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News Literary Stars Learn ‘Occupation 101’ Firsthand in Tense Tour of West Bank
The American writer Ayelet Waldman was on a tour near the Hamra checkpoint, deep inside the Palestinian West Bank, when a silver car with Israeli plates pulled over. The driver, an Israeli Jew, got out and began taking photos of Waldman’s tour group, which included the Austrian author Eva Menasse and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Geraldine…
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Breaking News Donald Trump Doesn’t Know What To Call the West Bank
Partway through a Trump Tower interview with two dozen reporters and ultra-Orthodox activists Thursday afternoon, the leading Republican candidate for president deferred to a real estate attorney for help answering a question about Israel. “Jason, how would you respond to that?” Trump asked, gesturing to the chief legal officer of the Trump Organization, Jason Greenblatt….
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News The 3 Videos of Fatal Shooting of Palestinian Terrorist Roiling Israel
TEL AVIV (JTA) — It began as an all-too-common story: A Palestinian assailant in the contested West Bank city of Hebron stabs and wounds an Israeli soldier. Israeli forces shoot him dead. Hours after the incident Thursday, a political and moral firestorm engulfed Israel. A video showed a soldier executing the already incapacitated attacker. One…
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Breaking News UN Blacklists Israeli Businesses Operating in West Bank
JERUSALEM – Israel on Thursday assailed the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for adopting a measure that calls for the establishment of a database of businesses “involved in activities” in the occupied West Bank. Israel’s U.N. ambassador, Danny Danon, called the database a “blacklist” and said the UNHRC was behaving “obsessively” against Israel. The…
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Breaking News Israel Suspends Soldier Who Shot Downed Terrorist in Head
HEBRON – Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinians after they attacked a soldier in the West Bank on Thursday, the military said, and one soldier was detained after being shown on video firing a round into the head of one of the assailants as he lay on the ground. The soldier has been suspended from…
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Breaking News Israel Military Seals Off West Bank for Purim Holiday, Weekend
JERUSALEM — Israel has closed off the West Bank to prevent attacks over the Purim holiday. The closure went into effect on Wednesday morning and will remain in place until Saturday night, the Israel Defense Forces announced. Purim takes place this year on Wednesday night and Thursday throughout Israel; Jerusalem and Tiberias in Israel’s north…
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Breaking News Israel Slams Time for Sympathetic Story of Terrorist Who Killed 3
Israel is slamming Time magazine for publishing an article “ignoring the victims” of a Jerusalem terror attack and “humanizing the attacker,” and for then not responding to its complaints. The Government Press Office has issued a statement about an article titled “The desperation driving young Palestinians to violence.” The article spotlights Bahaa Allyan, one of…
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Breaking News Israeli Troops Shoot Dead Another Knife-Wielding Palestinian Attacker
JERUSALEM – Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian man who tried to stab them in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the military said. “An assailant, armed with a knife, exited his vehicle and charged at the soldiers guarding the junction. Forces responded to the threat and shot the attacker, resulting in his death,” the…
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