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Year: 2014

Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

2:29am Rocket Alerts in Central Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

2:29am Multiple rocket sirens towards Tel Aviv-Yafo, Rishon l'Tzion, Bat Yam, Holon....

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza

IDF Releases Names of 5 Soldiers Killed

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF spokesman has released the names of the soldiers who were killed this evening.

Midrash Stories

Destruction

By Rabbi Sholom Klass

And so the enemy burst into the Sanctuary and set up a stand on the Temple Mount.

Teens and Twenties

A Bystander’s View

By Chaya Feldstein

What Hashem desires most is that we learn to connect with each other as children in the same family.

IDF & Security / Government / News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Steinitz: Goal of Military Op to Demilitarize Gaza

By Meir Halevi Siegel

Intelligence minister meets journalists in Jerusalem, compares Gaza to Judea and Samaria as proof that quiet begets quiet.

Arts

Laura Kruger At The Hebrew Union College Museum

By Richard McBee

"We are living in a Golden Age of Jewish Art, but don't know it."

Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Egypt / Rockets from Gaza / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Thaw in Hamas-Egypt Ties?

By Meir Halevi Siegel

Moslem Brotherhood considered enemy number one in Cairo; Gaza branch responds to slight by firing at Israel.

Government / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Zoabi ‘Too Busy’ for Police Questions

By Meir Halevi Siegel

Is MK Zoabi planning to copy her "rebbe", former Balad MK Azmi Bishara, by skipping the country?

Government / News Briefs / United Nations (UN) / Rockets from Gaza / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Netanyahu Slams Security Council

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister speaks by phone to Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, stresses that Israel accepted all ceasefire proposals.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Current Status Report

By Jewish Press News Desk

9:58pm The IDF has adopted the "quiet will be met with quiet" operational directive and is only reacting to pinpoint Hamas rocket fire. When Hamas fired a few rockets earlier today the IDF fired at the area the rocket were launched from (Bet Lahiya, Gaza) The government security cabinet is meeting to decide whether to […]

Shiloh Musings

If The USA Were a Good Friend of Israel's, It Would Make Our Needs THE PRIORITY‏

By Batya Medad

So-called US military aid props up US military industries while disposing of surplus supplies.

IDF & Security / US / Gaza / Hamas / Qatar / News Briefs / Turkey / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Rockets from Gaza / Intifada / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Ambassador Michael Oren Warns Obama is Legitimizing Hamas

By Rachel Levy

The Obama administration casts Hamas in the light of a legitimate organization, not the terror group it is listed as by the US itself.

Op-Eds

Combating ISIS influence in India

By Jagdish N. Singh

ISIS poses a great threat to the entire civilized world in general and liberal democracies in particular.

Photo of the Day

The Face of a Hero

By Jewish Press Staff

Yeshoron Tzoran is the officer who stopped the Arab terrorist near Beitar Ilit who was driving a massive car bomb to his target. Tzoran's quick thinking and action saved hundreds of lives.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Day 21 of Operation' Protective Edge' – "Israel is in Possession of all of the Attack Tunnels"

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The IDF blew up two more tunnels in the course of the last 24 hours. “The longer we stay on the ground, the more we learn about the extent of the tunnels and the route they were built in.”

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

How the Palestinians Use Narrative to Make Themselves Look Good

By Moshe Herman

Yishai is joined by activist and founder of Palestinian Media Watch Itamar Marcus to talk about how both the Arab media skew and also with Knesset insider Jeremy Saltan and his current IDF experience.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / United Nations (UN) / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Investigation: IDF Rejects Claim it Killed 16 Gazans in UNRWA School

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF claims from their investigation and released video of the shell that hit the UNRWA school that they did not kill the 16 people.

Emes Ve-Emunah

Israel's Moral Imperative

By Harry Maryles

If Hamas would simply stop firing rockets into Israel, all the carnage would stop instantly.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France / Germany / European Union / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Weekend Update: Anti-Israel Riots Around Europe

By Meir Halevi Siegel

If anti-Israel doesn't necessarily mean anti-Israel-Semitic, why do anti-Israel protests always seem to be so violent?

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / United Nations (UN)

Palestinians Looking for UN Downgrade?

