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5 Easy Tweets: How Bolton Walked Back Trump’s Syria Withdrawal

President Trump’s plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria have been disrupted by his national security adviser John Bolton. After consulting with senior Israeli officials, Bolton announced Sunday that 2,200 U.S. troops will remain in the war zone for longer than the president announced on December 19. “The timetable flows from the policy decisions that...

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Mossad Assassinations

Slideshow: The Legacy of Mossad’s Targeted Assassinations

The New Arab, an independent London-based news site, has a vivid slideshow illustrated the targeted assassination policy of Mossad, the Israeli secret service. This is not a conspiracy theory but well-documented fact. Research by Ronen Bergman, an Israeli investigative journalist, reveals Israel is estimated to have carried out more than 2,700 assassination operations since the state’s founding in...

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Ha’aretz: Israeli cyber firm negotiated advanced attack capabilities sale with Saudis

One staple of Middle East media coverage rarely seen in U.S. coverage is the story of how the Israel’s high-tech sector supplies spyware to Arab intelligence services. This sort of collaboration is an example of the quiet alliance between Saudi Arabia and Israel. Haaretz.com, the reliable Israeli news site, has the latest example. The Israeli...

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Hamas casualties

Israeli Assassination Policy Triggers Hamas Rocket Retaliation

The assassination of a Hamas leader by an Israeli special forces team triggered a rocket barrage from the Islamist government of Gaza, and hastily arranged ceasefire. The exchange demonstrated the high priority that assassination holds in Israel’s strategy of occupation. A commando squad entered Gaza in civilian clothes and killed Nour  Baraka, identified as senior...