Enough said:

Comments (5) Dec 31 2008

This morning, a missile from Gaza hit a kindergarten classroom in Beersheva (the largest city in the Negev). Fortunately, schools were kept closed as a result of the Hamas threat. We don’t want to think about other possibilities. The BBC has a short article and video of the missile strike.

Comments (0) Dec 31 2008

During yesterday’s Twitter conference, we got a few questions about Hamas. While the answers to the specific questions will be coming shortly, following are selected sections from the charter of Hamas (aka the Islamic Resistance Movement) with some emphasis added. The full document can be found at http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hamas.asp.

Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it. (Preamble, quoting Hassan al-Banna) Read More

Comments (1) Dec 31 2008

The fourth and final part of our summary from the Civilian Press Conference that took place on twitter earlier today. The conversations were ‘expanded’ (meaning we removed the short ‘twitter talk’ and re-wrote fully spelled words) but otherwise unchanged.

This may be the end of the questions that we got to answer during the “Press Conference” today, but now we can turn our attention to the questions we couldn’t answer due to lack of time. Thanks again! and stay tuned for more answers. Read More

Comments (11) Dec 30 2008

The third part of our summary from the Civilian Press Conference that took place on twitter earlier today. The conversations were ‘expanded’ (meaning we removed the short ‘twitter talk’ and re-wrote fully spelled words) but otherwise unchanged. Read More

Comments (3) Dec 30 2008

The second part of our summary from the Civilian Press Conference that took place on twitter earlier today. The conversations were ‘expanded’ (meaning we removed the short ‘twitter talk’ and re-wrote fully spelled words) but otherwise unchanged. Read More

Comments (16) Dec 30 2008

Today’s “Press Conference” on Twitter was great. Thank you to everyone who posted, followed, participated, etc. Below, we’ve posted some of the questions and answers from this session. We’ll try to put up more answers soon; keep checking in.

The conversations were ‘expanded’ (meaning we removed the short ‘twitter talk’ and re-wrote fully spelled words) but otherwise unchanged. Read More

Comments (22) Dec 30 2008

Even in the midst of the IDF operations in Gaza, Israel is determined to maintain the humanitarian effort to the civilian population of the Gaza Strip. See video below for footage of one cargo transfer.

Comments (4) Dec 30 2008

Hamas fired missiles earlier today that struck in the center of Ashkelon, killing one and wounding at least ten. See this report in Haaretz for further details. We bring you footage of two of these attacks on Ashkelon. The first missile hit a construction zone, while the second video shows the chaos surrounding a missile strike in Ashkelon’s soccer stadium.

Comments (4) Dec 29 2008

Tomorrow, 30 December, from 1-3PM EST,  David Saranga, Consul of Media and Public Affairs in New York, will answer your questions about the situation in Israel and Gaza in a “Citizens’ Press Conference.”

You can submit your question by directing it to our Twitter account at http://www.twitter.com/IsraelConsulate . We will do our best to answer through Twitter.  If an answer requires more than the 140 character limit, we will respond on Twitter with a link to an answer posted in this blog.

We hope you will be able to join us–tell your friends!!

Comments (25) Dec 29 2008