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News Terrorist Fatally Stabs Israeli Mom of 6 in West Bank Home
A mom of six was stabbed to death in her West Bank home by a terrorist who escaped capture. Dafna Meir, a gynecology nurse, was set upon in the doorway of her home in the West Bank settlement of Otniel Sunday. Her attacker reportedly fled to the nearby Palestinian village of Khirbet Karameh, and the…
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Opinion Why Are Our Federation Dollars Funding Israeli Settlements?
(CLARIFICATION BELOW) When Haaretz released its recent investigation into the funding of Israeli settlements, revealing that settler groups in East Jerusalem and the West Bank received more than $220 million in tax-deductible donations from U.S. organizations between 2009 and 2013, we were troubled — but not surprised. For the past year, we and our fellow…
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News The Radical New Face of the Jewish Settler Movement
When Eliezer Shekhtman moved to Israel from Chicago, he chose to live in Tapuach, a hardcore settlement deep inside the Israeli-occupied West Bank. He had family friends there; his father had been an associate of Meir Kahane, the virulently anti-Arab rabbi. But after a year, Shekhtman wanted more privacy and moved to a trailer on…
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Fast Forward 40 Brazil Ex-Diplomats Slam Pick of Settler Leader as Envoy
RIO DE JANEIRO — A group of 40 retired Brazilian diplomats signed a statement against Israel’s controversial appointment of former settler leader Dani Dayan as ambassador in Brasila. The career diplomats believe that protocol was bypassed since it was not preceded by any communication with the Brazilian Foreign Ministry or any presentation of Dayan’s credentials…
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Fast Forward Settlement Youths Who Attacked Israeli Cops Going To Prison
JERUSALEM — Six youths from a West Bank settlement were sentenced to eight months in prison for attacking Israeli security forces. The Yitzhar residents, four of whom are minors, were sentenced Thursday in Lod District Court after accepting a plea bargain on charges of rock throwing, vandalism and disrupting police work, The Jerusalem Post reported….
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Fast Forward Settler Leader May Be Yanked From Brazil Envoy Post
Israel is expected to withdraw the name of a former settler leader to be its ambassador to Brazil, ending a four-month diplomatic row. Dani Dayan will likely assume the Israeli consulate general position in Los Angeles or New York, according to reports in the Israeli and Brazilian media citing senior Israeli officials. An alternative envoy…
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Fast Forward Anti-Settlement Group Says Israel Plans 55,000 West Bank Housing Units
Israel’s Ministry of Housing is working on plans for more than 55,500 units in West Bank settlements, according to a new Peace Now report. More than half the units are for construction east of the security barrier and include more than 8,000 units in the controversial E1 area, two new settlements and the legalization of…
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Fast Forward Israel Presses Brazil To Accept Pro-Settler Envoy Dani Dayan
Brazil’s reluctance to accept an Israeli ambassador who is a West Bank settler has set off a diplomatic crisis and led to concerns in the Israeli government that the clash could encourage pro-Palestinian activism against it. The appointment four months ago of Dani Dayan, a former head of the Jewish settlement movement, did not go…
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