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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The Global Pottersville

NATIONAL REVIEW by Victor Davis Hanson June 2, 2015 Where previous presidents fostered American strength, Obama revels in weakness. …Of course, France used to ankle-bite the U.S. on its Mideast policy, with the assurance that in the end American interests … Continue reading

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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

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