On Wednesday, an Egyptian blogger who was recently nominated for the European Parliament’s prestigious Sakharov Prize had his name withdrawn by the group that initially nominated him on account of his call for the murder of Israelis. In a press release, European United Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) leader Gabi Zimmer explained...
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At least six police officers were killed by a roadside bomb in northern Sinai earlier today, with the finger of blame initially pointed at the al Qaeda-backed group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis. The attack comes as a reminder that Israel is surrounded by Sunni Islamist threats, not just from Gaza and...
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Hamas was forced to accept a ceasefire with Israel without securing any of its core demands – an end to import restrictions on the Gaza Strip, salaries for Hamas operatives, the release of captured terrorists, the construction of a sea port, and so on – despite the group having long...
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Earlier this week, the Jerusalem Post reported that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had harsh words for the countries of Turkey and Qatar. The Egyptian president told a group of newspaper editors that “Qatar, Turkey and the international organization of the Brotherhood are currently establishing many companies, newspapers and websites. They allocated hundreds of millions...
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Suspected jihadist terrorists cut the heads off of four men in the Sheikh Zuwaid area of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, only a few minute’s drive from the Israeli border. The murders occurred around the same time ISIS released its video of the beheading of American journalist James Foley that has shaken...
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French President Francois Hollande today called on Hamas to be disarmed, after the terror group yesterday violated its ceasefire with Israel. Reuters reports: “We are at a critical point. France supports the Egyptian mediation,” Hollande told Le Monde in an interview. “Gaza can no longer remain like it is. The objective...
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The Arabic-language daily Al-Hayat reported today that the government of Qatar threatened Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal with deportation if Hamas accepted the Egyptian ceasefire proposal. The Times of Israel reported: Arabic daily Al-Hayat reported Wednesday that Doha warned it would deport Mashaal if he approved the agreement in its current...
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Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan warned that “Israel must accept the demands of the Palestinian people or face a long war” in advance of the Monday, August 18 midnight deadline (local time) when the latest Egyptian-brokered ceasefire is due to expire. On the Hamas website, Hamdan threatened that “all options...
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Today was the thirty-seventh day of Operation Protective Edge. I love how all they're saying on the news right now is essentially: "We have no idea what's going on." — Sharon Udasin (@sharonudasin) August 13, 2014 Earlier today, The Tower reported on the violation of the ceasefire by Hamas, when at...
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The Egypt-sponsored peace talks between Israel and Hamas have fallen apart, with the current 72-hour ceasefire set to expire at midnight local time. Shortly after Hamas announced that the talks failed, but before the ceasefire itself ended, red alert sirens were heard throughout southern Israel. Hamas official Ali Barake states negotiations...
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