One of the last rockets to be fired from Gaza before a 72-hour ceasefire came into effect on Aug 5 hit a Palestinian house just outside Bethlehem in the West Bank. The rocket, fired with several others that fell in open areas in Israel or were intercepted, struck the home...

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An analysis by Jerusalem Post diplomatic correspondent Herb Keinon of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Saturday night speech about Operation Protective Edge observed that Netanyahu made a veiled reference “to key Sunni countries in the region, particularly Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.” The significance of this reference, according to...

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Today was the twenty-seventh day of Operation Protective Edge and the sixteenth day of ground operations in Gaza. More proof that the IDF is seriously good at social media — and that they are fighting an evil, despicable enemy. pic.twitter.com/BhkPhMCPrw — Ken Gardner (@kesgardner) August 4, 2014 At a time...

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Israel started redeploying troops out of sections of Gaza over the weekend as it began considering the next stage of Operation Protective Edge. Palestinian civilians confirmed seeing soldiers leaving their cities. Israel has not entirely left the Palestinian coastal enclave with forces positioned up to half a mile inside Gaza...

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Israeli basketball fans are whooping it up as recently resigned Maccabi Tel Aviv coach David Blatt signs head coach position with the Cleveland Cavaliers. This is the first time an Israeli will coach an NBA team. After Blatt led Maccabi Tel Aviv to a stunning upset of Real Madrid in...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that forthcoming evidence would implicate Hamas in the abductions, as the search continued through the weekend for three Israeli teenagers kidnapped earlier this month: He insisted that the government had “unequivocal proof” that the kidnapping was Hamas’s doing, and that he had provided it to...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press yesterday (video embedded below). The primary focus of his interview with host David Gregory was the current turmoil in Iraq. MTP: Netanyahu on Iraq: "Both sides are enemies of the US. You don't strengthen one – you weaken both"...

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Reactions continue to mount against the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) General Assembly, which voted Friday to support a motion supporting divestment from three companies doing business with Israel. Critics included leaders of the Reform Jewish movement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and pastors within the church. The narrow vote was a nominal...

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Three men were arrested Tuesday for threatening their relative, Mohammad Zoabi, an Arab-Israeli teen who posted a YouTube video expressing his solidarity with  Eyal Yifrach, Gil-ad Shaar and Naftali Fraenkel, the three Jewish-Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped last Thursday. The Times of Israel reports: “Three members of a Nazareth family were arrested on...

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Israeli authorities on Monday expanded their search for three teenagers thought to have been abducted by terrorists last week, as Israeli and U.S. officials converged on the assessment that elements from the Palestinian Hamas faction – which recently came together with its long-time rivals in the Fatah faction to agree to a...

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