By Meir Halevi Siegel

Make up your mind: PA Chairman can't decide whether Palestinians are sovereign state or feeble protectorate

Analysis

Assessing Secretary Kerry's Proposal

By Yoram Ettinger

Kerry is preoccupied with pressuring Israel, notwithstanding the transformation of the Arab Spring .

News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

UN Official: Criticism of Israel 'a bit much'

By Meir Halevi Siegel

Thinking her microphone's been turned off, UN translator speaks her mind about world body's anti-Israel obsession.

Op-Eds

Torah Journalism

By Yonatan Gordon

With no shortage of leftist media that seek to distort the news, what should our Torah response be?

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Turkey / Rockets from Gaza / Intifada / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Turkey Planning 'Marmara II'

By Meir Halevi Siegel

2010 cruise to Gaza ended so well, 'humanitarian activists' want to try it all again.

Terrorism / Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Netanyahu Interview on the Cease Fires

By Jewish Press News Desk

PM Netanyahu gave an interview (in English) and talked about the cease fire violations.

Gaza / Hamas / Iran / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Free Iranian Weapons to Gaza

By Meir Halevi Siegel

Islamic Republic pledges ongoing support for Hamas, tells Meet the Press that US weapons intended to kill Arab civilians.

Terrorism / Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Hamas Planned Rosh Hashana Tunnel Surprise

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Hamas had been preparing a murderous massive assault on Israeli civilian targets during the upcoming Jewish New Year holiday, Rosh Hashanah.

Goldstein on Gelt

How to Take Responsibility for Your Finances

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

Doug's interview with engineer and personal finance blogger Len Penzo.

IDF & Security / US / Gaza / Hamas / Qatar / Government / News Briefs / Turkey / Palestinian Authority / Egypt / Rockets from Gaza / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Even Haaretz Thinks Kerry's Ceasefire Is One-Sided against Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry is consistent. He has talked so much and promised so much that, like the peace process, his ceasefire delivered nothing.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Rockets from Gaza / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Update: Netanyahu Rejects Hamas' False Ceasefire

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Hamas proposed a truce after rejecting it, and true to its principles, continued to fire at rockets at Israel.

Guest Blog / Fuchs' Focus

Don't Be A Dhimmi! No Surrender!

By Donny Fuchs

In Islam, there is no such thing as peace with accursed dhimmis as the Muslims refer to us infidels.

Photo of the Day / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Save the Babies

By Jewish Press Staff

Hospital staff at Schneider Children's Hospital in Petach Tikva gathered up the babies and took them to the stairway for protection after a rocket siren went off this morning.

Terrorism / Israel / US / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Hamas to Buy N. Korean Weapons as Kerry Pledges $47 Million in Gaza Aid

By Jewish Press Staff

Wouldn't a direct wire transfer from the White House to Pyongyang have saved on the wire transfer fees?

The Muqata

The Disengagement made Gaza More Dangerous

By JoeSettler

A reader claimed the Disengagement from Gaza was good, because it reduced the number of murdered Israelis. Examining the numbers tells a different story...

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Settlements

UPDATED: Major Car Bomb Attack Averted at Beitar Checkpoint

By Jewish Press News Desk

Police report that a massive car bomb was found inside a car that was stopped at the Beitar Checkpoint.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Day 20 of Operation ‘Protective Edge’ – Humanitarian Ceasefire and Rocket Fire Continue

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Despite rockets and mortars fired at several civilian targets last night, which have severely wounded one civilian, the Security Cabinet voted last night to extend the humanitarian cease fire for another 24 hours on the UN’s behest, ending tonight at 9 PM.

Israel / Jewish / US / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

Joan Rivers: If New Jersey Fired on NY, We Would Wipe Them Out

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Jewish entertainers Joan Rivers and Howard Stern are lone pro-Israel voices from the entertainment world. Where is Streisand?

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Hamas Mortar Shell Claims Life of 43rd Soldier Killed in War

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Hamas continues to attack Israel during Israel’s unilateral extension of humanitarian ceasefire.

News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Breaking News: One Person Seriously Wounded by Mortar Shell

By Jewish Press News Desk

One person was seriously wounded by Hamas mortar fire on Gaza Belt communities Saturday night. Details to follow.  

