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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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Opinion The Left Only Cares About Palestinians When It Can Blame Israel
For the past two weeks, horrifying images of Palestinians being murdered have surfaced on social media. Jets have dropped bombs, sending flames and black smoke into the air, followed by helicopters dropping improvised and unguided barrel bombs. On the ground, in the besieged Palestinian camp, buildings collapsed burying civilians alive underneath them. Those who have…
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Fast Forward 3 Palestinians Attempting To Infiltrate Israel From Gaza Killed By IDF Soldiers
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Three Palestinians were killed by Israeli soldiers in two separate incidents on the border with Gaza. The incidents, all involving the Gaza border fence, took place on Sunday evening. Two Palestinians trying to damage the security fence and infiltrate into Israel were fired upon by Israeli soldiers, killing one. The second was…
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Fast Forward Parents Of Palestinian Teen Burned Alive Sue Jewish Killers For $1.5 Million
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The family of a Palestinian teen burned to death in a revenge attack by three Jewish extremists is suing his killers in a civil lawsuit. The parents of Mohammed Abu Khdeir are seeing $1.5 million in damages. The criminal case against the three Jewish extremists, including two minors, ended earlier this year after…
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Fast Forward Israel Lawmaker Doubles Down On Call To Shoot Palestinians After Twitter Ban
A far right-wing Israeli lawmaker was briefly blocked from Twitter following a post saying teenage Palestinian Ahed Tamimi should have been shot for scuffling with Israeli soldiers on her family’s property in the occupied West Bank. “In my opinion, she should have caught a bullet, at least in the kneecap. That would have put her…
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Fast Forward Barnard Students Angry At Administration’s Rejection Of Pro-BDS Landslide Vote
Barnard’s Student Government Association denounced an email from their president during their Monday night meeting. Sian Beilock’s letter, which was e-mailed to the entire school community and posted on Barnard’s website earlier in the day, addressed a referendum regarding whether SGA should advocate for the college to divest its ties to eight companies that do…
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Community Jewish Students At Barnard Were Key To Passing BDS Referendum
It is almost a rite of passage to stumble across your first protest around Israel and Palestine at Columbia University and Barnard College. I remember mine, six years ago, like it was yesterday. A group of students with Palestinian flags and signs stood on one side of College Walk, with a larger group of Jewish…
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