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Breaking News Rights Groups Demand Probe of Palestinian-American Teen’s Killing
— Fifteen human rights and religious organizations called on President Barack Obama to investigate the killing of a Palestinian-American teenager by Israeli soldiers earlier this year. In the letter sent Wednesday to Obama, the groups also asked the president to demand that Israel release evidence related to its investigation of the death of 16-year-old Mahmoud Shaalan. Shaalan was shot in…
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Community Why Anti-Zionists Who Say They Aren’t Anti-Semitic Usually Are
Many responses to my recent articles have boiled down to variations of the classic claim: “I’m not anti-Semitic, just anti-Zionist.” Here’s why most people who say that are kidding themselves. To some extent, I am cautious about conflating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism. Zionism is the revolutionary movement that asserts a Jewish right to statehood, self-determination, self-defense,…
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Opinion The Shimon Peres I Knew Was Unparalleled in His Quest for Peace
Rarely in history has a man been so identified with the life of his nation for so many decades and at so many critical junctures as Shimon Peres was. Peres’s legacy encompasses vision and practice, policy and authorship, statesmanship and politics. I remember how, in 1993, once the Oslo Declaration of Principles was signed between…
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Opinion How These Rap Artists Pissed Off Official Israel — With a Mahmoud Darwish Poem
Poetry has become a lightning rod in Israeli politics. In July, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman summoned an Army Radio broadcaster for “clarification” after the station ran a program discussing the work of the late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. And a few days ago, Minister of Culture and Sport Miri Regev walked out of the…
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Israel News Palestinian Oktoberfest Offers the West Bank in a Beer Glass
Taybeh, a Christian village in the West Bank, celebrated its 11th Oktoberfest on the September 24 and 25. The event, which draws thousands of Palestinians and foreigners every year, is a unique occurrence in the Palestinian Territories, where most Muslims eschew alcohol. Here’s a primer on the West Bank beer festival: The festival is sponsored…
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Breaking News Israeli Soldiers and Worshippers Attacked at Joseph’s Tomb
JERUSALEM — Rioting Palestinians attacked soldiers and worshippers visiting Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus in the West Bank. The local Palestinians threw rocks and firebombs at the Israel Defense Forces soldiers guarding the worshippers, as well as at the tomb, according to the IDF. No damage or injuries were reported. Some 14 buses carrying 700 pilgrims…
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Breaking News 13-Year-Old Palestinian Girl Shot After Ignoring Orders To Halt
JERUSALEM — A Palestinian teen was shot in the leg after she ignored instructions to stop at a West Bank checkpoint. A civilian checkpoint guard first fired a warning shot in the air, and then aimed at the legs of the girl, 13, after border guards repeatedly called on her to stop and she began…
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Breaking News Palestinian Teen Shot Dead in Attempted Attack on Israeli Soldier
JERUSALEM — A Palestinian who attempted to stab an Israeli soldier at a checkpoint near Hebron was shot and killed by a soldier during the thwarted attack. The assailant in the Tuesday morning attack was identified by the Palestinian Maan news agency as Issa Salim Mahmoud Tarayra, 16. The security checkpoint was located at the…
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