February 2012
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January 2012
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WatchThe Palestinian children – alone and bewildered – in Israel’s Al Jalame jail
Special report: Israel’s military justice system is accused of mistreating Palestinian children arrested for throwing stones
The room is barely wider than the thin, dirty mattress that covers the floor. Behind a low concrete wall is a squat toilet, the stench from which has no escape in the windowless room....
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Uproar after Jewish American newspaper publisher...
The owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times, Andrew Adler, has suggested that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu consider ordering a Mossad hit team to assassinate U.S. President Barack Obama so that his successor will defend Israel against Iran.
Adler, who has since apologized for his article, listed three options for Israel to counter Iran’s nuclear weapons in an article...
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What if the Iranians start killing scientists?
BY AVNER COHEN
Israel’s official response to news of the assassination last week of Iranian nuclear scientist Mustafa Ahmadi Roshan was a deafening silence. The unofficial response was a wink. The day before, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, grinning slightly, spoke about “unnatural events” that were delaying Iran’s nuclear program. The Israeli...
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Israel citizenship ruling slammed as 'racist'
Israeli rights groups and MPs on Thursday denounced a court ruling upholding a law that prevents Palestinians married to Arab Israelis from obtaining Israeli citizenship or residency.
By contrast, the ruling was welcomed by Israeli right-wingers.
“It is a dark day for the protection of human rights and for the Israeli Supreme Court,” attorneys Dan Yakir and Oded Feller from the...
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'Israeli Mossad agents posed as CIA spies to...
Foreign Policy magazine cites CIA memos from 2007-2008 that the Mossad recruited members of Jundallah terror group to fight against Tehran; U.S. was reportedly furious with Israel and moved to limit joint intelligence programs.
Israeli Mossad agents posed as CIA officers in order to recruit members of a Pakistani terror group to carry out assassinations and attacks against the regime in Iran,...
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WatchIsraeli Knesset member throws cup of water on Arab colleague at height of heated argument
Israeli politician Anastassia Michaeli threw water over her colleague Raleb Majadele in the Knesset today. Michaeli, a member of the nationalist Yisrael Beiteinu party, got into a heated row with Majadele (Labor) over the Education Ministry’s reprimand of an Arab-Israeli school principal who took...
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“I can tell you with certainty that white phosphorus is absolutely not being...”
– IDF spokesman, 7 January, 2009 • Read Human Rights Watch’s report on Israel’s use of white phosphorus • Amnesty International: Israel used white phosphorus in Gaza civilian areas
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Israel is missing another opportunity for peace
The Israeli government doesn’t want peace; there’s nothing new in that: It has been the proven way since the establishment of the state. But the public, for its part, does want peace.
BY MERAV MICHAELI
Reading through the papers these days gives one a sense of deja vu - as if we are back in 2002 and the Saudi peace initiative is being presented for the first time: All the Arab states...
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Thousands of US troops deploying to Israel
Without much media attention, thousands of American troops are being deployed to Israel, and Iranian officials believe that this is the latest and most blatant warning that the US will soon be attacking Tehran.
Tensions between nations have been high in recent months and have only worsened in the weeks since early December when Iran hijacked and recovered an American drone aircraft. Many have...
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December 2011
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WatchYoung Israeli settlers: “Burn down Al-Aqsa Mosque? Of course!”
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Israel must choose between settlements and peace
BY XAVIER ABU EID - JPOST.COM OP-ED CONTRIBUTERS
The year 2011 showed Palestinians and the rest of the world that creating positive momentum in support of Palestinian self-determination and statehood is possible. After years of trying to make Palestine disappear from the world map, Israel witnessed an unstoppable wave of recognition for the state of Palestine on the 1967 border, with east...
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WatchUltra-Orthodox spit on “immodest” 8-year-old girl in Beit Shemesh
Naama Margolis, an 8-year-old from Beit Shemesh, is the most famous girl in Israel today. In fact, nobody can stop talking about her.
And why is that? Well, on Friday evening, Naama told her story on the most watched news show in the country. Interviewed by Channel 2’s Shai Gal, Naama told how she was afraid to go to school, just...
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IDF chief: Gaza war against Hamas was an... →
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz marked the three-year anniversary of Operation Cast Lead yesterday by hailing it “an excellent operation that achieved deterrence for Israel vis-a-vis Hamas.” However, he warned, cracks have emerged in that deterrence over time, and a second round of fighting in the Gaza Strip is not a matter of choice for Israel.
Such a...
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US 'to give Israel extra aid for rocket system'
Israel’s defence ministry said on Sunday that the United States has agreed to provide it with an additional $235 million (180 million euros) to finance its rocket defence system.
“The aid from the American Congress is a supplementary step in the reinforcement of Israeli-American relations in the area of defence,” Defence Minister Ehud Barak said in a statement.
The additional...
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“On a presidential visit to Israel in 2008, Bush travels to Bethlehem by car...”
– Condoleezza Rice recalls George Bush’s thoughts on the Israeli occupation of the West Bank in her new memoir
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