The Times of Israel reported yesterday that the Palestinian Authority is furious with Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent diplomatic maneuverings. The Times reported: Palestinian sources told the London-based A-Sharq Al-Awsat that Kerry had initially agreed to an Egyptian proposal for an immediate ceasefire followed by five days of negotiations...

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Hamas will not voluntarily demilitarize the Gaza Strip, according to former Israel Defense Forces head of intelligence Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Amos Yadlin.  As a result, Israel must do it for them, he told a July 27 conference call organized by The Israel Project. “Until they will be beaten hardly they will...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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)...

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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...

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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...

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The Jerusalem Post on Thursday conveyed updates from top Israeli officials, including from the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, indicating that Hamas was continuing to rebuff Western and especially American efforts aimed at securing an immediate ceasefire to ongoing hostilities between Jerusalem and the Palestinian terror group: “Hamas has demands...

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