Monthly Archives: July 2014

The corruption at the head of Hamas

http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-the-corrution-at-the-head-of-hamas-1000956048 1.8 million people live in the Gaza Strip, most of them refugees. They endure an unemployment rate that reaches 40%, shameful poverty, rock bottom wages, and, to top it all, an apparently corrupt regime,...

A Former US President Had A Special Insight Into The Evil Of Hamas

http://www.businessinsider.com/a-former-us-president-had-a-special-insight-into-the-evil-of-hamas-2014-7 Hamas' armed wing spokesman (C) speaks during a news conference in Gaza City on July 3, 2014. Five observations about the Gaza conflict, including praise for an ex-president's insight into the particular nature of Hamas'...

Hamas got rich as Gaza was plunged into poverty

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4543634,00.html While the fighting is only expected to worsen the distress of the residents of Gaza, the Strip's economic outlook for the Strip was never good. The unemployment rate in Gaza stood at approximately 40%...

Tunnel Vision – writes Michael Kuttner

http://www.jwire.com.au/featured-articles/tunnel-vision-writes-michael-kuttner/44526#more-44526 For quite some years now a vast network of tunnels has been constructed from Gaza to the Israel side of the border as well as from Gaza to Egyptian territory. These underground facilities are not...

Max Steinberg, L.A. native and IDF volunteer, killed in Gaza

http://www.jewishjournal.com/los_angeles/article/max_steinberg_l.a._native_and_idf_volunteer_killed_in_gaza

Orli Avior Reporting from Ashkelon: Missile Hits My Neighbour’s House and Medical Clinic

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=4323&sec=1&title=Orli_Avior_Reporting_from_Ashkelon:_Missile_Hits_My_Neighbor%27s_House_and_Medical_Clinic Around two o’clock yesterday afternoon, a red alert siren went off and I went into the Mamad, the safe room, in my apartment where I heard a two really loud booms. Then the siren...

How Israel tells Gaza’s residents to get out of buildings before they are blown...

Israeli jets warn residents their home will be targeted by first firing smaller rockets at the roof It is one of several early-warning methods used to alert Palestinians of impending air strikes Video emerges as Israeli...

Political NGOs Push for Another “Goldstone Pseudo-Investigation

http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/political_ngos_push_for_another_goldstone_pseudo_investigation Following Israel’s response to hundreds of attacks launched from Gaza, the network of international, Palestinian, and Israeli-Arab NGOs have initiated a campaign to replicate the discredited “Goldstone process” of political warfare against Israel, including: calling...

When a “Cease-Fire is Not a Cease-Fire

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/dbedein/when-a-cease-fire-is-not-a-cease-fire/ In the current conflagration between Israel and Gaza, news agencies mistakenly report that a “cease fire” is being discussed with Hamas. In the imagination of the media, such a “cease fire” might result in the...

Understanding UNRWA

http://www.romirowsky.com/15051/understanding-unrwa The Palestinian refugee issue has been around since 1948.UNRWA, the United Nations institution dedicated to their preservation, has been in existence since 1950. With the recent re-approval of UNRWA's mandate for more than three years,...