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TEL AVIV – Arab and Muslim leaders have been deliberately shunning Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, disappointed at what they see as his failed leadership, a top Palestinian official told Breitbart Jerusalem.

TEL AVIV – More than 2,000 former Islamic State fighters have officially pleaded for “forgiveness” to a panel of military officers and Sunni leaders in Iraq, the London-based Al Hayat newspaper reported.

A Saudi company came under fire for organizing a mixed-gender iftar dinner for its employees.

JAFFA, Israel – The Egyptian government said on Thursday it would appeal a recently delivered Supreme Court ruling to annul it decision to hand over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia.

Jordanian school textbooks make no reference to the benefits of opposing terror, according to an Egyptian media report in the wake of a bombing that killed six soldiers near the Syrian border on Tuesday.

TEL AVIV – The killing of six Jordanian Border Policemen near the Jordanian-Syrian-Iraqi border on Tuesday was “in all likelihood just the beginning” and a possible Islamic State surge against Jordan, warned an Arab intelligence source speaking to Breitbart Jerusalem.

Breitbart Jerusalem has gained insider access to an encrypted forum for Islamic State fighters and supporters, finding intense denial of the reports that Orlando terrorist shooter Omar Mateen was gay.

TEL AVIV – The sons of a top Palestinian police officer have been arrested by the Israeli army in the West Bank, the Palestinian media reported on Sunday.

JAFFA, Israel – A high-profile Egyptian cleric has called on the government to impose stricter penalties on citizens who violate Ramadan. Sheikh Sameh Abdelhamid said in a televised interview that just as eateries, pubs, and nightclubs are closed during Ramadan

TEL AVIV – If the United States were to try and cajole President Bashar al-Assad into negotiating with the rebels by launching a military attack against the Syrian regime, the move would only strengthen the Islamic State and al-Qaeda, a Syrian official told Breitbart Jerusalem.

As Iraqi and international forces make preparations ahead of a final offensive on Mosul, the Islamic State’s stronghold in Iraq, and Russian forces continue their assault on Raqqa, IS’s Syrian “capital,” the radical organization’s propaganda apparatus is apparently trying to

Hamas has come under fire from Palestinian and Syrian pundits and social media users after deputy leader Moussa Abu Marzouk lauded Iran for its support for Palestinian resistance movements.

JAFFA, Israel – A Saudi columnist sparked controversy when he accused his compatriots of ignoring women’s ” illustrious role”in Muslim history and relegating them to the status of a “coal bag.”

TEL AVIV – Intelligence indicates there will most likely be more attempted terror attacks in the West in the coming weeks and that IS is focusing its current recruitment efforts on women, a knowledgeable Arab intelligence source told Breitbart Jerusalem.

TEL AVIV – Breitbart Jerusalem has gained insider access to an encrypted forum for Islamic State fighters and supporters, obtaining messages celebrating Sunday’s Orlando terrorist shooting massacre while warning of a new wave of attacks against the West.

TEL AVIV – The U.S. should expect more attacks like the terrorist massacre at the Orlando gay nightclub, according to Abu Bakr al-Maqdisi, an Islamic State fighter who recently returned to the Gaza Strip after being wounded in Mosul, Iraq.

Palestinian reaction to the terrorist attack in Orlando that killed 50 nightclub goers was divided with some expressing support and others condemning the murderous act.

JAFFA, Israel – Stark differences of opinion emerged on social media in the Arab world on Sunday and Monday, after 29-year-old Omar Mateen, who reportedly swore allegiance to the Islamic State, carried out a deadly shooting attack at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The Sunni-Shia divide was also evident in the online comments.

JAFFA, Israel – A Christian leader in Egypt has accused the government led by Abdel Fattah al Sissi of hiding the real number of Christians in the country out of fear that the community will demand some of the senior posts in government.

JAFFA, Israel – In marking the month of Ramadan, which began last week, Gaza’s Hamas leadership allowed Iranian-funded NGOs into the strip to deliver food to the needy.

A Saudi family that filmed themselves eating an extravagant Ramadan feast around a moving table has caused an uproar on social media platforms over the meaning of the holiday and the morals of luxury at a time when many in the Arab world are in need.

A video in which a woman from the United Arab Emirates praises her servant’s household abilities while appearing to treat the worker as an object has gone viral on Arab social media.

A gag order has been imposed on the investigation into Monday’s shooting at Jordan’s Baqa’a refugee camp, in which five people, including three intelligence officers, were killed.

JAFFA, Israel – Palestinians in several locations took to the streets while others converged on social media to celebrate a terrorist shooting attack in downtown Tel Aviv’s Sarona market on Wednesday night that killed four Israeli civilians.

Hillary Clinton’s victory speech in her campaign for the Democratic Party nomination led many Arab social media users to debate her personality and skills.

TEL AVIV – Hamas and the Iran-backed Islamic Jihad announced that they will collaborate to halt the French-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian negotiation plan.

JAFFA, Israel – Twelve Egyptian Education Ministry officials have reportedly been arrested on suspicion that they leaked high school matriculation exam forms, putting the exam season, currently underway, at risk.

JAFFA, Israel – Gaza Premier and Hamas’ deputy diplomatic leader Ismail Haniyeh came under fire over the weekend for saying that life in Gaza is “good.”

The Saudi security services have uncovered 33 spies who have been working for the Israeli Mossad and the Iranian intelligence for the past three years, reports said on Sunday.

JAFFA, Israel – The Syrian army reportedly reached the edge of the Raqqa region on Saturday, coming within the vicinity of the self-styled capital of the Islamic State’s “caliphate” for the first time since 2014.

JAFFA, Israel – The decision of a West Bank municipality to name a street after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has backfired, with street signs vandalized and a great deal of abuse on social media.

JAFFA, Israel – A Saudi hospital manager has been arrested on charges of abuse of power and violation of Sharia law after he had an affair with an employee in exchange for a promise to promote her.

JAFFA, Israel – The intense campaign to liberate the Iraqi city of Fallujah from the grip of the Islamic State organization has led to a sectarian war on social media, including among Sunni and Shiite opinion makers.

JAFFA, Israel – The Egyptian prosecution has ordered the release of five suspects in last week’s highly publicized attack on a Christian woman in the Nile Delta region.

TEL AVIV – The Israel Defense Forces on Monday arrested 11 Palestinians in the West Bank city of Nablus and the surrounding refugee camps on suspicion of illegal possession of firearms, in the latest string of measures against the territory’s militants and one day after Hamas operatives were arrested for masterminding a bus attack in Jerusalem last month, in which 19 Israelis were injured.

TEL AVIV- The challenge that Islamic State fighters in Iraq pose to US-trained Iraqi troops does not bode well for the future of Iraq, an Arab security official told Breitbart Jerusalem.