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Al Jazeera, January 23, 2020

UN's Guterres warns of 'impact' on Sahel region from Libya war

 

Adam Rasgon, The Times of Israel, January 23, 2020 [From 1940 to 1945, the Nazis killed some 1.1 million people, mainly European Jews, at Auschwitz]

Senior Saudi religious leader set for ‘groundbreaking’ visit to Auschwitz Thurs.

 

Al Jazeera, January 23, 2020

Netanyahu condemns 'tyrants of Tehran' in Holocaust speech

 

The Times of Israel, January 23, 2020

‘Laden with guilt’: Full text of German president’s World Holocaust Forum speech

 

Elad Benari, Israel National News, January 23, 2020

Report: Hamas and Egypt in contacts to stop balloon attacks

 

 Shoshana Chen, YNet News, January 22, 2020  ["Are you out of your minds ?"]

Should liberation of Auschwitz be celebrated with luxe dinner parties?

 

Rossella Tercatin & Greer Fay  Cashman, The Jerusalem Post, January 22, 2020

Rivlin, world leaders vow to stand united against racism, antisemitism

 

The Jerusalem Post, January 22, 2020

Macron is first French leader in over 20 years to visit Western Wall

 

Noha Aboueldahab, Al Jazeera, January 22, 2020

Why peace initiatives in Libya are failing

 

Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, January 22, 2020

Gaza families to receive more Qatari cash despite balloon attacks

 

Yoav Ziton, YNet News, January 22, 2020

IDF says number of soldiers who fell in 2019 'lowest in history'

 

Al Jazeera, January 21, 2020

Davos: World needs to prepare for 'millions' of climate refugees

 

The Jerusalem Post, January 21, 2020 

Greta Thunberg at Davos: People are dying from climate change [but why did they choose a mocking picture of her ?]

 

Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, January 21, 2020

Reconciliation drive between Hamas, Saudis hits wall

 

Khaled Abu Toameh, The Jerusalem Post, January 21, 2020

Palestinians hail Putin's 'historic' visit to Bethlehem

 

Dov Trachtman, YNet News, January 21, 2020

Are Israel's leaders waiting for dead children in Sderot?

 

Associated Press, YNet News, January 21, 2020

Hamas official threatens more explosive balloons into Israel

 

Yoav Zitun & Itamar Eichner, YNet News, January 20, 2020

Israel foiled 560 'significant' terror attacks in 2019, says head of intel agency

 

Amos Harel, Haaretz, January 20, 2020

Incendiary Balloons Are Launched at Israel – but Addressed to Egypt

 

Al Jazeera, January 20, 2020

Oil prices jump as Libyan pipeline shutdown cripples output

 

Adam Rasgon, The Jerusalem Post, January 20, 2020

The Joint List aims for 15 seats in the March elections, and could pull it off

 

Ruari Casey, Al Jazeera, January 20, 2020

No more arms: World powers pledge to halt Libya weapon transfers

 

Al Jazeera, January 19, 2020

Beirut turns into a battleground as clashes escalate

 

Rasha Abou Jalal, Al Monitor, January 19, 2020

Why Hamas insists on release of jailed Fatah leader

 

Maayan Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post, January 18, 2020

Israeli, Palestinian millennials expect conflict will ‘never end’

 

Afif Abu Much, YNet News, January 18, 2020

Arabs are not wanted in center-left political parties

 

Benjamin Weinthal, The Jerusalem Post, January 18, 2020

Saudi editor: US elimination of Soleimani was 'act of heroism'

 

Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor, January 17, 2020

Hamas-Fatah division deepens with Soleimani’s assassination

 

Entsar Abu Jahal, Al Monitor, January 17, 2020

What’s behind Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh's foreign tour

 

The Times of Israel, January 17, 2020

Muslims chant about killing Jews outside Jerusalem’s Temple Mount

 

Al Monitor, January 17, 2020

Islamic Jihad undermines shaky Gaza cease-fire with rocket barrage

 

 

Ahmed Gomaa, Al Monitor, January 17, 2020

Anti-Turkey alliance grows as Ankara sends troops to Libya

 

Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor, January 16, 2020

Palestinian citizens in Israel expect to get 15 seats in Knesset

 

Elior Levy, YNet News, January 16, 2020 [Egypt incandescent over Haniyeh's visit to Tehran]

Israel concerned over renewed violence on the Gaza border

 

Omri Nahmias, The Jerusalem Post, January 16, 2020

Former Iranian Crown Prince: We are beginning to see end of the regime

 

Seth J. Frantzman, The Jerusalem Post, January 16, 2020

Turkey announces it will build 'settlements' in occupied Syria

 

Reuters, The Jerusalem Post, January 16, 2020

UN says around 350,0000 people have fled Idlib since Dec. 1

 

The Jerusalem Post, January 16, 2020

 Finnish MP arrested after breaking through Gaza border fence

 

Alex Fishman, YNet News, January 15, 2020

Israel's decade of missed opportunities

 

Lior Gutman,  YNet News, January 15, 2020  [the gas flow was always in the opposite direction, until Egypt's pipeline exploded in early 2011]

 In historic move, Israel begins supplying gas to Egypt

 

 

Rasha Abou Jalal, Al Monitor, January 15, 2020

Abbas mulls option of postponing Palestinian elections

 

Seth J. Frantzman, The Jerusalem Post, January 15, 2020 [Thousands of Syrians are in Libya fighting for Turkey]

How Turkey made Syrian rebels tools of foreigners and Libyan mercenaries

 

Marianna Belenkaya, Al Monitor, January 15, 2020

Can Libya be turned around and become Russia's 'second Syria'?

 

Yossi Kupperwasser, The Times of Israel, January 15, 2020

Who cares about the Iranian people?

 

Sever Plocker, YNet News, January 14, 2020

Who will fight for peace in Israel?

 

The Times of Israel, January 14, 2020

Palestinian election prospects raise hopes for moribund parliament’s rebirth

 

Tzvi Joffre, The Jerusalem Post, January 14, 2020

Iranian protests enter 3rd day as injuries reported, internet disrupted

 

Ben-Dror Yemini, YNet News, January 14, 2020

The duplicity of Western progressives

 

Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post, January 13, 2020

Gaza conflict peaked in 2019, W. Bank terror is dropping - intel report

 

Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, January 13, 2020

Hamas intensifies Western dialogues to break political isolation

  

Yossi Beilin, Al Monitor, January 13, 2020

Why Israel must end chief rabbi’s monopoly on Judaism

 

Eytan Halon, The Jerusalem Post, January 13, 2020

Ben-Gurion Airport: Passenger traffic climbed to 24.8 million in 2019

 

AFP, The Times of Israel, January 12, 2020

As protests restart in Iran, demonstrators refuse to trample US, Israeli flags  [video]

  

Raz Zimmt, YNet News, January 12, 2020

Ukrainian airliner is Iran's Chernobyl

 

Rasha Abou Jalal, Al Monitor, January 12, 2020

Hamas unfazed by Israel warnings

 

Yoav Zitun, YNet News, January 12, 2020

Israel reveals major upgrade to Iron Dome

 

 Al Monitor, January 10, 2020

Can Israel, Hamas keep it calm after US killing of Soleimani?

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, January 10, 2020

Hamas must choose: Egypt or Iran?

 

Lenny Ben-David, The Jerusalem Post, January 9, 2020

Qasem Soleimani’s final interview

 

Samia Kullab & Qassim Abdul-Zahra, The Times of Israel, January 9, 2020

US rejects Iraq request to work on a troop withdrawal plan

 

Adam Rasgon, The Times of Israel, January 9, 2020

Egypt set to reopen Alexandria synagogue Friday after extensive renovation

 

Sever Plocker, YNet News, January 8, 2020

Let's all take a deep breath on Iran

  

Ahmad Sadri, Al Jazeera, January 8, 2020

How the Trump administration saved the Islamic Republic

 

The Times of Israel, January 8, 2020

Trump, full text: The days of tolerating Iran’s destructive behavior are over

 

Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post, January 7, 2020

Trump’s peace plan is on the way: Is Israel ready? - analysis

 

Adnan Abu Amer, Al Jazeera, January 7, 2020

What is behind the foreign tour of Hamas's Haniya?

