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Letters Columnist ignores Palestinian complicity in recent Gaza fighting
A third of Gazans who were killed died from errant Islamic Jihad rockets, not Israeli airstrikes
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Opinion The bloody truce between Israel and Hamas
'The safest place to hide from Israeli airstrikes is a Hamas military site,' Gazans joked during the most recent round of violence. It was so tragically accurate.
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Fast Forward Jewish liberal groups urge Biden to stop eviction of Palestinians from their homes in villages near Hebron
The letter echoes one sent to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken signed by 81 members of Congress in May
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Opinion The US government shouldn’t be done looking into Shireen Abu Akleh’s death
The US investigation into Shireen Abu Akleh’s death won’t silence Israel’s critics — or defenders
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Fast Forward UN concludes Israeli military killed Palestinian journalist, as Israel continues to fight the claim
The United Nations Human Rights Office joins multiple media investigations, and the Palestinian Authority, in making the determination
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Fast Forward Jewish Agency taps former IDF general Doron Almog as new head
Almog will succeed Israeli President Isaac Herzog as the agency’s executive chairman
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News Couple trying to retrieve their son’s remains from Gaza say they have new reasons to hope
Hadar Goldin, a lieutenant in the IDF, was killed in Gaza two hours after the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect
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Fast Forward Palestinian Authority says IDF intentionally killed journalist; Gantz calls conclusion ‘blatant lie’
Israel has maintained that it is possible Palestinian militants were responsible for Shireen Abu Akleh’s May 11 death during an IDF raid in the West Bank
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