An Israeli military court handed down an indictment Thursday morning against a member of Hamas’ Hebron branch, Hussam Qawasmeh, charging him with helping to plan the June 12 kidnapping of three Israeli yeshiva students near Kfar Etzion in the West Bank. The document, as described in Israeli news reports, spells out a detailed, almost day-by-day…
Crossposted from Haaretz “Precious Life,” a documentary film by Israeli journalist Shlomi Eldar, will be in the running next month for an award sponsored by the VH1 music television channel and the American social service organization “Do Something.” The competition provides recognition to young people working for social change and also confers awards in the…
Crossposted from Haaretz Israeli documentary “Precious Life” was shortlisted for the Best Documentary Film category in the 83rd Academy Awards, alongside 15 feature documentaries. Director Shlomi Eldar’s moving film documents a saga involving a breathtaking race to save the life of a desperately ill Palestinian baby. The baby’s militant mother, an Israeli doctor and Eldar,…
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