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A Palestinian protester prepares a molotov cocktail during clashes with IDF soldiers in Hebron. (photo: Elias Nawawieh)
WATCH: Palestinians, IDF clash in Hebron, days after soldier’s death
Clashes erupted Tuesday in Hebron, just days after an Israeli soldier was shot dead in the city. The clashes, which began as a small protest, slowly swelled into a full-scale confrontation, as hundreds of Palestinian youth threw rocks and molotov cocktails at rubber bullet-wielding soldiers.  By Elias Nawawieh The confrontation began after the Israelis closed…
By +972 Magazine September 24, 2013
An Ethiopian bar attacked by a mob after a protest against African refugees and asylum seekers in Tel Aviv's Hatikva neighborhood on May 23, 2012. (Photo: Activestills)
The face of violence: between racism and banal evil
In 1998, an Israeli film appeared called “Buzz.” It was based on a true story that had rocked the country four years earlier: two teenagers murdered a taxi driver, shooting him six times in the back. In the style of some great literature, there was no motive at all, just sheer thrill for boys who…
By Dahlia Scheindlin September 1, 2012
Hassan Hassan, injured in West Bank firebomb attack August 17, 2012 (Activestills)
Netanyahu reaches out to Abbas to condemn firebomb attack
In an atypical move, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu contacted, through an envoy, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Friday to express the severity of Thursday’s firebomb attack on a Palestinian taxi cab that left six people, including two children, injured. According to Haaretz, the prime minister conveyed to Abbas that Israeli security forces would do everything in their…
By Mairav Zonszein August 18, 2012
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