From J-Wire’s correspondent in Gush Etzion

http://www.jwire.com.au/news/from-j-wires-correspondent-in-gush-etzion/43849 The murder of the three Israeli teenage students has sent shock waves throughout Israel and the Jewish world and especially in the communities of Gush Etzion where the kidnappings and murders took place. Every day...

Life and death – writes Michael Kuttner

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...

What Does an “Islamic Caliphate in Iraq Mean?

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...

Israel has an opportunity for a long-lasting strategic achievement

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4536715,00.html The discovery of the kidnapped teens' bodies and the ongoing rocket fire in recent days are bringing closer the moment in which Israel may launch a more significant operation in Gaza. Is such an...

ISIL Expands Presence In Israel

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...

UNRWA will not let Baskin Build Gaza

Gershon Baskin, writing in the Jerusalem Post, has issued a call to build Gaza.http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Encountering-Peace-Dont-destroy-Gaza-build-it-361307http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Encountering-Peace-Dont-destroy-Gaza-build-it-361307 However, UNRWA will not let Baskin build Gaza. 70% of the Arabs who live in Gaza live in UNRWA facilities. UNRWA defines...

Recording – recent indicident involving brother of murdered Arab boy

Channel 2 - younger brother of kidnapped Arab boy was in suspicious incident earlier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1DAVEwqCP8&feature=youtu.be

FOLLOW UP QUESTION: PRESS STATEMENT: UNRWA calls for restraint as violence escalates in the...

From: Dr. Aaron LernerSent: Wednesday, July 02, 2014 6:03 PMTo: c.gunness@unrwa.org Greetings, “We again call on the Israeli authorities to refrain from punishing individuals for offences they themselves have not personally committed.” What is the view of...

Gil-Ad Shaer’s mother: Police said the shots were blanks, we had hope

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4537127,00.html Gil-Ad Shaer's mother, Bat Galim, told Ynet on Wednesday that after being played the recording of her son's call to the police, several days after her son, Eyal Yifrach and Naftali Frenkel were kidnapped...

There is no ‘cycle of violence’

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/there-is-no-cycle-of-violence/ Three Israeli teenagers, Naftali Fraenkel, Gil-ad Shaar and Eyal Yifrach, were kidnapped and murdered in cold blood on their way home from school only because they were Israeli Jews. Their Palestinian Arab murderers, as...