Monthly Archives: November 2012

Psychological Warfare in Pillar of Defense

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Controls/SendFriend.ashx?print=1&type=1&item=12472 The tentative ceasefire with Hamas is the beginning of the real war - the political one. This is a good time to assess the psychological dimension of the operation and prepare for the next...

Hamas Can Replenish Arsenal — If Egypt Lets It

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/analysis-of-hamas-military-capability-after-six-day-conflict-with-israel-a-868353.html The arsenal of Hamas in the Gaza Strip has been under constant fire recently. For six days the Israeli air force -- which claims to be the best in the world -- has bombed...

The Long-Term Implications of the Israel-Hamas Clash

http://jcpa.org/article/the-long-term-implications-of-the-israel-hamas-clash/ Vol. 12, No. 26 21 November 2012 The current clash between Israel and Hamas did not begin with rocket fire but with ramped-up terror activity on the Israel-Gaza border. Hamas’ strategy has changed over the...

History of ceasefire accords with Hama

http://www.icjs-online.org/index.php?article=4287 Since the last day of Operation Cast Lead (January 18, 2009) until the 1st day of Operation Pillar of Defense, The Gaza Hamas regime launched 2,000 aerial attacks against Israel. That was the third...

Tel Aviv Not In The Mood To Celebrate Ceasefire

As photographs of a triumphant US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made international headline news following her mediation role in the Israel and Hamas truce--which had already seen 12 Gaza rockets fired at Israel...

Reporter admits Hamas fired Fajr-5 at Jerusalem from right outside Shifa Hospital UPDATED

http://israelmatzav.blogspot.co.il/2012/11/reporter-admits-hamas-fired-fajr-5-at.html I wasn't able to embed this clip, but it's worth clicking through to watch it here. It's a Canadian television interview with Phoebe Greenwood, a reporter for the London Daily Telegraph, who is in Gaza. At...

The Children of Gaza’s Rocket War

Bomb shelter Almost half of Sderot’s preteens suffer from signs of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) according to a study that was published this November in the Journal of Adolescent Health. Based on a questionnaire answered...

Obama Blocks Israeli Invasion of Gaza

Western diplomats said Obama has been on the telephone with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu nearly every day amid the war between Israel and the Gaza Strip. They said Obama has urged Netanyahu not to...