Gaza’s Not the Key, Philadelphi Is

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/334073/gaza-s-not-key-philadelphi-daniel-pipes # The Second Hamas-Israel War, of November 10 to 21, inspired a mighty debate over rights and wrongs, with each side appealing to the large undecided bloc (19 percent of Americans according to CNN/ORC,...

Suit against State Dept, filed by US citizens in Israel whose loved one were...

Israeli-Americans sue Clinton over PA aid money Group claims State Department ignored transparency requirements attached to US aid to Palestinians, allowed money to fund terrorist organizations Adi Gold Dual US-Israeli citizens filed a lawsuit against Hillary Clinton...

Twenty Conclusions of “Operation Pillar of Defense”:

Last week, while visiting communities struck by Gaza missiles throughout southern Israel, it was easy to discern the all pervasive anger that Israeli citizens - from all walks of life - vented against the...

Israel Renews Cash To Gaza

Israel, less than a week after its missile war, plans to renew massive cash transfers to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. The Israel Law Center said the government has approved the imminent transfer of $13.5 million...

The Status of “Palestine” at the United Nations

http://www.inss.org.il/upload/%28FILE%291353822496.pdf Two Palestinian documents recently made public deserve attention: the Palestinian request for non-member state status at the United Nations General Assembly,1 and the speech made by President Abu Mazen on November 11, 2012 at...

The Long-Term Implications of the Israel-Hamas Clash

http://jcpa.org/article/the-long-term-implications-of-the-israel-hamas-clash/ Vol. 12, No. 26 21 November 2012 The current clash between Israel and Hamas did not begin with rocket fire but with ramped-up terror activity on the Israel-Gaza border. Hamas’ strategy has changed over the...

Escalating Hamas Attacks a Result of the Arab Spring

http://www.jinsa.org/fellowship-program/evelyn-gordon/escalating-hamas-attacks-result-arab-spring The latest escalation along the Israel-Gaza border - which saw Palestinians fire more than 250 rockets at Israel since Wednesday after Israel, responding to days of only slightly less intensive rocket fire, assassinated a...

November 15, 2012: Necessary Battle

http://www.arlenefromisrael.info/current-postings/ Current Postings November 15, 2012: Necessary Battle Yesterday, on its FaceBook page, the IDF put up the following message: “We recommend that no Hamas operatives, whether low level or senior leaders, show their faces above ground in...

With Resolve, Good Judgment, and Deliberate Speed INSS

http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=10574 The Israeli public and its decision makers understand that slogans such as “eliminating Hamas” or “talking to Hamas” will not win a war or resolve the Palestinian problem. Indeed, the objectives of Operation Pillar...

Catherine Ashton and the facts about Pisqat Ze’ev and Ramot

http://missingpeace.eu/en/2012/11/catherine-ashton-and-the-facts-about-pisqat-zeev-and-ramot/ On Thursday EU high commissioner Catherine Ashton issued a statement in which she condemned the issuing of tenders for some 1200 new housing units in the Jerusalem neighborhoods of Pisqat Ze’ev and Ramot. Ashton labeled...