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Israel Foils Hamas Plot to Take Over West Bank

Israel has thwarted a Hamas plot to topple the Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas, begin the third intifada uprising, and establish a second front against Israel during Operation Protective Edge. Israel’s internal security, the Shin Bet, uncovered the plot during May and June, in the process of arresting over 90 Hamas operatives, confiscating guns and other weapons that included 24 M-16 rifles, six handguns, seven missile launchers, magazines, and ammunition, and seizing more than $170,000 funneled into the West Bank from Jordan to fund the attacks

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Parasha Reeh (See): The Mountain of Blessing

Samaritans lift the Torah on Mount Gerizim during Shavuot, otherwise called Pentecost or the Feast of Weeks.

In this week’s Torah portion, God sets before the people of Israel a clear choice: they could either obey God’s commandments (mitzvot) and enjoy a life of blessing (brachah), or disobey and suffer the resulting curse (klalah). The blessings are to be proclaimed on Mount Gerizim and the curses on Mount Ebal when the people cross over the Jordan into the Holy Land. “When Adonai your God brings you into the land you are entering in order to take possession of it, you are to put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.” (Deuteronomy 11:29)

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Journalists Slam Hamas for Censorship in Gaza

Israeli newspaper

In an August 11 statement, the Foreign Press Association (FPA) condemned Hamas for holding international journalists under threat and for censoring stories about Hamas war crimes and terror activities in Gaza during Israel's Operation Protective Edge in July 2014. The FPA berated Hamas for forcing journalists to underplay or ignore the terror group's activities in the Gaza Strip. It claimed forceful threats were used against its journalists, the first such claims by an official organization. (Ynet)

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Iran, Hamas Call West Bank to Rise Up Against Israel

LT. Gen. Michael Flynn

On August 11, the Iranian Armed Forces' deputy chief of staff, Brigadier General Massoud Jazzayeri encouraged "West Bank" Arabs (Arabs in Judea and Samaria) to take part in "more serious fighting" against Israel. "The countdown has started for a change in the model of confrontation in the West Bank," Jazzayeri said to the Iranian state news agency, Fars, adding that "the Palestinian people—especially the youth, resistance forces and warriors—have valuable experiences in fighting the Zionist enemy."

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UN Begins War Crimes Investigation Against Israel

William Schabas

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has appointed an international commission to investigate Israel’s conduct during Operation Protective Edge. The UN statement said the independent team will probe "all violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law ... in the context of the military operations conducted since June 13, 2014." The commission is to be headed by William Schabas, a Canadian professor of international law known for his bias against Israel’s leaders, especially Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and blindness toward Hamas.

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God’s Divine Protection in Operation Protective Edge

IDF Paratroopers-Hamas Terrorism-Tunnel Networks-Gaza Strip

Despite more than 3,359 rockets and mortar shells shot at Israel this summer, only four were killed by the projectiles, with some Israeli civilians and soldiers were thanking God for His presence and His protective covering over Israel. "We hold daily to the promises of God's protection as we confront the face of terror by day and night," writes a July 22 Facebook post of a Jewish reservist in Yahalom, the Israeli Defense Forces' Combat Engineering Unit for Special Operations.

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Parasha Eikev (Because): The Heel of the Messiah

"Follow in His steps." (1 Peter 2:21)

The title of this week’s Parasha, Eikev, means because. It is used in this Parasha as a conjunction to create a relationship between experiencing God’s blessings and obedience to His Torah. Another meaning of the Hebrew word ekev is heel (as in the heel of a foot). Ancient Jewish sages interpreted this dual meaning of the word “ekev” to refer to the generation of the “heels of Mashiach (Messiah).” The last generation of the Exile is called ikvata d’meshichah or the heels of Messiah, since that generation was expected to hear the footsteps of the Messiah.

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Israelis and Palestinians Negotiate in Cairo

Hamas fires from populated area

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators held a second round of indirect talks on Tuesday aimed at finding a lasting end to the five-week confrontation. Because the Hamas charter calls for the destruction of Israel, the teams do not deal directly with one another at the headquarters of the Egyptian General Intelligence. The proposals and counter-proposals are being shuttled between the two teams by mediators.

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