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Breaking News American Victims of Terrorism During Second Intifada Suing Jordan’s Arab Bank
American victims of Hamas terror attacks during the second intifada in Israel are suing a Jordanian bank for offering benefits to terrorists. In a trial set to begin Thursday in Brooklyn, 140 plaintiffs injured in two dozen terror attacks from 2001 to 2004 are suing Jordan’s Arab Bank for allegedly funneling money from a Saudi…
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Breaking News Talks Move Forward Between Israel and Palestinians Despite Exchange of Fire
Israel and the Palestinians have given themselves five days to come up with a comprehensive agreement to end the war in Gaza. While that is a welcome extension on past ceasefires, there is still a dangerously long way to go to bridge their differences. After agreeing to Egypt’s proposal to extend the halt in hostilities…
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Breaking News Israelis and Palestinians Agree To Extend Cease-Fire 5 More Days
Israel and Palestinian factions agreed on Wednesday to extend a three-day Gaza truce by an additional 72 hours, a Palestinian official with knowledge of the negotiations in Cairo told Reuters. “Factions agreed to extend the 72-hour truce for an extended period of three days,” the official said, the sides reaching a deal within minutes of…
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Breaking News Rocket Fired At Southern Israel, Signaling Possible Breakdown of Truce
Sirens warning of incoming rockets from Gaza went off in southern Israel on Wednesday, signaling a possible breakdown of a three-day truce about two hours before it was due to expire. The Israeli military and police were checking whether any rockets had actually been fired or whether the sirens were a false alarm. Israeli radio…
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Breaking News Israeli Professor Mordechai Kedar Will Continue With U.S. Speaking Tour
Israeli scholar and law professor Mordechai Kedar, who made headlines recently for his comments about rape as a way to combat Hamas terrorism, says that the backlash to this controversy has done little, if anything, to affect his academic speaking tour through North American university campuses, which is scheduled for this upcoming winter. Last month,…
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Breaking News Gaza Fishermen Caught Between Israeli-Palestinian Sea Feud
After hours casting their nets close to the Gaza shore, Palestinian fishermen sift through their catch in the dim dawn light, managing to scrape together a few piles of puny fish. As Palestinian and Israeli negotiators meet independently with Egyptian officials to try to reach an agreement to end the latest conflict that began on…
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Breaking News Israeli State Comptroller Will Investigate Military Conduct and Decisions Made In Gaza
Israel’s state comptroller will investigate Israeli military conduct and decisions made during the recent conflict with Hamas in Gaza. Wednesday’s announcement came in the wake of allegations of Israel Defense Forces war crimes during the month-long conflict, in which more than 1,900 Palestinians were killed. Palestinian human rights organizations claim more than 80 percent of…
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Israel News United Nations Names Commission To Investigate Israel For War Crimes
(Haaretz) — The United Nations Human Rights Council last night named the three members of the international commission of inquiry to investigate possible war crimes by Israel during Operation Protective Edge. A senior official in the Foreign Ministry said that despite Israel’s attempts to influence the composition of the panel, the final outcome is unbalanced…
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