Israel

http://www.danielpipes.org/14574/israel-hamas-war Politicians start wars optimistic about their prospects of gaining from combat, Geoffrey Blainey notes in his masterly study, The Causes of War ; otherwise, they would avoid fighting. Why, then, did Hamas just provoke a...

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/pa-and-other-arab-reactions-to-the-gaza-crisis The most striking aspect of ongoing Arab reactions to the latest Hamas-Israeli clashes is an act of omission: the Palestinian Authority (PA) and President Mahmoud Abbas are not calling for Hamas to stop firing...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=64293 Mahmoud Abbas: "stressing the new government’s commitment to the obligations of the Palestinian Authority and all previously signed agreements".) Today we are being bombarded by rockets whose very existence in the Gaza Strip represents...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=64295 Suspects arrested in south Lebanon rocket attack The Daily Star (Lebanon) Jul. 11, 2014 | 07:00 AM (Last updated: July 11, 2014 | 04:44 PM) http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Jul-11/263507-rocket-attack-from-lebanon-draws-israeli-fire.ashx#axzz379hOSMzJ MARI, Lebanon: Calm returned to south Lebanon Friday afternoon,...

Egyptian forces seize rockets being smuggled from Gaza to Sinai 20 Grad rockets and their launching bases were seized after a clash with militants in Rafah Ahram Online, Friday 11 Jul 2014http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/106003/Egypt/Politics-/Egyptian-forces-seize-rockets-being-smuggled-from-.aspx Egyptian security forces have...

http://pjmedia.com/spengler/2014/07/10/sunny-with-light-missile-cover-here-in-tel-aviv/ Sunny with light missile cover in Tel Aviv this morning. I awoke to muffled thuds in the distance, Iron Dome shooting down Syrian-made missiles launched from Gaza, according to news reports. I attended the...

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118605/new-york-times-israel-editorial-was-hack-job In the last few years, I have had a slew of conversations where I found myself defending the New York Times’ Middle East coverage to outraged members of the Jewish community. All too often,...

Overview This past week rocket fire from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory continued to escalate. It began in the second half of June during Operation Brothers' Keeper, conducted to find the three abducted Israeli...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=4065&sec=1&title=Editor%27s_Report_from_Israel:_Bombs_Going_Off-_My_First_Air_Raid__in_Tel_Aviv_During_Ha%27aretz_Peace_Conference-Israel_Prepares_for_War-WJR_will_provide_Expanded_Wartime_Coverage Editor's note: want to begin this report by thanking WebWizards for sponsoring what will be my expanded coverage as a correspondent in these turbulent times as Israel calls up troops and prepares for what...

http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/hit-hamas-hard-create-different-strategic-balance-islamic-terrorism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hit-hamas-hard-create-different-strategic-balance-islamic-terrorism EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: It is time for a full-scale offensive against Hamas and the other Islamist-Jihadist groups in Gaza. Israel should take over Gaza temporarily; destroy the terrorist infrastructure as much as possible, to the...