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Fast Forward Israelis On Gaza Border Unmoved By Palestinian Protests
NAHAL OZ, Israel (Reuters) – Hardened by years of rocket attacks from next-door Gaza, residents of this frontline Israeli village seemed unmoved on Sunday by Palestinians’ mass demonstrations at the border and Israel’s deadly response to them. Confrontations on each of the last two Fridays have been clearly visible from Nahal Oz, a kibbutz just…
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Opinion Is Israel Justified In Shooting Protestors On Gaza Border?
For the past six weeks, social media has been ablaze with the spectacle of thousands of Palestinians moving towards the border fence separating the Gaza Strip and Israel. Departing from six separate tent encampments built a few hundred meters from the border, the “Great Return March” has led to violent clashes, the loss of lives,…
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Fast Forward 7 Palestinians Killed And 150 Wounded By Israeli Troops In New Gaza Protests
Israeli troops shot dead at least 7 Palestinian protesters and wounded at least 150 along the Israel-Gaza border on Friday, Gaza medical officials said, raising the death toll to 22 in the week-long disturbances. They said the men were killed at protest sites east of Gaza City and Khan Younis during a round of daily…
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Opinion When Israel Shoots Unarmed Protestors, The Terrorists Win
When Palestinians mass at Israel’s border, a specific nightmare of history always comes to mind. Before I tell you, I must tell you about a two-year-old boy named Eyal. The idea of him reminds me of my own little boy. In truth Eyal was born even before I was, and his photograph is far more…
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Opinion What Israelis Hear When You Say There Was A ‘Massacre’ In Gaza
Living in Israel, it has been a surreal experience watching the international community’s response to the riots on the Gaza border. It is as though context, history, identity, and motive don’t matter. This apathy would be unthinkable in any other context and any other country. Imagine the mobilization of 30,000 people on your border, less…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Report Man Shot And Killed By Israeli Troops At Gaza Border
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A 25-year-old Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli troops near the border in the central Gaza Strip, the Palestinians are reporting. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the man as Ahmed Omar Arfa and said he was shot in his chest with live fire east of the Bureij refugee camp, the…
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Fast Forward Human Rights Watch: Israelis Responsible For Gaza Protest Killings
The watchdog group Human Rights Watch said Tuesday that senior Israeli officials were responsible for the deaths of 14 Palestinian protesters at the Gaza border on Friday, and the injuries of hundreds of others. “Israeli soldiers were not merely using excessive force, but were apparently acting on orders that all but ensured a bloody military…
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Fast Forward IfNotNow Activists Lock Themselves To Israeli Consulate To Protest Gaza Killings
Young Jewish activists affiliated with the leftist group IfNotNow locked themselves to the doors of the office building where Israel’s Boston consulate is located on Tuesday morning to protest last week’s killing of protesters in Gaza, the group said in a statement. Eight activists physically locked themselves to each other and to the doors of…
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