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Hamas aims to kill as many Israeli civilians as possible, but its rockets place both Israelis and Palestinians in peril; 680 misfired and exploded inside Gaza

JNS How many Gaza Palestinians were killed by Hamas rockets in May? An estimate. by Alex Safian July 5, 2021 Numbers were at the heart of much of the coverage and commentary surrounding the fighting in May between Hamas and … Continue reading

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“Only time will tell whether Israel has been successful in buying for itself some time before it needs to “mow the grass” in Gaza again”

JERUSALEM POST 10 insights from the recent Gaza war by Efraim Inbar and Eran Lerman June 21, 2021 Only time will tell whether Israel has been successful in buying for itself some time before it needs to “mow the grass” … Continue reading

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“The presence of the Egyptian construction teams in the Gaza Strip means that Hamas and other Palestinian factions will not be able to resume the rocket attacks on Israel, Palestinian sources told The Jerusalem Post”

JERUSALEM POST Is Egypt planning to retake control of the Gaza Strip? by Khaled Abu Toameh June 10, 2021 Scenes of dozens of Egyptian bulldozers, cranes and trucks entering the Gaza Strip last Friday have left some Palestinians wondering whether … Continue reading

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Democrats falsely accuse GOP senator of “blocking humanitarian aid” to Gaza

FREE BEACON Sen. Risch Won’t Lift Hold on Palestinian Aid Without Guarantee Taxpayer Money Is Kept From Terrorists by Adam Kredo June 16, 2021 Sen. Jim Risch (R., Idaho), ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says he will … Continue reading

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The Squad’s ideas “which are now mainstream in universities, are dividing the country by race, religion, and income and pitting those angry factions against each other”

REAL CLEAR POLITICS Ilhan Omar and Contempt for America by Charles Lipson June 15, 2021 …The problem here goes well beyond Ilhan Omar, a Somali refugee who was welcomed to American and now sits in Congress, seething with contempt for … Continue reading

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“In the hate business, antisemitism was always an easy sell and business is really good now”

JERUSALEM POST Anti-Israel rhetoric has always been about the Jews by Nitsana Darshan-Leitner June 10, 2021 …Israel’s hardcore critics reserved never-before-seen toxicity in their venomous assaults for this go-round. Israel’s antagonists used terms such as “disproportionate use of force,” “illegal,” … Continue reading

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Understanding Israel’s Destruction of Hamas’ “Metro” and Who won?

JERUSALEM POST Israel or Hamas: Who won? by Daniel Pipes June 7, 2021 Who won the recent round of fighting between Hamas and Israel? The war of words that followed the air battles finds pro-Israel voices deeply divided and anti-Israel … Continue reading

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The #NYTimes mantra: It’s all Israel’s fault. It’s all Israel’s fault. It’s all monstrous Israel’s fault.

CAMERA As Hamas Fired Rockets, NY Times Opinion Joined the Assault on Israel by Gilead Ini May 27, 2021 …By publishing one anti-Israel essay after another after another, New York Times editors were taking advantage of a persuasion technique. The “mere-exposure effect” … Continue reading

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US State Department’s allocation of $100 million in Palestinian aid prompts concerns

FREE BEACON Biden Admin Can’t Guarantee Taxpayer Aid Won’t Enrich Hamas by Adam Kredo May 27, 2021 As the Biden administration allocates more than $100 million in U.S. taxpayer aid to the Palestinian government and aid groups, critics are raising … Continue reading

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“The criticism shows that a growing number of Arabs are fed up with the continuous efforts of Iran to destabilize the Arab countries with the help of the mullahs’ proxies in the Middle East, including Hamas”

GATESTONE Arabs: Hamas Does Not Care About Palestinian Suffering by Khaled Abu Toameh May 20, 2021 While many in the West denounced Israel for its military strikes in the Gaza Strip over the past week, prominent Arab writers and political … Continue reading

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