On Monday, the IDF translated and published the contents of a Hamas bomb-making manual that it captured during Operation Protective Edge. The IDF blog quotes from the manual: The explosives manual recommends teaching civilians how to build and store bombs in their homes. According to the manual, the goal is...

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Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel released a statement yesterday announcing that seven Western nations would be sending arms to the Kurds to help them fight off the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Albania, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Italy, France and the United Kingdom “have committed to helping provide Kurdish...

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The Iran-backed terror organization Hamas is already broadcasting strong signals that it has no interest in peace and is gearing up for its next war against Israel. The Izzadin Al-Qassam Brigades tweeted (Arabic link): We won, and swore by Allah that we will continue to dig (tunnels), and create more (rockets),...

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While the ranks of the Islamic State (ISIS) continue to swell with foreign Sunni volunteers from Western countries, including the United Kingdom, Belgium and the Netherlands, a stream of jihadists has been silently flowing from a territory much closer to the self-styled Caliphate. Dozens of Palestinian militants from Rafah, Nuseirat,...

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Today was the fiftieth day of Operation Protective Edge. UPDATE: Egyptian officials say Israel-Hamas ceasefire in #Gaza is now under way: http://t.co/hjsRAP0ERH — CNN International (@cnni) August 26, 2014 Israel and Hamas agreed to an open-ended ceasefire, which went into effect at 7 PM local time. If the ceasefire holds, it will be followed...

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On Monday, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) threatened to “accelerate” its arming of Palestinians, apparently in response to a purported Israeli drone infiltrating its airspace over the weekend. The Telegraph reports: “We will accelerate the arming of the West Bank and we reserve the right to give any response,”...

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Rocket fire from Gaza continued to chase Israelis into bomb shelters Tuesday as diplomatic efforts to end the barrage centered on two key avenues: an Egyptian-brokered open-ended ceasefire, and an American-led initiative for a UN Security Council resolution. Chico Menashe of Israel Radio reported that the ongoing conflict was generating internal pressure in...

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Today was the forty-ninth day of Operation Protective Edge. Leo McKinstry in @Daily_Express on #British progressive ('useful idiots') and their "obsessive hatred of #Israel" – http://t.co/ADY7zSGbJH — Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) August 25, 2014 IDF statistics for Operation Protective Edge show that, between July 8th and August 25th, more than 4,150 rockets and mortars...

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In an op-ed appearing in The New York Times today, Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor observed that even as most of Hamas’ Arab sponsors, “which historically have included Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia,” have “abandoned the terrorist group,” the country of Qatar has emerged as one of the terrorist...

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Israel’s internal security agency, the Shin Bet, released statistics for July which revealed a significant spike in violence within the West Bank. Although overshadowed by the terror attacks from Gaza, the increase in the West Bank is troubling. While 2,622 rockets and mortars were fired from Gaza towards Israeli towns and cities in the month...

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