As in many European countries, the United Kingdom has seen many pro- and anti-Israeli protests over the course of Operation Protective Edge. While the rallies supporting Israel are about peace for people on both sides, the pro-Palestinian demonstrations are filled with vitriol and in some cases violence. All of this has...

Turkey and Qatar, which have taken the lead in giving political and financial support to Hamas, have made a concerted effort over the last week to undercut the Egyptian-sponsored ceasefire efforts between Israel and the Palestinians. Al Monitor reported yesterday: Having been largely isolated so far, Turkey and Qatar are trying to gain...

Veteran Arab affairs journalist Avi Issacharoff late Monday assessed that the ongoing Israeli-Hamas hot conflict seemed set to escalate following the misfire of a rocket from Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ): The incident, apparently born of a misfire of an Islamic Jihad rocket, prompted Hamas to embark on a series of...

Over the course of Operation Protective Edge, the Israel Defense Forces have uncovered dozens of tunnels dug towards Israeli kibbutzim along the Gaza border. Hamas said that the purpose of these tunnels is to abduct Israelis. There have already been several attempts by Hamas terrorists to infiltrate the kibbutzim –...

Hamas will not voluntarily demilitarize the Gaza Strip, according to former Israel Defense Forces head of intelligence Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Amos Yadlin.  As a result, Israel must do it for them, he told a July 27 conference call organized by The Israel Project. “Until they will be beaten hardly they will...

Thousands of Palestinians in several locations in the West Bank and Jerusalem took part in violent protests over the weekend. The largest protest took place at the Qalandia checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem.  The protests started Thursday night with the main disturbances in Nablus, Jenin, Hebron, Bethlehem, Tulkarem and the...