Gaza

The Defense Minister’s Pen

Kerry and Ban in truce bid to save Hamas from defeat.

Israel accepts Egyptian mediation and ceasefire, demands removal of Hamas missile stocks from Gaza

IDF tells 100,000 Gaza civilians to move back from Israeli border – sign of impending ground incursion

With 50 strikes, the IDF launches Operation Solid Rock after Hamas’ 100-rocket blitz. Hamas keeps going

Hamas flatly spurns a ceasefire. Israeli air strikes kill 7 of its operatives in Gaza

New pact restores Hamas to the Iranian fold with a $200m annual stipend and military aid

First US-Israeli intelligence collaboration in four years against an Iranian military target: Iranian missile ship

New Palestinian terror weapon: the Austrian Steyr .50 assassin’s rifle from Hizballah

Kerry’s revisions for US troops on Jordan Valley border, Gaza-Hebron express train link

Israel holds back on punishment for Palestinian murder of civilian to save Mid East talks

So much for the Obama/Morsi commitment to stop smuggling

Netanyahu Says Israel Will Withstand “International Pressure”

A Pillar of Problems

Salafists keep up missile fire after most Palestinian Gaza groups buy a truce

Hamas aims Grad at Dimona reactor – payback for Khartoum raid

Anti-Israel culture war of British elites is not a grass roots movement

Obama’s Policy Towards Turkey is a Turkey

Israel’s ultimatum: Stop the missiles by Saturday night.

Israel is free to subsidize, build and expropriate in Judea and Samaria