Gaza

Contents: Israel backs down from full-scale attack on Gaza after family escapes rocket; Israel adopts a go-slow strategy with new ‘rules of the game’

Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket at the southern city of Beersheba early Wednesday that landed and exploded in the courtyard of a house, causing serious damage, but no injuries.

Tuesday’s fuel shipments to Gaza were a game-changer because they separated Gaza from the PLO/PA, and allow alternatives to emerge.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is calling on Middle Eastern nations to increase aid to Palestinian refugees.

The Trump administration has a choice to make. Does it want Judea and Samaria to look like Gaza under Hamas? Or does it want Judea and Samaria to look like Israel?

If Israel wants to “free Palestine” from Hamas, the time may be now or never, especially given the risk of a Nancy Pelosi-controlled House.

President Donald Trump’s Middle East team, led by Jared Kushner, made the right choice in dealing with Hamas-controlled Gaza.

The time has come for Israel and the U.S. to let Gaza fail. Helping Gaza economically only encourages Hamas to wage further war.

Contents: Egypt mediates Israel-Gaza ceasefire in biggest escalation since 2014 war; Israel also prepares for war on Syria border with Iran and Hezbollah

MOSCOW — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was in Moscow on Saturday to meet with Vladimir Putin, just days after the Russian leader hosted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Contents: Israel will close crossing point to Gaza in retaliation for incendiary kites; The incendiary kite attacks began with ‘The Great March for Return’

(AFP) — As England prepare to play Sweden in a crunch World Cup quarter-final Saturday, the Scandinavians will find strong support in a perhaps unlikely location: the Palestinian enclave of Gaza.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old democratic socialist who became an instant Democratic Party heroine by unseating party caucus chair Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY) in Tuesday’s New York primary, is an anti-Israel radical.

It would be better if free nations ceased to legitimize the Human Rights Council with their participation. In fact, they should withdraw without delay and and say why.

President Donald Trump is struggling to convince Congress to fund his border wall along the frontier with Mexico. Meanwhile, Israel is building a new wall along its border with Gaza — underwater.

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that the Israeli military had months to figure out how to avoid shooting most of the people coming across the fence in Gaza and “took no effort” to do so. Brooks

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees is fueling “unrealistic” hopes of return after 70 years and is therefore helping keep the Israeli-Palestinian conflict alive, Switzerland’s foreign minister said Thursday.

Hamas had developed a “new missile” that can evade the Iron Dome, Michael Oren said. “It’s called a ‘demonstrator.’ It’s cheaper, it carries less risk, and in most cases, the missile is reusable.”

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari on Wednesday decried several “treacherous” regional countries for their silence and inaction against Israel in the aftermath of the deaths of nearly 60 Palestinians on the Gaza border on Monday.

Iran’s “moderate” President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Israel’s right to national defense was “meaningless” following the deaths of more than 50 Palestinians, most revealed to be operatives of the Hamas terrorist organization.

China’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday it was “seriously concerned” about violence in the Gaza Strip and called for the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks as soon as possible. An editorial in the state-run Global Times blamed U.S. President Donald Trump for “opening Pandora’s box” by moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem.

The mainstream media bear “some responsibility” for the deaths of Palestinians at the Gaza boundary this week, says Friedman, because they reward the Hamas terror group for encouraging people to attempt to breach the border.

After Turkey recalled its ambassadors to Israel and the United States on Monday to protest the Israeli response to riots along the Gaza border fence, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Israel a “terror state” and denounced its actions as “genocide.”

Israel’s right to defend itself from Hamas attacks along the Gaza border was reaffirmed by Principal Deputy White House Press Secretary Raj Shah during Monday’s press briefing.

Contents: Gaza violence surges in Palestinian ‘Great March for Return’ into Israel; Opening of US embassy in Jerusalem stirs strong reactions

Turkey and South Africa announced that they will withdraw their ambassadors from Israel, and Turkey from the U.S., on Monday as Hamas claims dozens of deaths following riots on the Gaza-Israel border.

During Monday’s White House Press Briefing, White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah stated the White House believes that Hamas bears responsibility for the violence in Gaza and said Hamas is engaging in a “gruesome and unfortunate propaganda attempt.”

TEL AVIV – Ahead of the inauguration of the relocated U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, Israeli troops have been deployed to Gaza and the West Bank amid concerns of violent clashes with Palestinian protesters, the IDF said Saturday.

TEL AVIV — Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday harshly rebuked President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, calling the move a “serious mistake” that will erode America’s international credibility with the “consistent flouting of agreements.”

Beginning on March 30, Hamas, which calls in its Covenant for the destruction of Israel and the global murder of Jews, launched the ‘March of Return.’

TEL AVIV – All crossings into Israel from the West Bank and Gaza will shut down as a security measure ahead of celebrations marking Israel’s 70th Independence Day, the army said Sunday.

TEL AVIV – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ senior adviser Mahmoud al-Habbash accused Hamas of sending Gazans to their death for the sole purpose of garnering headlines featuring “emotional stories of heroism.”

Contents: Gaza Palestinians burn tires to hide protests from Israel’s army; Hamas and Fatah/PLO criticized for contradictory strategies

TEL AVIV – A Kuwaiti government daily published an article slamming the “March of the Return” in Gaza as a “provocative” protest designed to trigger violence by “terrorist” group Hamas, which uses women and children as human shields. The article also praised President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the U.S. embassy as being “courageous and correct.”

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a “butcher” in response to the Turkish president’s branding the Israeli leader as a “terrorist” and Israel a “terrorist state” over the IDF’s actions in Gaza.