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It is striking to see that within the EU there is but one country courageous enough to stand with Israel: the Czech Republic.
By Amin Farouk
The genie will be let out according to the strategic needs of Sunni Islam.
There is abundant and growing cause to deeply regret the extorted decision that led to October 2011's mass release of unrepentant killers and other terrorists from Israeli prisons.
By Adam Levick
The photo caption claimed an air strike occurred during a rally on December 8th, but no Israeli strikes have occurred since November 21.
Hamas terror chief Khaled Mashaal openly arrived in Gaza on Friday, crossing through via Egypt. Mashaal was met by representatives of both Hamas and Fatah. Mashaal will be staying in Gaza for 3 days. In 1997, Netanyahu nearly succeeded in killing Mashaal in retaliation for all the Hamas suicide bombings, but the Mossad operation in […]
Dealing with the material needs of the Egyptian people is not high on Morsi's agenda.
As one Hamas official put it, "In the next war with Israel, Israelis will be forced to flee not only their homes, but the whole country."
As an example of what the insightful commentator Melanie Phillips referred to as a “dialogue of the demented” in her book The World Turned Upside Down, Northeastern University’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), paralleling the moral incoherence of anti-Israel activists demonstrating elsewhere in American and European cities, sponsored a November 15 Boston rally in support of Gaza and, presumably, its genocidal thugocracy, Hamas.
What's happened the ceasefire went into effect.
Mahmoud Abbas spent his speech claiming that this was the last chance for the peace process. In reality, it was simply the last chance for Abbas to remain in charge.
Amanpour's history gives little comfort to those who fear it will be wildly dismissive of Jewish and Christian claims, and naively accepting of Muslim claims.
They did not celebrate out of support for the two-state solution peace with Israel.
Peace is not at hand — maybe it will never be, but that doesn’t mean that Israel can’t continue to survive and thrive.
By Lee Kaplan
The elimination of the buffer zone by the security fence will not only leave Israel more vulnerable to attacks by terrorists, but also invite "publicity stunts" by adversarial non-governmental organizations.
In contrast to rogue players, Israel uses force only because it has to.
While Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal was on CNN, his Gaza-based Hamas colleagues were talking - in the Arabic language - about continuing the fight against Israel until the "liberation of all our lands, from the sea to the river."
By Dov Shurin
As I write this, Defense Minister Ehud Barak has just announced, during a televised press conference, his decision not to run in the coming elections and to leave politics.
Abbas was one of the first Arab leaders to congratulate Hamas on its "victory" over Israel during the recent eight-day confrontation.
Sports only brings people together when stadiums aren't being used to launch rocket attacks against neighbors.
By Harold Rhode
Hamas has become a tool for both the Sunni and Shi'ite fundamentalists to use in their battle not only against the non-Muslim world, but against each other.
We doubt anyone outside of the Palestinian street really believes the stream of Hamas hyperbole that it emerged from Operation Pillar Of Defense in a better position than before. Of course, we have come to expect this sort of fantasy-based spin from much of the Arab world. Indeed, all reports prior to the cease-fire indicated that Hamas’s military capacity had been severely degraded and its ability to shoot rockets at Israel largely neutralized, at least for now. And Hamas lost some of its top military commanders.
By Matt Barber
At times, complicated issues are most clearly understood in simple terms. Speaking before the Knesset in 2006, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (who at the time was the opposition leader) captured, in two brief sentences, that which lies at the heart of the ongoing, centuries-old Arab-Israeli conflict: “The truth is that if Israel were to put down its arms, there would be no more Israel. If the Arabs were to put down their arms, there would be no more war.”
As Israeli air strikes and naval shells bombarded Gaza last week, the world asked the question that perennially frustrates, confuses and enrages so many people across the planet: Why aren’t the Americans hating on Israel more?
The imposed cease-fire — and it was imposed, by Barack Obama and his ally Mohammed Morsi — is not a victory.
By Barry Rubin
For many months before he was rushed to Paris for medical attention, everyone who followed him closely knew Arafat was sick.
In Europe, Israel-bashing remains one of the favorite pastimes of the media.
The Palestinian culture of death continues to amaze.
Is Hamas really on its way to moderation and pragmatism, as some Western political analysts and diplomats have come to believe?
Although it was widely claimed in the press that this child died in an Israeli strike, none appears to have taken place at the time of his death.
The day after the U.S. administration cast Morsi in the role of new peacekeeper, he recast himself as something more like a new pharoah. And, despite what the New York Times and the Washington Post wrote, he is not giving back any of the real power he's granted himself.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Anet Haskia is not the typical mom of a soldier serving in the Israel Defense Forces. A Muslim Arab, who grew up in a mixed Arab-Jewish city in the north, Haskia is breathing a little easier this week.
By Tzvi Fishman
Hamas's celebrations of victory are based on fantasy and lies, and their joy won’t last when we hit them ten times as hard the next time.
By JTA
A Muslim imam in Gaza has issued a religious edict, or fatwa, that says it is a sin to violate the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
By Harold Rhode
It hard to imagine that at least some of Israel's leaders do not understand the Muslim mindset.
