Pillar of Defense Update

I’ve been asked by a few people if the situation here has calmed down.

No.

Some brief bullet points to keep you updated:

This morning the IDF tweeted that in “the last 5 days: 570 rockets fired from Gaza hit Israel + 307 Iron Dome interceptions = 877 rockets fired at us.” That number has only increased throughout the day. Haaretz claims “The Iron Dome system intercepted 324 rockets, 19 on Monday. 1,128 rockets were fired at Israel, with 37 landing in populated areas. 42 rockets were fired Monday at Israel, compared with 230 rockets on Saturday and 156 on Sunday.”
Israel has held off a ground invasion to give talks a chance. [JPost]
Anonymous has been working overtime to hack and disrupt Israel’s IT infrastructure. Apparently they’ve largely failed. Schmucks. [Times of Israel]
A grad rocket hit a school in Ashkelon. Luckily school was canceled and no one was injured.
New poll shows that 57% of Americans support Israel’s actions. 25% are against. [Politico]
Hamas Health ministry reports that the Palestinian death toll has reached 100. [Haaretz tweet]

Some great opinion pieces. Read them. They will make you think.

‘Setting the World Straight & Keeping My Friends’ [Times of Israel]
Daniel Gordis’ attack of Universalist Judaism. [Times of Israel]
Response to Gordis, who has ‘anointed himself as the guardian of a fixed moral boundary. [Times of Israel]
Inside scoop on what’s going on between Israel and Hamas and how Ahmed al-Jabari had a cease fire in his hands the morning that he was killed. [NYT]
Roger Cohen’s ‘Gaza Without End’. [NYT]