In an appearance on CNN’s OutFront (video embedded below), Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer offered a strong response to questions from host Erin Burnett about his reaction to the shelling of a United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) school in Gaza. First Dermer asserted that the casualties – whether...

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The 17th day of Operation Protective Edge is over. This is the end of the sixth day of ground operations. 2:40am These are the photos of our soldiers killed in action during the current IDF ground operation in Gaza. We… http://t.co/jjjyKob3t4 — Muqata (@Muqata) July 24, 2014 Reuven Rivlin was...

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In a powerful editorial today, The Washington Post called for the United States to ensure that Hamas is disarmed in any ceasefire deal, and that it must “reject Hamas’s agenda,” because “a full reopening of Gaza’s land and sea borders … would also allow Hamas to import more missiles and concrete for new...

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White House Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken told NPR on Wednesday that any ceasefire ending the current round of hostilities between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip should include “some form of demilitarization so that [the conflict] doesn’t continue, doesn’t repeat itself,” one of a growing list of...

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Wednesday, a U.S. federal judge ruled that North Korea and Iran were liable for damages caused by Hebollah rocket fire into Israel. According to The Sacramento Bee: The two countries are liable because they “provided material support and assistance to the Hezbollah terrorists who fired the rockets at Israel,” U.S. District...

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reversed its controversial ban on American airlines flying to Israel late last night. The agency released a statement explaining: The FAA has lifted its restrictions on U.S. airline flights into and out of Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport by cancelling a Notice to Airmen it renewed earlier...

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The 16th day of Operation Protective Edge is over. It also marks the end of the fifth day of ground operations. Rckets seen fired from Gaza into Israel earlier today. Photo by Nati Shohat pic.twitter.com/N2BkBvsSHR — Israel News Feed (@IsraelHatzolah) July 23, 2014 Three more soldiers were killed today, bringing...

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In an analysis Wednesday, David Horovitz, editor in chief of The Times of Israel, wrote that the focus of the IDF has changed from destroying Hamas’ rockets to destroying Hamas’ tunnels. Horovitz described how the IDF seeks out and destroys the tunnels, and risks inherent in those strategies. But those are defensive...

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David Ward, a British Member of Parliament, sparked a wave of condemnation yesterday after tweeting that if he lived in Gaza he would “probably” also fire rockets at Israel. Much of the world has acknowledged that the Hamas rockets hurtling towards Israeli cities constitute war crimes, since they are fired indiscriminately at civilians and...

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The Times of Israel reported today that the IDF has targeted sections of the Al-Wafa rehabilitation hospital, “explaining that the medical facility was being used as a Hamas command center and utilized repeatedly by Islamist gunmen to launch attacks on Israeli forces.” In a statement the IDF explained that “the...

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