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Fast Forward West Bank Settlements Could Grow 50% by 2019
The number of Jewish settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank could grow by as much as 50 percent by 2019, Israel’s ultra-nationalist construction minister said on Friday. Palestinians want the West Bank as part of their future state and blamed settlement expansions for the breakdown last month of U.S.-mediated peace talks with Israel – a…
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Music New Mexico Students Reverse Divestment Vote
The Graduate and Professional Student Association at the University of New Mexico overturned a divestment resolution on the West Bank. Saturday’s vote rescinded an April 28 resolution calling on the university to divest from companies that operate in the West Bank. The vote was 10-10, with the tie broken by the meeting chair. Since the…
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Fast Forward Israeli Author Amos Oz Accused of Incitement to Racism
A West Bank-based organization filed a police complaint charging Israeli author Amoz Oz with incitement to racism. The complaint by the Samaria Residents Committee was filed in the West Bank settlement of Ariel two days after Oz called Israelis who carry out “price tag” attacks “Hebrew neo-Nazis,” the Times of Israel reported Sunday. Oz made…
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Israel News Supreme Court Orders Israel To Involve Palestinians in West Bank Building Plans
Israel’s frequent destruction of Palestinian homes, schools and mosques in the occupied West Bank is about to be put to an important test in the country’s Supreme Court. And for at least some Palestinians, the outcome is seen as even more important than statehood. On April 28, the court gave Israel’s defense and security agencies…
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Opinion When Israelis Teach Their Kids To Hate
A boy plays with a rifle during a weapons display in Efrat, Independence Day 2014 / Getty Images Little kids throw mock grenades and pretend to shoot big guns; a boy crawls militant-style as gun-wielding adults cheer him on; a girl wearing a pink dress carries a rocket launcher twice her size. These are some…
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Opinion Israel Faces Facebook Intifada From WIthin Ranks of Army
On the surface, the Israeli army’s Facebook Intifada is a very 21st-century crisis. A soldier on patrol cocks his weapon at a Palestinian youth, apparently violating the army’s rules of engagement. Other Palestinians film the encounter and upload it to YouTube, exposing the soldier to possible discipline. The soldier’s friends launch a Facebook page in…
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Opinion Israeli Neighbors Fundraise for Fureidis After Attack
A separate but similar price tag attack in Beit Hanina in June 2013. / Haaretz Right-wing Jewish Israelis raided Fureidis, an Arab village located just tens of miles south of Haifa, a few days ago. Under cover of night, they slashed the tires of some 20 cars and spray painted the village’s mosque with a…
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Fast Forward 3 Price Tag Attacks Discovered This Weekend Alone
Suspected price tag attacks were discovered outside of Jerusalem and in the West Bank. An Arab-owned construction site in the community of Kiryat Ye’arim, also known as Telz-Stone, located west of Jerusalem, was spray-painted late Saturday night with anti-Arab graffiti, including “price tag” and “Kahane was right.” Also on Saturday, a Star of David was…
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