By Barry Rubin
I’m amused by those who think that Hamas won the recent conflict.
The sole purpose of this ceasefire is to allow Netanyahu to survive the coming election.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The feelings vary, but all agree that it’s a question of time before they will be called up again to defend Israel against the Gazan terrorists.
Israel is losing the diplomatic edge.
Hamas has begun deploying unarmed policemen along the Israeli border with Gaza. The initial deployment began east of Khan Yunis, where on Friday, the IDF killed one and wounded around a dozen Gazans who tried to breach the security fence. The mission of the Hamas policemen is to keep Gazan citizens away from the border with Israel, and […]
By J. E. Dyer
Morsi has assumed dictatorial powers in Egypt. Courageous Egyptians are protesting that move, but Morsi has less compunction than Mubarak did, and we can expect the protests to be dealt with effectively. Those of us who said Morsi was an Islamist extremist who would quickly reestablish authoritarianism in Egypt – with a sharia flavor – were right. There’s a new Pharaoh in town.
The Likud party is holding primaries on Sunday. The race is going to be a closely watched, as both candidates and voters look to see how the fallout from Operation Amud Anan affect the outcome. With so many Israelis upset with how the operation against Hamas concluded, that anger might provide a boost for the […]
By Sheni Leumi
Linguistics for the next round of fighting.
If the targeting of innocent civilians by terrorist organizations is not wrong, then morality has no meaning.
By Moshe Herman
Yishai recently joined Rabbi Mottle Wolfe on his show to discuss the conflict with Hamas and then presents an interview he had with Yehuda HaKohen to discuss the situation between Israel and Hamas and also potential solutions.
I am beginning to wonder in whose service is B'tselem.
By Barry Rubin
Of course, everyone knows that this ceasefire won't last. The key to anything more durable is if the Egyptian government decides that it wants to avoid another war because of its own interests.
By Meir Indor
The same government that caved to the media and the Schalit Task Force by releasing 1,027 terrorists from prison last year has caved yet again—this time despite the fact that Hamas violated red lines by shooting missiles at Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
By Sheni Leumi
I am not ashamed to say I am an Israeli Jew, I am a loser today in the war with Hamas.
IDF reports claim that Israel’s military inflicted serious damage on Hamas during the eight days of Operation Amud Anan – Pillar of Defense.
In an interview with Israel Radio, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that he considered conquering Gaza throughout Operation Pillar of Defense, but did not take the step because he did not want Israel to remain in the region for a long period of time.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle applauded the ceasefire agreement between Gaza terror group Hamas and the State of Israel, saying on Wednesday that "if the ceasefire holds, this would be a great relief for all of us, but especially for the people of Israel and Gaza".
By Moshe Herman
Yishai is joined by Gilead Mooseek, resident of Kiryat Malachi to discuss rocket attacks on southern Israel and how Mooseek has been personally affected. Yishai ends the segment by presenting a recent interview he gave with Nachum Segal on his 'JM in the AM' program.
Outraged residents of the beleaguered cities of Sderot, Ashkelon, and Kiryat Malachi took to the streets, decrying the government's decision to enter into a ceasefire with Hamas.
Latest update on the war with Gaza, for Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012.
By Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein / KeepJerusalem.org
For probably the first time since the Yom Kippur War nearly 40 years ago, air raid sirens sounded this week in Jerusalem and environs. The sounding of the sirens occurred about two minutes after sundown on Friday, such that Sabbath-observers had no direct way of ascertaining where, what, how many, or who, if anyone, was hurt.
True to his word, President Obama has demonstrated that when it comes to Israel’s security, he does indeed have the country’s back. In the current confrontation with Hamas, he has from the start unequivocally laid the blame on Hamas and said Israel has the right to defend itself and that for the crisis to end Hamas must stop firing rockets at Israel.
Clinton made no mention of Hamas in her short speech, referring only to PA president Mahmoud Abbas.
Israel and the Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a Gaza ceasefire deal, an un-named Palestinian official with knowledge of Egyptian mediation between the two sides told Reuters. There was no immediate official confirmation of the news, which came on the eighth day of intensive Israeli fire on the Gaza Strip and terrorist rocket attacks out […]
Pro-Israel activists and concerned Jewish New Yorkers have been holding vigils and protests since Israel began striking Hamas missile launchers and terrorist operatives in Gaza last week.
Of the 3 networks, I think CBS had the most comprehensive and fair coverage of all. ABC is so far the most biased.
By Ben Sales
KFAR AZA, Israel – In some ways, Israel’s latest confrontation with Hamas looks like past conflicts in the Gaza Strip. Operation Pillar of Defense has left some key Hamas leaders dead, depleted weapons supplies and hit more than 1,000 targets in Gaza.
By J. E. Dyer
Why are we sending an amphibious readiness group (ARG) with a Marine expeditionary unit (MEU) embarked to sit off the Levantine coast? U.S. officials say it’s to be prepared for any eventuality, including the need to evacuate American citizens, as the conflict between Hamas and Israel heats up.
