Broader View: Israel Resource Center

New on Broader View: November 2014

• BDS: Out of step with reality by Andrew Silow-Carroll, Times of Israel, Nov. 19
• Hamas: Hamas, Inc. by Moshe Elad, Tablet, Nov. 18
• Israelis: The One-State Reality by David Remnick, The New Yorker, Nov. 17
• Media: The ‘Israel Story’ by Matti Friedman, The Atlantic, Nov. 30
• Political Process: Land for Death by Lee Smith, Tablet, Nov. 19
• Public Diplomacy: A bigger message by David Suissa, Jewish Journal, November 24

In the News

• Terrorists brutally assaulted worshipers at a Jerusalem synagogue, hacking to death four rabbis and fatally shooting a Druze police officer
• In separate attacks, Palestinian terrorists killed an Israeli soldier in Tel Aviv and a young woman at a West Bank bus stop, and tried to run over pedestrians in Jerusalem (killing a policeman) and the West Bank
• Controversial proposed law defines Israel as Jewish and democratic nation-state of the Jewish people
• IDF intercepts massive shipment of weapons to east Jerusalem
• Spain’s parliament urges Palestine recognition; Germany, Dutch foreign minister and former French prime minister Nicolas Sarkozy reject the move
• Chairman of U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff: Israel went to “extraordinary lengths” to spare Gaza civilians
• Israel uncovers Hamas cell that has been planning major terror attacks in Jerusalem
• Microsoft will buy Israeli cyber-security start-up Aorato, reportedly for $200 million
• IDF will cut mandatory army service for males by 4 months beginning July 2015
• UCLA students’ vote for divestment from Israeli companies rejected by the administration
• Tel Aviv named “World’s Smartest City”
• Israeli startup wins PayPal prize for app enabling sharing a cellular calling connection
• Recent visitors to Israel include the Czech Prime Minister and cabinet members; foreign minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus; a former member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards; Canadian folk singer Martha Wainwright; Australian electronic artist Chet Faker; members of The International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists for their annual conference; six Imams from Senegal; US military commander responsible for assistance to Israel, and a team to learn from Israel’s tactics in Gaza; entrepreneurs, investors and business leaders at 12th Go4Israel Conference; the Bosnian national soccer team; “Son of Hamas” (and former IDF informant); and millions of migrant birds at the Hula Valley