyahu with a lead over Foreign Minister and Kadima Party leader Tzipi Livni.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said Iran had “crossed a red line” with its missile barrage directed at Israel on Wednesday night, and that the IDF “reacted accordingly” by striking over 50 Iranian targets in Syria in response.

by Breitbart Jerusalem11 May 2018, 12:15 AM PDT0

In recent days, we have been treated to the remarkable spectacle of international outrage and criticism of Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas on account of his latest anti-Semitic speech.

by Morton A. Klein10 May 2018, 7:36 PM PDT0

After an eight-year American Apology Tour ground to a disastrous halt, President Trump is piece by piece dismantling Mr. Obamas diplomatic legacy around the globe.

by Charles Hurt10 May 2018, 4:02 PM PDT0

Iranians pray after Iran's Guardian Council head Ahmad Jannati delivered his sermon during weekly Friday prayers at Tehran University in the Iranian capital, 09 June 2006.

Mass anti-America protests are set to take place following Friday prayer this week in response to U.S. President Donald Trumps decision to reimpose sanctions on Irans Central Bank and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameneis personal empire, effectively withdrawing the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or Iran nuclear deal.

by Adelle Nazarian10 May 2018, 12:52 PM PDT0

Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa

A top official from the Arab Gulf country of Bahrain is defending what he says is Israels “right” to defend itself after Israel launched overnight strikes on Iranian targets in Syria.

by Breitbart Jerusalem10 May 2018, 10:22 AM PDT0

This frame grab from video provided on Wednesday, May, 9, 2018 by Syria News, shows people standing in front of flames rising after an attack on an area known to have numerous Syrian army military bases, in Kisweh, south of Damascus, Syria on Tuesday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the missiles targeted depots and rocket launchers that likely belonged to Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard in Kisweh, killing nine people. (Syria News, via AP)

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders issued a statement Thursday morning condemning Iranian missile attacks on Israel and “strongly” supporting “Israels right to act in self-defense.”

by Michelle Moons10 May 2018, 10:07 AM PDT0

A handout photo provided by the office of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on January 9, 2018, shows him delivering a statement in the capital Tehran

Israels security cabinet was meeting Thursday evening at the IDFs headquarters in Tel Aviv as tensions with Tehran boiled over into direct confrontation for the first time and an Iranian official warned revenge “will come.”

by Breitbart Jerusalem10 May 2018, 9:54 AM PDT0

This photo provided early Thursday, May 10, 2018, by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, shows missiles rise into the sky as Israeli missiles hit air defense position and other military bases, in Damascus, Syria. The Israeli military on Thursday said it attacked "dozens" of Iranian targets in neighboring Syria in response to an Iranian rocket barrage on Israeli positions in the Golan Heights, in the most serious military confrontation between the two bitter enemies to date. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

TEL AVIV – Massive strikes in Syria that Israel said destroyed nearly all of Irans infrastructure saw at least 23 fighters killed early on Thursday, according to numbers released by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

by Deborah Danan10 May 2018, 9:13 AM PDT0

Several main streets of Jerusalem are bedecked in Israeli and American flags in celebration of the upcoming transfer of the U.S. embassy to the city on Monday — and one major intersection in the center of the city features an explicit pro-Trump message.

by Joel B. Pollak10 May 2018, 7:34 AM PDT0

Leaked documents from the Belgian Unit for Coordination and Threat Analysis (OCAM) have revealed that future Belgian Imams are being trained with materials containing radical Islamic policies including persecuting homosexuals engaging in armed jihad. The documents, which were leaked to

by Chris Tomlinson10 May 2018, 7:08 AM PDT0

Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, during a meeting with local residents in Mitzpe Gadot, Northern Israel, overlooking the Golan Heights,Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. Lieberman said during his tour of the area that the Golan Heights will always be an inseparable part of Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

TEL AVIV – Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said Thursday morning that the IDF had destroyed “almost all of Irans military infrastructure sites in Syria” overnight in response to a rocket barrage in Israels north, and warned Tehran that attacks on Israeli territory will be met with “the strongest possible force.”

by Deborah Danan10 May 2018, 6:23 AM PDT0

Iranian women hold anti-Israeli placards at a protest after Friday prayer service in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 18, 2015. Hundreds of worshipers staged an anti-Israeli protest for its response to Palestinians protest against unusual numbers of Jewish visitors at Al-Aqsa mosque compound in recent days. Chanting “Death to Israel” and “Death to the U.S.,” demonstrators condemned an “Israeli invasion to Al-Aqsa” mosque. State TV said similar protests were held in several other major Iranian cities. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

