A controversial documentary upended the narrative on Jenin 20 years ago. Has anything changed since?
Last week's violent killings in Israel and the West Bank echo events from decades ago
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Fast Forward Palestinian Man Confesses To Killing Pregnant Israeli Girlfriend, Police Say
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian man confessed to killing his Israeli girlfriend, who was pregnant, Israel Police announced. Michal Halimi, 29, from the West Bank settlement of Adam, has been missing for more than two months. Halimi had left her home voluntarily to move in with her boyfriend Muhammad Harouf of Nablus, the police said…
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News Police Finger Masseur in Killing of Israeli Gay Nightclub Pioneer
A week after gay nightclub operator Savyon Zabar was found strangled in his Upper West Side apartment, prosecutors have charged his massage therapist Daqyan King for second-degree murder in connection with the death. Zabar’s death apparently came after a sexual encounter gone awry, with sources conflicting over how King described the event to police. DNAInfo…
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Breaking News Overland Park Killer Among Racist Web Site Users Who Kill 100
A white supremacist charged with killing three people near two Jewish community facilities in suburban Kansas City this week posted more than 12,000 messages on a racist website which carries the slogan “No Jews, Just Right,” according to a leading organization that tracks hate groups. The online activity by Frazier Glenn Cross follows a trend…
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Breaking News Chandra Levy’s Mother Admits Doubts About Jewish Intern’s Convicted ‘Killer’
The mother of Chandra Levy, the Capitol Hill intern who was murdered in 2001 has admitted in a new interview that she has doubts about whether the man convicted in her daughter’s murder is actually the killer. Susan Levy told CNN’s Anderson Cooper she is only 85% sure that Ingmar Guandique is the murderer. ‘I…
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Breaking News Israel Kills Another Gaza Palestinian Along Border
Hamas accused Israel on Saturday of violating the shaky, Egyptian-brokered Gaza truce of Nov. 21 after Israeli troops killed a Palestinian taking part in a protest at the enclave’s border fence. Medical officials said the 21-year-old man had been among six Palestinians wounded by gunfire during Friday’s demonstration near southern Rafah, and had later died…
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Breaking News Toulouse Killer Had Worldwide Network
Mohammed Merah, the killer of four Jews from Toulouse,reportedly had contacted people in 20 countries including Israel before perpetrating the murders. The daily newspaper Le Monde reported last week that French security services declassified records that showed Merah had exchanged information over the telephone with people from Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Kenya,…
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Breaking News Most-Wanted Nazi Killer Found in Hungary
The world’s most wanted Nazi war criminal, László Csatary, charged with involvement in the murders of over 15,000 Jews, was located, alive and well in Hungary, following a 15 year search. “Nazi hunter” Dr. Ephraim Zuroff, the head of the Wiesenthal Institute in Jerusalem, located Csatary after receiving information from a local man, as part…
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