Death in a synagogue
Avi Davis
November 20, 2014
They could hear the iron doors at the front of the synagogue clang shut behind them.
Category
violence
Timeline: Rising violence in Israel
Jewish Journal
November 18, 2014
Over the past several weeks, tension and violence have risen steadily in Jerusalem, culminating in Tuesday\’s attack on a synagogue in which four Israeli worshippers were shot and knifed to death by Palestinians assailants.
In Israel, no one’s backing down from a Third Intifada
Simone Wilson
November 12, 2014
On the platform of the central bus stop and hitchhiking post for Gush Etzion, a Jewish settlement bloc that spills over Israel’s eastern border into Palestinian territory, wet sand was poured on Nov. 11 to cover a human-sized blood stain from the night before.
Israeli forces kill Palestinian as clashes flare in West Bank
Jewish Journal
November 11, 2014
Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian during clashes on Tuesday in the West Bank, a day after Palestinian assailants fatally stabbed an Israeli soldier and a woman in attacks that raised fears of a new uprising.
Palestinians clash with Israeli troops again over holy site
Jewish Journal
November 7, 2014
Palestinian protesters fought with Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem and the West Bank on Friday, the latest clashes in a fortnight of violence over access to Jerusalem\’s holiest site.
Jewish-Arab violence in Jerusalem sends tensions spiraling
Jewish Journal
October 23, 2014
Latest killing of Israeli baby sparks angry response.
Rivlin: Violence an epidemic in Israeli society
Jewish Journal
October 20, 2014
The epidemic of violence permeates every sector of Israel, the country’s president, Reuven Rivlin, said in an address.
To be read at the NYC Rally protesting ‘The Death of Klinghoffer’
Judea Pearl
September 19, 2014
In joining you today to protest the New York Metropolitan Opera production of this opera, I echo the silenced voice of my son, Daniel Pearl, and the silenced voices of other victims of terror, including James Foley and Steven Sotloff, and including thousands of men, women and children who were murdered, maimed or left heartbroken by the new menace of our generation.
Cops, race and violence
Jewish Journal
September 12, 2014
The recent death of Michael Brown has elicited strong reactions across the political spectrum—from Bill O’Reilly to Louis Farrakhan—everyone seems to have an opinion on how law enforcement interacts with young black males and the likelihood of black males being shot by cops.
ISIS is much worse than Hamas
Jewish Journal
September 2, 2014
Last Friday, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach began an advertising campaign to defend the State of Israel by arguing that Hamas and ISIS are equally vile. According to his press release, \”The ad equates ISIS and its execution of American journalist James Foley and Hamas\’ actions in Gaza.\”
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