By RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday baffled many Israelis by bringing a sudden end to the military campaign to end the Hamas missile threat against southern Israel. To demonstrate that Israel had not met that overriding goal, Hamas and its allied terror groups continued firing missiles into…
DetailsBy ELAD BENARI, ARUTZ 7— The IDF hit more than 1,500 targets in Gaza during Operation Pillar of Defense, according to a statement released Wednesday night. The statement was a summary of the counterterrorist operation, which came to an end after a ceasefire was announced on Wednesday evening. The IDF said it achieved the goals…
DetailsBy JEFF JACOBY, BOSTON GLOBE— Palestinians have a fierce new song to accompany their intensified conflict with Israel. “Strike a Blow at Tel Aviv,” recorded by Shadi al-Bourini and Qassem al-Najjar, was posted last week on various Palestinian websites, including the Facebook page of the TV show Fenjan Al-Balad, which describes its mission as “trying…
DetailsBy ISRAEL HAYOM— Police were conducting a massive manhunt in Tel Aviv after an explosive device was detonated inside a bus on Tel Aviv’s Shaul Hamelech Street at noon on Wednesday in what police said was a terror attack. Magen David Adom medical services said 20 people were wounded in the attack. The bomb blew…
DetailsBy VICTOR SHARPE, AMERICAN THINKER— There is nothing more nauseating than watching Palestinian Muslims in the Palestinian Authority and in Hamas occupied Gaza celebrate as rockets are being fired toward Israel from the Gaza Strip. These same Palestinians took to their roofs and joyously celebrated when America was attacked on 9/11 by Saudi Arabian Muslim…
DetailsBy YOAV ZITUN, YNET— A diplomatic push to end the hostilities between Israel and Gaza terror groups gained momentum Tuesday, with Egypt’s president predicting that airstrikes would soon end, the US secretary of state racing to the region and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying the Jewish state would be a “willing partner” to a ceasefire…
DetailsBy ILIANA CURIEL, YNET— An IDF soldier was killed in a rocket and mortar salvo that was fired on the Eshkol Regional Council on Tuesday afternoon. In a separate incident, a civilian was killed in the same region by a projectile fired from Gaza. Another civilian was seriously injured and 15 soldiers were lightly hurt…
DetailsTorah: Genesis 28:10–32:3 “Va Yetze” (And he went out …) Haftorah: Hosea 12:13–14:9 New Testament: Revelation 13:1–10 Gospel: John 1:34–51 “Ani raeeti” (I have seen …)
DetailsBy Michal Shmulovich, Times of Israel— The United States Senate sent a message of solidarity to Israel on Thursday by unanimously passing a resolution that expressed firm support for Israel’s right to protect its people from terrorism on the second day of Pillar of Defense. Introduced by Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Mark Kirk (R-IL),…
DetailsBy RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— As the Gaza war rages, international media has made a point of reporting that most Palestinians in Gaza continue to support Hamas, despite the fact that the terror group and its allies sparked the current conflict. The picture painted by most media is that Palestinians may not be 100 percent…
DetailsBy ISRAEL HAYOM— As Operation Pillar of Defense entered its sixth day on Monday, momentum toward a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas was gathering pace as an international mediation effort, led by Egypt, was working on a draft agreement that would put an end to the fighting. An associate of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told…
DetailsBy RON JAGER— As the world community watches images of Hamas rockets falling on southern Israel and the greater Tel-Aviv area, I seriously doubt if they bother to consider that if Hamas had the ability to murder thousands of Jews, they would. And that if Israel didn’t have a strong army, Hamas would continue attacking…
DetailsBy PAUL GREENBERG, TOWNHALL— Not that you haven’t noticed, Gentle Reader, but the world is coming apart. Again. Beginning with the Middle East, where, to put it as diplomatically as possible, all hell is about to break loose on Israel’s border with Hamasland, aka Gaza. You can see war coming by the rockets’ red glare,…
DetailsBy DANIEL MCCABE— “For the LORD does not see as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7 Star Trek episodes document the fictional voyages of the starship Enterprise through uncharted galaxies. Captain Kirk and his loyal crew often encounter very strange people, forces…
DetailsThink on this: “No weapon formed against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of Yahweh and this is their vindication from me declares Yahweh.” (Issiah 54:17) Pray on this: Gracious Heavenly Father, you are aware of the momentous decisions that Israel is…
DetailsBy ELIOR LEVY, JPOST— The IDF continues to pound terrorist targets in Gaza in full force despite talk of a possible ceasefire. The Palestinian Maan news agency reported of heavy Air Force bombings in the Strip early on Sunday. Palestinian medical sources were quoted by AFP as saying that an Israeli airstrike hit a Gaza…
DetailsBy Associated Press– Israel destroyed the headquarters of Hamas’ prime minister and blasted a sprawling network of smuggling tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, broadening a blistering four-day-old offensive against the Islamic militant group even as diplomatic efforts to broker a cease-fire appeared to be gaining steam. Hamas officials said a building used…
DetailsBy YAAKOV LAPIN, JPOST— Two rockets landed outside of Jerusalem Friday evening as sirens rang out, causing no injuries or damage. Police reported there was “no indication” that rockets landed in the city, stating that “most likely, the rockets landed in an open area outside of Jerusalem.” Hamas took credit for the attack, claiming to…
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