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Fast Forward ‘Captured’ Israeli Soldier Hadar Goldin Just Got Engaged
Hadar Goldin got engaged just a few weeks before being sent into Gaza by Operation Protective Edge. Now authorities fear that he was captured Friday morning by Hamas militants in an attack that came just hours after a 72-hour ceasefire was announced, the Times of Israel reported. Goldin, a British-born member of the Givati Brigade,…
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The Schmooze Why Mayim Bialik Supports Israel
Mayim Bialik has been active on social media since the beginning of Operation Protective Edge, sending thoughts and prayers to her friends and family in Israel. shabbat shalom, israel. — Mayim Bialik (@missmayim) July 11, 2014 apparently wishing a happy sabbath to my family and friends and people in israel constitutes being a baby killer…….
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Fast Forward Belgian Doctor Denies Refusing Treatment to Jewish Patient in Spat Over Israel War
The Belgian physician who refused to treat a Jewish woman and suggested she go to Gaza apologized for doing “something stupid” but denied knowing that the woman was a Jew. The Flemish doctor’s refusal to treat Bertha Klein earlier this week was reported Thursday by Joods Actueel, a Belgian Jewish monthly based in the city…
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Fast Forward Israel Shelling Kills 50 — Soldier Captured as Gaza Truce Crumbles
Israel declared a Gaza ceasefire over on Friday, saying Hamas militants breached the truce soon after it came in effect and apparently captured an Israeli officer while killing two other soldiers. Renewed Israeli shelling killed more than 50 Palestinians and wounded some 220, hospital officials said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called his security cabinet into…
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The Schmooze Javier Bardem Apologizes For Anti-Israel Letter
Javier Bardem has joined his wife Penelope Cruz in saying “Oops.” Bardem, Cruz and Pedro Almodovar were the three most famous Spanish celebs who signed a letter earlier this week calling Israeli operations in Gaza “genocide” against the Palestinians. But as many an NFL referee has said, on further review, Bardem changed his mind. Yes,…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soldier Captured by Hamas in Gaza
An Israeli soldier was apparently captured by Palestinian militants during a clash in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday, an Israeli military spokesman said. “(Israeli) forces operating to decommission an (infiltration) tunnel were attacked. Initial indications are that a soldier has been abducted by terrorists during the operation,” the spokesman, Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Lerner said in…
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Opinion How Israel Refuses To Learn Lessons From Ground Invasions Past
It’s surely no coincidence that the flurry of cease-fire talk between Washington, Jerusalem and Cairo over the weekend of July 25 was followed immediately by a deadly wave of Hamas tunnel attacks. From the look of things, it appears as though Hamas was afraid Israel might be preparing, under American pressure, to declare victory and…
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Fast Forward Israel and Hamas Agree to 72-Hour Ceasefire in Gaza, To Begin Friday
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire in their conflict in the Gaza Strip starting on Friday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday. The ceasefire will begin at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) on Friday, Aug. 1, they said in a joint statement. The…
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