The terrorists are not the only ones who bear guilt for the murders of Naftali, Eyal and Gil-ad.

Dr. Mordechai Kedar, INN

An entire nation stood mourning at the open graves of Gil-ad, Eyal and Naftali, united in grief, aching and stunned at the youthful glow and purity, the loving hopes of parents shattered in an instant by bestial murderers who took advantage of the innocent boys’ trust in them. The memory of the three will remain in our midst and the events of the past few weeks will accompany our nation in Israel and the Diaspora for a long, long time.

Accusing fingers are pointed at Hamas, and I believe that the Israeli government has proof of the movement’s involvement, or that of its members, in the despicable crime. Except that I do not only accuse Hamas, just as I would not accuse a poisonous viper for biting a child whose father brought the snake home and freed him to roam about at will inside it. The snake is not guilty because it is in his nature to bite. The father is the guilty party, and everyone understands that.
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EU urges Israel to co-operate with Palestinians on kidnapping crisis

The group includes: Austria; Belgium; Croatia; Denmark; Finland; Greece; Ireland; Luxembourg; Malta; Portugal; Slovakia; and Slovenia.

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[There is no comparison between the killings. Ted Belman]

Three marathon sessions later, the cabinet still hasn’t decided, and as time passes, a massive campaign seems increasingly unlikely

JPOST

Let me see if I have this right. Hamas is responsible fr the muRder of three Israeli teenagers in cold  bood and fires over 100 rockets from Gaza and Bibi is offering “calm for calm”. Something wrong with that formulae. Ted Belman

Rockets fired from Gaza continued to fall on Israel early Friday morning as Iron Dome batteries intercepted one rocket over Israel’s south while two landed in open fields near Sderot.

The first rockets hit Israel on Friday following a Code Red siren around 5:00 AM.

No injuries or damages were reported in the latest rocket attacks after rocket-fire on Thursday damaged vehicles and homes in Sderot , including a building used as a daycare center. The infants and their caretaker were in a fortified shelter-room at the time of the attack and escaped injury. Read more…

By HERB KEINON, JPOST

PM lobbies for support of independent Kurdish state, strong Jordan to box in Islamic extremists.
Residents and Kurdish fighters celebrate the liberation of their village from Islamist rebels. Photo: Reuters

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu expressed public support this week for an independent Kurdish state as part of a “bookends doctrine” he speaks about privately, whereby an independent Kurdistan in northeastern Iraq and a strong Jordan to the west serve to contain the Shi’ite and Sunni extremists operating in Iraq and Syria.

Though Netanyahu’s statement in support of an independent Kurdistan in Iraq was the first time he or any senior Israeli official has made such comments publicly, The Jerusalem Post has learned that the prime minister has for months been urging world leaders to strengthen and support the Kurds and the Jordanians, who are both pro-Western and moderate, as a way of preventing the chaos inside Syria and Iraq from spreading elsewhere. He argues in private meetings that the Jordanians and Kurds are both forces for regional stability, not anarchy.
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By Ron Breiman, ISRAEL HAYOM

Analysis: Our goal should be to disarm Hamas by gaining wide support from Western countries, Egypt, Jordan and PA.

By Israel Ziv, YNET [Major-General (res.) Israel Ziv served as head of the Operations Directorate branch in the IDF’s General Staff.]

The discovery of the three boys’ bodies serves as a turning point for the State of Israel and the defense establishment. From an operational and public aspect, the first and critical stage of the search has been completed, changing the situation from a kidnapping incident to a terror attack.

The tragic ending, along with the escalation Hamas is leading to in the south, requires us to look towards the next stage – the response to the despicable murder and the rockets fired on Israel’s southern communities.
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DEBKAfile Special Report July 2, 2014, 10:57 PM (IDT)

Wednesday night, July 2, Israel’s security cabinet held its third special session in two days to map out a response to the kidnapping and murder of Eyal Yifrach, Gil-Ad Shaer and Naftali Frenkel, who were laid to rest in mass funerals Tuesday. Despite the impression of indecision, the select group of senior ministers conveyed, DEBKAfile’s sources report that they did in fact decide to hold back from a major military operation in the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Defense Minsiter Moshe Ya’alon abd Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz decided that instead of smashing Hamas infrastructure at its home base in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army would continue to pound its networks on the West Bank.

This decision was the outcome of heavy arm-twisting on the part of Egypt, Qatar and Jordan. They urged Israel to continue to smash Hamas in Mahmoud Abbas’ West Bank domain, but to leave the Islamist organization be in the Gaza Strip.
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Written by  Alex Newman : http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/north-america/item/18585-a…?

“After America Comes North America,” Gen. Petraeus Boasts

The New North American Union Decades

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LISTEN

Lisa Benson, and Co-host, Jerry Gordon conducted an interview with Dan Diker, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and Mudar Zahran. A debate insured on the merits of Muslim Brotherhood involvement within the ranks of the King Abdullah inner circle, the presence of ISIS in Jordan, especially in Ma’an which is near the Israeli sea side resort town of Eilat, Israel and the tensions between Hamas and Fatah. Withing the first five minutes of the broadcast was the FIRST breaking story of ISIS declaring CALIPHATE. Sources proclaim that ISIS are within gun sight of the Jordon border. A powerful, insightful interview that outlines Mudar Zahran’s desire for a Palestinian Jordan. This broadcast was before the three Israeli teens were found dead – It is a riveting interview to be listened to and shared.

In advance, this ad promoted the show.

A close look at what is happening in general terms.

