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Culture A controversial documentary upended the narrative on Jenin 20 years ago. Has anything changed since?
Last week's violent killings in Israel and the West Bank echo events from decades ago
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Film & TV In season 4 of ‘Fauda,’ Israeli tactics come under fire — and so do the show’s heroes
Doron and his crew reach a breaking point, but is it believable?
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Opinion In Israel, a scandal over Netflix’s choice to stream a film depicting the 1948 murder of a Palestinian family
In a conflict that is largely over dueling narratives, the film 'inspired by true events' is causing a stir
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Opinion Israel’s non-apology on Shireen Abu Akleh sends a message that Palestinian lives don’t matter
Biden administration’s pressure on Israel to investigate the shooting would be better spent pushing for end to the occupation
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Opinion Israel is criminalizing Palestinian human rights defenders. American Jews must push the US to intervene
Israel's raid on seven Palestinian human rights NGOs is not a sign of a healthy democracy
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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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