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The conflict in Israel is complex. It is important to ensure reading material and news sources are reliable. Our Jewish Community Relations Council has assembled information to keep you up-to-date.
NEWS REPORTS
Amid growing US pressure, Israel said considering Gaza ceasefire
By Judah Ari Gross and Times of Israel Staff, Times of
Israel
Netanyahu: Gaza operation is ‘just and moral,’ a few days of fighting lie ahead
By Times of Israel Staff and Jacob Magid
Israel showed US officials ‘smoking gun’ on Hamas in AP office tower, officials say
By Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post
Life Under Siege: Israelis, Palestinians Describe How They're Coping During This Conflict
By Ari Odzer, NBC Miami
North Miami family vacationing in Tel Aviv forced to seek shelter during rocket strikes
By Sheldon Fox, WSVN News Miami
IDF calls up reservists as rockets continue to pound Israel
By Anna Ahronheim and Tzvi Joffre, The Jerusalem Post
Heavy barrage hits Tel Aviv, Beersheba; Hamas calls it revenge for slain leaders
By Judah Ari Gross, Times of Israel
IDF: 3 rockets from Lebanon hit sea off northern Israel coast
By Judah Ari Gross, Times of Israel
Gaza rocket kills Israeli child as Arab-Jewish violence rages in Israel
By Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Jewish-Arab violence rolls through cities like wildfire, with police overwhelmed
By Itamar Sharon and Stuart Winer, Times of Israel
ANALYSIS
While all eyes are on Gaza, Gaza is only half the story
By Haviv Rettig Gur, Times of Israel
I cannot just put my anger aside until things are quiet
Donniel Hartman, Times of Israel
While Israel makes tactical gains, Hamas is proving the strategic victor
By Avi Issacharoff, Times of Israel
Stopping the cycle in the Middle East
By David Makovsky and Dennis Ross, The Washington Institute
What is the Iron Dome? All about the missile defense system that changed how Israelis experience war
By Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency
How war with the Palestinians triggered ethnic violence in Israel
Neri Zilber, The Washington Institute
Hamas resorts to same old playbook, but will Israel now reset rules?
By Ariel Ben Solomon, Jewish News Syndicate
Is Israel reaching a tipping point with internal clashes?
By Seth J. Frantzman, The Jerusalem Post
Israel, Hamas and our vicious internal rupture: An attempt at moral clarity
By David Horovitz, Times of Israel
With violence escalating in Israel, who’s in charge? The answer is not reassuring.
By Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency
To the Spoilers Go the Victory
By Michael J. Koplow, Israel Policy Forum
STATEMENTS FROM OUR PARTNERS
Violence Continues in Israel
The Jewish Federations of North America
AIPAC Memo
AIPAC
4 Myths and Facts About the Violence in Jerusalem
AJC
ADL Statement Regarding Recent Violence and Rocket Attacks in Jerusalem
ADL
Hadassah Statement
Hadassah
Watch: A Message From Jerusalem
Orthodox Union
Reform Jewish Leader Addresses Situation in Israel
Union for Reform Judaism