Israel Details PA Terror Funding

Israel has detailed Palestinian Authority funding to convicted killers of Americans and Israelis. An Israeli government report said the PA was providing grants and salaries to current and former Palestinian inmates of Israeli prisons. The...

Investigative Journalist David Bedein in Israel National Radio

Investigative Journalist David Bedein in Israel National Radiowww.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/Player.aspx#0#5505

Israel Tests New Counter-Abduction Strategy in Ongoing West Bank Op

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140625/DEFREG04/306250036/Israel-Tests-New-Counter-Abduction-Strategy-Ongoing-West-Bank-Op Israel is leveraging its ongoing West Bank operation against Hamas, the Islamic organization it blames for the June 12 abduction of three missing teens, to test a new strategy for deterring terrorist trade in...

Waiting

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....

Four Facts That Everyone Should Know About the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/06/26/four-facts-that-everyone-should-know-about-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict/ A Haganah member and others during Israel's War of Independence. Photo: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Most Westerners, including many Jews, are unaware of four fundamental facts about the Jewish homeland of Israel that would...

No Separating Palestinian Corruption From Terror

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2014/06/26/no-separating-palestinian-corruption-from-terror-fatah-hamas-kidnapping/ As the second week of the search for the three Israeli teenagers abducted by Hamas terrorists comes to an end, the announcement of the names of two prime suspects in the kidnapping is all...

Confronting the Islamic threat to the West

http://www.thecommentator.com/article/5046/confronting_the_islamic_threat_to_the_west Good Western boys, turned Islamic fighters A greater effort must be made to control the threat of Islamic terrorism. Indifference to the threat, let alone acquiescence, is not an option for Western survival. An official...

New Palestinian Poll Shows Hardline Views, But Some Pragmatism Too

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/new-palestinian-poll-shows-hardline-views-but-some-pragmatism-too A reliable new West Bank/Gaza public opinion survey conducted on June 15-17 -- the only such poll since the current kidnapping crisis began -- shows that Palestinian popular attitudes have hardened considerably on long-term...

ISIS Success in Iraq and Syria: Strategic Ramifications

http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=7112 Several factors are at the base of the military success of ISIS and other jihadist organizations: the structural and functional weaknesses of Arab nation states; the organizations’ networked and decentralized structure, which makes it...

Despite Accord, Hamas Still Rules Gaza

Despite a Palestinian unity government, Hamas remains in control of the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources said Hamas has maintained its military and security forces despite the introduction of Palestinian Authority security officers in the Gaza...