Hamas: "We call on the international community to pressure Israel." • Jerusalem seeks to extend first phase of the deal by 42 days.

The polite lie that we tell ourselves over and over again is that Hamas does not represent the Palestinians,” Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch said. “It is simply not true.” ...

The Secretary of State has determined and provided detailed justification that an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale to the government of Israel,” the State Department said.

There’s nothing that gets a university president’s attention like a call from the Justice Department,” Kenneth L. Marcus, chairman of the Brandeis Center, told JNS.

Terrorists killed the two little boys with their bare hands. Stop covering for Hamas,” wrote the American Jewish Committee.