Dr. Mordechai Kedar, INN

Israel, while mourning its sons, is, however, facing a new situation in the Middle East:

1. The Arab world is imploding into itself: our enemies – led by Syria – are drowning within a swamp of blood, fire and tears (this doesn’t make me happy, but it is the objective truth). The Jihadists challenge country after country (Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Lybia, Yemen and while they are at it, Saudi Arabia and Jordan). The “Zionist Enemy” has long ceased to be a unifying element. Arab Nationalism has turned into an empty mantra and Arab solidarity is a fig leaf covering hatred, extremism, conflict and subversion of one regime against another.
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So the US is going to assassinate the ISIL leaders. Seems to me that Hamas is a bigger enemy to Israel than ISIL is to the U.S. Like I have been arguing, we should assassinate the leadership. Ted Belman

Shadowy Baghdadi issues first statement since January urging global terror attacks

BY: Bill Gertz, FREE BEACON
July 1, 2014 4:01 pm

ISIL fighters marching in Syria (AP)ISIL fighters marching in Syria (AP)

President Barack Obama has authorized targeted killings of the leaders of the al Qaeda offshoot led by Abu Bakr al Baghdadi using drone strikes or special operations, as the Iraqi terrorist on Tuesday urged jihadists to conduct worldwide attacks.

A U.S. official familiar with internal Obama administration discussions on Iraq said the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (IS) leader and several other commanders are now on the kill list of those targeted as U.S. national security threats. The list was approved by the president and allows U.S. intelligence agencies and the military to conduct strikes against the targeted terrorists after they have been located and their identities confirmed.
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Apparently, Netanyahu has no stomach for an extensive operation in Gaza, but must take some action to appease Likud activists and settlers.

By Amos Harel, HAARETZ | Jul. 2, 2014 | 2:37 AM

The public demands revenge, but Netanyahu doesn’t want long war with Hamas

Israel is still considering its response after the discovery of the bodies of the three abducted teenagers. The cabinet met on Monday night but could not reach a decision. Another meeting was scheduled for on Tuesday. Leaks from the earlier meeting indicated that the session was charged, with Economy Minister Naftali Bennett calling for severe reprisals. Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon and Chief-of-Staff Benny Ganz urged restraint. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaned towards accepting the advice of the defense establishment but was concerned about the political ramifications of showing restraint.
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By KHALED ABU TOAMEH, JPOST

The new Palestinian government, headed by Rami Hamdallah, has refused to pay salaries to the Hamas civil servants.

Defense minister’s proposal part of larger plan to expand settlement construction; Livni threatens to vote against, says it would turn national tragedy into political issue.

Barak Ravid, HAARETZ

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed Monday night that Israel’s response to the murder of the three teenagers in the West Bank include a wave of settlement construction and the establishment of a new settlement in memory of Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Shaar and Naftali Fraenkel, a senior Israeli official told Haaretz.

An Israeli defense official confirmed the details and said that Ya’alon suggested the new settlement be established in the G’vaot outpost, frozen in 2002, which is located between Alon Shvut and Beitar Ilit. The Defense Ministry specified that the outpost is located on state lands and that the government already made a decision to turn it into a settlement.

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By CAROLINE B. GLICK, JPOST

The time has come for our friends to also take action and stop funding and supporting our enemy and his efforts to destroy us.

Eyal Yifrah, Gil-Ad Shaer and Naftali Fraenkel were teenagers. They were abducted and brutally murdered by Palestinian terrorists from Hamas, a partner in the Palestinian Authority’s unity government, and a terrorist organization dedicated to the annihilation of Israel and the Jewish people.

The teens’ abduction and murder was supported by Palestinian society as a whole. While Israelis were united as never before in worry and prayer for the missing boys, Palestinian society was united in its expressed delight at the abduction and murder of the boys.
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Fighting the Ideology

Islamism is a growing and powerful ideology that tolerates no dissent or rivalry. Yet in recent decades the United States has responded only to the violence that Islamism has generated, not to the beliefs and ideas that drive it. As a result of this failure, Islamist numbers and confidence have grown, and Islamist regimes have taken power in the Middle East and North Africa. So the United States is less safe than it was before 9/11, as is everyone else outside the Islamist fold.

Until the United States understands and confronts Islamist ideology, it will not be able to slow the Islamist revolution and its destructive effects. This collection of essays proposes an effective strategy for countering and defeating the beliefs that motivate Islamists. It examines those beliefs in detail, considers their strengths and weaknesses, and draws on the lessons of past ideological conflicts. Thus it provides invaluable equipment for the war of ideas in which we must now engage.

Center for Security Policy

Dr. Sebastian Gorka, Major General Horner Chair of Military Theory, Marine Corps University; National Security Affairs Editor, Breitbart.com speaks at the Center for Security Policy’s National Security Group Lunch on Capitol Hill regarding Iraq’s Collapse.

Gorka calls for fighting the ideology. About time.

Be sure to listen to the questions at end of talk.

By Benny Toker and Elad Benari, INN

Due to Syria unrest, European exporters rely on Israel for route to Arab customers

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The hydraulic ramp of a Turkish freighter taps down on the eastern Mediterranean port of Haifa and, under a full moon, 37 trucks roll off onto an otherwise empty pier.

In a convoy that stretches hundreds of meters, the trucks travel east across northern Israel, bringing goods from Europe to customers in Jordan and beyond.

Until three years ago the cargo these trucks carry – fruits, cheese, raw material for the textile industry, spare parts, and second-hand trucks – would have come through Syria. But civil war has made that journey too perilous.
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