TEL AVIV — The ongoing proxy war that Iran has been waging on Israel for years exploded into open, direct confrontation last night when Iranian forces reportedly fired a volley of about 20 rockets aimed at IDF positions in the Golan Heights.

by Aaron Klein10 May 2018, 6:04 AM PDT0

This photo provided early Thursday, May 10, 2018, by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, shows missiles rise into the sky as Israeli missiles hit air defense position and other military bases, in Damascus, Syria. The Israeli military on Thursday said it attacked "dozens" of Iranian targets in neighboring Syria in response to an Iranian rocket barrage on Israeli positions in the Golan Heights, in the most serious military confrontation between the two bitter enemies to date. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

Russias defense ministry said on Thursday that Syria had shot down more than half of the missiles fired at it overnight by Israel, RIA news agency reported.

by Breitbart Jerusalem10 May 2018, 4:40 AM PDT0

Europe

French President Emmanuel Macron made an urgent call for a “de-escalation” of hostilities between Iran and Israel on Thursday.

by Simon Kent10 May 2018, 4:09 AM PDT0

middle east

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said he made it clear to Russian President Vladimir Putin that Israel would operate freely in the region in order to protect itself, an a veiled reference to alleged Israeli airstrikes in Syria.

by Deborah Danan10 May 2018, 3:49 AM PDT0

U.S. Embassy in Israel

The U.S. Embassy in Israel has a new Twitter handle. Ahead of the much-anticipated move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem next week, the embassy is upgrading its social media profile to reflect its new home.

by Simon Kent10 May 2018, 3:41 AM PDT0

IDF

The Israeli army said Thursday morning that it set back Iranian military capabilities in Syria by “many months” with overnight strikes on “dozens” of targets affiliated with the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps al-Quds Force following an attempted large-scale rocket attack on Israeli territory.

by Breitbart Jerusalem10 May 2018, 3:14 AM PDT0

"If Iran wants to have good relations with Saudi Arabia, it has to change its policies. It has to respect international law," Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said

WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia will seek to develop its own nuclear weapons if Iran does, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told CNN on Wednesday, amid spiraling tension between the regional rivals.

by Breitbart Jerusalem10 May 2018, 2:35 AM PDT0

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, walk during their meeting marking 75th anniversary of the 75th anniversary of the Sobibor uprising, the only successful uprising that took place in a death camp during World War II at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that Iran is seeking to commit another Holocaust by exterminating six million more Jews amid spiraling tensions between Jerusalem and Tehran.

by Breitbart Jerusalem10 May 2018, 2:14 AM PDT0

Liberman at IDC Herzliya (Joel Pollak / Breitbart News)

HERZLIYA, Israel — Israeli Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman said Thursday morning: “We will not allow Iran to transform Syria into forward base against Israel.”

by Joel B. Pollak9 May 2018, 11:20 PM PDT0

Trump gestures on Iran deal (Chip Somodevilla / Getty)

President Donald J. Trump has rid America of the shame of the Iran nuclear deal, which completely overlooked all of Irans sins.

by Shmuley Boteach9 May 2018, 8:31 PM PDT0

Donald Trump leaves Iran deal (Chip Somodevilla / Getty)

Trump strengthened Americas real options for preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. He restored the balance of powers in Americas constitutional order. And he restored U.S. credibility internationally with Americas friends and foes alike.

by Caroline Glick9 May 2018, 8:06 PM PDT0

White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders smiles during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, May 5, 2017. Sanders discussed the republican health care bill and other topics. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

On Wednesdays broadcast of the Fox News Channels “The Story,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders reacted to reports that Iran launched rockets at Israel by stating that the move shows Irans regime cant be trusted and “Israel absolutely

by Ian Hanchett9 May 2018, 5:19 PM PDT0

Donald Trump, Xi Jinping

Chinas state-run Global Times urged Europeans to help Beijing “defend global order” as U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday.

by John Hayward9 May 2018, 4:45 PM PDT0

The Iron Dome defense system fires to interecpt incoming missiles from Gaza in the port town of Ashdod, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Israels prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that the army is prepared for a “significant widening” of its operation in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo /Tsafrir Abayov)

TEL AVIV — Iranian forces operating from Syria fired about 20 rockets at Israeli army positions in the Golan Heights, the Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday night.

by Aaron Klein9 May 2018, 3:35 PM PDT0

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