Gaza Flare-up Islamic Jihad Has Long-range Rockets. Hamas Has Long-term Goals
And how one decision cast a shadow on Israel's military success
Breaking:
- Rocket sirens sound in southern Israeli city of Be'er Sheva (Haaretz)
- Trump pardons two army officers, restores rank of another who were accused of war crimes (Reuters)
- S&P downgrades Lebanon's credit rating amidst ongoing protests (Reuters)
- Suspected Neo-Nazi charged with gun crime in Texas (AP)
- Ukraine says it has detained deputy to slain Islamic State official (Reuters)
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BDSM Increasingly Dominant in Israeli Nightlife
To Prove He Needed Surgery, He Removed His Glass Eye
Sanders' Self-serving Guide to Fighting anti-Semitism
Both Israel and Hamas Know There Are No Free Gifts
How Lebanon Arrived at the Edge of an Economic Abyss
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Every time Israel faces a military “escalation,” the thin wrapping that barely covers its institutionalized racism is revealed. The primary inciter, as usual, has been Prime Min...
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The ousted ambassador to Ukraine describes 'smear campaign' by close Trump allies and 'very intimidating' public comments by the president
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Security forces use live fire, roadside bomb explodes in central square as death toll in protests reached at least 320 since October 1
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Move comes after Polish Prime Minister complained that the streaming giant's series about the trial of Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk shows a map of Nazi death camps inside the borders of modern Poland
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