Iraqi security sources are warning of an ISIS revival in the country, which coincides all too neatly with the spike in Iraqi resistance operations against U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria, and with widening regional instability caused by Israel’s military assault on Gaza.

More than six years after declaring victory over the terrorist organization, Iraqi intelligence reports now indicate that thousands of ISIS fighters are emerging unscathed, under the protection of U.S. forces in two regions of western Iraq.

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“Rabbi Elhanan Beck has said that a person who can justify or commit genocide can't be counted as a Jew.”

“Speaking with Anadolu on Thursday, the Rabbi rejected the Zionist regime's claims about protecting the Jews, saying the occupied Palestine is the most dangerous place for the followers of the religion of Moses.

If one goes around the entire world, he will find only one insecure place for the Jews and that place is the occupied Palestine, he said.

Referring to Zionist claims that “Muslims want to kill all the Jews. The Muslims want to throw all the Jews into the sea,” the Rabbi said, “It's completely false. Everybody who knows a bit of history. They know we have a golden life in the Muslim countries. We were persecuted in many places in the world. And the Muslims saved us. They gave us a golden place to live, there.”

“Historian and host of the podcast Historiansplaining Samuel Biaggeti and Katie talk about the controversy around a priest calling Jesus a Palestinian Jew living under occupation.”

“Is Isr•el's war on Gaza expanding into a regional conflict? Why is Yemen attacking ships in the Red Sea? What are the roles of Iran and Saudi Arabia? Journalist Ben Norton discusses the geopolitics of the crisis.”

“Palestinian refugees in Gaza endured a night of horror on Christmas Eve as Israeli airstrikes hit residential areas, killing and wounding many.”

“By targeting hospitals and doctors while cutting off water, food and electricity and concentrating Palestinians into smaller and smaller zones of death in Gaza, the Israelis are creating a public health crisis that will kill even more Palestinians with infectious diseases.

To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek was joined by Lebanese medical doctor and public health researcher Anis Germany.”