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Breaking News ‘Torture’ of Jewish Extremists Unites Israeli Left and Right
(JTA) — The issue of torture in Israel has received unusual attention in recent weeks because of the identity of the alleged victims. Human rights groups say nothing is new in the allegations that Jewish youths, arrested in connection with an arson attack over the summer that killed a Palestinian toddler and his parents in the…
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Breaking News Jewish Teen Cleared of Firebomb Attack Released to House Arrest
An Israeli court ordered the release of a Jewish terror suspect to house arrest. The 18-year-old was one of six Jewish terror suspects who appeared Monday in Petach Tikvah Magistrates’ Court for a hearing on extending their remands. He has been exonerated of serious allegations, including the July firebombing of a home in the West…
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Breaking News 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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Breaking News Ezra Schwartz’s Parents Visit Site Where American Teen Was Killed
The parents of slain American yeshiva student Ezra Schwartz visited the spot where their son was killed by a Palestinian terrorist. Ruth and Ari Schwartz of Sharon, Massachusetts, and their four remaining children on Sunday visited the traffic junction in Gush Etzion where the minivan their son and several other yeshiva boys was riding in…
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Breaking News Two Palestinians Shot Dead in West Bank After Stabbing Israeli Soldier
Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians who stabbed and wounded an Israeli soldier in the West Bank on Sunday, the army said, the latest attack in 12 weeks of heightened violence. Almost daily Palestinian stabbings, car-rammings and shooting attacks have killed 20 Israelis and a U.S. citizen, raising fears of a wider escalation a decade…
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Breaking News Palestinian Woman in Car Ramming Attack Shot Dead, Israel Says
JERUSALEM — Israeli border police shot dead a Palestinian woman who tried to ram them with her car in the West Bank on Friday, the police said, as a 12-week surge in street violence showed no sign of abating. A police spokesman said the car accelerated in the direction of the border police officers, who…
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Breaking News Knesset Passes Law Opponents Say Will Benefit Illegal West Bank Outposts
Israel’s Knesset passed a controversial law that requires greater transparency from the World Zionist Organization’s Settlement Division, but which opponents claim will funnel money to illegal settlements in the West Bank. The bill, sponsored by Jewish Home member Bezalel Smotrich, was approved by a vote of 53-48 and signed into law Thursday, the Times of…
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Breaking News 3 Israelis Injured, 3 Assailants Killed in 3 Separate West Bank Attacks
Three Israelis were injured and three of their assailants killed in three separate terror attacks in the West Bank. The attacks all took place on Thursday morning and early afternoon in different West Bank locations. In the first attack on Thursday morning, two security guards, a man and a woman, were stabbed at the entrance…
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