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Israel and Iran Get Serious… On Twitter

IDF produced map of Iranian weapons route to Gaza.

IDF produced map of Iranian weapons route to Gaza.

Earlier this week, Israel seized a Gaza-bound ship carrying advanced Iranian weapons made in Syria.

The story broke while Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu was in the United States to meet with President Barack Obama and to address the annual AIPAC conference.

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif took to Twitter to deny the story:

Netanyahu responded, through his Twitter account:

As of time of this writing, Zarif has yet to respond to Bibi. But one must wonder if there will be parties in Iran upset with Zarif for having started a conversation with Netanyahu in the first place, inadvertently or otherwise.

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Josh Klemons has an MA in International Peace and Conflict Resolution with a concentration in the Middle East from American University. He has lived, worked and studied in Israel and done extensive traveling throughout the region. He once played music with Hadag Nachash.

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