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The Schmooze Should Israelis Cancel Trips to Bulgaria?
The tragic attack in Bulgaria has united Israelis in shock and mourning. But some are also left asking a rather mundane question — who pays for the knock-on effects? The Hebrew media reports that in the main Israelis with travel plans for Bulgaria are continuing to travel. But inevitably, some want to cancel. Travel agents…
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News Bulgarian Jews Reeling After Deadly Bombing
Until this week, leaders of Bulgaria’s small, generally placid Jewish community said they felt untouched by hate crimes or terrorism. But after Wednesday’s apparent suicide bombing of a bus carrying Israeli tourists in the Black Sea city of Borgas, Jews in the country are speaking of a basic change in their sense of security. “We…
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Opinion ‘No Occupation’ Report Negates Israel’s Legitimacy
Considerable attention has been focused these last several weeks on the report of Israel’s Levy Commission. No great surprise: The three-person commission, appointed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to render an advisory opinion regarding Jewish settlement in the West Bank, determined that there is no barrier to such settlement and, indeed, that the legality of…
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News Mossad Tries To Avoid Entangling Iran Jews
We discovered recently that Israeli intelligence operatives have been active inside Iran, engaged in secret and dangerous missions aimed at stopping that country?s nuclear program. Although no Israeli government spokesman has confirmed such activities, our sources say that Israelis ? not Iranian dissidents or other paid mercenaries ? carried out the assassinations of at least…
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Fast Forward Hunt American as Bomber Accomplice: Report
Authorities are hunting for an American suspected of helping a suicide bomber carry out the deadly attack on Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, multiple news sites reported. The reports claimed that Bulgarian and other police were searching for an American citizen named “David Jefferson” who may have helped the terrorist widely depicted in security footage just…
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Fast Forward N.Y. Police Eye Iran in 9 Terror Plots
New York police believe Iranian Revolutionary Guards or their proxies have been involved so far this year in nine plots against Israeli or Jewish targets around the world, according to restricted police documents obtained by Reuters. Reports prepared this week by intelligence analysts for the New York Police Department (NYPD) say three plots were foiled…
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Fast Forward Israeli Protester Who Set Self on Fire Dies
Moshe Silman, the Israeli activist who set himself on fire during a social justice protest in Tel Aviv one week ago, succumbed to his wounds on Friday at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer. SIlman was suffering from second and third-degree burns on 94 percent of his body. From Friday morning, activists and close friends of…
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Fast Forward Hundreds of Mourners Attend Funerals for Victims
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral on Friday morning, for Itzik Kolangi, 28, and Amir Menashe, 28, two of the victims of the terror attack in Bulgaria. Kolangi and Menashe were laid to rest at the Segula cemetery in Petah Tikvah, where they lived. The two men were traveling in Bulgaria with their wives, and…
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