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Who is the Palestinian group blamed for the attacks?

BY REUTERS— Israel has blamed a Palestinian faction, the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), of launching attacks along its border with Egypt that killed seven Israelis on Thursday. Within hours of the assault, the IAF struck back at the PRC, which is based in Gaza, killing five of its members, including the leader and his lieutenant.…

Rocket bombardment continues in southern Israel: Ashkelon, Ashdod, Be'er Sheva areas hit

BY AVI ISSACHAROFF, HAARETZ— The rocket attacks on southern Israel continued Saturday in areas near Be’er Sheva and in the communities surrounding the Gaza Strip. One person was lightly wounded by a rocket that landed in an open area near Be’er Sheva, while seven others received medical attention either for sustaining wounds while seeking shelter,…

Hamas Ends ‘Ceasefire’ with Israel

BY ELAD BENARI, ARUTZ 7— Hamas’ military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, called off a ceasefire with Israel late Friday, Hamas’ Al-Aqsa radio reported. According to the report, which was quoted by the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency, Hamas will allow terror factions in Gaza to respond to Israeli attacks in the Strip. Those ‘attacks’ come in…

Blood in the streets

BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Israeli military preparedness follows a depressing pattern. The IDF does not change its assessments of the strategic environment until Israeli blood runs in the streets. In Judea and Samaria, from 1994 through 2000, the army closed its eyes to the Palestinian security forces’ open, warm and mutually supportive ties to terror…

How To Help Sink Assad's Syria

BY ILAN BERMAN, FORBES.COM— On August 18th, after months of dithering, President Obama finally took a firm stand on the unrest roiling Syria when he announced that “the time has come for President Asad to step aside.” By doing so, the United States has belatedly brought itself in line with the growing number of nations…

Cartoon: Dry Bones Sinai

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'I was too scared to move'

BY ILANA CURIEL, YNET— A woman injured in one of Thursday’s terror attacks recalled the moments of horror from her hospital bed, saying she pretended to be dead after terrorists fired at the car her husband was driving in order to escape being shot at again. “I couldn’t move because I was afraid that the…

Two Children Among Hurt in Multiple Terror Attack;8 Dead

BY CHANA YA’AR— When Arab terrorists chalk up their day’s “victory” against Israeli civilians they will be able to count two young children, ages 4 and 7, among Thursday’s wounded. Two people died in the attacks against Egged Bus # 392 from Mitzpe Ramon to Eilat along with a following second bus. Four others were…

Netanyahu: We will respond powerfully to terrorist attacks

BY JPOST— Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday responded to terror attacks in the South that killed seven and wounded dozens more, saying, “Those who think Israel will accept attacks on its citizens is wrong.” Netanyahu said that the attacks on Israel from Sinai in Egypt constituted an attempt to raise the level of terror.…

Danon’s ‘annexation campaign’ set to begin

BY GIL HOFFMAN, JPOST As the Palestinian Authority prepares to ask the United Nations General Assembly to declare a Palestinian state unilaterally, a pressure campaign began Wednesday asking Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to unilaterally annex the West Bank. The campaign is the brainchild of Likud MK Danny Danon, who has sponsored a bill that would begin the…

The only solution to the world's problems

BY DENNIS PRAGER— There is only one solution to the world’s problems, only one prescription for producing a near-heaven on earth. It is 3,000 years old. And it is known as the Ten Commandments. Properly understood and applied, the Ten Commandments are really all humanity needs to make a beautiful world. While modern men and…

The Left's Faustian bargain

BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— The Palestinians’ decision to place the issue of establishing a Palestinian state before the United Nations for a vote next month repudiates the principles of the 1993 Oslo peace framework, through which the Palestinian Authority was formed out of the PLO. The Oslo framework dictated that the final status of Judea,…

Terrorist crossing