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October 4, 2012
Israel says Syrian mortar strike was attack on NATO
Israel\’s Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor said on Thursday a deadly Syrian mortar strike on a Turkish town had to be considered an attack on a member of the NATO alliance.
Americans hold strong favorable views of Israel, new poll finds
Seventy percent of Americans view Israel favorably, according to a survey conducted by the Foreign Policy Initiative.
Iverson signing on with Maccabi Haifa for U.S. games—and maybe longer
Former NBA Most Valuable Player Allen Iverson reportedly will play for Maccabi Haifa in its two exhibition games against NBA teams — and perhaps longer.
Gambling British haredim blamed for spate of burglaries
Gambling debts among haredi Orthodox British Jews spurred a spate of burglaries in Jewish homes and institutions, The Jewish Chronicle reported.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers heat up the Holyland
The Red Hot Chili Peppers made their first visit to Israel on Sept. 10, but the band member who stole the show wasn’t even onstage. Hillel Slovak – the group’s Israeli-American guitarist and co-founder – died tragically of a heroin overdose in 1988, but his presence was felt throughout every moment of the raucous performance in Tel Aviv.
Flotilla sponsor tweets that Zionists helped perpetrate the Holocaust
The founder of the Free Gaza Movement, which uses flotillas in trying to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza, tweeted that Zionists were responsible for the Holocaust, then apologized.
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