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Hamas Rockets Break Up Leftist Protests against IDF

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Who’s on first? Leftists protest in Tel Aviv against the IDF’s war on terror and then have to flee because of Hamas rocket fire.

IDF & Security / US / News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

IDF Soldier from New Jersey Wounded in Gaza Fighting

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A graduate from a New Jersey yeshiva and who now is a paratrooper in the IDF suffered moderate injuries to his head when a retaining wall fell on him in the war on terror in Gaza, the New Jersey Jewish News website reported. He was identified as Sgt. Moshe Hirt, 21, from Edison, New Jersey […]

The Muqata

It's Time to Go Home

By JoeSettler

JoeSettler points out that most Gazans want to leave, and most Jews want to go back home to Gush Katif. How about a solution that actually resolves the conflict?

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs / Intifada

Palestinian Authority Arabs Rampage IDF Guard Tower in Gush Etzion

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Riots were widespread in Friday but there is no indication of a widespread “Arab Spring.”

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

IDF Death Toll at 40

By Jewish Press News Desk

More IDF soldiers were killed in combat defending Israel against Hamas...

Potpourri

The "Composite Jew"

By Avraham Allen Levy

Spending time in a society as different as the Far East, expands a person's perspective.

Potpourri / Recipes

Why Soy?

By Mindy Rafalowitz

"Whole soybeans," was the answer. "They have all the advantages of soy without being processed with hexane," she added.

Potpourri

When Grandma Dies

By Chany G. Rosengarten

"Don't place flowers on a cold gravestone, visit me now..."

Marriage and Relationships

Defense Against The Bully

By Dr. Yael Respler

The real solution to bullying is to empower the bullied child.

Parenting Our Children

Positive Time Out: Discipline Strategies

By Rifka Schonfeld

Time outs increases compliance and positive behavior far more than other forms of discipline

Parenting Our Children

It’s all Small Stuff; So Why Am I So Stressed? (Part II)

By dvora

Interestingly, sometimes people who have a very high self-awareness may experience intense reactions to circumstances that others might respond to more mildly.

Parsha

Shabbos Mevorchim Menachem Av

By Rachel Weiss

Just as the moon waxes, wanes and renews itself, so has the nation of Israel renewed itself through the millennia.

The 10 Minute Parsha / Rabbi David Fohrman

Masei: Why Is The End of Bamidbar So Anticlimactic? Part II

By Rabbi David Fohrman

Parshat Masei: Rabbi Fohrman addresses the age-old question, are we our brother's keeper?

Parsha

Parshat Masei: The Nine Days

By Rabbi Dr. David Hertzberg

When Germany invaded neutral Belgium on August 4, England declared war on Germany. Thus, by the end of the first week of August all the major powers of Europe were at war.

Parsha

The Three Weeks

By Shaya Winiarz

The Talmud teaches that the Beis HaMikdash was destroyed because of baseless hatred.

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Settlements

Hit and Run Terrorism at Gush Etzion Bus Stop

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

An Arab driver swerved into a group of women and girls standing at a Gush Etzion Junction (Tzomet HaGush) bus stop.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

IDF Soldier Killed

By Jewish Press News Desk

1st Sgt. Yair Ashkenazi, Reserves, (36) HY"D, was killed this morning during operations in northern Gaza.

Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Massive Rocket Alerts Over Tel Aviv and Lod

By Jewish Press News Desk

11:45am Rocket alerts, including Tel Aviv and Lod. The smell of a Cease fire is in the air. 11:47am 07-25-2014 Ramla, Lod 11:47am 07-25-2014 Tel Aviv - Yafo , Bat Yam, Bnei Brak / Givaatayim / Petach Tikva, Dan coastal plain, Kiryat Ono, Elad, Rosh Ha'yin, Ramla, Lod, Shoham, Kfar Chabad 11:47am 07-25-2014 Tel Aviv […]

IDF & Security / Jewish / News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

The Injured Soldiers Prayer List

By Jewish Press News Desk

Chabad has provided a list of all the soldiers injured so far in Operation Protective Edge, so you can add them to your prayers.

Terrorism / Israel / US / Qatar / News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Ceasefire Talks Again

By Shalom Bear

We're waiting to hear back if there will be a cease fire this afternoon. The terms grant Hamas political legitimacy.

Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Massive Number of Rocket Alerts in Central and Soutern Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

11:10am Massive number of rocket alerts: 11:10am 07-25-2014 Herzliya, Raanana, Emek Hefer, Kfar Saba, Sharon / Gaash 11:09am 07-25-2014 Herzliya, Raanana, Emek Hefer, Kfar Saba, Sharon / Gaash, Ashkelon 11:09am 07-25-2014 Herzliya, Raanana, Ashkelon, Emek Hefer, Kfar Saba, Sharon / Gaash, Ashkelon 11:09am 07-25-2014 Herzliya, Raanana, Ashkelon, Emek Hefer, Kfar Saba, Sharon / Gaash, Zikim […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

IDF Lists Eliminated Senior Terrorists

By Shalom Bear

The IDF has released a list of senior Gazan terrorists who have been taken out...

Israel / Travel / News Briefs / Turkey

Operation: Turkish Rescue

By Shalom Bear

Thousands of Israelis in Turkey have been trapped there due to the war with Gaza.

Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Israeli Arabs / Intifada

Fatah Movement Joins Hamas to Call for ‘Day of Rage’ in Jerusalem

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Abbas faces the acid test of his clinging to power, but he is forced himself into a lose-lose-corner.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Paratroopers in Gaza Foil Ambush

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The IDF has begun to systematically tear apart the roots of the Hamas terrorist infrastructure

The Muqata / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

The 32

By Jameel@Muqata

These are the photos of our soldiers (and a citizen) killed in action during the current IDF ground operation in Gaza.

Politics / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

BiPartisan U.S. Effort to Ensure Hamas Disarmed Before Ceasefire

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Senators wrote to Obama insisting any ceasefire ensures Israel will be free from Gazan terrorism.

Op-Eds

The Real Cause of Civilian Deaths in Gaza: What Israel Must Say

By Louie V. Yadua

Because let’s face it: Hamas obviously can’t defeat the IDF in the field, soldier against soldier

Parsha

Reflection And Accountability

By Rabbi Avi Weiss

When taking any major step in life it is a good idea to carefully re-evaluate one’s past.

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

Leadership In Time Of Crisis

By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l

Ours is a small and intensely vulnerable people. Inspired, we rise to greatness. Uninspired, we fall

Chodesh Tov/Rabbi Hanoch Teller

A Humbling Lesson (Part II)

By Rabbi Hanoch Teller

The enormity of Hiram’s accomplishments crazed him and deluded him into self-deification.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Update: One Palestinian Authority Arab Killed in Violent Riot

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Friday, the end of Ramadan, will show whether the Palestinian Authority wants to renew the intifada.

Photo of the Day

Paper Tiger

By Jewish Press Staff

If you get the pun, let me know.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / United Nations (UN) / Rockets from Gaza / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

‘Hamas Fired from UN School Area and Prevented Evacuation’ Says IDF

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Hamas committed two war crimes at once – firing from the area of the school and preventing civilians to evacuate.

Halacha & Hashkafa

Reduced Rental

By Rabbi Meir Orlian

"I'll make you a deal," he said. "If you pay monthly – it's $4,500; if you pay six months up front – I'll give it to you for $4,200."

News Briefs

Egypt Foils Suicide Bombing Attack on Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Egyptian soldiers shot and killed a suicide bomber and blew up a vehicle loaded with Grad missiles, its military reported Wednesday. The suicide bomber was wearing a vest loaded with explosives while approaching the Kerem Shalom crossing. The truck with missiles and launchers was on the Egyptian side of border near Gaza. Since the fall […]

Parsha

The Power Of Prayer

By Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier

When Hashem first thought (if it could be) about creating the world, the middah of din was in operation.

Product Promotion

The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, Herzliya, is Open and has Redefined Luxury in Israel

By Jewish Press Staff

The Ritz-Carlton has taken the concept of private vacation residences in Israel to a new level.

Terrorism / Israel / Gaza / News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Iron Dome Intercepts Rocket in Eilat

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The number of rockets and missiles fired on Israel is decreasing, but the war is far from over.

Halacha & Hashkafa

Daf Yomi

By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum

Hallel On Purim? “Its Reading Is Its Praise” (Megillah 14a)

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