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Daily Archives: June 21, 2018

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, leave Israel for Davos. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Sara Netanyahu is indicted for fraud and breach of trust in food scandal

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, Sara, along with a former aide, was indicted on Thursday by Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan in the so-called “Prepared Food Affair.” According to...
Palestinian protesters during clashes with Israeli forces near the Gaza-Israel border in Rafah, Gaza, on May 14, 2018. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Palestinian baby did not die from Gaza border clashes, family paid by Hamas to...

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A cousin of the 8-month-old baby, Laila al-Ghandour, whose Palestinian parents claim died of tear-gas inhalation during the Gaza border clashes last month, said that the family had been paid to lie about the...

A weird, weird show by Jacob Surovsky

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I recently sat down with Jacob Surovsky, a delightfully talented and innovative young man whom I know from the Guild of Puppetry. Jacob is bringing his fifth show to the San Diego Fringe Festival, Apron...

Israeli company wins first prize of $100,000 in counter-terrorism competition

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An Israeli medical technology company won first prize in an international competition for startups developing anti-terrorism technology. CardioScale, a Ganei Tikva-based company’s patented CVRI (Cardio Vascular Reserve index) device, was awarded the top prize of...
Sheffi Paz with other South Tel Aviv residents holding placards during a protest march against African asylum seekers in South Tel Aviv, on June 2, 2018. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90

The migrant situation in South Tel Aviv: ‘A battle over sovereignty and identity’

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Sheffi Paz, the leader of the struggle to evict illegal immigrants from her south Tel Aviv neighborhood, has become a nationally recognized figure in Israel. She herself is not sure when or how it...
Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palace of Nations in Geneva, the meeting room of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Ludovic Courtès.

An end to the UN’s human-rights farce

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U.S. President Donald Trump has been on the receiving end of a lot of criticism for his willingness to flout tradition and engage in needless fights with friends while at the same time ingratiating...
Family of Israeli soldier Netanel Kahalani mourn his death at their home in Elyakim, on March 17, 2018. Kahalni was murdered along with fellow soldier Ziv Daus, and two tohers injured, in a car-ramming terror attack near Mevo Dothan, in the West Bank. Photo by Meir Vaknin/Flash90.

IDF demolishes home of Palestinian man who killed two Jewish soldiers

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The Israeli Defense Forces demolished a home on Thursday morning that belonged to Alaa Kabha, a Palestinian who rammed his car into two IDF soldiers earlier this year, killing them both. Capt. Ziv Daus and...
Nabil Abu Rudeinah, spokesman for Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, speaks at a press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah on December 5, 2017. Source: Flash90.

US envoy slams Palestinian leadership for ‘hypocrisy’

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Middle East peace envoy for U.S. President Donald Trump Jason Greenblatt slammed the Palestinians for “hypocrisy” on Thursday, following accusations by a Palestinian Authority official that American efforts to ease a humanitarian crisis in...
Israel Defense Forces paratroopers training in Poland. Credit: IDF Spokespersons Unit.

Israeli paratroopers say training on Polish soil brought ‘great meaning to every soldier’

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The Israel Defense Force completed significant battle training exercises abroad this month, with Israeli paratroopers conducting drills on Polish soil for the first time ever and the Israeli Air Force working on its long-range...
Activists with the group IfNotNow. Credit: Facebook.

Swimming against the tide? The battle for Camp Ramah

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How does a liberal Jewish institution stay faithful to its mission without declaring war on those who would subvert its purpose? That’s the challenge that Camp Ramah—the Conservative movement of Judaism’s summer camping arm—is facing...