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"This glimmer of attention may have provided Palestinians with an opportunity to elevate the injustice of the siege up the global political agenda, but is, sadly, of little consolation to the families of the dead." Why did Israel kill many unarmed Gaza protesters and wound over 2,000 on Friday, March 30 and on the following days, when they clearly posed no threat to Israeli soldiers? Hundreds of Israeli soldiers, many of them snipers, were deployed to the deadly buffer zone that the Israeli army has created between besieged Gaza and Israel, as tens of thousands of Palestinian families held mass rallies at the border.
There is every reason to believe that Israel was behind today's airstrike on a Syrian military base, and not the United States, as Syria at first claimed. It immediately blamed "likely" US aggression - understandable given the US condemnation of a suspected chemical attack days before on a rebel enclave at Douma outside Damascus.
German submarines provide Israel with the "second strike" capability. The deal for 3 additional submarines is fraught with massive corruption by Netanyahu's family relatives and cronies, and was signed regardless of objections by the defense establishment.
Congressman Jimmy Panetta, who represents California's central coast, was a member of a Democratic congressional delegation that visited Israel on March 26 to congratulate the nation on the 70th anniversary of the establishment of its government. Nancy Pelosi, the leader of the delegation stated ahead of the March 26 visit, "There is no greater political accomplishment in the 20th Century than the establishment of the State of Israel."
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The ultimate resolution of the fate of the more than 39,000 African migrants in Israel - described as "illegal immigrants," and worse, by critics, and "asylum seekers" by advocates - remains to be seen. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision on Tuesday to cancel an agreement with the United Nations he heralded only the day before as "the best solution" to the vexing problem of the migrants' status, is troubling and disappointing.
"It is remarkable to hear religious leaders defend profanity, ridicule and cruelty as hallmarks of authenticity, and dismiss decency as dead language," writes Michael Gerson in the cover story of the April edition of The Atlantic. He is referring specifically to evangelical Christians who defend President Donald Trump despite his very un-Christian behavior.
Former Israeli prison guard at the notorious Ktzi'ot Prison camp for Palestinians and now editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, Cpl. Jeffrey Goldberg, breathlessly reported that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman told him that both the Jews and the Palestinians have a right to their own state.
Yet again the knee jerk reaction in Thailand to any criticism is to kill the messenger rather than fix the problem. Your report says the governor of Chiang Mai wants criminal charges laid against a local magazine for posting a "blasphemous" painting on Facebook showing ancient kings, Mengrai, Ramkhamhaeng and Ngam Muang, wearing pollution masks as part of a campaign to protest against hazardous smog.
The Israeli army snipers who were ordered to shoot unarmed Palestinian protesters last Friday at the Gaza border, killing 17 outright and wounding hundreds of others, were acting according to the contemporary script of Middle Eastern dictators. The Israeli army initially admitted in a tweet that the tactic was premeditated and preceise, but then deleted the tweet, as the Israeli peace group B'tselem pointed out: Thanks to @btselem for capturing this deleted tweet, revealing the pride the IDF feels about the casualties they inflicted on unarmed protesters yesterday.
Despite its bumpy relationship with the Palestinians, the Trump administration is siding with the Palestine Liberation Organization in urging the Supreme Court to reject an appeal from American victims of terrorist attacks in the Middle East more than a decade ago. The victims are asking the high court to reinstate a $654 million verdict against the PLO and Palestinian Authority in connection with attacks in Israel in 2002 and 2004 that killed 33 people and wounded hundreds more.
Senator Bernie Sanders said he doesn't believe the official response from Israeli authorities, who say that deadly clashes in Gaza this past week were "violent terror demonstrations," and that Hamas fighters were embedded within a crowd of protesters. "From what my understanding is, you have tens and tens of thousands of people who are engaged in a nonviolent protest.
Despite its bumpy relationship with the Palestinians, the Trump administration is siding with the Palestine Liberation Organization in urging the Supreme Court to reject an appeal from American victims of terrorist attacks in the Middle East more than a decade ago. The victims are asking the high court to reinstate a $654 million verdict against the PLO and Palestinian Authority in connection with attacks in Israel in 2002 and 2004 that killed 33 people and wounded hundreds more.
Palestinian women shout anti-Israeli slogans during a rally to mark International Women's Day in Gaza City on March 7, 2018. At least 15 Palestinians have died in the occupied Gaza strip after Israeli soldiers opened fire on Friday evening, marking the single deadliest day in the Israel-Palestine conflict since the 2014 war in Gaza.
Six Palestinians have been killed and hundreds have been wounded in clashes with the Israeli military as more than 17,000 gathered on the Gaza border to protest what they see as an Israeli occupation. The Israeli military deployed more than 100 special forces snipers to the Gaza border in anticipation of the Palestinian "Land Day" protests that began Friday and are expected to continue until May 15. The reported deaths came from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, and most of the injuries came from tear gas inhalation, The Jerusalem Post reported .
Israel is once again considering purchasing the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey following the cancellation of its acquisition nearly four years ago. A defense source told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday that Israel will likely decide in the next year or two to purchase the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft.
MK Motti Yogev , a member of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, told Arutz Sheva on Wednesday that he is convinced that the defense establishment will draw the necessary conclusions from the incidents of infiltrations from Gaza into Israel. On Tuesday, three Arab terrorists were apprehended by IDF troops near the Tze'elim army base in southern Israel, after having walked for miles from Gaza.
The supposed "anti-semitism crisis" in Britain's Labour party is revealing an interesting paradox at the heart of modern discussions of anti-semitism. Undoubtedly there are those who intentionally exploit anti-semitism for political gain.
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will lead a trip of congressional Democrats on an upcoming trip to Israel, her office announced on Saturday. "There is no greater political accomplishment in the 20th century that the establishment of the State of Israel," the announcement read.
The Trump administration in a statement said it "sympathizes deeply" with the families whose lawsuit against the Palestine Liberation Organization may soon be considered by the Supreme Court, but continues to maintain that the lawsuit does not meet the standards for review by the court. "The United States condemns acts of terror in the strongest terms and the Department of Justice is committed to prosecuting those who commit terrorist attacks against innocent human beings to the fullest extent that the law allows," said a statement emailed this week to JTA by a Justice Department spokeswoman.