The IDF is conducting a search for three missing yeshiva students in the areas near Gush Etzion and Hebron. 3 missing teenagers since last night is a serious event. #IDF mission ongoing in order to establish the circumstances of disappearance. — Peter Lerner (@LTCPeterLerner) June 13, 2014 Ynet reports: Israeli...
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In an interview with Wall Street Journal editorial board member Mary Kissel, (embedded below) former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren explains that the reason for the “outrage” expressed by Israeli officials to the Obama administration’s acceptance of the Fatah-Hamas unity government is that the United States reversed a...
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On Wednesday, Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Susan Collins (R-ME) led “a bipartisan supermajority of 88 Senators in sending a letter to President Barack Obama” calling the Palestinian unity government “a serious setback to efforts to achieve peace.” The Times of Israel reported further: According to the senators, Hamas’s role in the...
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Veteran journalists took turns at Wednesday’s daily State Department press briefing aggressively questioning the wisdom and coherence of the Obama administration’s approach to a recently appointed Palestinian unity government – agreed to by the rival Hamas and Fatah factions – hours after rockets fired from the Hamas-dominated Gaza Strip struck...
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The Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) reported Tuesday that leading members of the the House Foreign Affairs Committee are questioning the Obama administration’s apparent decision to cooperate with the Palestinian unity government that was agreed to last week between the ruling Fatah party and the Gaza-based terrorist group Hamas. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and...
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On Monday, a spokesman for Hamas called upon members of the terrorist organization to carry out terror attacks in the West Bank. The Times of Israel reported: “We call on the men of resistance in the West Bank, primarily the Al-Qassam Brigades, to fulfill their duty in protecting the prisoners...
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A month after the breakdown of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian leadership after the latter signed a deal with Hamas, a poll was published today suggesting more than 50 percent of Palestinians are against a return to the negotiating table. The Palestinian Center for Public Opinion survey indicated that 56.3% were against...
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David Pollock of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy released on Friday an analysis of recent Palestinian public opinion polls, which held some surprising conclusions with important implications for the region. Pollock notes that despite the apparent contradiction, most Palestinians favor a unity government between Fatah and Hamas, while at the...
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Hamas is using the current period of political and military calm – most recently locked in by a unity pact between the terror group and its rival Fatah faction – to build a missile arsenal that can blanket population centers throughout Israel during any future conflagration, according to remarks made...
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The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday that a former senior American government official said that Hamas must not be allowed to participate in the upcoming Palestinian elections. Former National Security Adviser Samuel “Sandy” Berger addressed his remarks to this week’s annual Herzliya Conference sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Center. Hamas should not be allowed...
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