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Opinion Trace Kidnap-Murders Back to Israeli Settlements
Palestinian families leave their houses following Israeli air strikes in Gaza City / Getty Images When I was 14 years old, I remember my father, Edgar M. Bronfman, publicly calling for the end of Israeli settlement building. It was 1977, the very beginning of the implementation of the Drobles Plan, and only a few thousand…
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Fast Forward Hamas Finds Itself in War It Didn’t Want — and Cannot Escape
The latest mini-war between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas began with the Gaza-based militants eager to strike a blow, but the escalation that followed has left them physically and diplomatically exposed, with no ready way out. Hamas has sent its rockets streaking into Israel after a month of army raids in the occupied West…
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Fast Forward American U.N. Rights Envoy Calls Fight Against Anti-Israel Bias a ‘Key Priority’
The new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council said battling anti-Israel bias on the body was a “key priority.” Keith Harper, addressing a conference of pro-Israel groups meeting in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, also advocated for continued U.S. engagement on the council. Of the council’s anti-Israel bias, Harper said, “It’s not…
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Opinion In Tel Aviv, Keep Calm and Mind the Rockets
Israeli family seeks shelter in parking garage as rocket sirens blare. / Getty Images (JTA) — “In Tel Aviv, we expect the skies clear with a temperature of 32 degrees,” our pilot said upon taking off from Milan’s airport Wednesday, with no discernible hint of irony. The thermometer in Tel Aviv did fill up — 32…
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Israel News Israeli and Palestinian Roommates Find Common Ground — Far From Home
News of the mounting crisis in Israel caught two young interns, one Israeli and the other Palestinian, far away from home. At their host family’s house in northwest Washington, both tried to keep up to date. Yehonatan Toker, 28, rushed to the Internet to catch up on news and to read emails from his Israeli…
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Opinion How Politics and Lies Triggered an Unintended War in Gaza
In the flood of angry words that poured out of Israel and Gaza during a week of spiraling violence, few statements were more blunt, or more telling, than this throwaway line by the chief spokesman of the Israeli military, Brigadier General Moti Almoz, speaking July 8 on Army Radio’s morning show: “We have been instructed…
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Fast Forward Israeli Officer Who Beat American Teen Tariq Khdeir Is Suspended
An Israeli police officer shown in a video beating Palestinian-American teen Tariq Abu Khdeir was suspended and could be indicted. The officer, who has not been named, was suspended Wednesday for at least 15 days pending a hearing on whether charges will be brought, a statement from Israel’s Justice Ministry said. Following a probe of…
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Fast Forward Gaza Toll Rises to 47 as Rockets Rain Deeper
Israeli air strikes shook Gaza every few minutes on Wednesday, and militants kept up rocket fire at Israel’s heartland in intensifying warfare that Palestinian officials said has killed at least 47 people in the Hamas-dominated enclave. Missiles from Israel’s Iron Dome defense system shot into the sky to intercept rockets launched, for the second straight…
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