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Breaking News Jewish South African Student’s Kaffiyeh Facebook Post Causes Outrage
A Facebook picture of a South African Jewish high school student wearing a traditional Palestinian scarf has triggered outrage and a petition calling for his removal from an honorary position, as well as a dueling petition in his defense. Joshua Broomberg, deputy head boy of the King David Victory Park High School, a Jewish day…
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Opinion Israel, Hamas Near Long-Term Deal on These Terms
Israel and the Palestinians are said to be near agreement on the terms for a long-term cease-fire for Gaza, following a day of talks in Cairo under Egyptian mediation. The Israeli team was reported by Yediot Ahronot’s Ynet news site to be heading back to Israel this evening to present the tentative agreements to Israel’s…
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Breaking News Israel Seeks High-Tech Answer to Gaza Tunnels
Israel is preparing to build a network of sensors to try to detect tunnel building into its territory from the Gaza Strip, but it could take months to prove the technology works, a senior army officer said on Monday. In the meantime, the army might re-invade the Palestinian enclave to destroy any tunnels it discovers…
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Opinion Defeating Hamas Will Not Solve Israel’s Problem
Naftali Bennett, Israel’s minister of the economy, wants to defeat Hamas. “Hit Hamas without mercy,” Bennett said. “Day and night. On weekdays and holidays. Without respite and without rest. Until they are defeated.” And Bennett is not alone. In a new poll, 41% of Israelis say they want to topple Hamas. Benny Morris, the noted…
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Opinion A Left-Wing Argument for Supporting Israel’s War
This is perhaps the single most important, and most widely misunderstood, point about the Gaza war: The strategic aim of Hamas rockets is to perpetuate, not to end, Israel’s military rule over the West Bank. Many, within and outside Israel, assume that Hamas aims primarily at ending the so-called siege of Gaza. But this is,…
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Breaking News Israel Returns to Talks as New Gaza Truce Starts
Israel and the Palestinians began talks in Cairo on Monday to try and end the conflict in Gaza and lift the blockade on the coastal enclave, Egypt’s state news agency MENA said. The indirect talks are being mediated by Egypt and began a day after the two sides agreed to begin a new 72-hour truce….
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News Guardian Will Run Elie Wiesel ‘Child Sacrifice’ Gaza War Ad
The Guardian has agreed to run an advertisement accusing Hamas of “child sacrifice” after another British newspaper, The Times, refused to print it. The ad, written by Nobel prize-winning author Elie Wiesel, calls on President Barack Obama and other world leaders to condemn Hamas’ “use of children as human shields.” “In my own lifetime, I…
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Opinion Palestinians Ease Truce Terms as Livni Airs New Peace Bid
Conflicting reports from the Egyptian-Palestinian negotiations in Cairo: The Israeli news site Mako-News10 reported Saturday evening that the factions comprising the Palestinian cease-fire negotiating team — the Palestinian Authority, Hamas and Islamic Jihad — had made some significant concessions on their demands for renewing the Gaza cease-fire. They agreed to permit Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestinian Authority…
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