The Iranian regime is using “access diplomacy,” selectively granting entry to Western journalists or influencers seen as sympathetic or willing to operate within tightly defined boundaries, to reinforce Tehran’s narrative that “rioters”…
Category: 3. Middle East
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How Iran uses influencers to spread regime rhetoric
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Gaza weddings resume amid war damage, displacement
Gaza residents are holding weddings again in the wake of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, though celebrations are smaller and more restrained than before, the Qatari Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported last week.Most weddings are now reportedly…
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Takamitsu Muraoka, Japanese pioneer of Dead Sea Scrolls Hebrew studies, dies at 88
Japanese pioneer Hebraist Takamitsu Muraoka died last week in Leiden, the Netherlands, at age 88, after suffering a stroke a few weeks earlier and never fully recovering.
A specialist in Semitic languages and biblical Hebrew, Muraoka was…
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The settlement movement owes its success in expelling West Bank communities to the Oslo accords
The temporary division of the West Bank, made by the Oslo accords as a guideline for the gradual military deployment, was meant to expire by 1999. But the temporary has become eternal
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Can US bunker busters end Iran’s nuclear program?
Reports on Friday that the US was ordering an additional round of mega bunker buster bombs, known as the 30,000 pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), on an emergent basis raised the issue anew of whether the American military possesses the…
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Hamas used emojis to signal operatives to prepare for Oct. 7 assault
Hamas used a sequence of emojis sent to its operatives’ phones as a coded signal to prepare to launch the October 7, 2023, terror onslaught, it was revealed on Monday.
The revelation was first reported by Channel 12 news and approved for…
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Rubio to Hungary’s PM Orban ahead of election: ‘Your success is our success’
BUDAPEST, Hungary — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed Viktor Orban’s leadership during a visit to Budapest on Monday, ahead of elections threatening the nationalist Hungarian prime minister’s hold on power.
Rubio’s visit is…
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Asaad al-Shaibani indicated shift in Israel-Syria dynamic
Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani has recently been more outspoken about Israel than in the past years, as Syria has increasingly been focused on improving relations with other countries and has tended to downplay tensions with Israel…
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Iran’s IRGC begins naval drills in Strait of Hormuz on eve of US-Iran talks
The drills come as a second US carrier is heading to the region amid US President Trump’s threats to use military force if Tehran does not agree to restrictions on its nuclear program during indirect negotiations mediated by Oman.
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Daily Briefing Feb. 16 – Female soldiers under attack in Israel
Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
ToI founding editor David Horovitz joins host Jessica Steinberg for today’s…
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