New on Broader View: August 2014
- Americans: Young US Jews’ nuanced support for Israel by Amanda Borschel-Dan, Times of Israel, August 20
- Antisemitism: Ancient hatred stalks the land by Stephen Spencer Ryde, Independent, August 15
- Europe: Europeans Hate Israel by Harold Brackman, Louis D. Brandeis Center, August 3
- Hamas: Why Does Hamas Fight? by Rabbi Kaufman, We Are For Israel, August 13
- Law: Hamas’ Lawfare by Charles Dunlap, Just Security, August 5
- Media: The Media Intifada by Richard Behar, Forbes, August 21
More at Gaza, IDF, Israelis, Jordan, Liberals, Palestinians, Political Process, Polls, UN, U.S.-Israel Relationship, Water
- Operation Protective Edge ended after 50 days on Aug. 26 with ceasefire agreement, virtually identical to those Hamas previously rejected or broke 11 times
- 70 Israelis have been killed from rockets and mortars and in combat operations in Gaza, including 4-year-old Daniel Tragerman, hit in his home by a mortar fired from near UNRWA shelter in Gaza
- IDF destroyed 32 attack tunnels from Gaza into Israel
- Hamas executed its tunnel diggers and suspected spies
- U.S. Congress approved $225 million in new funding for Iron Dome
- In separate attacks on Aug. 4 in Jerusalem, a bulldozer driver killed a pedestrian and a motorcyclist shot a soldier
- Poll finds that better educated and better informed Americans highly support Israel
- Anti-Israel lawfare advocate William Schabas appointed to lead a UN Human Rights Commission investigation of alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza
- Israel thwarts Hamas plot to overthrow Palestinian Authority in West Bank
- Hamas officials in West Bank, Qatar, & Turkey admit kidnapping teens in June
- Pro-Israel rallies held in Japan, India, New Zealand, Boston, Seattle, and many other places
- Israeli scientist leads search for Ebola cure
- Israeli students win International Math Competition
- American-Israeli sprinter wins EU bronze
- OECD ranks Israel 4th best foreign investment target
- Microsoft to adopt Israeli N-Trig's pen technology for new Surface Pro 3 tablets
- Recent visitors to Israel: actor Jesse Eisenberg, NY Governor Andrew Cuomo, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, British Tory MP Andrew Percy, U.S. Gen. John Allen, gay porn star Michael Lucas, and the mayor of Lynchburg, Virginia; Backstreet Boys, Neil Young and Lana Del Rey canceled Israel performances
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