Jewish critics of Israel are able to set aside their petty personal differences in order to be more effective. Why can’t the defenders of Israel do likewise?

Rana Zaman, a social activist and Muslim who recently won the New Democratic Party nomination in Dartmouth-Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, is ousted after several Twitter posts from last year, denouncing Israel’s response to violent protests along its border with Hamas-controlled Gaza, came to light.

Acting Israel Police Commissioner Maj. Gen. Moti Cohen urges nation's police to allow activists to protest, "as is their right in a democratic state," while cracking down on violence and rioting. Meanwhile, father of Ethiopian Israeli youth shot by cop pleads for an end to violence.

The dream of generations – the fulfillment of which the Jews in Israel are bringing to pass – was not for a 9-mile-wide coastal strip, sans the Judea and Samaria hill country heartland and historic Jerusalem.

Personnel involved in the Mossad nuclear archive operation; Operation Northern Star to expose and destroy Hezbollah tunnels; the development of the Spice 1000 weapons system; and a special data project for the Shin Bet security agency recognized for their contributions to Israel's security.