Posts Tagged: Israel Gaza war
IDF Soldiers Cleared of Alleged Crimes During 2014 Gaza War
JNS.org - Israel Defense Forces soldiers have been cleared of alleged criminal misconduct during the 2014 Gaza War, Israeli prosecutors said Wednesday. The IDF Military Advocate General...
Netanyahu Notes Calm Along Gaza Border as Israel Beefs Up Home Front Defense
JNS.org - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday noted the relative quiet over the last two years since the 2014 summer war between Israel...
‘Sophisticated’ Economist Revives Facile Cartoon Smearing Israel
The following cartoon was posted recently on the Facebook page of The Economist: The cartoon was originally published by The Economist in July 2014, during the war between Hamas and Israel. As...
Retired IDF Officer Detained in UK Amid War-Crime Allegations
A retired IDF officer was detained for questioning in recent weeks upon landing in Britain on allegations that he was involved in war crimes during...
Approaching Rosh Hashanah, Israelis Near Gaza Border Still Traumatized by Last Summer’s War
One year after the end of Operation Protective Edge, Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip are still reeling from the rocket fire and the terrible...
US Airstrikes on ISIS Kill 459 Civilians, Show Double Standard on Israel
Four hundred and fifty-nine innocent civilians have been killed by U.S.-led air strikes on ISIS targets in Syria and Iraq over the past year, according...
Watchdog Rips Toronto Star for Posting Video Portraying Israel as ‘Bloodthirsty Warmongering Nation’
Media watchdog Honest Reporting on Friday railed against the Toronto Star after it posted a video on its website in which comedian Scott Vrooman depicts Israel as...
IDF Officer: Hamas is ‘Deterred’ and Unable to Rebuild Terror Tunnels
JNS.org - Israel’s Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip last summer has “left Hamas deterred and restrained, and has created potential calm for years to...
Israel Remembers Fallen Soldiers of Operation Protective Edge
JNS.org - Israel on Monday held a ceremony marking one year since last summer’s Operation Protective Edge against Hamas in Gaza at the Mount Herzl military...
An Open Letter to Human Rights Groups: You Can Stop Innocent Deaths in Lebanon
To all those institutions who claim to defend Human Rights: There is a mass slaughter about to erupt in southern Lebanon, and you can stop it....
Though Relatively Low Overall, Traffic to BDS Websites Rises
JNS.org - A poll for the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth conducted by SimilarWeb shows a 33-percent increase in Web traffic to Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement websites over the last...
Analysis: New York Times Editorial is Another Hit Job on Israel
Below is a sharp critique of a recent New York Times editorial, posted by renowned investigative journalist Richard Behar on Facebook. Does the New York Times editorial board...
Obama Admin Says UN Gaza Report Biased Against Israel, But Won’t Rebut It
JNS.org - The Obama administration said it opposes any further international consideration of the recently released United Nations report on last year’s Gaza war, but will...
NGOs Cited in UN Gaza Report Barred From Israeli National Volunteer Program
JNS.org - Israeli Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Uri Ariel has instructed Israel’s National Civic Service Authority, which he oversees, to bar two left-wing nongovernmental organizations...
