The Hollywood Reporter reported Saturday that a group of some 190 Hollywood notables signed a pro-Israel petition. The group, which calls itself the Creative Community for Peace (CCFP), released the following statement last week: We, the undersigned, are saddened by the devastating loss of life endured by Israelis and Palestinians in...

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Kidnapped American reporter Peter Curtis who was held for two years in Syria by Al Qaeda was released to UN peacekeeping forces in the Golan Heights. He is now believed to be safe in Tel Aviv in the care of the American government. Curtis was given a medical check at...

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Today was the forty eighth day of Operation Protective Edge. islamic supremacists’ explicit intent is to kill civilians. Israel specifically tries to avoid. Guess who's condemned http://t.co/h2laAxmyxL — Benjamin Weingarten (@bhweingarten) August 24, 2014 The Tower today covered a profile of Hamas commander Raed al-Attar who was killed last week...

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Today was the forty seventh day of Operation Protective Edge. An estimated 200 rockets were fired by Hamas and other terrorist groups into Israel on Saturday largely targeting southern Israel. Hamas shoots missiles at Israel for years and Israel finally retaliates and the media says Israel is "Targeting innocent bystanders"...

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UPDATE: Since this report was published, it has emerged that the civilian shelter or school from next to which the mortar was fired was most likely run by Hamas, rather than UNRWA. The original version, which appears below, had at time of publication been confirmed by multiple and independent sources. The...

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Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered the deepest cave in Israel, reaching a depth of 187 meters below ground. Located near Israel’s border with Lebanon, the cave is 30 meters deeper than the previous record-holder on Mount Meron, which was mapped 30 years ago, at 157 meters. “This...

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A second consecutive night of Israeli air strikes against top Gaza Strip terrorists eliminated what the Jerusalem Post described as “three of Hamas’s most important military commanders.” The assassination of three of Hamas’s most important military commanders in an Israeli air strike is the worst and most painful blow dealt to...

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Hamas members executed seven men leaving a mosque in Gaza today, according to reports. The Times of Israel wrote: Masked Hamas gunmen on Friday afternoon killed seven suspected informants for Israel near a Gaza City mosque as worshipers were ending midday prayers, bringing the total number of alleged collaborators killed in the...

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The tourism industry may have taken a hit this summer with persistent rocket attacks from Gaza but David Fattal, CEO of the 32-strong Fattal hotel chain, says he’s going ahead with plans to open the new Ashdod Leonardo because he believes in Israel as a top travel destination. In a...

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Following a press conference yesterday (a portion of which is embedded below), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took questions from reporters. One of the questions had to do with Israel’s relations with the Obama administration. Regarding relations with the US… Netanyahu said “there is no crisis with the US. I...

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