In the late hours of Monday night the IDF launched “Operation Protective Edge” in an effort to stop the rockets from that continued to strike at Israel from the Gaza Strip. #IDF has commenced Operation Protective Edge in #Gaza against #Hamas, in order to stop the terror #Israel's citizens face...

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An analysis published Tuesday by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy identifies last month’s Fatah-Hamas unity agreement as a factor that enabled the abductions and murders of Gil-ad Shaar, Naftali Fraenkel and Eyal Yifrach. After noting that  Hamas publicly took credit for the kidnappings despite doubts expressed in some quarters...

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Israeli officials, world leaders, and supporters of Israel worldwide have condemned the killings of Eyal Yifrach, Gil-ad Shaar and Naftali Frankel, whose bodies were discovered earlier today near Hebron. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the beginning of tonight’s security cabinet meeting: “With heavy grief, this evening we found three...

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Despite the promise from Palestinian Authority President Mahmnoud Abbas that the new government he created with Hamas would reject violence, some 56 rockets have been fired from Hamas’ Gaza stronghold in the two weeks since three Israeli teens were abducted. The latest barrage on Saturday night led to the destruction...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized on Monday the Palestinian Authority’s continued granting of substantial monthly salaries and grants upon the release of incarcerated terrorists. These monthly salaries range from $3,500 to $25,000. The terrorists’ salaries and grants are determined by the number of years that they spent in an Israeli prison for their...

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In the wake of increased rocket attacks from Gaza against Israel’s southern population centers, Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar announced an agreement with Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) on Tuesday night. The Jerusalem Post reports: “There will be no security for the Zionists over and under the land,” Zahar said in a...

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It was reported Monday that Israel had charged Ziad Awad and his son Izzedin Hassan Ziad in the Passover eve killing of police commander Baruch Mizrahi. Mizrahi’s pregnant wife Hadas and a son were injured in the attack. The New York Times reports on the arrests: Ziad Awad, now 42, was...

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On Wednesday, an Israeli diplomat was appointed to serve on a United Nations committee focusing on “decolonization, Palestinian refugees and human rights, peacekeeping, mine action, outer space, public information, atomic radiation and University for Peace.” The Times of Israel reported: Israel overcame a coordinated effort by Arab states on Wednesday to thwart...

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Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon vowed on Tuesday to make Hamas “pay a heavy price” for the kidnapping of teenagers Eyal Yifrach, Gil-ad Shaar, and Naftali Fraenkel. The Times of Israel reported on the defense minister’s comments: “Hamas in Judea and Samaria will pay a heavy price for the kidnapping,”...

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Three men were arrested Tuesday for threatening their relative, Mohammad Zoabi, an Arab-Israeli teen who posted a YouTube video expressing his solidarity with  Eyal Yifrach, Gil-ad Shaar and Naftali Fraenkel, the three Jewish-Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped last Thursday. The Times of Israel reports: “Three members of a Nazareth family were arrested on...

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