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Rockets fired on Israel from Gaza for third day
A rocket fired from Gaza struck southern Israel, the third day in a row that rockets have been fired at Israel from the coastal strip.
Should Israel fear “the king which knew not Josef?”
As world’s largest exporter of drones, Israel looks to transform battlefield
An Israeli soldier sits in an office chair in an air-conditioned metal chamber staring at two screens side by side. One shows a map with a moving dot. The other displays a video feed. Next to the soldier are three more identical stations.
Jailed in Israel, Marwan Barghouti says he’ll be president of Palestine
Marwan Barghouti, a convicted terrorist jailed in Israel, said he will be the president of a Palestinian state.
‘Come back [to Israel] and bring a lot of people with you’
“No Shopping!” guide Nadav Kersh admonished his charges as they entered the crowded Old City of Jerusalem. “I mean it. No shopping! It’s just too easy to get lost here.”
Gaza war and Obama: What do Israelis really think of them?
Bill Maher on Israel, uncut and uncensored
Gordis vs. Brous is not about ‘values’, and other notes
What is the Media War and why is it such a big deal?
November 27, 2012
This week from Israel
Ehud Barak says he’s quitting politics
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said he is leaving politics after more than half a century and will not run in the upcoming elections.
November 23, 2012
You don’t ‘win’ or ‘lose’ a battle like the one in Gaza
November 22, 2012
Should Israel have agreed to a cease-fire? The complex answer
At least 62 rockets strike Israel on operation’s eighth day
At least 62 rockets struck southern Israel on the eighth day of the country's Operation Pillar of Defense against terrorists in Gaza. A house in the southern community was hit with a rocket Wednesday morning; no one was hurt in the attack.
Bus explodes in Tel Aviv in apparent terror attack; Hamas celebrates
A bomb exploded on a bus in central Tel Aviv on Wednesday, wounding 15 people in what Israeli officials said was a terrorist attack that could complicate efforts to secure a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli missile-makers strive to meet Iron Dome demand
Israel sees its Iron Dome anti-rocket system as a noted success of its Gaza assault. The only problem is keeping up with demand for the interceptor missiles, their makers said on Tuesday.
Seven days into Pillar of Defence- which news websites tell you the truth?
Hamas winning? Wish I knew
Why there is no Palestinian resistance
November 19, 2012
A call from the shelter, and other stories
November 18, 2012
Images as Operation Pillar of Defense Continues
More images from Israel and the Gaza Strip as Operation Pillar of Defense continues. Photos by Reuters
Israel taking steps to mobilize up to 75,000 reservists
Defence Minister Ehud Barak sought government approval on Friday to mobilize up to 75,000 reserve troops for Israel's Gaza campaign, political sources said, in a sign of preparations for a possible ground offensive.
27 things to consider about Gaza (including a short dictionary of useful clichés)
Jerusalem and Tel Aviv under rocket fire, Netanyahu warns Gaza
Palestinian militants nearly hit Jerusalem with a rocket for the first time in decades on Friday and fired at Tel Aviv for a second day, in a stinging challenge to Israel's Gaza offensive after an Egyptian bid to broker a truce.
Anti-Israel protest outside of the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles [VIDEO]
U.S. Senate resolution backs Israel’s actions in Gaza
Thirty U.S. senators have signed on to a resolution expressing support for Israel's "inherent right to act in self-defense."
Jewish groups react swiftly to escalation of Gaza rocket attacks on Israel
Jewish organizations had an outpouring of reaction on Wednesday to the escalation of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel that had started Saturday—conveying their prayers for the safety of southern Israelis, condemning the Hamas terrorism, and affirming the Jewish state’s right to respond.
IDF takes Operation Pillar of Defense to social media
In addition to Amud Anan (Pillar of Defense), its operation in defense of the Jewish state in response to a barrage of rockets from Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is also taking the operation to Twitter.
Netanyahu on IDF operation: ‘No government would tolerate’ Hamas’s terror
In the wake of the Israel Defense Forces’ killing of Hamas military leader Ahmed al-Jabari, more than 250 rockets fired by Gaza terrorists into Israel, and three Israelis being killed, the IDF is now calling army reservists and preparing for a potential ground incursion into Gaza.
Palestinian media praises terrorist leader Jabari as ‘martyr’
The day after the targeted killing of Hamas terrorist chief Ahmed Jabari, the Palestinian media lead with headlines praising his “martyrdom,” despite his long history of involvement in terrorism against Israeli civilians.
Here’s what really happened in Israel in the past couple of days
Israel launches Gaza offensive, kills Hamas commander
Israel launched a major offensive against Palestinian militants in Gaza on Wednesday, killing the military commander of Hamas in an air strike and threatening an invasion of the enclave that the Islamist group vowed would "open the gates of hell."
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