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Breaking News Pregnant Victim Says ‘Baby-Face’ Stabber Was No Killer
The pregnant woman stabbed by a Palestinian teenager at a clothing store in the Tekoa settlement said she does not think her attacker planned to kill her. Michal Froman told Army Radio that “there was no one to struggle with” her attacker. “I saw his eyes, his confusion,” she said. “He didn’t have a scary…
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Breaking News Bibi Lashes Out at Israel’s Critics in Visit to Family of Slain Mom of 6
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the grieving husband and six kids of slain settler mom of Dafna Meir — and vowed to destroy the family home of her alleged teen killer and to take away their work permits, Israeli media reported Tuesday. He also railed against Israel’s critics, particularly in the European Union, and…
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Breaking News U.S. Ambassador to Israel Blasts ‘2 Standards’ of Law in West Bank
TEL AVIV — The U.S. ambassador to Israel slammed the Israeli legal system in the West Bank, saying, “Too much Israeli vigilantism in the West Bank goes on unchecked.” Daniel Shapiro, speaking Monday at a Tel Aviv conference organized by the Institute for National Security Studies, added that “at times it seems Israel has two…
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Breaking News Europe Backs Labeling of West Bank Products in Blow to Israel
The European Union reinforced on Monday its position that products made in Israeli settlements must be clearly labeled in Europe, despite growing tensions with Israel over the issue, but stressed that the bloc opposes any boycott of the Jewish state. EU foreign ministers said the guidelines on labels for farm and other products, which were…
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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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Breaking News 4 Palestinians Shot Dead in 2 Stab Attacks on Israeli Soldiers
JERUSALEM – Israeli security forces on Thursday shot dead four Palestinians who launched two separate stabbing attacks in the occupied West Bank, the military said, as a surge in street violence entered its fourth month. The first attack occurred at Gush Etzion Junction, the scene of many similar recent incidents. Three Palestinians attacked a group…
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Breaking News Israeli Soldier Wounded in West Bank Car Ramming Attack
An Israel Defense Forces soldier was wounded in a car-ramming attack in the West Bank. Israeli troops at the scene shot dead the Palestinian driver after he drove into a group of soldiers on Thursday on a road south of Nablus between the Hawara and Tapuach junctions, according to the IDF. The soldier, who was…
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