 

Jerusalem Post, January 7, 2020

Soleimani's burial delayed after 50 killed, 213 injured in stampede

 

Al Jazeera, January 7, 2020

 Dozens killed in stampede at Soleimani's funeral: Iran state TV

 

Nasser Karimi & Jon Gambrell, The Times of Israel, January 7, 2020

As Iran prepares to bury Soleimani, crowds shout ‘Death to Israel’ 

 

Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor, January 6, 2020

 US-Iran conflict heats up, Hamas finesses Tehran’s expectations

 

Adam Rasgon, The Times of Israel, January 6, 2020

Hamas chief meets slain Iranian general’s successor in Tehran

 

Al Jazeera, January 6, 2020

NATO stands with US after Soleimani assassination and warns Iran

  

The Times of Israel, January 6, 2020

Hamas leader praises Soleimani at Tehran funeral in show of support for Iran

 

Reuters, YNet News, January 6, 2020

U.S.-led coalition says it will withdraw from Iraq

 

AFP, The Times of Israel, January 6, 2020

US military tells Iraq it is preparing to ‘move out’ – official letter

 

Elior Levy, Reuters, YNet News, January 6, 2020 ["These assassinations only serve to further strengthen our resolve to free Jerusalem"]

Hamas, Islamic Jihad leaders attend Soleimani funeral in Tehran

 

The Jerusalem Post, January 5, 2020

Record 4.5 million tourists visited Israel in 2019

 

Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, January 5, 2020

Here are Hamas’ five strategic goals for 2020

 

Yoav Zitun, YNet News, January 5, 2020

IDF annual report: More rockets, less terror acts

 

Cnaan, Liphshiz, The Times of Israel, January 5, 2020

Thousands in France protest decision to not prosecute Jewish woman’s killer

 

Reuters, YNet News, January 4, 2020

Palestinians in Gaza mourn Iran's Soleimani

 

 Ali Mamouri, Al Monitor, January 3, 2020

Top commander's assassination leaves Iran with very few options to retaliate

 

YNet News, January 3, 2020

'No East Jerusalem, no Palestinian elections'

 

Associated Press, YNet News, January 3, 2020   ["The warfront is mankind's lost paradise"]

Soleimani, a general who became Iran icon by targeting U.S.

 

Al Jazeera, January 3, 2020

Who was Qassem Soleimani, Iran's IRGC's Quds Force leader?

 

Ben Caspit, Al Monitor, January 3, 2020  ["We are in for interesting times"]

Israel’s security chiefs fear possible Iran war

 

The Times of Israel, January 3, 2020

Four hellfire missiles and a severed hand: the killing of Qassem Soleimani

 

Yoav Zitun, YNet News, January 3, 2020 

IDF pushing for thousands of Gazans to work in Israel

 

Yaakov Schwartz, The Times of Israel, January 3, 2020

Belgian 13-year-old takes European media to task, starts Israel advocacy group

 

Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post, January 3, 2020

ICC Prosecutor to ‘Post’: Probe of Gantz, IDF officers, is premature

 

Gideon Levy, Haaretz, January 2, 2020    

2020, the Year of the End for Gaza

 

Itamar Marcus, The Jerusalem Post, January 2, 2020     

Palestinian boys are raised to be ‘ammunition’

 

The Times of Israel, January 2, 2019

Abbas said to warn Netanyahu that West Bank on verge of ‘explosion’

 

Amir Alon, YNet News, January 1, 2020  [Israel second only to Turkey in child poverty among OECD countries]

Annual poverty report reveals 841,000 children in Israel live in poverty  [half a million families live in poverty]

 

Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, December 29, 2019  

Potential consensus candidate Al Shaer helps Hamas, Fatah communicate

 

Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor, December 27, 2019

Gazans resume return marches after three-week hiatus