Monthly Archives: July 2014

Israeli Aircraft Hit Home of Hamas Leader Haniyeh

By | 2014-07-30T23:09:32-04:00 July 30th, 2014|News|

Israeli aircraft hit the home of Hamas's top leader in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, inside the Shati region of Gaza on Monday night, his son said.   "The Israeli enemy struck our house twice," Abed Salam Haniyeh said in a statement quoted by AFP.   The Reuters news agency quoted Gaza’s interior ministry as having said

Hezbollah Can Fire Rockets ‘Nonstop’ at Israel

By | 2014-07-30T11:18:30-04:00 July 30th, 2014|News|

Iranian officials are closely studying the progress of Operation Protective Edge, in light of concern over Israel airstrikes on its nuclear facilities and its ongoing quest to destroy Israel.   Hossein Salami G'anshin, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, said in this context that the war in Gaza is an introduction prior to the collapse

Turkish Group Plans ‘Flotilla II’ to Gaza

By | 2014-07-30T10:43:15-04:00 July 30th, 2014|News|

The Turkish organization IHH is currently organizing a "Freedom Flotilla II", four years after the 2010 flotilla to Gaza which ended in the raid on the Mavi Marmara, the Middle East Monitor website reports.   The website cited comments by IHH chairman Bulent Yildrim, who said the second flotilla will carry humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Hamas Losing Palestinian Arab Support in Gaza

By | 2014-07-30T01:22:20-04:00 July 30th, 2014|Reports|

Hamas's war against Israel is not only losing militarily, but losing popular support for the Islamist group in Gaza as well, according to a study released last week.    A Washington Institute study published during the first week of the operation polled 450 Gazans between June 15-17 - before Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, but

Fatah Declares ‘Open War’ on Israel

By | 2014-07-29T17:26:52-04:00 July 29th, 2014|News|

The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, the so-called “military wing” of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement, has declared an "open war" against the "Zionist enemy."   In a recorded message dated July 23, three terrorists from the organization announced that the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade will not sit idly by while Israel’s operation in Gaza

Egypt Summons Turkish Envoy Over Erdogan’s Comments

By | 2014-07-29T16:39:43-04:00 July 29th, 2014|News|

Egypt on Saturday summoned the Turkish charge d'affaires for the second time in a month to complain about comments by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan deemed insulting to the leadership in Cairo, Reuters reports.   In an interview with CNN, Erdogan repeated the phrase that caused offense last time, calling Egypt's president, former army chief Abdel

Kerry ‘Tunneling Under Egyptian Ceasefire Deal’, Says Minister

By | 2014-07-29T15:48:34-04:00 July 29th, 2014|News|

An Israeli minister accused U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry of “digging a tunnel under the the Egyptian ceasefire proposal” by accepting Hamas's conditions for a ceasefire in Paris talks Saturday, Channel 2 reported. The minister's identity was not revealed.   Kerry and top diplomats from Europe and the Middle East who gathered in Paris

ISIS Destroys Tombs of Biblical Prophets Jonah, Daniel

By | 2014-07-28T11:15:47-04:00 July 28th, 2014|Islam|

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) has destroyed the tomb of Biblical Jonah, according to Arabic media outlets, in a show of disdain for non-Islamic cultures.    “ISIS militants have destroyed the Prophet Younis (Jonah) shrine east of Mosul city after they seized control of the mosque completely,” a security source, who