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Fast Forward South Africa May Charge Jews Who Serve in Israeli Army
South African authorities said they will prosecute citizens who serve in the Israel Defense Forces. The warning earlier this week came after a pro-Palestinian advocacy group opened a case against Dean Goodson of Cape Town, who reportedly is serving in the IDF. Action Forum in Support of Palestine told the South Africa Independent online that…
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Fast Forward Israel Wants Bodies of Slain Soldiers Back From Gaza
Israel asked the Red Cross on Thursday to help recover the remains of two soldiers killed in Gaza, Israeli officials said. They said the request was made to Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), who met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon during an Egyptian-mediated…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Move Closer To War Crimes Case Against Israel
The possibility of a war crimes investigation into the conduct of Israeli forces in Gaza, until recently unthinkable, has grown after the Palestinians said this week they wanted to become a party to the International Criminal Court. The world’s permanent war crimes court in The Hague declined two years ago to investigate allegations against the…
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The Schmooze A Brief (And Violent) History of The Middle East
Sometimes history is so absurd that it’s funny. “This Land is Mine,” an animated short film about the history of Israel by cartoonist and animator Nina Paley, has resurfaced in the wake of the latest war in Gaza. The short displays all of the tribes, empires, and countries that have claimed the region at some…
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Food Comfort Me with Israeli Chocolate
Since Israel’s Operation Protective Edge began I have taken a break from my almost daily social media posts about chocolate. I want to mourn the devastation of the war. I want to respect the sacrifices being made by those in the Israel Defense Forces, their families and the entire country. I want to honor the…
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Opinion All Your Gaza Questions Answered in 1 Interactive Map
Confused about Gaza? You’re not alone. Le Monde has created an animated map to help people who can’t tell Gaza from the West Bank navigate the facts. Say what you will about supposed French bias against Israel, the map is fairly informative, easy to follow and essentially lays out the bare bones of a very…
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Life She’s a Bird. She’s a Plane. She’s Ilanit.
(Haaretz) — A woman named Ilanit, wearing a black bodysuit, is suspended on a rope and swinging in the air. During a routine tour of the roofs of Tel Aviv, she notices a man standing on the roof of a nearby building. “This is Nahid Abdallah-something, the second most wanted man in Jenin,” Ilanit calls…
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Fast Forward Gaza Infant Twin Clings To Life After Israeli Attack Kills Brother
The 3-week-old baby boy who survived a missile strike which killed nine family members — including his identical twin — in Gaza on Sunday, seems to be on the mend. Post by Asmaa Alghoul. Journalist Asmaa al-Ghoul, a columnist for Al-Monitor, posted a photo of her nephew Ibrahim al-Ghoul to her Facebook page with the…
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Yiddish די ווערק פֿון ישׂשׂכר בער ריבאַק מערקן אָפּ, און מאַכן איבער אַ צעשטערטע וועלטThese works by Issachar Ber Ryback commemorate, and transform, a devastated world
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Fast Forward Marjorie Taylor Greene may be first Republican lawmaker to call Gaza war a ‘genocide’
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