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Former IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. (ret.) Peter Lerner on the latest Israel-Gaza flare-up – AIJAC
Former IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. (ret.) Peter Lerner speaking to ABC-TV News 24 on November 13 about the latest Israel-Gaza flare-up.
Source: Former IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. (ret.) Peter Lerner on the latest Israel-Gaza flare-up – AIJAC
3 soldiers hurt in suspected car-ramming attack in central West Bank | The Times of Israel
Three Israeli soldiers were injured when a Palestinian man rammed his car into them along a central West Bank highway in a suspected deliberate attack Monday, officials said. The Palestinian driver was shot dead after hitting servicemen with his vehicle near the Karmei Tzur settlement. The driver was later identified by Palestinian officials as Ramzi Abu Yabes, a male nurse from the nearby...
Hate Crime: Driver Targets Jews In Hancock Park « CBS Los Angeles
Some people in a Hancock Park neighborhood said a driver targeted them because they are Jewish. Now police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.
The suspect in the case, identified as Mohammed Mohammed, was arrested on charges of assault with a deadly weapon.
Source: Hate Crime: Driver Targets Jews In Hancock Park « CBS Los Angeles
Airbnb’s Ban on Israeli Communities in West Bank Is Shameful
Via Spectator-UK: So alongside being the only country that pop stars refuse to play in, and the only country whose academics are boycotted on Western campuses, and the only country whose dancers and violinists cannot perform in cities like London without gangs of people screaming them down, now Israel is the only country that has been politically punished by holiday app cum conscience Airbnb. Why...
The Right of Israeli Children near Gaza to Grow Up Quietly
Via JPost: Since Israel’s 2005 disengagement from Gaza, the residents of Israel near Gaza have been living under fire, with rockets, terrorist tunnels, booby traps, and burning fields and tires. Israeli children living near Gaza haven’t had a day or night without fear of Red Alerts, fear of being killed in their homes by rocket attacks or infiltration of terrorists into their...
Israel: European Countries Providing Millions to Groups Promoting BDS
Via JPost: European countries and the EU are providing millions of euros to organizations promoting the BDS movement, Israeli Public Security and Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan will say during his current visit to Germany and Italy. State funding from Europe for organizations involved in BDS is “one of the main funding sources of the movement,” his office said. He will call on...
Airbnb Faces Israeli Class-Action Lawsuit for Delisting Israeli Communities in the West Bank
Via Reuters: Lawyers launched a class action lawsuit in Jerusalem District Court on Thursday against Airbnb after it withdrew listings of Israeli communities in the West Bank. Ma’anit Rabinovich from the West Bank community of Kida, who offers guest room rentals, said through her attorneys that the move “represents especially grave, offensive and outrageous discrimination.” It...
U.S. Accuses Iran of Failing to Declare Chemical Weapons
Via Reuters: Iran has not declared all its chemical weapons capabilities to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague, in violation of an international non-proliferation convention, U.S. Ambassador Kenneth Ward told the organization on Thursday. He said Iran had failed to report a production facility for the filling of aerial bombs and maintains a program to...
Iran’s Rouhani calls Israel a ‘cancerous tumor’ established by West | The Times of Israel
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday called Israel a “cancerous tumor” established by Western countries to advance their interests in the Middle East. Iran’s leaders frequently condemn Israel and predict its demise, but Rouhani, a relative moderate, rarely employs such rhetoric. Source: Iran’s Rouhani calls Israel a ‘cancerous tumor’ established by West | The Times of...