BY HELEN FREEDMAN, AFSI— We have been watching the war of deligitimization of Israel being waged throughout the world – even in Israel itself – where words have come into the vocabulary that have taken on entirely new meanings. Israel is seen as the “occupier”, guilty of “apartheid”, deserving of boycotts, divestments, sanctions, allowing its…
BY ISRAEL TODAY— Gaza-based Palestinian terrorists again escalated their confrontation with Israel on Thursday when they fired foreign-built missiles at towns just 10 miles south of the heavily-populated Tel Aviv metropolitan region. Eight missiles fired from Gaza landed in or near the port city of Ashdod and a number of central Israel towns, including Rishon…
BY DANNA HARMAN, HA’ARETZ— The woman killed in the Jerusalem bombing on Wednesday has been identified as Mary Jane Gardner, a British student in her 50s. The British Embassy in Israel said Thursday that the woman’s family has been notified of her death. The woman was critically wounded when a bomb hidden inside a suitcase exploded…
BY NIR HASSON, HA’ARETZ— Israel Police went on high alert across the country Wednesday, following a terror attack in central Jerusalem earlier in the day in which one woman was killed and more than 30 people were wounded. Police throughout Israel were moved to level 3 operational activity – the highest level of alert –…
BY AP— Palestinian officials said an Israeli military strike killed four family members and wounded 13 others in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday after days of rocket fire toward Israel. Three of those killed and most of the wounded in the late afternoon explosion at a house east of Gaza City were under 16, said…
BY ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS— Hamas stated Wednesday evening that it wants to “restore calm” and indicated it is backing off from escalation in attacks as Israel makes it clear it will not tolerate terror. Gaza-based terrorists fired 15 mortar shells at western Negev farming areas during the day, causing property damage but no injuries. The…
BY HERB KEINON, JPOST— Israel will act “vigorously, responsibly and prudently” to preserve the “quiet and security” that has existed here over the last two years, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Wednesday night, at the end of a day that saw the return of bombings to Jerusalem and the firing of Grad missiles on Beersheba.…
By LEO RENNERT, American Thinker — To fully grasp President Obama’s see-no-Palestinian-evil response to the fatal terror bombing in Jerusalem, it’s worth looking carefully at his official statement. Here are his comments in full: “I condemn in the strongest possible terms the bombing in Jerusalem today, as well as the rockets and mortars fired from Gaza…
