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Iranian state media: Alleged Israel strike in Isfahan carried out by drones, not missiles

JPOST Alleged Israeli strikes reported in Iran Tzvi Joffre April 19, 2024 An Israeli missile strike targeted a site in Iran early Friday morning, according to ABC News. The report came shortly after local sources reported explosions in Isfahan in … Continue reading

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Israeli Elizabeth Tsurkov was kidnapped six months ago in Baghdad

JERUSALEM POST Israeli Jewish woman remains kidnapped in Iraq as Iraqi PM at UNGA Seth J. Frantzman September 21, 2023 Six months ago, on March 21, US-based researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, the daughter of Soviet political prisoners and a dual Israeli … Continue reading

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If the Israeli public wants to survive, it must prepare—mentally and physically—for war with the Iranian octopus

JNS ‘Death to Israel’: The Iranian plan to attack Israel Mordechai Kedar April 13, 2023 I hesitated quite a bit about whether to publish this piece because of the panic it might cause in Israel. However, in the Middle East … Continue reading

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Perhaps unsurprisingly, the overwhelming majority of Arab citizens from over a dozen nations responded that they would oppose the recognition of Israel

JPOST 84% of Arabs oppose their country’s diplomatic recognition of Israel Sam Halpern January 5, 2023 An average of 84% of Arabs opposes diplomatic recognition of Israel by their countries, according to results from the soon-to-be-released 2022 Arab Opinion Index … Continue reading

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‘The trial stunned the Jews of Iraq. What unfolded before their eyes was a tragedy that they had never believed could happen: their country was about to execute an innocent man, one of its leading citizens, simply for being a Jew”

TABLET MAG The Adas Affair Adi Schwartz December 8, 2022 A woman makes a frantic journey from the southern city of Basra to the Royal Palace in Baghdad. Her name is Aliza (Alice) Adas. She is Shafiq Adas’s wife and … Continue reading

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#SarahIdan Miss Iraq: I posted a selfie with Miss Israel. Here’s what happened.

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Iraq, the country that is central to American plans for the region has just formally outlawed normalization with Israel — and made it punishable by death

TIMES OF ISRAEL US and Israel want to unite Middle East against Iran, but Iraq could pose a problem Ron Kampeas July 16, 2022 It has become a kind of mantra in Washington and Jerusalem: Integrate much of the Middle … Continue reading

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The baton has been passed from those who massacred Jews in 1941 Baghdad to today’s Iraqi politicians controlled by Iran.

JEWISH NEWS SYNDICATE Why we need to remember the Farhud Lyn Julius June 1, 2022 Iraq is in the news again, this time due to its passage of a “draconian” law that forbids contact between Israel and Iraqi citizens on … Continue reading

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Unprecedented event in Erbil features Sunni and Shiite leaders and activists demanding that Baghdad join Abraham Accords; Lapid: Event in Iraq is a ‘source of hope and optimism’

TIMES OF ISRAEL Over 300 prominent Iraqis publicly call for full peace with Israel by Lazar Berman and Aaron Boxerman September 24, 2021 Hundreds of Iraqi leaders and activists gathered in the country’s Kurdistan region on Friday to publicly call … Continue reading

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“Saddam Hussein’s love story with the Palestinians continued throughout the 1990s, but unhappy with Arafat’s peace with Israel, Saddam started sponsoring Hamas”

HUSSAIN ABDUL-HUSSAIN SUBSTACK Why Iraqis hate Palestine. And how the Iranian regime forces them to love it by Hussain Abdul-Hussain September 26, 2021 As the world watched the US Marines pull down Saddam Hussein’s statue in Baghdad, on April 9, … Continue reading

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