NPR: Israel Starving Gaza of Its Resources
A blockade is only as strong as its weakest link. Until recently, all kinds of goods passed through Egypt’s Rafah’s crossing, through smuggling tunnels, and even the Kerem Shalom crossing with Israel....
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Gaza Confirms Egypt’s Smuggling Smackdown
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. Gaza tunnelers to Reuters: Nearly 60 percent of the...
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Palestinians Bullied to Boycott Jerusalem Election
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 IDF brought reporters for a look-see into the...
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PA to Sever Ties With Israel If Statehood Bid Fails?
Today’s Top Stories 1. A team of Israelis doing maintenance work on the border fence with Gaza came under fire this morning. The IDF returned fire, killing a Hamas commander, according to Israeli media...
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Russia to Supply Advanced Air Defense System to Iran
Today’s Top Stories 1. Russia lifted a ban on selling Iran an advanced S-300 air-defense missile system as part of a larger oil-for-goods deal. Israeli officials told the Times of Israel that if the...
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Egypt’s Gas Find Upends Israeli Energy Plans
Today’s Top Stories 1. The “largest Mediterranean gas field” found off Egypt’s coast could meet the country’s natural gas needs for decades. The Zohr gas field‘s estimated 30 trillion cubic feet of gas...
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Police Thwart Jerusalem Terror Attack
Today’s Top Stories 1. Three Palestinians armed with knives, guns and explosives were shot and killed at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate after they attacked some policewomen. Two officers were injured. All...
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Gaza Tunnels Continue Collapsing
Today’s Top Stories 1. Israeli policewoman Hadar Cohen was laid to rest after succumbing to wounds from yesterday’s terror attack at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate. Israeli security forces made a wave of...
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Israel, Jordan At Odds Over Temple Mount and Western Wall
Today’s Top Stories 1. Israel’s security establishment is furious with cabinet minister Yuval Steinitz after he disclosed that Egypt flooded Hamas tunnels at Israel’s request. Overnight Friday, Egypt...
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What’s Behind Another Gaza Tunnel Collapse?
Today’s Top Stories 1. Israel agreed to return the bodies of 10 Palestinians killed while carrying out terror attacks in recent weeks. YNet explains the deal: According to the agreement that was...
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Foreign Press Assoc. to Knesset: We’re Not Biased
Today’s Top Stories 1. Israel and the European Union are in “quiet” talks to reduce tensions caused by the EU’s guidelines for labeling settlement products. Haaretz got the scoop. 2. Yesterday, foreign...
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Hezbollah’s Secret Prisons in Syria Creating Rift With Assad?
Today’s Top Stories 1. Israel buried Tuvia Weissman, who was stabbed in a West Bank supermarket by two 14-year-old Palestinians. A second man hospitalized with stab wounds is listed in moderate and...
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Hezbollah Seeking Base in Cuba
Today’s Top Stories 1. According to the latest batch of Hillary Clinton emails released by the State Department, Hezbollah seeks to establish a base in Cuba from which it can attack Israeli targets in...
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More Revelations of NSA Snooping on Netanyahu
Today’s Top Stories 1. Wikileaks released more documents highlighting US snooping on world leaders, including a tapped phone call between Benjamin Netanyahu and former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi in...
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Gulf States Label Hezbollah a Terror Group
Today’s Top Stories 1. Turkey now demands Israeli weapons sales as a condition for re-normalizing ties, according to Arab reports picked up by the Jerusalem Post. Israeli officials are reportedly...
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Russia Freezes Iranian Arms Transfers After Israeli Intel Tip
Today’s Top Stories 1. Russia reportedly suspended the transfer of S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Iran after Israeli intelligence tipped off Moscow that Tehran broke a pledge not to transfer...
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Egypt Discovers ‘Enormous’ Gaza Tunnels
Today’s Top Stories 1. Egypt discovered massive tunnels from Gaza into the Sinai large enough to drive trucks through. They’re unusually long too, which has the IDF concerned. YNet explains: These...
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Hamas Digger Killed in Another Tunnel Collapse
Today’s Top Stories 1. There were two terror attacks near Hebron this morning. In the first attack, two Palestinians rammed their car into a hitchhiking stop near Kiryat Arba, then exited the vehicle...
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Gazans Admit Fearing Hamas Tunnels Too
Today’s Top Stories 1. Worth reading: Thumbs up to the New York Times for a heckuva dispatch about Gazans living in dread of Hamas’ tunnels. Palestinians told reporter Diaa Hadid they hear the sounds...
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Is Salafism Gaining Ground Among Israeli Arabs?
Today’s Top Stories 1. Ultra-conservative Salafists are becoming increasingly assertive in the Israeli Arab community, AFP reports. “The question of national identity is not their priority,” he said....
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