The Hollywood Reporter reported Saturday that a group of some 190 Hollywood notables signed a pro-Israel petition. The group, which calls itself the Creative Community for Peace (CCFP), released the following statement last week: We, the undersigned, are saddened by the devastating loss of life endured by Israelis and Palestinians in...

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Kidnapped American reporter Peter Curtis who was held for two years in Syria by Al Qaeda was released to UN peacekeeping forces in the Golan Heights. He is now believed to be safe in Tel Aviv in the care of the American government. Curtis was given a medical check at...

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Today was the forty sixth day of Operation Protective Edge. On average, since Hamas broke the latest ceasefire there has been a rocket fired at Israel from Gaza every 10 minutes. — IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) August 22, 2014 The Tower today covered the appeal of Shurat Hadin – Israel Law Center...

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UPDATE: Since this report was published, it has emerged that the civilian shelter or school from next to which the mortar was fired was most likely run by Hamas, rather than UNRWA. The original version, which appears below, had at time of publication been confirmed by multiple and independent sources. The...

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A four-year-old boy in Nahal Oz, a town on the Gaza border, was killed by Hamas mortar fire today. Since morning hours, 30 rockets fired at southern Israel http://t.co/SUnURIIxhe #IsraelUnderAttack #IsraelUnderFire — QassamCount (@QassamCount) August 22, 2014 The Jerusalem Post reports: Medical officials in southern Israel announced the death of...

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Gaza-based Palestinian fighters set a new record on Wednesday by launching at least 168 rockets at Israeli civilians over the course of the day – the previous mark had been 154 rockets in a single 24 hour period – amid extensive speculation that Israel had targeted and perhaps eliminated Hamas military...

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Suspected jihadist terrorists cut the heads off of four men in the Sheikh Zuwaid area of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, only a few minute’s drive from the Israeli border. The murders occurred around the same time ISIS released its video of the beheading of American journalist James Foley  that has shaken...

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The State Department on Tuesday afternoon blasted Hamas for shattering what had been an ongoing ceasefire between Gaza-based Palestinian groups and Israel, with Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf “condemn[ing]… renewed rocket fire” launched from the Gaza Strip earlier that day and calling on the terror organization to return to truce talks. MS. HARF:...

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In the clearest acknowledgement that Hamas was behind the kidnapping and killing of Israeli teenagers Eyal Yifrach, Gil-ad Shaar and Naftali Fraenkel, Israel’s Channel 2 today broadcast a video (embedded with subtitles below) of Hamas’ Turkey-based West Bank commander, praising the kidnappers. According to The Times of Israel, Saleh al...

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The forty third day of Operation Protective Edge is over. #Israel Reservists about to be released to go home to their families have received orders to stay in place thanks to latest #GAZA violations — ASoldiersMother (@ASoldiersMother) August 19, 2014 The Tower today covered the violation of the 24 hour...

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