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August 14, 2018

Iran’s Long History of Terror in Europe

And the passive response.

In June, German and Belgian police—acting on a tip from Israeli intelligence—foiled a plot to bomb a rally being held in France by an Iranian opposition group, which several American public figures were expected to attend. The plot was orchestrated by an Iranian diplomat stationed at Tehran’s embassy in Vienna. This was by no means the first time one of the Islamic Republic’s diplomats has engaged in terrorist activity; the most notorious examples include the hijacking of TWA flight 847, several attempts on the life of Salman Rushdie, and the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires. Matthew Levitt writes:

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August 14, 2018

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    The world according to Yaakov Amidror.

  2. David Ben-Gurion’s Autonomy Plan for the West Bank

    And a reminder that even great politicians weren’t prophets.

  3. Iran’s Long History of Terror in Europe

    And the passive response.

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    A legal case and its literary implications.

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