Author: Ruth Eglash
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More than 1,300 Palestinians shot Monday, according to health ministry in Gaza
MAGHAZI, Gaza — Fourteen-year-old Wisal Sheikh Khalil had wire cutters out and was trying to break through Gaza’s boundary fence into Israel when she was shot dead by Israeli soldiers on Monday, according to her younger brother, who was with her at the time. She was one of at least 60 Palestinians killed by Israeli troops during…
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Toll for Gaza protests rises to 61 with more protests expected
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Ahead of another day of protests, the death toll for those killed by Israeli forces at the Gaza boundary fence climbed to 61 on Tuesday, according to local health officials. Monday’s protests saw a level of bloodshed not seen in Gaza since a 2014 war with Israel and more could…
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Jerusalem welcomes the new U.S. Embassy as Palestinians decry ‘hostile’ move
JERUSALEM — An American delegation including White House officials and major GOP donors officially opened the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, handing Israel a long-sought victory but touching off fresh clashes from outraged Palestinians. The ceremony — attended by President Trump’s daughter Ivanka — capped Trump’s pledge to shift the U.S. Embassy from Tel…
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Singer Lorde canceled her concert in Israel. Now those who told her not to go are being sued.
JERUSALEM – She might be the most recent proponent of a cultural boycott against Israel for its ongoing occupation of the West Bank, but now New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde is also the first international artist to prompt a lawsuit for canceling her concert in the Jewish state. On Wednesday, Shurat HaDin, the Israel Law Center,…
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Female journalists covering Pence in Israel forced to stand behind male colleagues
JERUSALEM — If there’s one thing female journalists covering the trip of Vice President Pence to Israel will remember it is the “special treatment” they received, first by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security detail and second, in their “unique” vantage point while covering Pence’s visit to the Western Wall on Tuesday. At Netanyahu’s office…
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Muslim worshipers confront police as Israel maintains metal detectors at holy site
JERUSALEM -Thousands of Muslim worshipers held prayer services at noon Friday outside the gates of Jerusalem’s Old City after being denied entry to the al-Aqsa Mosque, or refusing to enter in protest, as tensions mounted after the Israeli government decided to keep in place controversial security arrangements at the entrance to the sensitive holy site.…
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Netanyahu blasts UN, Obama over West Bank settlements resolution
JERUSALEM – In a fiery speech Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked President Barack Obama and the United Nations for the passage a day before of a harsh resolution that criticized Israel’s settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Netanyahu said the resolution was part of the “swan song of old world…