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Fast Forward Israel Pushes Ground Assault Into Gaza — Bibi Says May Widen Onslaught
Israel intensified its land offensive in Gaza with artillery, tanks and gunboats on Friday and warned it could “significantly widen” an operation Palestinian officials said was killing ever greater numbers of civilians. Palestinian health officials said 27 Palestinians, including a baby, two children and a 70-year-old woman, had been killed since Israel sent ground forces…
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Fast Forward Israel Launches ‘Limited’ Ground War in Gaza
Israel launched a Gaza ground campaign after 10 days of bombardments from the air and sea failed to stop militants’ rocket attacks, stepping up an offensive that already has taken a heavy toll in civilian lives. Israel signaled the invasion would be limited in scope – targeting tunnels dug by gunmen – and said it…
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Opinion Why Jews Everywhere Bear Brunt of Israel Actions
German demonstrators join Europe-wide round of protests against Israel’s attack on Gaza. Unlike other groups, Jews are blamed for the actions of Israel — and are coming under attack worldwide. Getty Images. (Reuters) — As the death toll in Gaza rises, so does anger against Israel – and sometimes, by extension, Jews – in Europe…
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The Schmooze Dr. Ruth’s Sex Tips for Wartime
Getty Images (Haaretz) — If you were wondering what sexual position was most appropriate in a bomb shelter, don’t. That’s some of the advice Dr. Ruth Westheimer gave an audience in Tel Aviv Wednesday night. The sprightly 4-foot-7, 86-year-old lost her parents in the Holocaust and was a sniper in the Haganah, prestate Israel’s underground…
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Fast Forward Israel Downplays Chance of Permanent Gaza Ceasefire Deal With Hamas
Israeli leaders on Thursday played down prospects of a permanent Gaza ceasefire and fighting returned to a familiar pattern of Palestinian rocket salvoes and Israeli bombing after a five-hour humanitarian truce. An Israeli official said earlier that senior Israeli negotiators in Cairo had approved a full truce, but a final decision lay with the security…
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Fast Forward British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg Blasts Israel for Gaza ‘Collective Punishment’
Israel’s retaliatory air strikes on Gaza have been “deliberately disproportionate” and amount to “collective punishment”, Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said on Thursday, in unusually robust criticism of a close British ally Clegg made his comments on the tenth day of fighting between Israel and Hamas during a five-hour humanitarian truce which prompted a…
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News The Land of Milk, Honey and Marlboro Reds
I smoked my first cigarette in Israel, the land of milk, honey and Marlboro Reds. I was 10 years old and stretching my almost-tween freedom. There was something so effortlessly cool about it all, the way people smoked on the beach in between dips into the crystal-clear, blue water. Or how soldiers at the bus…
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Fast Forward Pro-Israel Student Wins California Regents Board Election After Fierce Debate
(Reuters) — A student with strong ties to Israel was appointed to the governing council of the University of California Wednesday amid debate similar to that which arose last year after the Board of Regents chose a Muslim student active in Palestinian causes. Abrahem “Avi” Oved, a 21-year-old economics major at UCLA who will replace Sadia…
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