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  • How the Assassination of Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientist Will Change the Middle East

    By: Steve Postal – The American Spectator; spectator.org Many details remain unclear, but it likely destabilizes the region. This weekend marked at least the fifth assassination of arch-terrorists in Iran in 2020 when Muslim Shahdan, a senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), was killed while driving weapons across the Iraq–Syria border. This follows Friday’s…

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  • Israel’s Govt. On the Verge of Collapse, Pushing Israel Toward Fourth Election in Two Years

    By: Emily Jones – CBN News; cbn.com JERUSALEM, Israel – Israel’s parliament on Wednesday passed a preliminary measure to dissolve the dysfunctional government coalition between Benny Gantz and Benjamin Netanyahu, setting the stage for Israel’s fourth election in two years. The Knesset’s vote passed 61 to 54 with Gantz’s Blue in White Party voting in favor of…

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  • Plague-Busters: Israeli Team Combats Swarms of Locusts in War-Torn Ethiopia

    By: Amanda Borschel-Dan – The Times of Israel; timesofisrael.com To fight the worst Desert Locust threat in 70 years, Start-Up Nation delegation flies in with innovative techniques, utilizing drones and nighttime spraying At the request of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a crack team of Israelis swooped into the war-, storm-, and famine-struck country earlier this month…

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  • Cross Border Attack Tunnel Discovered Last Month Was Deepest Ever Found

    By: Anna Ahronheim – The Jerusalem Post; jpost.com Underground barrier almost complete; new “smart border” concept deployed along northern section of Gaza Strip. The Hamas tunnel that stretched several meters into Israel and was discovered by the IDF last month near Kissufim forest was the deepest tunnel ever dug. While the military is not certain as to…

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  • The CARES Act Added a New $300 Charitable Contribution Deduction for 2020. Here’s What You Should Know

    The CARES Act, which went into effect this spring, established a new above-the-line deduction for charitable giving. You can write off up to $300 in cash donations on your 2020 income tax return, which you’ll be filing next spring. Normally, you’d have to itemize deductions to write off charitable giving when you file your taxes.…

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  • ‘It’s a cancer’: Pompeo says US will brand BDS ‘anti-Semitic,’ crack down on it

    By: Raphael Ahren – The Times of Israel; timesofisrael.com Speaking in Jerusalem, US secretary of state vows Washington to immediately take steps against anti-Israel boycott activists; Netanyahu hails move as ‘simply wonderful’ The United States government will formally designate the anti-Israel boycott movement “anti-Semitic” and immediately start cracking down on groups affiliated with it, US…

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