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Fast Forward Gaza Palestinians Enter Israel, Set Fire To IDF Outpost
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A group of Gazan Palestinians cut through the border fence with Israel and set fire to an empty Israel Defense Forces outpost. The Palestinians, 10 in all, fled back through the fence into Gaza after the Tuesday morning attack on the outpost used by snipers during the March of Return border protests….
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Opinion Why We Still Need Intersectionality
Intersectionality is fundamentally broken. It has failed Jews — not by accident, by design — and should be abandoned as a model for achieving equality. So argues Batya Ungar-Sargon in her recent opinion piece, “Intersectionality Has Abandoned Jews. Should Jews Abandon Intersectionality?” in The Forward. The latter point, I will concede. Those using intersectionality as…
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Fast Forward UN Human Rights Council To Hold Special Session On Israel Violence
GENEVA, May 15 (Reuters) – The 47 member states of the U.N. Human Rights Council will hold a special session on Friday to debate the deteriorating human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the U.N. said on Tuesday. “The special session is being convened per an official request submitted this evening by Palestine and…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner Blames Palestinians Killed In Protests For Causing Unrest
In his address at the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, Jared Kushner blamed Palestinian protestors, dozens of whom were killed by Israeli security, for causing unrest, the Daily News reported Monday. “Those provoking problems like we see today in Gaza are part of the problem and not part of the solution,” Kushner, President…
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Fast Forward 55 Killed By Israel In Gaza Protests Over Jerusalem Embassy Opening
Israeli forces killed at least 55 Palestinians along the Gaza border on Monday as angry protesters demonstrated at the frontier on the day the United States opened its embassy in Jerusalem, health officials said. It was the highest Palestinian death toll in a single day since a series of protests dubbed the “Great March of…
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Fast Forward 18 Gazan Palestinians Dead In Protests On Day Of US Embassy Dedication In Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (JTA) — At least 18 Gazan Palestinians have been killed at the border with Israel, where at least 10,000 have gathered for protests in the hours before the dedication of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. Several thousand more Palestinian protesters are located more than a quarter of a mile from the border fence…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Protesters Damage Humanitarian Border Crossing, Leading To Closure
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel announced it would close the border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel which brings most of the humanitarian aid from Israel and the international community to the Palestinian people living in Gaza after it was vandalized for the second week in a row. Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman announced on…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Rioters Vandalize Gaza Border Crossing That Brings Humanitarian Aid
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Palestinian rioters vandalized the border crossing which brings most of the humanitarian aid from Israel and the international community to the Palestinian people living in Gaza, including setting fire to the pipes that carry gas and oil from Israel to Gaza. The Palestinians also set fire to offices and buildings at the…
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