Is Gaza Preparing to Declare Independence From Palestine? September 11, 2012 17:50 by Pesach Benson Today’s Top Stories 1. For the first time, Palestinian protests get widespread coverage. See below for details. 2. BDS Fail of the Day: Wits University leaders stood up against a student council’s call to boycott Israel. 3. Is Gaza preparing to […]
IDNS: Judge Absolves IDF For Rachel Corrie’s Death August 28, 2012 16:42 by Pesach Benson Everything you need to know about today’s coverage of Israel and the Mideast. Join the Israel Daily News Stream on Facebook. Today’s Top Stories 1. Absolving the IDF of responsibility for Rachel Corrie’s death, an Israeli civilian court rejected a […]
Did Hamas have advance info about the Kerem Shalom attack? August 14, 2012 12:49 by Pesach Benson Everything you need to know about today’s coverage of Israel and the Mideast. Join the Israel Daily News Stream on Facebook. Today’s Top Stories 1. Egypt believes Hamas knew about the Kerem Shalom attack ahead of time. Cairo also […]
One of the converts responds that he converted freely and will return home soon to his family by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik July 25, 2012 There is controversy in Gaza following the conversion of five Christians to Islam. The Greek Orthodox Church accused an Islamic group of coercion: “The Islamic movement uses […]
UNESCO Inaugurates Academic Chair at Hamas U. July 12, 2012 16:25 by Pesach Benson Everything you need to know about today’s coverage of Israel and the Mideast. Join the Israel Daily News Stream on Facebook. Today’s Top Stories: 1. UNESCO inaugurated a science chair at Gaza’s Islamic University — better known as Hamas U. Haaretz […]
Hamas said on Thursday that it is concerned over the possibility that Israel would unilaterally withdraw from Judea and Samaria (Yehuda and Shomron), as it did in Gaza in 2005. Speaking to the Egyptian-based Al-Ahram newspaper, deputy Hamas leader Moussa Abu Marzouk called on Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to abandon negotiations with Israel, and […]
Al Qaida-Linked Group Claims Responsibility for Monday’s Terror Attack June 20, 2012 15:08 by Pesach Benson Everything you need to know about today’s coverage of Israel and the Mideast. Join the Israel Daily News Stream on Facebook. Today’s Top Stories: 1. Al-Qaida-linked group takes responsibility for Monday’s terror attack while the IDF said it killed a […]
Ashkelon Councilor Shimon Cohen told Arutz Sheva Friday that the decision to shut down all educational facilities in the city was the responsible one to make. “The rocket fire tonight shattered the quiet,” he said. “At 2:00 a.m. we awoke to sirens. The rockets fell partly in open areas, and also in a large industrial […]
Pro-Israel Editor Disappears In Iraq June 21, 2012 12:03 by Pesach Benson Everything you need to know about today’s coverage of Israel and the Mideast. Join the Israel Daily News Stream on Facebook. Today’s Top Stories: 1. The Iranian-born editor of Kurd-Israel disappeared in Iraqi Kurdistan. Point of No Return fears that Mouloud Afand was […]
Palestinian Girl’s Death: Hamas Owns Up June 20, 2012 15:25 by Simon Plosker When will the media learn? How many times have ubiquitous “Palestinian medical sources” turned out to be less than wholly reliable? In the latest example, the aforementioned Palestinian medical sources claimed that a two-year old Palestinian girl had been killed in an […]
