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Opinion Ex-Shin Bet Chief: Israeli Illusions Fueled Blowup
Yuval Diskin, who served as director of Israel’s Shin Bet security service from 2005 to 2011, posted some rather blunt observations on his Facebook page this morning regarding the tit-for-tat murders of teenagers, the Palestinian rioting in East Jerusalem and the Triangle (the Arab population center south of Haifa) and what he fears is coming…
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Israel News Elite Israel Army Unit Puts on $438K Show for New York Donor’s Bar Mitzvah Boy Son
(Haaretz) — Members of the Israel Defense Forces’ elite counterterrorism and canine units performed drills on Tuesday for the guests of a bar-mitzvah party at the Adam base, near Modi’in. The party was held by a New York businessman, a veteran donor to various IDF units, on the occasion of his son’s bar mitzvah. Military sources…
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Breaking News Israel’s Kidnapped Boys Found Dead in Field
Israeli forces have identified the bodies of the three missing Israeli teens, ABC News, The New York Times and other international outlets are reporting. The teens, who went missing in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on June 12, have been the subject of a massive search in recent weeks. Israeli forces have arrested hundreds of Palestinians…
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Film & TV WATCH: Project X, Or Eternal Sunshine of the Palestinian Mind
Samer Bisharat, star of Oscar-nominated “Omar,” in Project X / YouTube If you’ve ever seen the movie “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” you’ll immediately be reminded of it after watching the newly released short film “Project X.” The basic plot is the same. Except instead of Jim Carrey trying to erase Kate Winslet from…
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Breaking News Moshe Yaalon Defends Israeli Soldiers in Fatal Shooting of Palestinians
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon defended the Israeli soldiers who allegedly shot dead two Palestinians at a West Bank protest. Yaalon in a statement Tuesday said the soldiers acted appropriately, as they “were in a situation where their lives were in danger.” The incident took place May 15 at a Nakba Day rally at the…
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Breaking News Two IDF Soldiers Dismissed For Posting Refusal to Evacuate Settlements on Facebook
The Israel Defense Forces dismissed two soldiers after discovering that they pledged on Facebook to refuse orders to evacuate West Bank settlements. The incident comes days after the IDF evacuation of portions of three illegal Jewish outposts in the West Bank. The Facebook post that resulted in the soldiers’ dismisal was a photo of a…
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Opinion Making Fun of Haredim — Bad for All Israelis
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest plans to enlist them in the Israeli army / Getty Images When it comes to off-the-cuff remarks, we all know that stuff happens. Jokes are made that blur the boundaries of decency, people get offended, and apologies are (sometimes) made. And when it comes to broadcast media dependent on audience share, the…
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Opinion Even Lefties Should Support David the Nahlawi
Israeli soldiers support a comrade punished for pointing a gun at a Palestinian teenager. / Facebook We should all be with David the Nahlawi. Yes, I am talking about the 19-year-old Israeli soldier who pointed a gun and cursed at Palestinian youths in Hebron. Yes, I know that the brass knuckles one of his antagonists…
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