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Opinion 70% of Israelis Oppose Truce
After an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire kicked in last night, the Israel-Gaza border has been calm today. The residents of Southern Israel can once again go about their business without running for cover, and residents of Gaza no longer have Israeli planes overhead, striking terrorist targets but also scaring and sometimes killing or harming civilians. However, it…
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Fast Forward Iron Dome Rocket Shoot-Downs Cost $30M
Israel’s Iron Dome interceptions of Palestinian rockets during eight days of Gaza fighting cost $25 million to $30 million, the government said on Thursday, arguing the U.S.-backed system was well worth the money. “Were Iron Dome traded on the (Tel Aviv) stock exchange or Nasdaq, it would have multiplied its share value several times over,”…
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Israel News Israel Campaign Could Boost Hamas, Hurt Rivals
As Israel and Hamas worked with Egypt and the United States to broker a ceasefire during the long days of Operation Pillar of Defense, Israelis observed a strange irony. Israel was talking to Hamas, albeit indirectly, at a time when the conversation about peace with its designated negotiating partner, the Palestinian Authority, has completely dried…
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Opinion Global Calculus of Horror and Destruction
On Tuesday, November 20, while negotiators from at least six nations, two terrorist movements and the United Nations were working frantically in Cairo and Jerusalem to nail down the details of an Israeli-Hamas cease-fire, the violence in the field was continuing and reaching new heights. Rockets killed two Israelis that day, bringing Israel’s death toll…
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Fast Forward Hamas Military Might Crippled, Israel Claims
Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defence has crippled the military power of Gaza’s ruling Islamist movement Hamas, the Israeli military said on Wednesday, as an Egyptian-brokered truce halted eight days of combat. In a statement, the military named key militant leaders killed by Israel and listed weapons and bases destroyed. Referring to the confrontation pitting Hamas…
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Fast Forward Joy Over Gaza Ceasefire Could be Shortlived
Triumphal Hamas celebrated a “victory” in their Gaza stronghold on Wednesday after a truce was declared with Israel, where a sober reckoning of how the next round may go underscored the total lack of trust between the two foes. Palestinians and Israelis alike were relieved that their eight-day conflict had come to an end without…
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Opinion Poetry Can Wait, the Siren Is Blaring
In the middle of a class I was giving on Renaissance poetry, the students uncharacteristically started checking their phones all at once. Another siren, I learned afterwards, was warning of an incoming missile, this time one fired at Jerusalem. My day had passed at Bar Ilan, the university where I teach near Tel Aviv, surprisingly…
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Fast Forward Gaza Peace Deal Starts To Take Hold
Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement ruling the Gaza Strip agreed on Wednesday to an Egyptian-sponsored ceasefire to halt an eight-day conflict that killed 162 Palestinians and five Israelis. Both sides fought right up to 9 p.m (1900 GMT) when hostilities were due to stop, with several explosions shaking Gaza City and rockets hitting the…
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