Writing Friday in The Wall Street Journal, Claudia Rosett, a journalist in residence with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, takes United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to task for decrying the “suffering” in Gaza when it is one of his organization’s agencies, United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is...

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In an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg at The Atlantic, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton strongly defended Israel’s war against Hamas and identified anti-Semitism as a motivating factor behind many of the demonstrations against Israel. Clinton’s initial response to the question as to whether or not Israel was justified in...

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Hamas published a statement on its military website threatening to kill thousands of Israelis and damage Israel’s economy unless their demands were met. The statement mentioned no compromise for an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire, but said Hamas wanted to expand the fighting to a ”war of liberation.” Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said: There...

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Today was the thirty third day of Operation Protective Edge. Since the ceasefire ended Hamas has fired roughly 100 rockets into Israel. Since the end of the ceasefire, Hamas fired approx.100 rockets at Israel. In response, the IDF targeted some 120 terror sites & 9 operatives — IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) August...

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Today was the thirty-second day of Operation Protective Edge. Today The Tower covered Hamas’ immediate abrogation of the Egyptian sponsored 72-hour ceasefire immediately upon its expiration. Hamas fired at least 35 rockets towards Israel, three of which were reported intercepted by the Iron Dome system. Two of the rockets crashed into...

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Israel’s community of social workers and psychologists is responding in a variety of ways to the distress of hundreds of children in rocket range of Hamas’ missiles from Gaza. One therapeutic approach is Hibuki (Huggy), a stuffed dog with a sad face and extra-long arms. Professionals and parents are trained...

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In an analysis published yesterday, Anthony Reuben, head of statistics for BBC News, cautioned against accepting Gaza casualty figures at face value. Working from figures from the United Nations, Reuben observes: So there were 216 members of armed groups killed, and another 725 men who were civilians. Among civilians, more...

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Yesterday The Jerusalem Post interviewed Christian Stephen of the Freelance Society, an organization that specializes in covering war zones. When asked about the intimidation he faced as a reporter, Stephen responded: A fighter inside Gaza City threatened to shoot me in the head if I didn’t stop taking pictures of...

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Shortly after 8 this morning, as the Egyptian sponsored 72 hour ceasefire expired, Hamas fired a barrage of rockets into Israel, shattering ceasefire efforts and reigniting the month-long conflict. Among the injured on the Israeli side was Dr. Nachmi Paz, director of Sapir College. 42 seconds after end of ceasefire, rocket sirens...

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A revolutionary new electronic chip with nano-sized chemical sensors is about to change the way security forces worldwide safeguard airports and other public areas against terrorist attacks. The Israeli-designed nanotechnology-inspired sensor, devised by Prof. Fernando Patolsky of Tel Aviv University’s School of Chemistry and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, and...

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