MidEast

Hamas Violently Puts Down Gaza Riots

In the wake of two rockets fired toward Tel Aviv and retaliatory Israeli air strikes, Hamas, the terrorist group that exercises political and military control over Gaza, was caught on video violently putting down protests against its misrule, The Times of Israel reported Friday. Though Hamas canceled its so-called Great...

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Israel Retaliates against Hamas for Rocket Attack in Tel Aviv

Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire following rocket attacks on Tel Aviv and subsequent retaliations by Israel, The Times of Israel reported Friday. On Thursday night, two Fajr-5 rockets were fired toward Tel Aviv. Though initial reports indicated that Israel’s Iron Dome anti-rocket system had intercepted one rocket, the...

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Israeli PM Netanyahu at Gulf Arab State of Oman

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a speech Tuesday that the Jewish State is in contact with “half a dozen important Arab and Muslim countries that until recently were hostile to Israel,” The Jerusalem Post reported. Speaking at the state memorial ceremony for former Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, Israel’s...

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Pitzer College President Melvin Oliver

Pitzer College President Melvin L. Oliver strongly rejected on Thursday a pro-boycott vote to suspend the school’s study abroad program at the University of Haifa in Israel, and said the school would not enact the decision to protect a “free exchange of ideas.” The private liberal arts college located in...

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The British government has confirmed it will undertake a substantial review of Palestinian school textbooks amid concerns that aid money is funding a curriculum that is inciting violence against Jews and Israelis, The Jewish Chronicle reported Wednesday. The Department for International Development (DFID) said it had “successfully pushed” for the...

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The State of Israel and Jewish organizations around the world expressed their sympathy to the families of those affected by the horrific massacres at two mosques that took the lives of at least 49 worshippers in Christchurch, New Zealand. “At least forty-nine people were killed and dozens injured in shootings at...

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