Tag Archives: Gaza

Rebuilding Gaza starts very slowly

ISRAEL HAYOM by Elliott Abrams October 13, 2014 The Hamas claim of victory in last summer’s conflict with Israel was based largely on the ‎associated claim that life in Gaza would now change to the great benefit of the people … Continue reading

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Hamas Ransoms Bodies of IDF Soldiers

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Staff October 10, 2014 Official says Gaza group will demand ‘a price’ for information on whereabouts of Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul’s remains A high-ranking Hamas official stated that Israel and the Islamist group were poised … Continue reading

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International banking giant refuses to cut off Israel, despite boycott calls

HAARETZ by Barak Ravid October 6, 2014 SWIFT rejects pressures to disconnect Israeli banks from its networks The SWIFT international banking network on Monday published a special announcement in which it rejected calls by pro-Palestinian organizations to disconnect Israeli banks … Continue reading

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Mahmoud Abbas’s dangerous grandstanding

WASHINGTON POST by Editorial Board September 29, 2014 THE GOOD news from the Middle East is that the truce between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip has held for a month, and Hamas appears ready to make concessions to … Continue reading

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Rabbi at NY Gay Synagogue offers special prayer, fireworks ensue

NEW YORK TIMES by Laurie Goodstein September 22, 2014 With the war in Gaza still raging, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum offered an unusual prayer for peace last month during a Friday night service at the large predominantly gay synagogue she leads … Continue reading

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Approaching Rosh Hashanah, #Thoughts4Elul 5774

Shana Tova to all my friends. All the best for 5775….Richard RABBI SACKS BLOG September 4, 2014 Averting the Decree, #Thoughts4Elul 5774 This year we approach the New Year with more fear and trembling than for a very long time. This … Continue reading

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What Now for Israel? [IMPT]

MOSAIC MAGAZINE by Elliott Abrams September 2014 Common enemies and shared interests have aligned the Saudis, the Egyptians, and other Arabs with the Jewish state. That’s the good news. “The status quo is unsustainable,” President Obama said of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict … Continue reading

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Does Human Rights Watch Understand the Nature of Prejudice?

THE ATLANTIC by Jeffrey Goldberg September 21, 2014 A few days ago, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth, tweeted the following statement: “Germans rally against anti-Semitism that flared in Europe in response to Israel’s conduct in Gaza war. Merkel … Continue reading

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Evidence that Hamas used residential areas; Dershowitz rebuttal to ‘density’ claim

WASHINGTON POST by Associated Press September 12, 2014 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Two weeks after the end of the Gaza war, there is growing evidence that Hamas militants used residential areas as cover for launching rockets at Israel, at … Continue reading

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Hamas: Give Us West Bank So We Can Destroy Israel

GATESTONE INSTITUTE by Khaled Abu Toameh September 7, 2014 If the West Bank had one quarter of the weapons that the Gaza Strip has, Israel would be eliminated in one day. This is what Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar told worshippers … Continue reading

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