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Opinion The circumstances of Shireen Abu Akleh’s tragic death and funeral prove Israel has not learned from the past
As Sunday's Jerusalem Day march through the Muslim quarter approaches, I fear more violence is inevitable.
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Opinion A Palestinian was shot and paralyzed over a generator. Now Israel threatens to take his home
The Israeli High Court ruled against permanent legal status for residents of Masafer Yatta, an area that Israel says is a firing range.
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News Israeli defense minister: ‘We seek the truth’ on killing of veteran Palestinian journalist
Benny Gantz said he complained about the Palestinians’ refusal to cooperate in joint inquiry over fatal shooting of Shireen Abu Akleh
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Fast Forward More than 50 groups reject ADL’s critique of pro-Palestinian activism
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt was wrong, they wrote, to compare them to far right extremists.
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Fast Forward Israeli police to investigate officers’ conduct at journalist’s funeral
Video footage showed officers attacking mourners with batons, nearly causing pallbearers to drop coffin
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Fast Forward Israeli police raid Al-Aqsa mosque to quell rioting by Palestinians
(JTA) — Israeli police raided Al-Aqsa mosque during riots on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, a rare incursion that headed off for now tensions stoked by the confluence of Passover and Ramadan. After police quelled the riots, some 60,000 Palestinians prayed at the site holy to both Jews and Muslims. Palestinian first responders said over…
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Opinion An unlikely rap battle: How this Israeli-Palestinian duo forged a friendship and a movement
Sameh: When Uriya came to meet me 20 months ago at the bar I was managing in Jaffa, I suspected he was another patronizing Israeli looking for a token Arab for his project. I have always been an outspoken artist over my 20-year career as a leading performer in the Palestinian rap scene. I have…
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Opinion I was arrested for a crime I didn’t commit. The Palestinians I work with suffer far worse
A few weeks ago the police abruptly came to my house in Jerusalem on two different occasions. The first visit they paid was at 3:30 in the morning; six officers came and banged on the doors and windows until my four roommates and I woke up. My roommates and I were suspected of having drawn…
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