Some 30,000 people from across Israel came to the funeral of IDF soldier Sgt. Max Steinberg, even though most of them never met him. Steinberg, 24, was killed in action in Shejaiya, Gaza. The Golani brigades’ sharpshooter grew up in Los Angeles and moved to Beersheva after he fell in love...

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A poll commissioned by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy that was released yesterday shows that “fewer than 30% of Palestinians now support a ‘two-state solution’: a West Bank/Gaza Palestinian state in lasting peace with Israel.” According to David Pollock of the Washington Institute, who wrote an analysis of the...

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In the wake of increased rocket attacks from Gaza against Israel’s southern population centers, Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar announced an agreement with Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) on Tuesday night. The Jerusalem Post reports: “There will be no security for the Zionists over and under the land,” Zahar said in a...

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On Tuesday NGO Monitor, a watchdog group monitoring the activities of non-governmental organizations (NGO’s), called on European funders of Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) to exercise greater care in funding the organization in light of Israel’s declaring the organization illegal due to IRW’s support of Hamas. According to a statement released by...

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It was reported Monday that Israel had charged Ziad Awad and his son Izzedin Hassan Ziad in the Passover eve killing of police commander Baruch Mizrahi. Mizrahi’s pregnant wife Hadas and a son were injured in the attack. The New York Times reports on the arrests: Ziad Awad, now 42, was...

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English- and Arabic-language outlets throughout last week reported on trends suggesting that radical Islamist groups are gaining a foothold in the Gaza Strip, developments that appear to have been taking place alongside growing efforts by Hamas to rebuild its infrastructure in the West Bank. Reports have been emerging since the announcement...

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After multiple rockets from Gaza landed in Israeli territory on Saturday, Israel retaliated against Gaza-based launch sites late Saturday night. The Times of Israel reports: “In response to the three rockets fired earlier this evening at Israel an IAF aircraft targeted three terror activity sites, two weapon storage and manufacturing facilities...

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On Friday Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that the monarchy of Qatar would resolve the issue of the salaries of Gaza-based Hamas employees who were effectively fired when the Palestinian unity government was formed nearly two weeks ago. The Gulf state said it would contribute a total of $60 million (44...

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Overnight Israel conducted sweeping arrests of over 80 Hamas operatives as the Israeli army dragnet continues in the search for three teenage students kidnapped by terrorists, with efforts concentrated around the city of Hebron, 16 miles south of Jerusalem, according to reports. The three, Eyal Yifrah, 19, Gil-Ad Shayer, 16, and Naftali Frenkel,...

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The Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) reported Tuesday that leading members of the the House Foreign Affairs Committee are questioning the Obama administration’s apparent decision to cooperate with the Palestinian unity government that was agreed to last week between the ruling Fatah party and the Gaza-based terrorist group Hamas. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and...

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