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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Can Trump Cleanse Gaza of Its Own People?
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Can Trump Cleanse Gaza of Its Own People?

Saturday 1 February 2025
Ben-Gvir, who resigned last week, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich was to force the Palestinians to south of the besieged enclave and prepare the ground for Israeli settlement construction in the north. But the Israelis even failed to push the Palestinians southward and finally acceded to cease ...
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Second Stage of Gaza Ceasefire: The Challenges Ahead
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Second Stage of Gaza Ceasefire: The Challenges Ahead

Wednesday 5 February 2025 ،
Ben-Gvir and his party members from the far-right coalition, the number of seats in the Knesset for the far-right was reduced to 62. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has also repeatedly threatened that if Netanyahu does not resume the war in Gaza by the end of the first phase of the ceasefire, his ...
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Why’s Tel Aviv Afraid of Second Stage of Gaza Ceasefire?
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Why’s Tel Aviv Afraid of Second Stage of Gaza Ceasefire?

Saturday 8 March 2025 ،
Ben-Gvir left the cabinet upon implementation of the ceasefire. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has also threatened to step down if the second stage is implemented. He claimed that the next stage should include full occupation of the region as a prelude for implementing Trump's plan for reloca ...
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Israeli Protesters Demonstrate Against Netanyahu Over the Renewed War in Gaza
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Israeli Protesters Demonstrate Against Netanyahu Over the Renewed War in Gaza

Wednesday 19 March 2025 ،
Ben-Gvir and his Jewish Power party rejoined the government after previously resigning in protest of the January ceasefire. Opposition leader Yair Lapid, who joined the protest, warned that the government cannot act without accountability. Meanwhile, Israel continues to avoid negotiations for a seco ...
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Hamas: Netanyahu Fully Responsible for Gaza Ceasefire Failure
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Hamas: Netanyahu Fully Responsible for Gaza Ceasefire Failure

Wednesday 26 March 2025 ،
Ben-Gvir, who previously resigned in protest over the truce. After Israel resumed bombing Gaza last week, Ben-Gvir’s party rejoined Netanyahu’s coalition, strengthening his fragile government. Hamas called on the international community and mediators to pressure Netanyahu into halting th ...
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Gaza War: An Arrow Lodged in Netanyahu’s Bone
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Gaza War: An Arrow Lodged in Netanyahu’s Bone

Thursday 17 April 2025 ،
Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich are categorically against halt of war. Violation of war and restarting it in the past two weeks have taken place under their pressure. Netanyahu is aware that stopping the war will lead to resignation of the allied hardliners of the cabinet. So, he keep ...
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Why Shouldn’t the World Be Fooled by Protests in Israel?
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Why Shouldn’t the World Be Fooled by Protests in Israel?

Thursday 1 May 2025 ،
Ben-Gvir as minister of national security and his party, Otzma Yehudit (literally meaning Jewish Power), is an important sign of the growth of the sanctification of power in Zionist society. As the name of the party suggests, its members consider power a sacred goal and do not hesitate to exercise i ...
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Has France Really Become Supporter of Palestine?
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Has France Really Become Supporter of Palestine?

Monday 26 May 2025 ،
Ben-Gvir, but will this measure really have any effect on stopping the Gaza war? In fact, the sanctions imposed by Britain, such as the suspension of trade negotiations with Israel, are largely symbolic and do not lead anywhere. Even the EU, which has a much larger trade volume with the Israeli regi ...
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Stop or Continue? Netanyahu Facing Fatal Gaza War Dilemma
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Stop or Continue? Netanyahu Facing Fatal Gaza War Dilemma

Tuesday 27 May 2025 ،
Ben-Gvir as finance and internal security ministers to continue the war. As a result, Netanyahu, in order to keep his cabinet in power and prevent the resignation of radical ministers, is pursuing the option of war in Gaza, in accordance with the wishes of the cabinet hardliners, because he knows th ...
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Palestinian Authority: Palestinians’ Representative or Israel’s Partner?
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Palestinian Authority: Palestinians’ Representative or Israel’s Partner?

Thursday 29 May 2025 ،
Ben-Gvir rising to power in Netanyahu's cabinet have caused Israeli West Bank policy to grow more aggressive and violent. Actually, Israeli cabinet has become an ideological religious one with the aim of fully removing the Palestinian cause for ever and consolidating control over the occupied te ...

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