New rules: Israeli troops must fire in the air when engaging terrorists
New rules of engagement were handed down Tuesday, July 11, to the Israeli military, police and Border Guard units serving
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West Bank
Israel ramps up Gaza air strikes, tells Gazans to evacuate border areas, after Hamas’ blanket rocket fire on Tel Aviv. Rockets from Lebanon
The Hamas-IDF contest spiraled to its highest level in three frantic hours Saturday night, July 12: Hamas hurled 10 rockets
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Abbas Brings the Lethal Fatah-Tanzim Back to Fight Israel on the West Bank too
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has set in motion a hush-hush operation which rather than lowering Palestinian Israeli-tensions threatens to
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Israeli cabinet’s inaction opens door to surge of violence in Jerusalem and Gaza rocket fire
Wednesday night, July 2, Israel’s security cabinet held its third special session in two days to map out a response
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Creating a New Palestinian Hizballah to Take off from Gaza
Just one day after Palestinian leaders hailed the burial of their seven-year feud under a new power-sharing government on June
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US Sees Hamas’ West Bank Role as Auguring Muslim Brotherhood’s Restoration
Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s trouncing of his rivals in the Egyptian polls, and the new government in Ramallah, may set both US
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Palestinian killed in second terrorist attack at Nablus roadblock. An Israel soldier injured
A Palestinian gunman in a car started shooting at an Israeli border guard checkpoint at the Tapuach checkpoint outside Nablus
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Pope Francis nods to Palestinian case with unscheduled visit to West Bank barrier
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas poured a litany of mostly unfounded anti-Israel grievances and propaganda in the ear of Pope Francis
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The US Peacemaker’s Nosedive Opens West Bank Door to Hamas
Hamas sent its rivals, Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah, packing from the Gaza Strip in June 2007 in a well
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Heavily armed militias wrest control of West Bank Palestinian refugee camps from Palestinian Authority
The rising level of Palestinian terrorism in recent months must be attributed largely to the 19 West Bank refugee sites
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