IDF to call up reservists as Gaza heats up

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IDF to call up reservists as Gaza heats up

 
Newsletter Tuesday July 8, 2014
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IDF to mobilize more reservists as Gaza heats up 
Prime Minister Netanyahu: The gloves need to come off when dealing with Hamas; ground incursion is on the table • IDF launches Operation Protective Edge in efforts to curtail escalating rocket fire from Gaza • Defense minister: We’ll exact a heavy price.
 
Yoav Limor | Escalation, still not war
Thus far, Hamas has been careful not to shoot at Gush Dan and an IDF ground operation is still not on the table.
 
Ruthie Blum | Selective self-flagellation
Israelis should feel both proud of and grateful for their country, whose leaders and the bulk of whose populace consider violence an abomination that cannot be tolerated.
Nadav Shragai | Passivity turned the tables
Today, we are paying the price of past passivity, and tomorrow, we will pay the price of today’s passivity.
Dr. Gabi Avital | Sometimes, power is a trap
A good leader doesn’t always have to use the whip.
Elliott Abrams | BDS in West, integration in Middle East?ý
The boycotters should take note: History is not on their side, nor economics, ýnor security needs — nor, of course, is their selective moralizing persuasive.
Final exams interrupted by rocket sirens 
Homefront Command issues new directives for all Israeli residents living within 40 kilometers (25 miles) of the Gaza Strip • All gatherings of 300 or more people are temporarily banned • Summer camps in Ashdod and Ashkelon canceled until further notice.
US condemns Gaza rocket attacks on Israel
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by telephone about the escalating security situation in southern Israel • State Department spokeswoman: We support Israel’s right to defend itself against rocket attacks.
Suspect in murder of Palestinian teen ‘mentally ill,’ says father
All six suspects arrested for murder of 16-year-old Muhammad Abu Khdeir are aged 30 and under, and several are minors • Those who know the families of the suspects say some of them may be mentally unstable • Parents deny children’s involvement in crime.
Dr. Haim Shine | A knife in the nation’s heart
With their zealous, psychotic act of darkness, the murderers of Muhammad Abu Khdeir have put all Israeli civilians in significant danger.
Woman wounded by stone thrown at bus as riots persist
Twenty-year-old Michal Malka sleeping at the back of an Egged bus driving through Wadi Ara is awoken when stone hits her forehead • Malka: „The bus driver did not stop, rather he accelerated to avoid the stone-throwing, and that actually saved us.”
Obama urges restraint for Israel, Palestinians
In Haaretz op-ed, U.S. President Barack Obama calls for Israelis and Palestinians to „act with reasonableness and restraint, not vengeance and retribution,” saying this is a „dangerous moment” • Obama: U.S. won’t give up on Israeli-Palestinian peace.
Clifford D. May | Jerusalem: One city, 4 murders
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict heats up. Not for the first time — nor the last.ý
Likud angered by ‘terrible timing’ of Lieberman split announcement
„It was clear that from the moment Lieberman realized he could not join the Likud — he would try to find an opportunity to quit. Lieberman wants time to set himself apart ahead of the next elections,” Likud MK Zeev Elkin says.
Dan Margalit | Riding the wave
Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Lieberman was and will remain a populist.
BBC investigation reveals Gaza pictures not what they claim to be
BBC’s social media department finds that images posted under the #GazaUnderAttack hashtag on social media websites are frequently not recent photos, or were taken in other conflict regions.
Khamenei: US and Israel playing ‘good cop, bad cop’
„I say out loud: The reason they [Israelis] are not attacking is because it is too costly. The enemy has no other option at its disposal but make threats and impose sanctions,” Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei says.
Europe confronts Islamist wave with pre-emptive measures
Rehab centers established in Germany to engage troubled youths before they fall into radical Islam • Centers send out social workers who intervene when they see recruiters approaching teenagers • Germany sees alarming rise in extreme Muslim Salafists.