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News Israel To Stop Exporting Settlement Poultry, Dairy to E.U.
Israel will stop exporting poultry and dairy from settlements to the European Union, Israeli and European officials announced. Effective Sept. 1, Israeli poultry and dairy exports to the EU will be restricted to products from within the Green Line, Israel’s pre-1967 borders, the French news agency AFP reported. An Israeli official involved in discussions with…
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Fast Forward More Rockets Fired on Israel as Communities Reopen Bomb Shelters
A barrage of rockets was fired from Gaza at southern Israel after a cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian groups was broken. The Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted two of the rockets fired Tuesday evening. Earlier in the day, rockets were fired at Beersheba in violation of the 24-hour extension of a five-day cease-fire. The…
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Fast Forward Anti-Israel Protesters Target Synagogue in Geneva
Anti-Israel protesters demonstrated outside Geneva’s main synagogue. A Swiss watchdog group said the weekend protests in front of the Beth Yaakov, or Grande, Synagogue were the first public displays of hostility in Switzerland toward Israel since the conflict with Gaza began in early July. A veiled woman carried a sign reading “Every synagogue is an…
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Fast Forward Israeli Lone Soldier From U.S. Goes Missing
An Israeli lone soldier from the United States has been missing for two days, according to police. David Menachem Gordon, 21, was last seen at a military base in central Israel on Sunday at around noon, The Jerusalem Post reported. Gordon, from the Givati Brigade, was wearing his military uniform and its purple beret, and…
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Fast Forward Israel Strikes Gaza Targets After Rockets Fired
Israel said militants fired rockets from Gaza on Tuesday in violation of a truce and that it struck back with attacks in the Palestinian enclave, fighting that put talks in Cairo on a long-term ceasefire in jeopardy. An Israeli official said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his negotiating team in Egypt to return home. But…
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Fast Forward Israel, Palestinians Renew Truce But See Risk of More Gaza Violence
The chief Palestinian delegate to truce talks with Israel warned on Tuesday that Gaza violence could erupt anew unless progress is made toward a lasting deal ahead of a midnight deadline in Egyptian-brokered talks. After a last-minute agreement was struck to extend by 24 hours a deadline to reach a truce, Azzam al-Ahmad, senior leader…
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Fast Forward Israeli Students Will Talk About Gaza War at Start of School Year
The first two weeks of the Israeli school year will include discussion of Israel’s operation in Gaza, the education ministry announced. The ministry on Monday issued a syllabus to teachers which calls on them to allow students to talk about their personal experiences and to work on special projects in which they express their feelings…
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Life How Parenting Came to Be a Group Effort in Israel
The author (left) and her son in the Dead Sea, Israel. / Copyright Avital Norman Nathman There’s a certain sense of overwhelming fatigue that comes from spending hours traipsing along the streets of Tel Aviv under the hot summer sun. Even my mother, who accompanied my almost 8-year-old son and me on this outing and…
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