David Grossman, a prominent author and frequent critic of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said in an interview with an Italian newspaper that “Iran threatens the entire world; this time Netanyahu is right,” Israel Hayom reported yesterday. Grossman also said that the American position towards Iran displayed “criminal naiveté.” “This is...
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Rachel Fraenkel, the mother of Naftali Fraenkel, the high schooler who was kidnapped Thursday night along with fellow students Gil-ad Shaer and Eyal Yifrach, spoke with reporters on Sunday. (Video embedded below.) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blames the kidnapping on Hamas. The JTA reported on her remarks: “Naftali, Mom...
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Israeli border police on Friday apprehended a man they believed was on his way to a suicide attack. The police, near the Tapuach Junction in Samaria, noticed a man, believed to be in his twenties wearing a heavy coat in 95 degree heat. Israel Hayom reports that initially the suspect refused to stop:...
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Israel Hayom Friday published an interview with Israeli General Tamir Yadai, the commander of the Israeli military’s West Bank forces, in which the general confirms that Hamas’s terror attempts have increased in tempo and that the group’s campaign is being “directed from Gaza via Turkey.” “Between April and July, we really saw...
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Analysis of Israeli reactions to Netanyahu’s speech has been tangled. The BBC, for instance, asserted that “Israeli media [was] unconvinced by PM Netanyahu’s UN speech” and then linked to an article in which Israeli media outlets were quoted expressing doubts that the international community would be convinced by Netanyahu’s speech....
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The Associated Press yesterday declared that the Egyptian-controlled Sinai Peninsula had become “a new front for jihad.” IDF intelligence records some 300 terror attacks which have been launched against Egyptian security forces in the area in recent weeks. A single attack saw 25 Egyptian police officers reportedly slain in “execution-style”...
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