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Israel accuses TV station of blood libel over ‘staged’ death of Palestinian child

Images of a 12-year-old boy, Muhammed al-Dura cowering behind his father as a gun battle raged around them in Gaza, [...]

Posted in International, News
Tagged blood libel, France 2, IDF, Israel, Muhammed al-Dura, second intifada | Reply
Credit: NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images.

Lawyer exposes scam in Orthodox Jewish community

A wealthy family in the Orthodox Jewish community was being scammed out of thousands by fraudulent charity solicitors.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged Brooklyn, charity, crime, donation, elimelech horowitz, george farkas, hasid, hasidim, herzog, Israel, jewish, orthodox, scam | Reply
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to China's President Xi Jinping (not pictured) during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing May 9, 2013. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Israel’s Netanyahu takes flack over $127,000 plane bed

Benjamin Netanyahu is changing his mid-air sleeping arrangements after a public flap over a $127,000 custom-built bedroom for the Israeli [...]

Posted in International, News
Tagged austerity, Benjamin Netanyahu, charter, custom bedroom, flight, funeral, Israel, Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister
Scholar Josh Kun jokes around at Canter's Deli in Los Angeles in "Hava Nagila: The Movie."
Credit: Hava Nagila: The Movie

History of ‘Hava Nagila’ struggles to fill an entire documentary

Roberta Grossman’s documentary about the origins, life and evolution of the song “Hava Nagila” should have taken its subject a bit more seriously.

Posted in Entertainment, Movies
Tagged Documentary, folk song, Harry Belafonte, Hava Nagila, Israel, Jewish culture, Leonard Nimoy, Roberta Grossman | Reply
Steven Hawking has boycotted a leading Israeli academic conference

Steven Hawking embroiled in Israel boycott row

Steven Hawking, the leading physicist, has become embroiled in a dispute over what he sees as the occupation of Palestinian [...]

Posted in International, News
Tagged boycott, Israel, Palestine, Shimon Peres, Steven Hawking | Reply
Damage is seen in what appears to be a chicken farm following an air strike near Damascus May 5, 2013, in this handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA. REUTERS/SANA/Handout

Israel says ‘no winds of war’ despite Syria air strikes

Israel played down weekend air strikes reported to have killed dozens of Syrian soldiers close to Damascus, saying they were not aimed at influencing its neighbor’s civil war but only at stopping Iranian missiles reaching Lebanese Hezbollah militants.

Posted in International, News
Tagged International, Israel, Syria
Israel's PM Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem

Israel bombs missiles bound for Hezbollah

Israel has carried out an air strike targeting a shipment of missiles in Syria bound for Hezbollah guerrillas in neighboring Lebanon, an Israeli official said on Saturday.

Posted in International, News
Tagged Hezzbollah, Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Syria | Reply
A Palestinian boy from the village of Jabaa, east of Ramallah, looks at Hebrew graffiti reading 'Revenge' (L) and 'the war has begun' (R) on a mosque which settlers tried to burn overnight on June 19, 2012. Unknown attackers attempted to torch the mosque and sprayed it with Hebrew-language graffiti, in an incident that bore the hallmark of extremist Jewish settlers.
AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI        (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/GettyImages)

U.S.-Palestinian boy faces Israel trial for throwing rocks

A 14-year-old boy with dual U.S.-Palestinian citizenship went before an Israeli military court on Thursday accused of throwing rocks at Israeli cars in the occupied West Bank.

Posted in International, News
Tagged boy, Israel, israeli, Palestine, Palestinian, rocks, trial, U.S.
Hacking group Anonymous is alleged to be behind the attack

Anonymous blamed for hacking Israeli government websites

A pro-Palestinian cyber attack campaign was launched against Israeli government websites today but did not cause serious disruption, an Israeli [...]

Posted in International, News, Tech
Tagged Anonymous, hack, Israel, Palestine | Reply
U.S. President Barack Obama (front L) participates in a farewell ceremony with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Credit: Getty Images

Obama brokers Israel-Turkey rapprochement

Israel apologized to Turkey on Friday for killing nine Turkish citizens in a 2010 naval raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla and both feuding U.S. allies agreed to normalize relations in a surprise breakthrough announced by U.S. President Barack Obama.

Posted in National
Tagged 2010, barack obama, deaths, diplomacy, foreign policy, Gaza, Israel, mavi marmara, Obama, raid, rapprochement, Turkey | Reply
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