Posts Tagged: Operation Protective Edge
Report: Iron Dome Battery Commander Claims Divine Winds Shifted Tel Aviv-Bound Hamas Rocket Out to Sea
An Israel Defense Forces Commander directing an Iron Dome missile defense battery during Israel's Operation Protective Edge against Hamas rocket fire has reportedly recounted a...
Israel Tax Chief: Gaza Operation Cost NIS 4.5 Billion So Far
Israel Tax Authority Director Moshe Asher said Operation Protective Edge is estimated to have cost Israel about NIS 4.5 billion ($1.3 billion) in terms...
Israel Pulls Troops Out of Gaza, Begins 72-Hour Ceasefire
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces pulled its ground troops out of Gaza on Tuesday after the completion of its work to neutralize terror...
From Welfare to Warfare
As Operation Protective Edge enters its third week, we have now seen four incidents in the latest round of fighting between Israel and Hamas that...
Likud Knesset Member Calls Haaretz Writer a Traitor
Arutz Sheva - Coalition Chairman MK Yariv Levin (Likud) wants Haaretz journalist Gideon Levy put on trial for treason, following articles he wrote in the...
Britain’s Foreign Secretary Says Gaza War Has Increased Anti-Semitism
Jerusalem Post - Britain's Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond is concerned that Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip could lead to an increase in anti-Semitic attacks...
Cleveland Cavaliers Israeli Head Coach David Blatt: ‘This War is Israel’s Most Justified War I Can Remember’
David Blatt, the new head coach of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers, and the first Israeli to lead a professional U.S. basketball team, said Israel...
Israel Making Positive Strides in Uphill Battle on the Information Front
JNS.org - Israel has been taking its licks in the international arena since it launched Operation Protective Edge against Hamas in Gaza on July...
Belgian Doctor Refuses to Treat Elderly Jewish Patient, Tells Her to ‘Go to Gaza’
The Belgian flag. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. JNS.org - A Belgian doctor manning an emergency phone system refused to...
Eight Israelis Injured in Eshkol Mortar Attack After Three Wounded in Kiryat Gat
Ynet - Eight Israelis were wounded after a mortar hit in the Eshkol Regional Council. The incident took place less than an hour...
Thousands Attend Biggest Pro-Israel Rally in Paris Since Start of Operation Protective Edge
JTA - Thousands of people attended France's largest pro-Israel rally since the launch of the Israel Defense Forces' offensive in Gaza. The crowd, estimated by police...
An Open Letter to Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem
JNS.org - I am writing this not as a journalist, but as a regular person, an Israeli citizen, in response to the letter you...
Pro-Israel Muslims Seek Alternative to Radical Islam as a Means for Peace
JNS.org - Jews around the world were inspired last month when Arab-Israeli teenager Mohammad Zoabi cloaked himself in an Israeli flag and spoke into a...
Spanish Journalist on Why Hamas Never Photographed in Action: ‘If Ever We Dared Point Our Camera on Them They Would Simply Shoot at Us and Kill Us’
A Spanish journalist told Israeli filmmaker Michael Grynszpan that the reason television news does not broadcast images of Hamas fighters in action is because of...
