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Uzi Dayan on mount Sarbata with Jordan valley and Jordanian mountain range in background photo by Rhonda Spivak At the David Citadel Hotel during Prime Minister Harper's visit to Israel this past January, I bumped into...

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://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://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...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=4312&sec=2&title=NOAM_BEDEIN:_PERSONAL_ENCOUNTERS_WITH_A _ Since the end of operation 'Pillar of Defense', through June 30th 2014, 300 aerial attacks have been launched from Hamas-ruled controlled Gaza towards southern Israel. The fact that many terrorist organizations based in Gaza...

http://www.jwire.com.au/featured-articles/life-and-death-writes-michael-kuttner/43874 There can be no bigger contrast between the Islamic cult of venerating death and the Jewish tradition of hallowing life. It is at times like this when the glaring differences are on display for...

http://jcpa.org/article/initial-implications-declaration-islamic-caliphate-iraq-syria/ Vol. 14, No. 22 July 1, 2014 The newly declared “Islamic State” is trying to reinforce its battlefield achievements in Syria and Iraq by creating a new Sunni Muslim religious entity to overturn the prevailing...

Islamic State of Iraq and Levant has been expanding its presence in Israel. The Israeli intelligence community has detected efforts by ISIL to establish sleeper cells.. "So far, things have remained calm," an official said. "But...

There are many people in Israel who feel like these past two weeks have been the longest two weeks in their lives. Since the moment the abduction became public knowledge, the tension is palpable....