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International Red Cross members try to secure an ambulance for ill Palestinians for transport to Israel as Israeli tanks stand watch, northern Gaza near the Erez Crossing, June 19, 2007. (Ahmad Khateib/Flash90)
Israel deems comatose Gaza man a security threat
Abed al-Karim Abu Haloub has been in a coma in Gaza for over 40 days, requiring treatment in the West Bank. Israel repeatedly refused to allow him to leave. Israeli authorities repeatedly refused to allow a Palestinian man from the Gaza Strip to receive medical treatment in the West Bank, denying his travel permit on security…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man November 24, 2016
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Israeli website: 77 must-do activities before Iran kills us all
After the Iran deal, Israel’s days are surely numbered. So before the nuclear holocaust descends upon us, one Israeli website is suggesting you break out your bucket list and start checking things off. The result is funnier than you might think. Like many other societies embroiled in protracted violent conflict, Israel is known for a…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man July 15, 2015
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‘Israeli cellular companies paid to squat on Palestinian land’
The companies never even received permits to build antenna towers in the illegal West Bank settlement outpost of Migron, are now asking the courts to let them stay even after the settlement itself was demolished, Walla reports. Israel’s three major cellular companies, including the franchisee of Orange, paid rent to Israeli settlers who illegally established…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man April 14, 2015
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Jewish teens attack Palestinian in Jerusalem on Purim (Ch 10 screenshot)
Jewish teens attack Palestinians in two separate Purim incidents
Such attacks have become more common in recent years but media coverage has thinned. Two individual Arab-Palestinian men were assaulted by mobs of Jewish teens in Jerusalem last Thursday night. Both incidents involved victims who were set upon and beaten so severely that they had to be hospitalized. And in both cases the Israeli Hebrew…
By Lisa Goldman March 12, 2015
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