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Opinion The View of Boston, From Israel
Friends from places faraway and near wrote to inquire of my safety in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing. It gave me an odd sort of pleasure to inform them that I was, when they wrote, in Jerusalem, where terrorism is, at least for the time being, an issue for the authorities rather than…
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Fast Forward Bethlehem Catholic Monastery Loses Court Battle on Israel Separation Wall
A Catholic monastery and convent in a secluded valley outside Bethlehem lost a seven-year legal battle against the building of Israel’s separation wall on its land on Friday, according to its lawyers. The Society of St. Yves, a Catholic human rights group which argued the case on the monastery’s behalf, said an Israeli appeals court…
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Fast Forward Israeli Army Breaks Up 500 Person Palestinian March on Jewish Settlement
Israeli soldiers fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse about 500 Palestinian villagers marching toward a Jewish settlement outpost in the occupied West Bank on Friday. The procession, the largest of its kind for years, followed charges by Palestinians that the Israeli settlers, whose caravans abut village land, had attacked them twice this week….
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Fast Forward British Mandate Chief Compared Jewish Fighters to Nazis
The High Commissioner of Palestine viewed the behavior of Jewish fighters as comparable to that of the Nazis, newly published records show. On April 30, 1948, Alan Cunningham wrote to his superiors that as the Jews celebrated military successes their “broadcasts, both in content and in manner of delivery, are remarkably like those of Nazi…
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Fast Forward Israel To Stop Using White Phosphorous in Battle
Israel said on Friday it was phasing out white phosphorus smokescreen munitions whose use during its 2008-2009 offensive in the heavily populated Gaza Strip drew war crimes allegations. Announcing the plan, the Israeli military did not say whether it would also review its use of weaponised white phosphorus, which is designed to incinerate enemy positions….
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Fast Forward Richard Falk Blasted by American Jewish Committee for Linking Bombing, Israel
The American Jewish Committee denounced Richard Falk, a UN official, for what it claims is his assertion in an online essay that U.S. and Israeli policies were responsible for the Boston Marathon terrorist bombings. UN Watch first reported on Falk’s comments. U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice expressed her disapproval as well on twitter:…
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Fast Forward No Charges in Prisoner X Suicide Case
The State Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday released for publication previously embargoed materials from the investigation into the cause of death of alleged Mossad agent Ben Zygier, also known as Prisoner X. Along with the release of the materials, the Prosecutor’s Office announced that it would not serve any indictments against Prison Service personnel involved in…
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News Israeli Fighter Plane Shoots Down Drone From Lebanon
An Israeli fighter plane shot down a drone from Lebanon over the Mediterranean sea on Thursday as it was approaching the Israeli coast, the military said. “I view with great gravity this attempt to violate our border. We will continue to do what is necessary to defend the security of Israel’s citizens,” Israeli Prime Minister…
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