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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
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AIPAC Memo
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4 Myths and Facts About the Violence in Jerusalem
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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

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