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Fast Forward Hamas Planned To Seize Control of West Bank and Start Intifada, Shin Bet Says
Hamas planned to start a third intifada and seize control of the West Bank from Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority, the Shin Bet security service said. On Monday, the Shin Bet said it arrested 93 Hamas operatives in the West Bank in May and June who were planning a series of massive attacks on…
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Fast Forward Gaza Cannot Afford To Return To Pre-War Conditions, U.N. Agency Says
Unless negotiations to end the Gaza war succeed in lifting a blockade of the territory, Gazans will not see any improvement in their lives for at least another 15 years, the head of a U.N. relief agency said on Monday. Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are in Egypt trying to secure a permanent ceasefire after a…
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Opinion The Rocket Shelter Comedy Tour Goes to Israel
Courtesy of Benji Lovitt The “we laugh to keep from crying” line sometimes feels a bit of a cliché but when you live in Israel, you experience it daily. At least during the last 40-plus days of Operation Protective Edge, which still hasn’t officially ended during the current ceasefire talks. In the eight years I’ve…
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian Protestors Prevent Israeli Ship From Unloading in California
Pro-Palestinian protesters prevented an Israeli cargo ship from unloading at a California port for two straight days. The protesters gathered Sunday at the Port of Oakland to stop a ship from Zim Integrated Shipping Services, Israel’s international maritime cargo company, from docking and unloading. The protest is under the auspices of the Block the Boat…
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Fast Forward Train Service in Southern Israel Suspended Over Security Fears
Train services between Ashkelon and Sderot in southern Israel have been halted due to security reasons. The cessation of services on the train line which runs near the border with Gaza came Sunday night, a day before the end of a five-day ceasefire with terrorists in Gaza. The halt to service on the line, “until…
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Fast Forward British Supermarket Branch Removes Kosher Items Over Fear of Anti-Israel Protests
A branch of a popular British supermarket chain removed kosher items from its shelves over fears of attacks by anti-Israel protesters. The Sainsbury’s branch in Holborn in central London emptied its kosher section on Saturday as anti-Israel protesters demonstrated outside of the store, the Guardian reported on Sunday. The protest occurred at the same time…
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Fast Forward Israel Defense Forces Destroys Homes Of Palestinians Suspected of Killing Teens
Israeli troops on Monday demolished the homes of two Palestinians it suspects of the abduction and killing of three Israeli teenagers in the occupied West Bank in June, the army said. The homes of Hussam Kawasme and Amar Abu Aysha were destroyed before dawn and the house of a third suspect, Marwan Kawasme, was sealed…
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Fast Forward Former Haredi Girls’ School Principal Arrested For Sex Abuse in Israel
The former principal of a haredi-Orthodox girls’ school in Melbourne is facing extradition from Israel to Australia on claims she sexually abused some of her students. Malka Leifer, a resident of the West Bank settlement of Emmanuel, was arrested Sunday, officials said. The mother of eight ran the Adass Israel girls’ school from 2001 to…
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