The twentieth day of Operation Protective Edge and the ninth day of ground operations have concluded. DAILY RECAP: Day 20 of Operation Protective Edge. Since the start of the operation,we have struck 3865 terror targets pic.twitter.com/eSqaeIwnIH — IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) July 28, 2014 Today The Tower covered the recent anti-Israel protests...

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...

The Al Aqsa Martyr’s Brigade, a terrorist group affiliated with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement, took credit for shots fired during violent demonstrations on Thursday night. Ha’aretz reports: Two people were killed during the clashes with Israeli forces that erupted when the thousands of demonstrators marching from Ramallah...

Friday night, the Israeli security cabinet unanimously rejected the latest ceasefire proposed by Secretary of State John Kerry. Bizarrely, it is emerging that Kerry’s plan comes in the wake of apparent efforts to appease Hamas’ biggest financial backer, Qatar–which has also been bankrolling some of the most problematic anti-Western elements in the...

Friday The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed titled The Moral Chasm Between Israel and Hamas (Google search terms) by James T. Conway, the retired 34th commandant of the Marine Corps. To illustrate his thesis that “Israel’s military exists to protect its civilian population and seeks to avoid harming noncombatants, while...

90-year-old Shimon Peres left office Thursday as the ninth president of the State of Israel capping a remarkable seventy year career in public service. In his farewell speech before the Knesset, Peres began: I came to thank you for the privilege you granted me to serve our country and its people...

The nineteenth day of Operation Protective Edge and the eighth day of the ground war have now concluded. Two more soldiers died. Cpt. Liad Lavi, 22 & Chief Warrant Officer Rami Chalon, 39, both injured in battle, died of their wounds today. May their memory be blessed. — IDF (@IDFSpokesperson)...

The eighteenth day of Operation Protective Edge is over, as is the first week of ground operations. A 12-hour ceasefire was just announced. Israel and Hamas agree to 12-hour Gaza truce on Saturday brokered by US secretary of state, reports say http://t.co/f6EsF8k5iR — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) July 25, 2014...

The Guardian reported today that Iran arrested The Washington Post‘s Tehran correspondent, Jason Rezaian, his wife, and two other journalists this week. Iranian judicial offficials confirmed on Friday that Jason Rezaian, who holds dual US and Iranian citizenship, had been detained and is under investigation. … The US reporter and...

The Israeli business website Globes reported yesterday that leaders of the terrorist organization Hamas are currently worth billions of dollars. The article, based on the research of Col. (res.) Dr. Moshe Elad, looks closely at Hamas leaders Moussa Abu Marzouk and Khaled Meshaal, the latter of whom lives in Qatar. Together with...