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Fast Forward Condolence Letters From Netanyahu, Peres, to Max Steinberg’s Family Released
Condolence letters from Israeli leaders sent to the family of lone soldier Max Steinberg, who died fighting in Gaza, were published by a Jewish Journal reporter. Photos of the letters first posted Sunday on Twitter by Jared Sichel were from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-President Shimon Peres, as well as New England Patriots owner…
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Fast Forward Israel And Hamas Agree to 72-Hour Truce in Gaza
Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement agreed on Monday to an Egyptian-proposed ceasefire to end four weeks of fighting in the Gaza Strip, while Jerusalem was rocked by two attacks that appeared to be a backlash to the violence. Egypt’s plan called for a 72-hour-long truce to begin at 0500 GMT on Tuesday and then…
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Fast Forward Three-Week-Old Gaza Twin Boy Killed by Israeli Strike — Brother Critically Hurt
A three-week-old Gaza twin baby boy was killed and his brother critically injured when an Israeli missile struck a home, killing nine other family members, Ma’an News Agency reported. The identical twins — whose births were hailed as a ‘door of light and happiness’ — were both members of the extended al-Ghoul family, which was…
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Fast Forward Israel Faces Rising Criticism Over Gaza War Tactics After U.N. School Bombings
(JTA) — Shortly after dawn on July 30, a bomb hit a United Nations school sheltering thousands of civilians displaced by the fighting in Gaza, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens. The attack on the Jabalia Elementary Girls School was the fifth attack on U.N. facilities in Gaza since fighting broke out July…
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Fast Forward No Tisha B’Av Fast for Israeli Soldiers in Gaza
Israeli soldiers talking part in the Gaza operation are exempted from fasting on Tisha b’Av, the chief rabbis of Israel ruled. Rabbis David Lau (Ashkenazi) and Yitzhak Yosef (Sephardi) presented their ruling on Jewish law, or halachah, on Monday — the fast was to begin at sundown. “As IDF soldiers are standing on the frontline…
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The Schmooze What Media Bias? Stephen Colbert on the War in Gaza
Everyone seems to be divided over Gaza — One Direction has all but lost its identity over the issue. And the media is no exception. In a segment on The Colbert Report devoted to the conflict, Stephen Colbert lamented the current state of affairs. “This conflict in Israel has been going on for — What is…
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Opinion Is Gaza Carnage Just the Start?
(Reuters) — The existential vise in which the state of Israel lives is tightening as the civilian body count and property destruction in the Gaza Strip mount. The latest war between Israel and Hamas is further testament to the historical fact that Israel’s forefathers had to conquer the land that today’s Israelis dwell in and…
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Fast Forward Britain May Halt Arms Sales to Israel Over Gaza
Britain is reviewing all arms export licenses to Israel in response to the Jewish state’s escalating conflict with Hamas in Gaza, a government spokeswoman said on Monday. Israel launched an offensive against Hamas almost four weeks ago following a surge in cross-border rocket salvoes. Gaza officials say 1,797 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been…
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