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Opinion When It Gets Hot, Go to the Beach
Did the bubble burst when the rockets started falling on Tel Aviv on November 15? I think it didn’t. If “the bubble” means pretending to be New York or London — well, they also suffer from terror once in a while. And if it means the possibility to disengage yourself from the news and do…
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Breaking News Israeli Arab Arrested in Terror Bus Bombing
Israeli authorities arrested an Israeli Arab on suspicion of planting a bomb in a Tel Aviv bus that wounded 15 people hours before Israel agreed a ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza, police and security officials said on Thursday. The Arab citizen of Israel was detained on Wednesday night, they said. Also arrested, police said, were…
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Opinion Six Lessons of the Gaza Conflict
There was no daylight between Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Israel and President Obama’s United States, not even a sliver. Most of the international community, including perfidious Europe, gave Jerusalem its unequivocal support. Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood leadership played a pivotal and responsible role. The media coverage, as a general rule, was balanced, but only at it worst….
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Breaking News Quiet Day on Both Sides of Gaza Border
A ceasefire between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers took hold on Thursday after eight days of conflict, although deep mistrust on both sides cast doubt on how long the Egyptian-sponsored deal can last. Quiet reigned on both sides of the frontier overnight and during the morning after a dozen rockets landed in Israel in the…
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Breaking News 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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Breaking News Bus Bomb Complicates Gaza Invasion Plans
As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu weighs whether to agree a truce with Hamas or send the Israeli army into Gaza, a bomb on a bus in Tel Aviv on Wednesday may sway reluctant national opinion behind a ground invasion. “The time for restraint is over,” said Deputy Speaker Danny Danon of Netanyahu’s rightwing Likud party,…
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Breaking News Terror Bus Bomb in Tel Aviv Wounds 15
A bomb exploded on a bus in central Tel Aviv on Wednesday, wounding 15 people in what Israeli officials said was a terrorist attack that could complicate efforts to secure a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Celebratory gunfire rang out across Gaza as the news spread and the territory’s Islamist rulers Hamas praised the bombing,…
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Breaking News Israeli Attacks Guard at American Embassy
A man stabbed a security guard at the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv on Tuesday and was apprehended, a police spokesman said, and Israel Radio reported the assailant was an Israeli with a criminal background. The motive for the attack, which occurred outside the beachfront embassy, was not immediately known. “A Mazda car stopped next…
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