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Fast Forward Israel Launches Massive Air Strike on Gaza
Israel’s Air Force bombed 34 sites in the Gaza Strip. The attacks, identified as “precision strikes,” came in response to 18 rockets fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel over a 24-hour period beginning Sunday night, according to the IDF. International media reported the Israeli strikes on Gaza, linking it to the discovery Monday afternoon…
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Israel News As Israel Mourns Slain Teens, Everyone Wants Someone To Blame
The discovery of the bodies of three Israeli teens kidnapped in early June in the occupied West Bank touched Nissim Ibarith in a way that most other Israeli tragedies haven’t. “They were just boys,” said Ibarith, a Palestinian Israeli from the Arab town of Umm al-Fahm. Ibarith heard the news during his shift sweeping the…
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Fast Forward President Obama Expresses Condolences Over Death of Israeli Teens
President Barack Obama expressed condolences on Monday over the killing of three Israeli teenagers whose bodies were found in the West Bank on Monday, and urged all parties to refrain from actions that could escalate tensions in the region. “The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms this senseless act of terror against innocent…
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Fast Forward Israeli Police Officers Demoted Over Mishandling of Kidnapping Phone Call
Several senior police officers were demoted for “severe failure of conduct” in their handling of the phone call from one of three kidnapped Israeli teenagers. A committee investigating the call found that the police officers at the Judea and Samaria Police emergency call center considered the call a prank and did not follow up by…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu: Islamic Extremism Makes Israeli Presence in West Bank Necessary
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said turmoil in neighboring Arab countries counted out the removal of Israeli forces from the West Bank for “a very long time.” Netanyahu, speaking Monday to the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv on the next steps in Israel-Palestinian peace, also outlined plans for a north to south border…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Kidnapped Boys Found Dead in Field
Israeli forces have identified the bodies of the three missing Israeli teens, ABC News, The New York Times and other international outlets are reporting. The teens, who went missing in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on June 12, have been the subject of a massive search in recent weeks. Israeli forces have arrested hundreds of Palestinians…
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Fast Forward Israel Not Working for Kurdish Statehood, Avigdor Lieberman Says
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman described Iraqi Kurdish independence as a fait accompli on Monday but said his country was taking no action to help the Kurds achieve formal statehood. The remarks appeared aimed at heading off potential confrontation with the United States, which wants to keep Iraq united, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
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The Schmooze Soroka — A Preemie Oasis in the Negev
“It took a famous baby to die pre-term — Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, son of John and Jacqueline Kennedy — to make the call to the world that babies matter,” said Dr. Agneta Golan, Director of Soroka Medical Center Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to the guests at the American Friend of Soroka Medical Center Gala Benefit…
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