By Ze’ev Ben-Yechiel JERUSALEM (TNA) — The Israeli cabinet on Thursday, Aug. 21, approved the mobilization of 10,000 IDF reservists, following two days of a continuous barrage of rocket fire by Hamas. The terror group broke the latest ceasefire on Tuesday, Aug. 19, with a salvo of medium-range rockets on Be’er Sheva, followed by dozens […]
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — There is a reason the American military asks of its civilian commanders, “Don’t tell us what to do, tell us what you want done.” Giving the military an executable military mission to accomplish is the most important responsibility of civilian command. A strategic plan helps the military respond
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HAIFA (Press Release) –A copper awl, the oldest metal object found to date in the Middle East, was discovered during the excavations at Tel Tsaf, according to a recent study published by researchers from the Zinman Institute of Archaeology and the Department of archaeology at the University of Haifa , in conjunction with researchers from
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — In a pre-dawn airstrike, three top Hamas commanders were killed by an Israeli strike on a four-story building near Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, August 21. The three senior Hamas leaders are responsible for dozens of deadly terrorist attacks including the 2006 kidnapping
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Middle EastBy Ze’ev Ben-Yechiel JERUSALEM (TNA)–While Hamas intensifies its latest wave of rocket fire, Israel continues its humanitarian commitment to Gaza, agreeing to Turkish requests to transfer another group of Gazans wounded in recent fighting. The level of daily rocket fire has swelled in recent days to levels unseen since Israel’s August 3 ground pullout, with
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By Ze’ev Ben Yechiel JERUSALEM (TNA) — The current rain of rocket fire from Gaza continues unabated throughout Wednesday afternoon, August 20, with over 170 rockets launched into Israel by Hamas since the terror group broke the last ceasefire on Tuesday. A spell of relative quiet was ruptured by Tuerday’s volley of rockets aimed at
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry issued the following statement Wednesday on the videotaped beheading of American journalist James Foley by an ISIL terrorist. James Foley went to the darkest of places to shine the light of truth. Nothing could stop him from sharing with the world the reality of what
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We are seeing, once again, the problems in dealing with amorphous organizations that are not states, but have the means to make others miserable. The classic conception of a state is a body that possesses a monopoly of force, and controls what happens in its name and within its borders.
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM– Since Tuesday night, August 19, Hamas rockets have struck throughout southern Israel, with one directly hitting a home in Ashkelon Wednesday and a shopping mall Tuesday The armed Abdul Qader Husseini Brigades of the Fatah movement to which the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas belongs, claimed responsibility for two rocket attacks
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen and Michael Johnson WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), also known as the Islamic State in the Levant (ISIL), currently controls about one-third of Iraq. It is a combination of: • A non-al-Qaeda revival of the al-Qaeda-sponsored Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) organization that tried to take
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel (Press Release)–“No more talking, shoot,” says Nachman Shai, a former IDF general who is currently a dovish Member of Knesset. A respected Ph.D. in political science and communications, Shai was the IDF spokesman during the Gulf War of 1991. In a similar vein, Amos Oz, the famous, dovish Israeli
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Middle East, Steve KramerWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The Department of State announced on Tuesday, August 19, the designation of the Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSC) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity under section 1(b) of Executive
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Middle East, USANY Post editorial slams Obama’s ‘unforgivable’ Israel policy (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A New York Post editorial published Sunday slammed the Obama administration for its recent Israel policy. Headed “Obama deserts an ally in wartime,” the editorial said, “What kind of ally refuses to send you desperately needed weapons when you’re smack in the middle
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International, Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)– The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) strongly opposes the proposed United Nations inquiry designed to identify alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza, which is to be led by a veteran Israel-hater, William Schabas. The proposed inquiry, called into being by the anti-Israel United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), is designed to
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