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Hamas’s Attack Tunnels: Analysis and Initial Implications

http://jcpa.org/hamas-attack-tunnels/ Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas prime minister, delivered a revealing speech on March 23, 2014, in which he stressed the strategic importance of the Hamas...

The little match girl

http://www.haaretz.com/the-little-match-girl-1.189081 Describing herself as a good mother who speaks with her two children at least once a day - even though both are university students...

‘Telegenically Dead Palestinians’: Why Israel Is Losing the American Media War

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/07/why-israel-is-losing-the-american-media-war.html In many ways, the story of this month's eruption of violence in Israel and Palestine has been depressingly familiar. But in one interesting way...

Israel, the FAA, and International Isolation

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2014/07/22/israel-the-faa-and-international-isolation/ For years, peace processors and pundits have threatened that to stop its “growing international isolation,” Israel must make “painful concessions” and withdraw from territory....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...