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Opinion Numbers Don’t Lie in My Take On Palestinian Public Opinion
In I examine the views of West Bank and Gaza Arabs regarding Israel, Jewish and Palestinian claims to the land, and the use of violence against Israelis, as reflected in 350 polls since 1993. While I was pleased the Forward devoted space to examining my findings, all three claims in Dahlia Scheindlin’s critique are demonstrably…
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Fast Forward Rock Band Attacked in Paris Confirms Israel Gig
The American rock band Eagles of Death Metal has confirmed its intention to play in Israel this summer, in the wake of a deadly attack on its concert in Paris. Some 87 of the band’s fans, including three crew members, were killed in Friday’s Paris terror attacks, when gunmen entered the Bataclan theater during a…
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Fast Forward 2 Palestinians Killed Defending Militant’s Home From Demolition
Israeli troops killed two Palestinian gunmen during a clash in the occupied West Bank on Monday that was sparked by an army incursion to demolish a jailed militant’s family home, Palestinian medical sources and residents said. At least three other Palestinians in Qalandia refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, were wounded in…
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Fast Forward Israel Approves Immigration for 9,000 Falash Mura Ethiopians
Israel on Sunday approved the entry of some 9,000 Ethiopians known as Falash Mura who claim Jewish lineage, ending decades of debate on whether to allow their immigration despite uncertainty over their right to settle in the Jewish state. The cabinet unanimously voted in favor of allowing the last group of Falash Mura to immigrate…
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Fast Forward Israel to File Protest Against Palestinian Red Crescent
Israel’s Prime Minister has directed the country’s Foreign Ministry to file a protest with the International Committee of the Red Cross after accusing a Palestinian Red Crescent Society ambulance of not stopping to help Jewish victims of a terror attack. “If things are indeed as they seem to me today, the State of Israel will…
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Fast Forward Shin Bet: Palestinians Attacks are ‘Spontaneous and Popular’
Palestinian attackers in the current wave of terror on Israelis fit the traditional profile of a lone terrorist, Israel’s Shin Bet said in a new report. The attackers are “young, single, with no organizational affiliation,” the Shin Bet security service said in the report released on Thursday, after looking at the details of the attackers…
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Fast Forward Bibi: Same Terrorism Driving Attacks in Israel and Paris
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the same terrorism is driving the attacks in Israel and in Paris. “In Israel, as in France, terrorism is terrorism and standing behind it is radical Islam and its desire to destroy its victims,” Netanyahu said Sunday, referencing the West Bank attack Friday that killed a man and his…
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News Hundreds Gather In Tel Aviv to Show Solidarity after Paris Attacks
Hundreds of Israelis came to show solidarity with France this Saturday, after Friday’s tragic terror attacks. Carrying French flags and signs, voicing their solidarity, the crowd gathered at Rabin Square. Many of the attendants were French Jews who made aliyah to Israel. French Ambassador to Israel Patrick Maisonnave presided over the rally, which took place…
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