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Fast Forward Israel Withdraws Most of Its Troops To Areas Around Gaza Border
The Israel Defense Forces has withdrawn most of its troops from Gaza to areas around the border, Israeli media reported. Despite the withdrawals on Sunday, there has been no order to end the Gaza operation, in its 26th day. The IDF spokesperson said in a tweet that “As operation Protective Edge moves to the next…
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The Schmooze Jewish Harry Potter Raises Galleons For Gaza War
Happy birthday to the Boy Who Lived! July 31 marks the day that Harry Potter — and his creator, J.K. Rowling — first entered the world. Harry is a loyal Gryffindorian, a matchless wizard, a native Parseltongue speaker, and…a Jew? Jewish Israelis have claimed the wizard wonder boy and his legacy on the “Jewish Harry…
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Fast Forward 5 Israeli Soldiers Killed During Thwarted Attack on Kibbutz Nahal Oz
The Israel Defense Forces confirmed the death of five more Israeli soldiers, which occurred during the infiltration of gunmen into a southern kibbutz through a tunnel from Gaza. The five soldiers were killed during the previously reported thwarted attack on Kibbutz Nahal Oz, located near the Gaza border, on Monday afternoon, during which one of…
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Opinion Israel’s Latest Fib: ‘Gaza Tunnels Were Surprise’
Nahum Barnea, commonly described as Israel’s most respected political journalist, has spent much of the past two weeks with the troops in Gaza and talking to general command in Tel Aviv. His weekly column in today’s Yediot Ahronot weekend supplement, which I have translated below, happens to say some of the things I’ve been writing…
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The Schmooze Support Israel’s Troops — By Getting Naked
A new Facebook page showcases a new way for Israeli women to support the troops — by stripping down practically to their birthday suit. “Standing With the IDF” calls on Israel women to raise morale (so to speak) by uploading sexy pictures of the their bodies, upon which uplifting messages have been scrawled. The page’s…
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Fast Forward Israelis Line Up Behind Gaza War — Even as Casualties Mount
(Reuters) — When 20-year-old Israeli soldier Daniel Pomerantz died in a Hamas ambush in the Gaza Strip, his small village near Tel Aviv decided they finally needed a cemetery to bury their dead. Surrounded by hundreds of relatives and friends, some sobbing uncontrollably, his flag-draped coffin was lowered into the ground at sunset on Thursday,…
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Opinion Don’t Reward Hamas for Israeli Soldier’s Body
Palestinians celebrate after Hamas’ armed wing said it had captured an Israeli soldier / Getty Images Immediately after a Hamas military spokesperson announced the capture of an Israeli soldier this Sunday, the streets of Gaza, Hebron, Ramallah and Bethlehem erupted in fireworks and celebration. Israel confirmed this week that the body of, Oron Shaul, a…
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Opinion I’m Done Apologizing
A Palestinian gestures as flames rise from the site of an Israeli air strike in Gaza / Getty Images I’m done apologizing for Israel. It’s tiring to apologize over and over. Instead, I’ve decided to come clean: I am a progressive American rabbi who leans left pretty hard. I’ve been engaged, as a US faith…
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