Most Clicked This Week
- "When I spoke to the prime minister, it was clear that Lauder’s intervention with Trump angered and distressed him"
- "We have enough crazies of our own who were born in the United States; we don’t need to import any more"
- Syria: "The U.S. should do everything in its power to ensure Israel’s success in its growing confrontation with #Iran, which serves U.S. interests, and those of our other Sunni Arab allies"
- The Middle East Masquerade Party
- "Israel’s confusing plethora of small parties actually keeps Ḥaredim and Israeli Arabs, in particular, from becoming too alienated"
- The Saudis Team Up With Israel
- “The visit of two anti-Israel members of Congress is an opportunity for them to see the real Israel, and perhaps learn a thing or two”
- Survey Finds 85% of European Jews Fear Bringing Children to Rosh Hashanah Services
Tag Archives: Hamas
Hamas reveals new terror tunnels in underground video report [VIDEO]
JERUSALEM POST by Noam Amir/Maariv Hashavua June 28, 2015 By publishing a video from within the terror tunnels on Iranian television, Hamas has continued pushing their own brand of psychological warfare against the Israeli people. A year after the beginning … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Gaza, Hamas, Operation Protective Edge, Tunnels
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The U.N.’s Gaza Report Is Flawed and Dangerous
NEW YORK TIMES by Colonel Richard Kemp June 25, 2015 As a British officer who had more than his share of fighting in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Balkans, it pains me greatly to see words and actions from the United … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Col. Richard Kemp, Gaza, Hamas, UNHRC, United Nations, United Nations Human Rights Council
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Blockade-busting flotilla sets sail for Gaza
TIMES OF ISRAEL by Stuart Winer June 25, 2015 A small flotilla of boats sailed on Thursday for the Gaza Strip with the intention of delivering a cargo of humanitarian supplies and thereby breaking Israel’s naval blockade of the Hamas-controlled … Continue reading
Operation Hannibal
POLITICO by Dan Ephron July / August 2015 Here’s how Israel deals with hostages. The results aren’t pretty. On the morning of August 1, 2014, during the broadest Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip in years, a squad of Hamas … Continue reading
UN Gaza War Report Leaves No Room for Israeli Self-Defense
COMMENTARY by Jonathan Tobin June 22, 2015 After months of anticipation, the report by the United Nations Human Rights Council about last summer’s Gaza war is out today and its contents are no surprise. While the UNHRC acknowledged that Hamas’s … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Gaza, Hamas, Jonathan Tobin, United Nations, United Nations Human Rights Council
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The Nature of the Mahmoud Abbas Regime
JEWISH PRESS by Yoram Ettinger June 21, 2015 Contrary to Western conventional wisdom, the nature of Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority – which is burdened by a mere 17% favorability in the US, compared with Israel’s 70% – has turned most … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East
Tagged Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority, President Mahmoud Abbas
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PLO official urges PA to revoke recognition of State of Israel
Though Palestinians refuse to acknowledge Israel as the Jewish State, it’s perfectly reasonable that Palestine be the Palestinian State. In a similar vein, Abbas Rejects ‘Two States’ if One is ‘Jewish’ ISRAEL HAYOM by Daniel Siryoti June 21, 2015 A senior … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Dr. Saeb Erekat, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Maan, Palestine Liberation Organization, Palestinian
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Israel Hopes to Use Current Lull to Prepare for Radical Islamic Storm
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT by Yaakov Lappin June 12, 2015 If you ask defense officials in Israel today for a short-term security forecast, chances are good that you will hear an optimistic outlook and an expectation of relative quiet and stability. Yet a … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Gaza, Hamas, Herzliya Conference, Hizballah, Iran, Lebanon, Maj.- Gen. Amos Gilad, Syria, Yaakov Lappin
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Hamas cannot be partner for peace, says Dore Gold
TIMES OF ISRAEL by AFP June 1, 2015 A long-time foreign policy adviser of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rules out the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas as a potential peace partner for Israel. “There is no question that Hamas is part of the … Continue reading