Israel Committee: Initiative for Israel – July 29, 2014

Inspired by Rabbi Splansky, the Israel Committee will provide weekly links to selected articles that go beyond the headlines and aid in understanding the Israeli situation.

The tunnels

• Gaza tunnels take Israel by surprise
• The terrible cost of thwarting Hamas
• Tunnel Vision
• Palestinian envoy to UNHCR: Israel warns civilians before attacks

Israel’s internal challenges

• Israel’s other war

Opinion and Advocacy

• U.S. Ambassador Ron Dermer on CNN
• There’s something ugly in this rage against Israel
• Palestinians don’t occupy the moral high ground
• Why do Palestinians continue to support Hamas?
• Israel must be permitted to crush Hamas, by Michael Oren

A Way Forward?

• The U.S. should close the gaps

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