A delegation of 20 rabbis from across North America arrived in Israel yesterday to tour areas of Southern Israel as part of an emergency solidarity mission of the Rabbinical Council of America.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
In preparation for an impending ground incursion, and in an attempt to minimize civilian casualties, even at the cost of losing the element of surprise, the IDF has drop another round of warning leaflets over some of the neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip. The civilians are required to leave their homes for their safety. The […]
Israel’s leaders know that there isn’t a diplomatic solution. But what can they do? Over the years, Israel has become so dependent on the U.S. — for advanced weapons, spare parts, etc. — that it is almost impossible to say no to US demands.
By Moshe Herman
Yishai and Malkah discuss the war between Israel and Hamas taking place in and around Gaza.
By Tzvi Fishman
We learned in Lebanon that we can’t defeat the enemy with our Air Force alone. What’s the point of a truce that will last for three weeks until Hamas fires more rockets at Israel?
Scenes of jubilation over the rocket attacks on Israel were also reported in several Palestinian cities in the West Bank, including Ramallah, the center of Palestinian "pragmatism and moderation."
By Barry Rubin
This strategy has often worked against a Western adversary or Israel.
The UN Security Council session last night of the situation in the Gaza Strip ended at an impasse. The United States opposed the approval of a statement that has no mention of Hamas rocket fire and Israel's right to defend itself. U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said that the cessation of violence must be done through […]
The IDF says no fewer than 99 such explosive devices have 'fallen short' in the last four days.
Israel ought to take advantage of this new world order and clean house in Gaza.
Iran’s Fars news agency is alleging that emir of Qatar, King Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani helped Israel kill Hamas terror leaders by placing tracking devices throughout the region.
By Barry Rubin
Originally published at Rubin Reports. A lot of people have asked the purpose of Israel’s defensive war against Hamas. Some, including those supposedly expert on the region, have been mystified. They cannot seem to figure out what is going on or what the goal of this Israeli operation could be. The answer is simple. Given […]
The IDF said that Hamas made cynical use of the stadium.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Uploaded to Facebook on Sunday evening by Alarab Net, the newly captioned Syrian photo quickly attracted over 1,200 likes.
A video from the IDF Spokesperson about Hamas' propoganda
CNN referred to Mahmoud as the "symbol of the war in Gaza." Egyptian Prime Minister Kandil told the cameras,"I saw the child who was martyred," and called on Israel to halt "the offensive." But there is one problem: Israel isn't responsible for Mahmoud Sadallah's death. Hamas is.
By Barry Rubin
There will be no “permanent end” to this rocket war madness or all of the other varieties of madness that are getting worse in the region.
By Daniel Pipes
If Hamas knows it cannot defeat the Israel Defense Forces and will get a bloody nose for its efforts, it obviously has motives other than victory in mind.
The following was recorded and released by the Government Press Office from Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's weekly cabinet meeting:
Two videos meant to strike fear in the hearts of Israelis have been met with snickering and mockery, with YouTube followers eager for an up-cropping of spoofs in response.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
This violation of the human rights of neutral foreigners is yet another example of Hamas’ attempts to manipulate and pressure the press.
Not long after Qatar's leader paid a visit to Hamas, this latest war began.
In an interview with PBS NewsHour's Ray Suarez, Israel Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren explained the explosion of images circulating around the world, allegedly showing dead Gazan children "targeted" by Israeli air strikes.
I can’t see any way to complete the operation against Hamas without a ground invasion.
Yesterday saw one such occurrence—an air strike on an underground launch site was aborted due to the discovery of civilians in the area.
1:02 AM (Sunday) IDF Radio reports that for the past hour, the IDF has been pounding away at terror targets in Gaza. The past few hours have been quieter than usual...and only a few rockets fired at Israel. 12:52 AM This evening, IDF Homefront command installed additional sirens in Herziliya due to the escalation down south. 12:39 […]
Hamas is not allowing at least 22 foreign nationals who wish to exit the Gaza Strip for Israel to do so.
"They have a right to self-defense."
Israeli war planes bombed northern Gaza on Friday morning, killing two, as Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil was paying a visit, Palestinian security sources and medics told AFP. "The occupation's planes bombed a group of citizens in the Nazila area" in northern Gaza, the source said, shortly after Israel accused Hamas of failing to observe […]
The IDF is prepared for a ground operation in the Gaza Strip if Hamas refuses to commit to along-term ceasefire.
By Jewish Press Staff Reporter
Late last night The Jewish Press attended a phone briefing with IDF Spokesperson Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich. This is a transcript of the conference, with some of the figures updated.
2:00 AM Reports are coming in of a number of massive IDF attacks across Gaza. Among the major attacks is that the IDF has destroyed over 70 medium range missile launchers in the past hour. Another is a strike on a major Hamas security building in the Sheikh Reduan neighborhood of Gaza City, as well as the […]
The only thing that can prevent Israel from winning this mini-war and neutering Hamas is outside intervention.
The IDF took a shot near Ismael Haniyeh's house. They hit a jeep parked right outside it. Haniyeh is the current head of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority in Gaza.
July 3, 2026 
