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Hamas’s Terror Recruiters Rely on Mix of Old and New Media

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Coded messages on a satellite television station and Facebook are some of the tools Hamas has been using to plot a series of terrorist atrocities against Israelis. A recent Hamas terror attempt to launch suicide bombings, stabbings, and shooting attacks


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Turkey Sits Out Anti-Iran Meeting

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Turkey says it will not attend a U.S.-sponsored summit set to be chaired by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today because it's "anti-Iran." This United States and Poland set up the meeting to organize allies against Iranian influence. Sixty countries,


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The Rushdie Fatwa Chilling Speech 30 Years Later

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Thirty years ago, on Feb. 14, 1989, the Iranian cleric and politician Ayatollah Khomeini formulated his famous fatwa against British author Salman Rushdie. He sentenced to death not only the writer of The Satanic Verses (1988) but also "those involved


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Radicals Rally to Support Ilhan Omar’s Anti-Semitic Tweets

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Anti-Semitic sentiments and incidents continue to rise worldwide, particularly in the West. Sometimes this form of bigotry is perpetuated by far-right elements, other times at the hands of far-leftists and Islamists. It is rare to see both extremes unite


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CAIR, Sarsour Erroneously Plead Religious Rights of a Murderer

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Three teenagers in Selma, Alabama – Reinhard Mabins, 13, Earnest Mabins, 18, Tiffany Harville, 15 – had one thing in common: their lives were brutally cut short by a murderer, Domineque Ray. Until last week, most of America knew little of Ray, who was


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Looking on the Bright Side of Ilhan Omar’s Anti-Semitism

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Criticism and condemnation rained down on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar Monday after she tweeted "It's all about the Benjamins baby" to explain why she and fellow Democrat Rashida Tlaib draw attention for their "criticisms of Israel." Who is the source of this


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Amid Venezuela Chaos, Iran and Hizballah Maintain South American Foothold

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo revealed Wednesday that Iran and its terrorist proxy Hizballah will exploit the political and economic chaos in Venezuela to preserve their reach throughout South America. "People don't recognize that Hizballah has active


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Twitter Gives Islamist Anti-Semites a Pass but Suspended MB Critic

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In Twitter's world, calling the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization can get you suspended, but those defending Palestinian terrorist attacks and comparing American Jewish kids who join the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to ISIS foreign fighters


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#NoHijabDay Campaign Fights Women’s Subjugation, Indoctrination

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The first time my friend Nour appeared in public without her scarf, a neighbor commanded her to put it on. When she refused, he grew enraged. "Then you are no longer Muslim!" he called out after her as she continued down the street. The year: 2008 The


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Iran’s Violent Influence Threatens Israel and its Arab Neighbors

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Wherever violence and aggression flare up around Israel's borders, Iran or one of its proxies can be found. Iran's persistent subversion and promotion of terrorism is not only a threat to Israel, but also to its Arab Sunni neighbors, who stand in the way


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Palestinian Authority Uses Foreign Aid to Pay Millions to Terrorists

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The Palestinian Authority (PA) transferred over $135 million to imprisoned terrorists in 2018, Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reports. Based on open-source information and the PA's own budget, PMW broke down PA terror payments into various categories.


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Turkey’s Islamist Push into South Asia Aided by American Proxies

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Turkey's strong backing of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has been extensively catalogued, but not much has been written about the country's support for the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), the Brotherhood's ideological cousin in South Asia that also has an active


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IPT Video: The Washington D.C. Women’s March 2019 – Hypocritical Leadership Disrespects Many Voices

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Despite their best efforts to tamp down accusations of anti-Semitism and bigotry, leaders of the National Women's March 2019 in Washington, D.C. only further validated the accusations against them — and disrespected all of the march's attendees in the


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U.S. Islamists Who Rallied to Khashoggi’s Case Silent About NBA Star Threatened by Turkey

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Turkish NBA star Enes Kanter did not join his New York Knicks teammates when they play the Washington Wizards in London today due to his fear he could be assassinated by Turkish spies. An Istanbul prosecutor on Tuesday drafted an extradition request and


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Report Sheds Light on Hamas’s Sinai Arms Smuggling

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In recent years, Israel has waged a covert war against a large-scale Hamas effort to smuggle weapons into the Gaza Strip, a Hebrew-language media report has said. The Jan. 6 report, citing unspecified international media sources, was published in Walla


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Rahaf Alqunun’s Escape Spotlights Abuses Saudi Women Endure

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When Rahaf Mohammad Alqunun barricaded herself in a Bangkok hotel room earlier this month and took to Twitter, begging the world to protect her from being forcibly sent home to Saudi Arabia, it was a desperate cry to save her own life. But she also was


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How a Bigoted Organization Finagled Taxpayer Funds

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Ask average U.S. taxpayers if they would give money to an organization that is openly racist and anti-Semitic and you would get a resounding "No" in response. And yet that is exactly what has happened for more than 20 years, with the Nation of Islam


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Muslim Brotherhood Affiliate Suspected in Tourist Bus Bombing

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Egyptian officials suspect a violent branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, called the Hasm Movement, is responsible for a Dec. 28 terrorist attack that killed three Vietnamese tourists and an Egyptian tour guide. Authorities believe that the attack on a


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Foundations Indifferent to CAIR Leaders’ Anti-Semitic & Pro-Terrorist Rhetoric

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Editor's Note: To see the IPT's spreadsheet with each of the 265 grants that the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) received from non-Muslim foundations click here. Key Points: · Non-Muslim donors gave CAIR more just under $3 million in 2017 in


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Confident Hamas Claims Foreign Policy Independence After Tehran Visit

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While it relies on money from Iran and Qatar to survive, a Hamas spokesperson recently claimed that Hamas' leadership is independent and will not be expected to return political favors to external patrons, reports the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism


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