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Fast Forward Top Australian Jewish Leader Under Fire for Email Blaming Hamas for ‘War Crimes’
A senior Jewish leader in Sydney, who also holds a government post, is under fire for an email that accuses Hamas of “war crimes” but avoids reference to Palestinian deaths from Israel’s operation in Gaza. Vic Alhadeff, chief executive of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies and chair of the Community Relations Commission,…
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Fast Forward Paris Shul Firebombed as Anti-Semitism Flares Across Europe
A firebomb was hurled at a synagogue near Paris, part of a string of anti-Semitic incidents in Western Europe coinciding with Israel’s assault on Hamas in Gaza. The firebomb went off Friday night at the entrance to the synagogue of Aulnay-sous-Bois, a northeastern suburb of the French capital, according to the National Bureau for Vigilance…
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Fast Forward Thousands Flee Gaza Town After Israel Warning of Possible Invasion
Thousands fled their homes in a Gaza town on Sunday after Israel warned them to leave ahead of threatened attacks on rocket-launching sites, on the sixth day of an offensive that Palestinian officials said has killed at least 160 people. Militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip kept up rockets salvoes deep into the Jewish state…
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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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