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Fast Forward Israel To Allow Harsher Interrogation of Suspected Jewish Militants
Israel will allow harsher interrogations of suspected Jewish militants, and possibly let security services violently shake detainees, following a deadly West Bank arson attack blamed on ultra-nationalists, a minister said on Monday. The announcement came a day after the government said it would start detaining citizens suspected of political violence against Palestinians without trial, another…
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Fast Forward Israel Approves Detention of Militants Without Trial in Arson Case
Israel’s security cabinet approved on Sunday the detention of citizens suspected of waging violence against Palestinians without trial in a crackdown aimed at capturing the perpetrators of a lethal West Bank arson attack blamed on Jewish militants. The extension to Israelis of so-called “administrative detention,” a practice commonly applied to Palestinian militant suspects and condemned…
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Fast Forward Israel To Detain Jewish Arson Suspects Without Trial
Israel intends to detain without trial citizens suspected of political violence against Palestinians, government officials said on Sunday following a lethal West Bank arson attack blamed on Jewish militants. The extension to Israelis of so-called “administration detention,” a practice commonly applied to Palestinian militant suspects and condemned internationally, laid bare authorities’ frustration at failing to…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Youth Killed in Protest Over West Bank Murder
A Palestinian youth died on Saturday at a West Bank hospital following a clash with Israeli troops near Ramallah, Palestinian hospital officials said. The confrontation was one of three in a matter of hours in which Palestinians died from Israeli-Palestinian violence on one of the most tense days in the occupied West Bank and the…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Shot Dead by Israeli Soldiers Near Gaza Border
Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian teenager near the border fence in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday, Palestinian medical officials said. An Israeli military spokeswoman said several suspects approached the fence at two different points and did not heed calls by soldiers to stop. She said one group threw stones at the security fence…
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Fast Forward U.N. Chief Blames Arson Murder on Occupation and Stalled Peace Process
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned on Friday the killing of a Palestinian child in the West Bank, saying the absence of a peace process and Israel’s illegal settlement policy had sparked violent extremism by Jews and Palestinians. Jewish settlers were suspected of torching a Palestinian home in the occupied West Bank on Friday, killing…
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Fast Forward Rescuers Hold Out Hope for Missing Jewish Boater
The search for two 14-year-old boys from South Florida who disappeared while on a fishing trip in the Atlantic Ocean entered a seventh day on Thursday amid questions about whether the U.S. Coast Guard would soon consider ending the operation. “This is 100 percent still a search and rescue. It’s not going to be a…
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Fast Forward Israel OK’s Force-Feeding of Palestinian Prisoners
Israel’s parliament authorized on Thursday the force-feeding of prisoners on hunger strike, a move that has met vehement opposition from the country’s medical association and rights groups. The legislation promoted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rightist coalition reflected Israel’s concern that hunger strikes by Palestinians in its jails could end in death and trigger waves…
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