— 🇮🇱/🇺🇸 NEW: Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara reportedly brought four suitcases with dirty laundry to Washington, for U.S. Staff to wash – Sources

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 For those who didn't know: He has done this for years

'Over the years, the Israeli leader has developed a reputation among the staff at the U.S. president’s guesthouse for bringing special cargo on his trips to Washington: bags and suitcases full of dirty laundry, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

The clothes are cleaned for the prime minister free of charge by the U.S. staff, a perk that is available to all foreign leaders but sparingly taken advantage of given the short stays of busy heads of state.'

"The Netanyahus are the only ones who bring actual suitcases of dirty laundry for us to clean,” said one U.S. official, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the details of a foreign leader’s visits. “After multiple trips, it became clear this was intentional.”

– The Washington Post, 2020.

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⚡️🇮🇷🇩🇪 The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned the German ambassador on the event of the closure of the Islamic Center in Hamburg.

Earlier, German police raided several mosques and Islamic centers across the country, accusing them of being centers of Iranian assets.

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— 🇪🇬 I just found out that despite the common claim that 'Egypt doesn't have foreign troops on its land', there are actually more than 1,000 foreign troops in Sinai.

Task Force Sinai is the US regiment-sized element of the Multinational Force and Observers ("MFO"), the peacekeeping organization in place in the Sinai Peninsula since 1982. The Task Force commander is a US Army colonel, who also serves as the MFO Chief of Staff.[1] The Task Force commander utilizes American forces to support and achieve the overall observe and report[2] mission of the MFO.

Another extremely common Egypt L. Sorry Egyptian friends, but it's true. RIP.

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Well, it didn't take long for Sisi's top warrior to respond

— 🇮🇷/🇦🇲 BREAKING: Iran and Armenia sign a major arms deal worth $500 million

The deal includes drones of the types Shahed-136, Shahed-129, Shahed-197, Mohajer-6, as well as air defense missile systems like the Khordad-3, Majid, Khordad-15, and Shahid Arman.

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— As of now, Iran and Armenia have declined to comment.

The deal was first reported by Iranian-opposition media, Iran International.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: U.S. Representative Thomas Massie announces that he will not attend Netanyahu's address to congress, calls it a "war rally"

He doubled down on his stance after getting attacked by AIPAC's official account.

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— 🇮🇷/🇦🇲 BREAKING: Iran will reportedly establish military bases inside Armenia, as part of the new arms deal

The deal also involves extensive intelligence cooperation and the training of Armenian troops by Iranian advisors.

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I won't believe any of this until a non-opposition outlet confirms it. I am very skeptical of Iran International.

Treat this news as extremely preliminary. If it was real, it would've been the government that announced it first.

⭕ Elon Musk in the corridors of Congress: I came as a guest of Netanyahu.

🇺🇸⚡️- Netanyahu’s speech to Congress opens with a 3 minute standing ovation.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇮🇷 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the U.S. Congress:

'In the Middle East, the Iranian Axis of Terror faces America, Israel and our Arab friends. This is not a clash of civilizations.

For the forces of civilization to triumph, America and Israel must stand together against the Iran-led Axis of Terror.'

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🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Netanyahu: "Iran is funding the anti-Israel protesters outside this building [The Capitol.]"

The obsession is unreal

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Netanyahu: "The war in Gaza has one of the lowest combatants to non-combatant casualties in the history of urban warfare."

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 Benjamin Netanyahu: 'Not a single innocent Palestinian civilian was killed by the IDF in Rafah'

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