Hamas was plotting to start a third intifada and overthrow the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank according to information just cleared for public release by the Shin Bet and the IDF–suggesting that concerns of a vast strengthening of Hamas in the weeks leading up to the kidnapping of three...
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Yesterday a senior Israeli defense official said that Iran launched a massive cyber-attack against Israel during Operation Protective Edge. The Times of Israel reported that most of the targets of the attacks were civilian, the IDF’s Twitter account was hacked, sending out a message that rockets had hit Israel’s nuclear...
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In what is described as the “the biggest pro-Israel, anti-terrorist rally” in India recently, a reported 20,000 people marched in favor of Israel yesterday in Kolkata (Calcutta), in the Indian state of West Bengal. Protesters holding pro-Israel banners marched through the streets of Kolkata, while community heads delivered speeches proclaiming...
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The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given its approval for a pioneering, noninvasive brain-function analysis system from the Israeli company ElMindA for 14- to 24-year-olds, and ElMindA is conducting additional research activities to further expand the indicated age group. The company’s Brain Network Activity (BNA) system combines...
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Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan warned that “Israel must accept the demands of the Palestinian people or face a long war” in advance of the Monday, August 18 midnight deadline (local time) when the latest Egyptian-brokered ceasefire is due to expire. On the Hamas website, Hamdan threatened that “all options...
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Today was the forty first day of Operation Protective Edge Fatah officials claim that as many as 250 members of the group living in Gaza have been arrested by Hamas. One Fatah official, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal against his party members in Gaza, told The...
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In an op-ed published Saturday in the Washington Post, Natan Sharansky, chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel argued that bringing international law to bear against Israel for defending its citizens in the absence of accepted international standards is a “double standard” not a “higher standard.” Sharansky, a former refusenik...
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Today was the fortieth day of Operation Protective Edge. The harsh realities behind the death of innocents in #Gaza http://t.co/0SxEMCoftx via @smh — Michael Dickson (@michaeldickson) August 15, 2014 Hamas continues to refuse any offers to extend the current five day ceasefire. Reuters reports: Israeli envoys were due to return...
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The Associated Press (AP) reported yesterday on the growing discontent expressed by residents of the Gaza Strip with Hamas rule. Though those interviewed are not at all sympathetic to Israel, that they speak out is remarkable because “[u]nder Hamas rule, it’s rare and dangerous to share even as much as...
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Yesterday, Amnon Lord profiled Brig. Gen. (res) Tsuri Sagi (sometimes spelled Tzuri Saguy) at the Israeli website, Mida. In 1966, Sagi helped create the modern Kurdish army. In the 1960’s the Kurds were fighting for autonomy from the central Iraqi government. In 1966, the Iraqi army had blocked off a valley...
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