Tag Archives: West Bank

Poll shows strong Palestinian support for violence

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Associated Press December 9, 2014 80% of West Bank and Gaza residents back recent wave of lone-wolf attacks; over half support new uprising against Israel. An overwhelming majority of Palestinians support a recent spate of attacks … Continue reading

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White House said to mull settlement sanctions

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Adiv Sterman December 4, 2014 Senior officials at the White House and the US State Department held a confidential meeting to discuss the possibility of leveling sanctions against Israel to deter the Israeli government from launching … Continue reading

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Hamas, Inc.

TABLET MAG by Moshe Elad November 18, 2014 The idea that hardline Hamas political leaders like Mousa Abu Marzook and Khaled Meshal who order violence in the name of jihad are also canny businessmen who have assembled financial empires that … Continue reading

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Land for Death

TABLET MAG by Lee Smith November 19, 2014 Israel may face a wrenching choice between its democracy and Jewishness. And that’s normal. Maybe all of Europe will soon follow the Swedes in recognizing a Palestinian state. Last week the E.U.’s new … Continue reading

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For Israel, Two-State Is No Solution

NEW YORK TIMES by Naftali Bennett November 5, 2014 Recent events in the Middle East are a reminder of how the old models of peace between Israel and the Palestinians are no longer relevant. The time has come to rethink … 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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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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Israel builds houses. What a crime against humanity.

PJ MEDIA by Rich Baehr September 4, 2014 World Shudders as Israel Declares 988 Acres of the West Bank State Land Some conventional wisdom about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is easily debunked. One such bit of nonsense is that Palestinians have … Continue reading

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Hamas was Defeated, Until the Next Time

BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES by Prof. Efraim Inbar September 1, 2014 Executive Summary: During Operation Protective Edge, Hamas was clearly defeated, but was not destroyed. Israel was successful in significantly degrading the military capabilities of Hamas and forced it … Continue reading

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Don’t be rattled by the condemnations

ISRAEL HAYOM by Dror Eydar September 2, 2014 It has become a common and tedious ritual: the international condemnation and the outcry of the Left. There is nothing to get excited about here. The Jews began the process, which could … Continue reading

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