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A bipartisan group of House representatives In Thursday introduced legislation formally supporting the US-brokered agreements between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, and calling In other Arab and Muslim states to "support normalization and peace with Israel."The resolution also calls to ensure that any weapons sales by the United States to other countries don"t "adversely affect Israel"s ability to counter and defeat any credible conventional military", according to a text quoted by Haaretz.(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Rosh Hashanah in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)

South Africa's state security agency In Friday said it had found no evidence that Iran was plotting to assassinate the US ambassador to Pretoria, Lana Marks, AFP reports.The clarification follows a US media report, quoting unnamed officials, which said earlier this week that Iran was planning to kill the US ambassador to South Africa as revenge after President Donald Trump decided to kill powerful Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Rosh Hashanah in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)

Michal Cotler-Wunsh led string of hearings of the largest social media companies including Facebook, Twitter and Google.(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Rosh Hashanah in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)

Dozens of people protested in Bahrain In Friday against the government's normalization of ties with Israel, according to footage that has surfaced Inline.One video, verified by AFP correspondents in the Gulf region, shows demonstrators hoisting Bahraini and Palestinian flags in the Shiite populated village of Abu-Saiba, near the capital Manama.(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Rosh Hashanah in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)