Posts Tagged: Israel Gaza war
Israel Resumes Airstrikes After Gaza Breaks Cease-Fire, Fires Dozens of Rockets Into Israel
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has resumed air strikes over the Gaza Strip in response to a renewal of rocket fire by the...
Reporter in Gaza: ‘Any Journalist Who Professes to Observe Without Bias, Feeling or Fear is a Liar’
Jerusalem Post - In recent weeks, there has been much discussion about whether or not reporting by foreign press in Gaza can be trusted, due...
Give War a Chance
CNN reported recently that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would complete its goal of destroying Hamas' network of tunnels with or without...
Professor Loses University of Illinois Appointment Over Anti-Israel Tweets
JNS.org - A professor who was set to begin a position at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign had his job offer rescinded due...
Ethics Expert: IDF Fulfilled All Ethical Requirements in Gaza
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces carried out Operation Protective Edge in compliance with ethical requirements, according to Israel Prize laureate Professor Asa Kasher,...
Operation Protective Edge Cost Israel $4.3 Billion
JNS.org - Operation Protective Edge's overall cost for Israel was estimated Tuesday to be $4.3 billion. Defense officials have pegged the overall military expenditure at...
Jimmy Carter Calls for U.S. Recognition of Hamas as Legitimate ‘Political Actor’
JNS.org - The United States and the European Union should recognize that the Hamas terrorist organization "is not just a military but also a political...
The Hypocritical Nature of Anti-Israel Protests
There is a difference between being pro-Palestinian-Arab and being "pro-Palestinian." One can support Palestinian-Arab self-determination and their rights to life and liberty, and be entirely...
A Tisha B’Av Message: Jews Must Fight to Prevent Their Destruction
I first wrote this essay about Tisha B'Av in 2011 and have been revising it each year ever since. This year's version takes...
Israel Defines the Empowerment of Women, Even During Wartime
The Electronic Intifada recently published a piece that claims ending Zionism is a feminist issue, as a disproportionate number of women and children are being killed...
Temple Mount, Jerusalem Faced With Palestinian Riots Over Gaza Conflict
JNS.org - Masked Arab youths attacked police with stones and fireworks at the Temple Mount on Monday in a continuation of violence at the...
Protocols of the Elders of Hamas
I was at the UN Security Council hearing on the war in Gaza on Thursday as a guest of Ambassador Eugene Gasana of Rwanda who held the...
Turkish PM Erdogan: Israelis ‘Will Drown in the Blood They Shed’
JNS.org - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan continued his verbal offensive against Israel on Sunday, telling a rally in Istanbul that Israelis "will...
On Qatar-Owned Al Jazeera, Bennett Rips Country for Funding Terror (VIDEO)
In a recent appearance on Qatar-owned TV channel Al Jazeera, Israel's Economy Minister Naftali Bennett lambasted the country as "the world's greatest funder of terrorists." His...
