The Syrian air force targeted positions held by rebels, including Islamists from the al-Qaeda-affiliated al Nusra Front, close to the Israeli border on the Golan Heights on August 28. The attack followed the reported capture of the Syrian side of the Quneitra border crossing with Israel a day earlier. While...
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On Monday, the IDF translated and published the contents of a Hamas bomb-making manual that it captured during Operation Protective Edge. The IDF blog quotes from the manual: The explosives manual recommends teaching civilians how to build and store bombs in their homes. According to the manual, the goal is...
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The city of Los Angeles has signed a memorandum of understanding with the city of Eilat to create a joint task force on environmental and clean-technology initiatives. The sister cities hope to promote collaboration and advancement in technology investment, business development and research opportunities in clean technology, water resources, solar...
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Today is the fifty-first day of Operation Protective Edge #Hamas celebrates "victory" with celebrations that leave 1 dead and dozens injured. Meanwhile, #Israel mourns every death on both sides — StandWithUs (@StandWithUs) August 27, 2014 In a speech today, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Operation Protective Edge a success. Herb...
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While the ranks of the Islamic State (ISIS) continue to swell with foreign Sunni volunteers from Western countries, including the United Kingdom, Belgium and the Netherlands, a stream of jihadists has been silently flowing from a territory much closer to the self-styled Caliphate. Dozens of Palestinian militants from Rafah, Nuseirat,...
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On Monday, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) threatened to “accelerate” its arming of Palestinians, apparently in response to a purported Israeli drone infiltrating its airspace over the weekend. The Telegraph reports: “We will accelerate the arming of the West Bank and we reserve the right to give any response,”...
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Palestinian officials announced today that a “long-term” ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas has been agreed to. The Israeli government confirmed that it has signed off on the truce, which went into effect at 7 PM local time. State Dept thanks #Egypt, others for negotiating #Gaza ceasefire; notes challenges still ahead. "We're going into this...
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Rocket fire from Gaza continued to chase Israelis into bomb shelters Tuesday as diplomatic efforts to end the barrage centered on two key avenues: an Egyptian-brokered open-ended ceasefire, and an American-led initiative for a UN Security Council resolution. Chico Menashe of Israel Radio reported that the ongoing conflict was generating internal pressure in...
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There is no way Bostonian ALS sufferer Peter Frates could have known that people across the world would take him up on his ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. But after the former Boston College baseball star called on his athlete friends to dump buckets of ice water over their heads to...
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Today was the forty-ninth day of Operation Protective Edge. Leo McKinstry in @Daily_Express on #British progressive ('useful idiots') and their "obsessive hatred of #Israel" – http://t.co/ADY7zSGbJH — Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) August 25, 2014 IDF statistics for Operation Protective Edge show that, between July 8th and August 25th, more than 4,150 rockets and mortars...
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