Israeli, three grandchildren killed in plane crash
Jewish Journal
July 14, 2010
An Israeli man from Skokie, Ill., and three of his grandchildren were killed when the plane he was piloting crashed.
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July 14, 2010
Is the Gaza Blockade Backfiring?
Jewish Journal
July 14, 2010
In the weeks since Israel’s lethally bungled raid on a boatload of protesters trying to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, the Jewish state has come under tremendous pressure to lift its punishing blockade of the Palestinian enclave. Though they’ve recently announced a partial easing of restrictions on imports, Israel argues it must continue to isolate Gaza to keep Hamas from smuggling in weapons and ultimately drive them out of power. In other words, Palestinian civilians must suffer economic hardship so that Israeli civilians are no longer menaced by rockets.\n
Op-Ed: Direct talks are needed to advance peace
Jewish Journal
July 14, 2010
In the history of the State of Israel, never have there been preconditions for face-to-face peace talks. While it was not obligated to do so, the Israeli government last November ordered a 10-month freeze in new building projects in the West Bank.
Jordanian queen rejects offers to publish book in Hebrew
Jewish Journal
July 14, 2010
Jordan’s Queen Rania rejected offers to have her new children\’s book published in Hebrew.
Clinton makes plea for Cuban detainee Alan Gross
Jewish Journal
July 14, 2010
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton asked Jewish groups to press the case of Alan Gross, an American Jew imprisoned in Cuba.
Jerusalemite, Irishman team for Shalit video
Jewish Journal
July 14, 2010
An Irish Christian and a Jerusalem psychotherapist have collaborated on a YouTube video commemorating captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Billboard linking Obama to Hitler papered over
Jewish Journal
July 14, 2010
A billboard in Iowa linking President Obama to Hitler and Lenin was papered over.
Israeli Cinema’s Latest Offer is an Admirable Letdown
Jewish Journal
July 14, 2010
The selection: A train journey inside an apartment; an alter boy who questions his faith after finding a fake Easter egg; a skateboarding-obsessed Palestinian Israeli dates a Jewish woman; a pre-Bar Mitzvah boy struggles with erotic dreams; a guard at a secret torture center falls in love with a prisoner; a man trains to be a certified Jewish undertaker and work with the dead; another sets up a fake Hamas missile launch to get into a bomb shelter with the object of his desire; a politician stumbles upon a prepared obituary of himself; a documentary on Israel’s contested 443 highway; a spy is secretly arrested after an Israeli Defense Ministry event in his honor; a Bedouin documentary; and more.
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