Today was the thirty-eighth day of Operation Protective Edge.
Hamas continues to assert that it will not make an agreement that doesn't meet its demands. Isn't a central demand Israel's destruction?
— Jonathan Schanzer (@JSchanzer) August 14, 2014
The Tower Today covered the violence marred start to a new five day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. During the last hours of the previous ceasefire and the early hours of the new one, eight rockets and a number of mortars were fired from Gaza into Israel, causing property damage but no injuries. Israel said that it reserves the right to strike back for any further violations over the next five days.
"Wow, the Hamas leaders must be thinking, the free world is just so dumb." @davidhorovitz nails down the basic truth http://t.co/h0fziNWX1Z
— yaacov lozowick (@yaacovlozowick) August 14, 2014
In recent days, Pro-Kurdish and pro-Israel activists demonstrated together in both Washington D.C. and Tel Aviv.
Holocaust Imagery, Anti-Semitic Stereotypes Punctuate Chicago Anti-Israel Rally (PHOTOS) http://t.co/IIYouZDByd
— (((Adam Levick))) (@adamlevick) August 14, 2014
In addition to stating his objections to rapprochement with the United States on anything other than Iran’s nuclear program, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei undercut his nation’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif. While Khamenei praised Zarif’s efforts in the nuclear talks he second guessed Zarif’s hopes to engage with the United States on other issues, “Some people were under the impression that sitting down to talk with America would solve all our problems. I knew that wouldn’t be the case…”
#Khamenei on #nuclear talks: "contrary to some people’s wishful thinking, negotiation does not help at all" http://t.co/mVcXHZl46M
— UANI (@UANI) August 14, 2014
Israel Hayom reported that for the first time in history, the IDF has deployed unmanned transport vehicles to deliver supplies to troops in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge. These vehicles, usually called armored personnel carriers (APC), can deliver up to four tons of supplies. By directing the vehicles remotely delivering supplies endangers fewer soldiers.
So Kurds have created viable state, Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia getting along as well as possible. Why resist the facts on the ground?
— Roy Abrams (@RQA) August 14, 2014
Al Aqsa television, the official Hamas station and a designated terrorist organization, broadcast video of a Hamas workshop where terrorists were manufacturing M-75, medium range, rockets during a ceasefire last week. The M-75 is capable of reaching Tel Aviv.
The Kurds Are The US's Only Way Out Of Its Strategic Dilemmas In Iraq http://t.co/uv7Ln5Fqpg via @bi_contributors
— Daniel Mael (@DanielMael) August 14, 2014
France and Germany are set to follow America’s lead and offer support – humanitarian and military – to the Kurds in an effort to roll back the gains of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in northern Iraq.
As @michaeldweiss noted earlier this evening, Qassem Suleimani is on track to have even greater influence in Baghdad before this is over.
— Robert Caruso (@robertcaruso) August 13, 2014
The Daily Beast listed Qods Force commander Qassem Suleimani’s five favorite Palestinian terror organizations. As we’ve seen in recent weeks Iran’s support for Palestinian terror is more than just rhetorical.