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The concrete barriers surrounding the Jerusalem neighborhood Gilo will be removed. The barriers were erected eight years ago during the second Palestinian intifada to protect the residents of Gilo from regular sniper fire from the Palestinian town Beit Jala. The decision to remove the protective structures, announced Aug. 12 by the Israel Defense Forces, was [...]
Earlier this week Israel announced it would participate in a UN inquiry into the disastrous flotilla raid in May. It marks a contrast with Israel’s lack of participation in a similar inquiry on the Gaza War, which resulted in the now infamous Goldstone Report. Seems as though Netanyahu is thinking differently this time. But will [...]
Israel-related stories abound in the Intermountain Jewish News and in the Jewish press in general. But there were two stories in particular that caught our eye this week - for their contrast. In Pennsylvania, a senatorial election has morphed into a “proxy war” between different pro-Israel camps, namely the more left J Street and the [...]
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