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Fast Forward Israeli Arab Arrested in Terror Bus Bombing
Israeli authorities arrested an Israeli Arab on suspicion of planting a bomb in a Tel Aviv bus that wounded 15 people hours before Israel agreed a ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza, police and security officials said on Thursday. The Arab citizen of Israel was detained on Wednesday night, they said. Also arrested, police said, were…
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Opinion Six Lessons of the Gaza Conflict
There was no daylight between Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Israel and President Obama’s United States, not even a sliver. Most of the international community, including perfidious Europe, gave Jerusalem its unequivocal support. Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood leadership played a pivotal and responsible role. The media coverage, as a general rule, was balanced, but only at it worst….
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Fast Forward Quiet Day on Both Sides of Gaza Border
A ceasefire between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers took hold on Thursday after eight days of conflict, although deep mistrust on both sides cast doubt on how long the Egyptian-sponsored deal can last. Quiet reigned on both sides of the frontier overnight and during the morning after a dozen rockets landed in Israel in the…
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Fast Forward Iron Dome Rocket Shoot-Downs Cost $30M
Israel’s Iron Dome interceptions of Palestinian rockets during eight days of Gaza fighting cost $25 million to $30 million, the government said on Thursday, arguing the U.S.-backed system was well worth the money. “Were Iron Dome traded on the (Tel Aviv) stock exchange or Nasdaq, it would have multiplied its share value several times over,”…
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Fast Forward Bus Bomb Complicates Gaza Invasion Plans
As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu weighs whether to agree a truce with Hamas or send the Israeli army into Gaza, a bomb on a bus in Tel Aviv on Wednesday may sway reluctant national opinion behind a ground invasion. “The time for restraint is over,” said Deputy Speaker Danny Danon of Netanyahu’s rightwing Likud party,…
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Fast Forward Terror Bus Bomb in Tel Aviv Wounds 15
A bomb exploded on a bus in central Tel Aviv on Wednesday, wounding 15 people in what Israeli officials said was a terrorist attack that could complicate efforts to secure a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Celebratory gunfire rang out across Gaza as the news spread and the territory’s Islamist rulers Hamas praised the bombing,…
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Fast Forward Israeli Attacks Guard at American Embassy
A man stabbed a security guard at the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv on Tuesday and was apprehended, a police spokesman said, and Israel Radio reported the assailant was an Israeli with a criminal background. The motive for the attack, which occurred outside the beachfront embassy, was not immediately known. “A Mazda car stopped next…
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Israel News As Rockets Fly, Israel’s Grumpy Old Men Shrug
Emanuel Hatzofe, 84, took his time getting to the shelter of the thick concrete sea wall in Jaffa on Sunday when Israeli air-raid sirens over Tel Aviv warned of incoming rockets from the Gaza Strip. The retired sea captain, once a guerrilla with the pre-state Jewish underground, carried his wooden stool with him, as well…
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