Former U.S. President Bill Clinton laid the blame for Palestinian civilian casualties squarely on the heads of Hamas leaders, saying their policy was designed to kill Palestinians. Interviewed on India’s NDTV, Clinton was blunt in his assessment: Hamas was perfectly well aware of what would happen if they started raining...

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In the hours before the humanitarian ceasefire was to go into effect Thursday, the IDF discovered a Hamas cell infiltrating into Israel. Once they were discovered an IAF aircraft struck the terrorists killing a number of them and the tunnel. MAP: Opening of a Hamas tunnel inside Israeli territory. Terrorists...

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When the Israeli app CUPS  was launched in Tel Aviv in 2012, its founders were right to be optimistic. A subscription service that provides users with the privilege of drinking unlimited cups of coffee at selected cafés, the app became a popular fixture among Tel Aviv consumers. Israelis aren’t the only ones...

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The ninth day of Operation Protective Edge is over. Israeli volunteer – Dror Hanin, 37, was killed by mortar fire from Gaza. May his memory be a blessing pic.twitter.com/oXe6nMIZSl — Embassy of Israel SA (@IsraelinSA) July 16, 2014 Israel has committed to a five-hour United Nations-sponsored “humanitarian” ceasefire on Thursday. The...

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The results of a poll released Tuesday by Pew Research showed continued strong support for Israel among Americans of all political denominations as Operation Protective Edge began. The press release accompanying the poll was titled As Mideast Violence Continues, a Wide Partisan Gap in Israel-Palestinian Sympathies. As violence between Israel and Hamas shows...

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Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende experienced what Israelis living in the country’s south go through every day when he had to flee to a bomb shelter because of Gazan rocket fire earlier today. Foreign Minister Brende had traveled to Ashkelon, 12 miles north of Gaza, when rockets fell directly on the city. At...

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An Egypt-sponsored ceasefire aimed at deescalating hostilities between Israel and Hamas failed to take hold on Tuesday, with the Israelis unilaterally suspending military action against the Hamas-dominated Gaza Strip at the designated 9:00 a.m. start time, but with Palestinian fighters subsequently exploiting the lull to launch roughly 50 rockets at...

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Tony Blair says Israel’s acceptance of the Egyptian proposed ceasefire in Gaza was only part of a larger plan to stop the shooting and produce a long-term solution to stabilize the Gaza Strip. Those efforts were torpedoed by the Iran-backed Hamas, which rejected the ceasefire instead of entering into negotiations...

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New technology developed by researchers at Tel Aviv University is being hyped to transform the way in which patients with mental illnesses are monitored and treated by clinicians. The Israeli researchers have developed a new smartphone-based system that detects changes in patients’ behavioral patterns, and then transmits them to professionals...

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The eighth day of Operation Protective Edge is over. Not a joke: Syrian news says "Syria’s cabinet condemns Israel’s massacres in Gaza.” Kinda thing we see daily @UN_HRC. pic.twitter.com/prL0sWUWrd — Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 15, 2014 The Jerusalem Post reported yesterday: The IDF has destroyed around a third of Hamas’s...

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