In what is described as the “the biggest pro-Israel, anti-terrorist rally” in India recently, a reported 20,000 people marched in favor of Israel yesterday in Kolkata (Calcutta), in the Indian state of West Bengal. Protesters holding pro-Israel banners marched through the streets of Kolkata, while community heads delivered speeches proclaiming...

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given its approval for a pioneering, noninvasive brain-function analysis system from the Israeli company ElMindA for 14- to 24-year-olds, and ElMindA is conducting additional research activities to further expand the indicated age group. The company’s Brain Network Activity (BNA) system combines...

Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan warned that “Israel must accept the demands of the Palestinian people or face a long war” in advance of the Monday, August 18 midnight deadline (local time) when the latest Egyptian-brokered ceasefire is due to expire. On the Hamas website, Hamdan threatened that “all options...

Today was the forty first day of Operation Protective Edge Fatah officials claim that as many as 250 members of the group living in Gaza have been arrested by Hamas. One Fatah official, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal against his party members in Gaza, told The...

In an op-ed published Saturday in the Washington Post, Natan Sharansky, chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel argued that bringing international law to bear against Israel for defending its citizens in the absence of accepted international standards is a “double standard” not a “higher standard.” Sharansky, a former refusenik...

Today was the fortieth day of Operation Protective Edge. The harsh realities behind the death of innocents in #Gaza http://t.co/0SxEMCoftx via @smh — Michael Dickson (@michaeldickson) August 15, 2014 Hamas continues to refuse any offers to extend the current five day ceasefire. Reuters reports: Israeli envoys were due to return...

Today was the thirty ninth day of Operation Protective Edge. ICYMI: 600 convicted criminals/illeg immig released, HHS (ike IRS) loses subpoenad docs, US terror vics sue Arab Bank http://t.co/uKYyTdDgsM — Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) August 12, 2014 The Tower today covered the start of the Arab Bank trial at Federal District...

The Associated Press (AP) reported yesterday on the growing discontent expressed by residents of the Gaza Strip with Hamas rule. Though those interviewed are not at all sympathetic to Israel, that they speak out is remarkable because “[u]nder Hamas rule, it’s rare and dangerous to share even as much as...

Yesterday, Amnon Lord profiled Brig. Gen. (res) Tsuri Sagi (sometimes spelled Tzuri Saguy) at the Israeli website, Mida. In 1966, Sagi helped create the modern Kurdish army. In the 1960’s the Kurds were fighting for autonomy from the central Iraqi government. In 1966, the Iraqi army had blocked off a valley...

The Times of Israel reported today that in an interview with a Lebanese television station (embedded below) Hamas spokeswoman, Isra al-Mudallal, acknowledged that Hamas intimidates journalists. The Times, citing a translation of the interview provided by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), quotes al-Mudallal complaining about journalist who wanted...