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New Netflix series about Shin Bet agents in the West Bank begins streaming next month

VARIETY Netflix Picks Up Israeli Political Thriller ‘Fauda’ by Debra Kamin November 8, 2016 Netflix has picked up “Fauda,” the nail-biting Israeli television series about a deep-cover unit of the Israeli Defense Forces. The streaming site will begin airing the drama’s … Continue reading →

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Christian NGO #WorldVision funneled millions to #Hamas, 40% in cash directly to combat units

NBC NEWS World Vision’s Gaza Manager Funneled Millions to Hamas: Israel by F. Brinley Bruton and Lawahez Jabari August 5, 2016 Israel has accused a manager working for U.S.-headquartered Christian charity World Vision of funneling millions of dollars to Islamist … Continue reading →

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Jewish extremists could “morph into equivalents of the jihadis”

ISRAEL HAYOM Cauterize the cancer of Jewish terrorism by Isi Leibler December 30, 2015 Israelis shuddered when viewing the widely publicized extracts of the wedding video in which youngsters in large white knitted kippot brandished knives like savages, sang a … Continue reading →

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At a certain point, Israel’s Right meets Left, both seeking state’s destruction

JERUSALEM POST Israel’s homegrown enemies by Caroline Glick December 24, 2015 …The Shin Bet’s history, along with the IDF’s Central Command’s longstanding policy of portraying alleged Israeli vandalism of Palestinian property as the moral equivalent of Palestinian terrorism against Israelis … Continue reading →

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Amidst accusations of torture against Israel’s Shin Bet, Bibi attempts to defuse ongoing Duma controversy

JNS Netanyahu condemns video of extremists celebrating Duma attack December 24, 2015 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday strongly condemned a video showing a group of far-right extremists celebrating the murder of a Palestinian family in the village of … Continue reading →

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Mainstream Israel Promotes Integration Despite the Lunatic Fringe

COMMENTARY by Evelyn Gordon August 3, 2015 ….The accepted wisdom, propagated by everyone from Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to Haaretz’s own editorial pages, is that the terrorists are motivated by a “climate of incitement,” in which extremist statements by right-wing … Continue reading →

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2 Palestinians confess to Samaria firebombing that injured 11-year-old girl

ISRAEL HAYOM by Staff December 28, 2014 Two days after a firebomb was hurled at a vehicle carrying 11-year-old Ayala Shapira in Samaria, security forces announced that they apprehended two Palestinian teens who confessed to committing the attack. Shapira is still … Continue reading →

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What Israel Can Teach the Secret Service

POLITICO by Avi Dichter October 7, 2014 The former head of the Shin Bet on how to protect the president The murder of Yitzhak Rabin in 1995—the first-ever assassination of an Israeli prime minister—was a terrible blow to all Israelis. … Continue reading →

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West Bank kidnapping suspects hit by IDF fire

HAARETZ by Gili Cohen September 23, 2014 Two Palestinians suspected of kidnapping and murdering three Israeli youths in the West Bank in June were hit during a firefight with Israeli forces in Hebron on Tuesday. According to the defense establishment’s … Continue reading →

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Post-war reality could lead to new diplomatic initiative. But Don’t Hold Your Breath

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Staff August 29, 2014 Netanyahu urges Abbas to choose peace with Israel over unity pact with Hamas, saying he hopes for a PA-Hamas divorce Operation Protective Edge has brought with it a diplomatic opportunity, said Prime … Continue reading →

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