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For decades, Israel has stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the United States against the Iranian regime, a hostile power that threatens regional stability, global security, and the very existence of democratic values in the world. Israel has proven its value as a partner through resilience and deep knowledge of the Iranian threat. It is the ally we can trust most in this theater — the one whose interests, capabilities and willingness converge perfectly with America's. https://t.co/Mt8tIugJSR

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China's military activities have become far more brazen. On July 6, a Chinese Navy submarine launched either a JL-2 or JL-3 nuclear-capable, intercontinental ballistic missile, the first known Chinese submarine-launched missile test since 1982. https://t.co/eVOTP3Dze9

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A dictatorial regime that publicly tolerates calls for the assassination of the president of the United States cannot be treated as just another difficult adversary. A red line has been crossed. No dictator, militia leader, or revolutionary movement should believe that threatening an American president and his family can be dismissed. https://t.co/NPTyAepknR

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The key question is not who sits in ministerial offices in the Gaza Strip. The key question is who holds the guns. Hamas is not dismantling its military wing. It is not surrendering its weapons. https://t.co/Qwb1NeikgI

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Many jihadists, building on the Palestinian model, increasingly see Kashmir as prime land to conquer: the next great cause for global jihad. https://t.co/WmYJJTod9Y

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Well, it finally happened. The executive branch – Israel's government – has apparently had enough of the activist, self-selected Supreme Court endeavoring to micro-manage policy decisions that have nothing to do with it. https://t.co/VqZQWHYYrV

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Ordinary Christian activities are criminalized and punished in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Christians are arrested and imprisoned over charges related to church activities, such as baptism, Communion, gathering for prayer or Bible study, including those conducted abroad. Last month, regime security forces moved to seize Saint Peter Evangelical Church in Tehran, which was built in 1876. They ordered residents of the church compound to leave their homes, and worshippers were told to find a different church. https://t.co/VivLXWEARl

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According to a detailed report published by the Israel Defense Forces, at least 1,462 of UNRWA's 12,521 employees in the Gaza Strip are members of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or other terrorist organizations. The report further states that Hamas systematically exploited UNRWA facilities by constructing terror tunnels beneath schools, storing weapons, establishing command centers, and launching rockets from areas adjacent to UN facilities. https://t.co/y7ejC0AXB7

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On March 24, Suhail Khojah Siddiqi of Newark, California, broke into Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Mill Valley and vandalized it. He smashed a century-old statue of Jesus and knocked a portrait of Mary face-down on the floor. When police arrived, they found Siddiqi sitting inside the church "apparently reading the Quran." https://t.co/VFHTW6Pr4b

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Having led ceremonies marking the 250th anniversary of the United States' independence on July 4, President Donald Trump will be heading to Ankara, Turkey, for the 36th NATO Summit, which some fear could be the stormiest the 75-year-old beast has seen. https://t.co/Dzx7O9bbtw

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Iran saw Trump's turn-around on permission to have ballistic missiles and must have thought, "Why not nuclear weapons too?" The goal seems to be to outlast the current US administration and then openly march toward nuclear bombs. https://t.co/2ll2uL8wVx

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With countless thanks to our forefathers and all those who sacrifice so much each day to preserve the precious values in the US Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution. If we do not protect them, they will be taken away. We have so much to be thankful for. Wishing everyone a most joyous Fourth of July! https://t.co/PWW0STV8Cf

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A recent report by UN Watch, "How Politicized UN Rapporteurs are Subverting Human Rights," found that 13 of the "special rapporteurs" of the United Nations Human Rights Council, supposedly the UN's top human rights experts, "have abandoned the role of independent monitors and are advancing politicized agendas that erode the credibility of the international human rights system." https://t.co/m5qZH6eihu

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The Trump Administration is making a big mistake by engaging in negotiations with Hamas — as well as Iran. According to Israeli reports, Trump administration adviser Aryeh Lightstone recently met with senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya as part of discussions aimed at persuading Hamas to disarm. Previous direct meetings reportedly involved US envoy Steve Witkoff. https://t.co/X5XSmvjZSU

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Iran negotiated the Islamabad MOU and believed it had won the war. It discovered that the Trilateral Framework, the only binding document, the one with mechanisms, was written to ensure the opposite. The negotiations with Iran were led by Vice President JD Vance, who never wanted this war and made no secret of his wish to end it cheaply. He produced the Islamabad MOU, the paper Iran's regime wanted to hear. The Trilateral Framework was created by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has spent his career treating Iran's proxy network as a threat to be dismantled rather than soothed. https://t.co/eBQIsemgXO

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"Peace through strength," when it comes to President Donald Trump, appears to mean "peace through whatever works" – diplomacy, sometimes seeming to verge on suicidal patience, and economic pressure, with military pressure only as a last resort, and even then, only in a short-run way. Unfortunately, when it comes to the Middle East, his approaches haven't been the magic bullets he might have hoped. https://t.co/TiD8qqWdYJ

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Like the Gaza initiative before it, the agreement Washington has brokered between Israel and Lebanon risks becoming another document that looks impressive on paper but proves impossible to implement because it rests on a false assumption: that terrorist organizations honor agreements and voluntarily disarm. https://t.co/Q8MJucKLKT

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On February 3, Pakistan's Federal Constitutional Court granted custody of 13-year-old Christian girl Maria Shahbaz to a 30-year-old Muslim man accused of kidnapping, forcibly converting, and marrying her. https://t.co/RiQZ1bPc5r

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Iran's officials are not bound by election cycles; their singular mission is regime preservation to bring "Death to America" and "Death to Israel." https://t.co/7etbkrQMti