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The Schmooze Israel Scraps Neil Young Gig Over Rocket Fears
Getty Images Palestinian rocket fire on Tel Aviv has forced the cancellation of veteran rock star Neil Young’s concert scheduled for Thursday. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said on Sunday the show was canceled by police for security reasons “in order not to put people in Gaza rocket range at unnecessary risk”. Militants in the Gaza…
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Fast Forward Israel Commandoes Clash With Hamas Troops in Gaza — Toll Rises to 150
Israeli naval commandos clashed with Hamas militants in a raid on the coast of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, in what appeared to be the first ground assault of a six-day Israeli offensive on the territory. With aerial support from fighter jets, the Israeli force attacked a site in northern Gaza used to launch long-range…
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Fast Forward Tel Aviv Shrugs Off Gaza Rocket Salvo — Toll at 151
Hamas warned Israel in a Hebrew message that it would fire on Tel Aviv in a barrage that would test the Iron Dome missile defense system. The rockets were fired on Tel Aviv after 9 p.m. on Saturday, an hour after Hamas warned the operators of the Iron Dome batteries to be “prepared to the…
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Opinion Gaza War ‘Unintended’? Nope, Hamas Is Sworn to Destroy Israel
I feel the need to respond to a recent column by J.J. Goldberg, “How Politics and Lies Triggered an Unintended War in Gaza.” There are a series of false assumptions littered throughout the piece, which unfortunately lead Goldberg to imagine a conspiracy theory that does not exist. Firstly, Goldberg quotes an Israeli military official referring…
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Israel News Ron Dermer Makes Effective Voice of Israel in Time of Crisis
With more than 50 media interviews in one week and at least a dozen briefings and conference calls, Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer is on the frontlines of his country’s media blitz in America. This may not be the most important front, when rockets are flying into Israel and attacks continue in Gaza, but for Americans,…
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Fast Forward 15 Killed in Strike on Gaza Police Chief
An Israeli air strike on the home of Gaza’s police chief killed 15 Palestinians on Saturday, the Gaza health ministry said, the deadliest attack since Israel launched an offensive in the enclave five days ago. An Israeli military spokesman said he was checking the report. A source in Gaza’s dominant Hamas group said the police…
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Opinion What Does 192-to-1 Death Toll Say About Gaza War?
(JTA) — The ratio of Palestinian deaths to Israeli deaths is one of the most important measurements of the Gaza war. The toll clearly disproportionate — as of this writing, about 192:1. There are a few different ways to look at this rate. Critics of Israel herald the lopsided figure as evidence of Israeli barbarism….
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Fast Forward Israel Rushes New Iron Dome — Mosque Bombed as Gaza Death Toll Soars to 125
Israel rushed an eighth missile interceptor battery into service on Saturday to counter stronger-than-expected rocket fire from Gaza as the military pounded positions in the Palestinian enclave for a fifth day, killing 19 people, medics said. The Jewish state kept options open for a possible ground offensive into densely populated Gaza despite international pressure to…
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