The Foreign Press Association (FPA) today issued a condemnation of the systematic harassment that journalists in Gaza have suffered at the hands of Hamas. The statement read in part: The FPA protests in the strongest terms the blatant, incessant, forceful and unorthodox methods employed by the Hamas authorities and their...
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Israel envisions a demilitarized Gaza where Palestinian civilians receive humanitarian aid and supplies, but Hamas is cut off from getting resupplied with materials or money, according to Justice Minister Tzipi Livni. Livni headed the Israeli peace negotiations with the Palestinians, but has been a mainstream supporter of Operation Protective Edge. She presented...
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The terrorist group Hamas has executed dozens of workers responsible for its tunnel system in the past few weeks, according to a report in the Israeli news site Mako (Hebrew link), and expanded upon by the Times of Israel. The tunnelers, many of whom constructed the tunnels over the course of months, would...
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Today was the thirty fourth day of Operation Protective Edge. Good title: "Hamas could have chosen peace. Instead, it made Gaza suffer" | http://t.co/2OWziqFkiX — Mike Doran (@Doranimated) August 10, 2014 Once again Israel has agreed to a seventy two hour ceasefire. This one is to start at midnight tonight....
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In an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg at The Atlantic, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton strongly defended Israel’s war against Hamas and identified anti-Semitism as a motivating factor behind many of the demonstrations against Israel. Clinton’s initial response to the question as to whether or not Israel was justified in...
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Hamas published a statement on its military website threatening to kill thousands of Israelis and damage Israel’s economy unless their demands were met. The statement mentioned no compromise for an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire, but said Hamas wanted to expand the fighting to a ”war of liberation.” Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said: There...
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Today was the thirty third day of Operation Protective Edge. Since the ceasefire ended Hamas has fired roughly 100 rockets into Israel. Since the end of the ceasefire, Hamas fired approx.100 rockets at Israel. In response, the IDF targeted some 120 terror sites & 9 operatives — IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) August...
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Israel’s community of social workers and psychologists is responding in a variety of ways to the distress of hundreds of children in rocket range of Hamas’ missiles from Gaza. One therapeutic approach is Hibuki (Huggy), a stuffed dog with a sad face and extra-long arms. Professionals and parents are trained...
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In an analysis published yesterday, Anthony Reuben, head of statistics for BBC News, cautioned against accepting Gaza casualty figures at face value. Working from figures from the United Nations, Reuben observes: So there were 216 members of armed groups killed, and another 725 men who were civilians. Among civilians, more...
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Yesterday The Jerusalem Post interviewed Christian Stephen of the Freelance Society, an organization that specializes in covering war zones. When asked about the intimidation he faced as a reporter, Stephen responded: A fighter inside Gaza City threatened to shoot me in the head if I didn’t stop taking pictures of...
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