Hamas-led terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired at least 72 rockets and mortars at Israeli civilians overnight. The escalation comes on the heels of a state visit by Qatar’s ruler Emir Hamad bin Khalifa A-Thani, which was hailed as a diplomatic victory by Hamas and condemned by the Fatah-led Palestinian...

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A bomb attack on the border between Israel and the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip critically wounded an Israeli officer overnight, increasing tensions after weeks of escalating rocket and mortar barrages which have targeted Israeli civilians. The cross-border attack comes as disturbing parallels emerge between Hamas’s current campaign and its provocation of...

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The Palestinian Authority held local elections for the first time in seven years over the weekend, hoping to establish a measure of democratic legitimacy as Palestinian Authority President Abbas prepared to violate negotiated understandings with Israel and seek a declaration of statehood in the United Nations. The PA’s efforts suffered...

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Palestinian local elections in the West Bank are slated to take place this weekend after several rounds of delays. The Iranian-backed terrorist group Hamas is boycotting the polls, ensuring that the currently ruling Fatah party will dominate the results. Moreover, turnout is expected to be lower than in past Palestinian...

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One year after the exchange deal that saw kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit returned to Israel from Hamas captivity, Shalit gave his first public interview about the ordeal. Israel yesterday permitted 18 Palestinian security prisoners released under the Shalit deal to re-enter the West Bank per the terms of the...

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Reacting to the recent escalation in rocket and mortar fire from the Gaza Strip, which included several salvos over the weekend, the Israeli Defense Forces have ordered all Israelis in rocket range to remain within 15 seconds of bomb shelters. The rocket fire comes from a mix of Al Qaeda-linked...

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Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor harshly criticized the U.N. yesterday over the Security Council’s failure to condemn Hamas’s escalating rocket fire campaign. The decision contrasted with the UNSC’s prompt condemnation of the Syrian rockets that recently struck Turkey. Prosor’s criticism echoes similar comments made by the ambassador last February, when...

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Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad extended an escalation in rocket and missile fire that began on Monday and included barrages on Wednesday and Thursday, firing rockets at the western Negev and at the Israeli cities of Sderot and Netivot. The IAF responded by striking terrorist infrastructure in the Gaza...

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Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad fired Qassam and Grad rockets at multiple Israeli towns and cities yesterday, extending an escalation by the terror groups that began on Monday. TIP’s analysis of the current escalation, which bears some hallmarks suggesting that Hamas is preparing for a full-blown war of the kind...

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A Swedish ship carrying anti-Israel activists set sail from Italy on Saturday, in the latest attempt by the Free Gaza movement to breach Israel’s blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. A comprehensive United Nations investigative committee concluded in 2011 that Israel’s blockade is legal under international law and that Israel...

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