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Community We Live Near The Border With Gaza, And We Want The Violence To End
An Open Letter to Israeli Leadership Dear Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, We, members of Other Voice — residents of the Western Negev who live close to the border with the Gaza Strip — are writing to you, yet again, in our call for a long-term political program to end the…
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Opinion Israel’s Propaganda Can’t Hide the Harsh Reality of 123-0 Gaza Killing Count
The Israeli army has declared that Razan al-Najjar, the 21-year-old female medic shot to death June 1 on the Gazan border, “is not the angel of mercy that Hamas propaganda attempts to portray.” Where did the army get this idea? From a Palestinian video clip that shows Najjar tossing a smoke grenade or tear gas…
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Fast Forward 4 Killed By Israeli Troops As Fresh Gaza Protests Erupt
Israeli troops killed four Palestinians and wounded hundreds of others on Friday with live fire or tear gas used against protesters at the Gaza border, medics said, while Israel said militants had attacked its forces with guns and grenades. Organizers linked the protests to annual “Jerusalem Day” events in Iran, which like Gaza’s dominant Hamas…
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Opinion Why Israelis Especially Shouldn’t Lie About Gaza
I spend a lot of time online. Probably too much. But, lately, I’ve seen something I haven’t seen before: Israel advocates, people I normally trust, tweeting things that are misrepresented or out of context. When I contacted them, some said, “Well, it’s close enough, and the anti-Israel discourse is so much worse.” I responded that…
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Opinion Israel’s Shameful Smear Of Slain Gaza Nurse
There is nothing more despicable than blaming victims for their own suffering. Unfortunately, we Palestinians know that this is inevitably the narrative Israel will spin. 14-year-old Mohammed Ayoub, double-amputee Ibrahim Abu Thuriya, unarmed journalist Yasser Murtaja, and the brave angel of mercy, Razan al-Najjar, were not shot dead because they wanted to be. They were…
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Opinion Why Israelis Won’t Apologize For Killing Of Gaza Nurse
When Razan al-Najjar, 21, a medical volunteer in Gaza, was shot and killed on June 2, Palestinians and media commentators were quick to accuse Israeli Defense Forces snipers of deliberately shooting her. After all, they claimed, the IDF had already killed more than 100 “innocent civilians” and targeted children, members of the press, and health…
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Opinion Three Myths About Gaza Dispelled
The front-page photos and nightly news reports of the killings at the Gaza/Israel border have faded; the issues that fueled the confrontation have not. That the lives of 119 Gazans have been lost and thousands more unalterably changed is horrific. It will be just as tragic if the history of Gaza and the truth is…
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Fast Forward Group Calls For Boycott Of French Supermarket That Removed Israeli Produce
(JTA) — A French-Jewish watchdog on anti-Semitism has called for a boycott of a supermarket where staff was seen removing Israeli produce at the request of a shopper who complained citing the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and violence in Gaza. The Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA, on Monday also said in a…
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