Monthly Archives: November 2012
Operation Pillar of Defense: Update No. 1 (November 15, 1300 Hours)
http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/article/20425
Overview
1. On the afternoon of November 14, 2012, the IDF began Operation Pillar of Defense in the Gaza Strip. The opening shot was the targeted killing of Ahmed al-Jaabari, commander of Hamas' military-terrorist wing,...
With Resolve, Good Judgment, and Deliberate Speed INSS
http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=10574
The Israeli public and its decision makers understand that slogans such as “eliminating Hamas” or “talking to Hamas” will not win a war or resolve the Palestinian problem. Indeed, the objectives of Operation Pillar...
November 15, 2012: Necessary Battle
http://www.arlenefromisrael.info/current-postings/
Current Postings
November 15, 2012: Necessary Battle
Yesterday, on its FaceBook page, the IDF put up the following message:
“We recommend that no Hamas operatives, whether low level or senior leaders, show their faces above ground in...
NGO Statements on Gaza Again Reflect Political Bias, Lack of Expertise
http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/ngo_statements_on_gaza_again_reflect_political_bias_lack_of_expertise _
European governments enable exploitation of human rights, int’l law with their funding
Jerusalem - The biased responses of human rights organizations to the recent events in Gaza stand in sharp contrast to their prolonged...
A Point to Make at IAW: Number of Golan Heights Druze seeking Israeli citizenship...
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=2938&sec=2&title=A_Point_to_Make_at_IAW:_Number_of__Golan_Heights_Druze_seeking_Israeli_citizenship_is_on_the_Rise
Something interesting has been happening in the Golan Heights in the last few months which pro-Israel advocates on campus ought to point ought when detracters launch Israel Apartheid Week on campuses throughout North America,...
What people of Sderot needs is emergency mental health assistance.
By David Bedein, writing from the perspective of an MSW.
The Sderot Mental Health Center for the Western Negev now handles 3,000 cases of mental breakdown with three and a half professional staffers.
All requests of...
Fuel for Thought: Is Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Purposely Trying to destabilize King Abdullah of...
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=3029&sec=2&title=Fuel_for_Thought:_Is_Egypt's_Muslim_Brotherhood_Purposely_Trying_to_destabilize_King_Abdullah_of_Jordan_by_withholding_gas_supplies _
In September I wrote an article about Canada trying to help Jordan with it's energy needs, which I considered to be an effort to help stabilize the Hashemite Kingdom, which is something that...
Changing the rules of the game
In the years 2002-2003 the GSS, the IDF Intelligence Branch (mainly the 8200 unit) and the Air Force conducted Operation Anemone, which targeted Hamas’s leaders. Yesterday’s attack on Ahmed Jaabari and the attempts to...
Hamas Fires Long-Range Rockets: Backgrounder
Israel has determined that Hamas and its allies were firing long-range rockets into Israel.
Israeli military sources said Hamas and Islamic Jihad have begun launching the Iranian-origin Fajr-5 rocket toward Tel Aviv. They said Fajr-5s...
REESA COHEN STONE: MY SON’S APARTMENT WAS DEMOLISHED BY ROCKET FIRE -REPORT FROM INSIDE...
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=3059&sec=2&title=_REESA_COHEN_STONE:_MY_SON%27S_APARTMENT_WAS_DEMOLISHED_BY_ROCKET_FIRE_-REPORT_FROM_INSIDE_THE_SOUTH_OF_ISRAEL
Editor's note: If you want to understand why Israel has responded in Gaza, have a read of this article by former Winnipegger Reesa Cohen Stone. No country in the world would not respond as...