Meeting the owner of the L.A. urban farm where Kimbra wrote “The Golden Echo”
Jared Sichel
August 21, 2014
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August 21, 2014
Militants, weapons transit Gaza tunnels despite Egyptian crackdown
Jewish Journal
August 21, 2014
A third of the houses on the main street of this Bedouin town near Egypt\’s border with Gaza look derelict, but inside they buzz with the activity of tunnel smugglers scrambling to survive a security crackdown by the Egyptian army.\n
Turkish foreign minister set to be Erdogan’s new prime minister
Jewish Journal
August 21, 2014
Turkish president-elect Recep Tayyip Erdoğan named Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as his future prime minister on Thursday and said a power struggle with a U.S.-based cleric, a Kurdish peace process and a new constitution would be his top priorities.
The silent treatment
Jewish Journal
August 21, 2014
It was as if we had never gone to Israel at all.
The killing machine called ISIS
Jewish Journal
August 21, 2014
Long before ISIS – the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria – released the horrific video depicting the execution of journalist James Foley, the world had already become acutely aware that there was no limit to the group’s brutality and ruthlessness.
U.S. forces tried but failed to rescue hostages in Syria
Jewish Journal
August 21, 2014
U.S. forces tried to rescue journalist James Foley and other American hostages during a secret mission into Syria and exchanged gunfire with Islamic State militants only to discover the captives were not there, officials said on Wednesday.
Gaza experiencing severe water shortage
Jewish Journal
August 21, 2014
Gaza residents are suffering from a severe water shortage as a result of the ongoing conflict there.
BDS is destructive
Jewish Journal
August 21, 2014
I never intended to write about politics, let alone about religion and politics. I usually write about art, sexuality, dating, identity – the issues that generally preoccupy my brain. But when the war broke out in Gaza, it was impossible for me to stay detached.
IDF strikes kill three Hamas commanders
Jewish Journal
August 21, 2014
Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip killed three senior Hamas commanders.
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