President Barack Obama on Wednesday reemphasized what has in the last week become a central administration position on the unfolding Israel-Gaza crisis, insisting that the Israelis had a right to engage in self-defense and also noting that Jerusalem has made repeated efforts to deescalate the conflict: Obama said the US...
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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) released a statement today condemning the storage of rockets in one of its schools in Gaza. Yesterday, in the course of the regular inspection of its premises, UNRWA discovered approximately 20 rockets hidden in a vacant school in the Gaza Strip. UNRWA...
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton laid the blame for Palestinian civilian casualties squarely on the heads of Hamas leaders, saying their policy was designed to kill Palestinians. Interviewed on India’s NDTV, Clinton was blunt in his assessment: Hamas was perfectly well aware of what would happen if they started raining...
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In the hours before the humanitarian ceasefire was to go into effect Thursday, the IDF discovered a Hamas cell infiltrating into Israel. Once they were discovered an IAF aircraft struck the terrorists killing a number of them and the tunnel. MAP: Opening of a Hamas tunnel inside Israeli territory. Terrorists...
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The ninth day of Operation Protective Edge is over. Israeli volunteer – Dror Hanin, 37, was killed by mortar fire from Gaza. May his memory be a blessing pic.twitter.com/oXe6nMIZSl — Embassy of Israel SA (@IsraelinSA) July 16, 2014 Israel has committed to a five-hour United Nations-sponsored “humanitarian” ceasefire on Thursday. The...
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Ron Ben Yishai, a military correspondent for the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronot, reported today that despite warnings delivered to residents of northern Gaza to leave their homes this morning, only about one-sixth of the population left. “The key problem is that Gazans are more afraid of disobeying Hamas than they are...
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The results of a poll released Tuesday by Pew Research showed continued strong support for Israel among Americans of all political denominations as Operation Protective Edge began. The press release accompanying the poll was titled As Mideast Violence Continues, a Wide Partisan Gap in Israel-Palestinian Sympathies. As violence between Israel and Hamas shows...
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Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende experienced what Israelis living in the country’s south go through every day when he had to flee to a bomb shelter because of Gazan rocket fire earlier today. Foreign Minister Brende had traveled to Ashkelon, 12 miles north of Gaza, when rockets fell directly on the city. At...
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An Egypt-sponsored ceasefire aimed at deescalating hostilities between Israel and Hamas failed to take hold on Tuesday, with the Israelis unilaterally suspending military action against the Hamas-dominated Gaza Strip at the designated 9:00 a.m. start time, but with Palestinian fighters subsequently exploiting the lull to launch roughly 50 rockets at...
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A Washington Post editorial published today, entitled Hamas is Playing Dangerous Games with the Lives of Gazans, accused Hamas of rejecting yesterday’s ceasefire proposal in order to invite world pressure on Israel to meet Hamas’ demands. Why would Hamas insist on continuing the fight when it is faring so poorly? The only plausible answer...
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