Israel
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US
For Democrats, Crisis in Israel Could Be a Unifying Force
The party’s traditional support for Israel has been tested in recent years by a vocal liberal wing, but the attacks in Israel could allow it to bridge the divide.
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World
U.N. Official Warns of ‘Huge Disaster’ in Gaza as Israel Strikes Back at Hamas
A United Nations official called the suffering of people in Gaza on Thursday “absolutely horrible,” as Israel continued pummeling the crowded, blockaded territory in retaliation for the deadly weekend incursion by Hamas, the armed Palestinian ...
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Newyork
What More Must the Children of Gaza Suffer?
The bomb exploded a few hundred feet from where I was sitting with my wife, Safa, and my three children, Ali, Karam and Adam. Ali, 13, screamed; Karam, 10, buried his face in my chest; and Adam, 5, burst into tears. We were in the outdoor area at the ...
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Newyork
The Massacre in Israel and the Need for a Decent Left
On Tuesday evening, I was drinking on the porch of my friend and neighbor Misha Shulman, the Israel-born rabbi of a progressive New York synagogue called the New Shul. All day, he’d been on the phone with congregants deeply distraught over the ...
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World
The Retired Israeli General Who Grabbed His Pistol and Took On Hamas
By rushing to confront the attackers himself, Israel Ziv has become a public symbol of Israel’s former military successes — and its failure this time.
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World
Thursday Briefing
Israel’s unity government.
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US
N.Y.U. Law Student Sends Anti-Israel Message and Loses a Job Offer
The controversy is the latest sign of the deep divide on campuses over the Hamas attack that killed more than 1,000 people.
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Newyork
Seeking a Moral Compass in Gaza’s War
The terror attacks by Hamas against civilians who were in their homes and dancing at a concert are being called Israel’s Sept. 11, and that’s a fair comparison. Let’s hope that Israel responds to this outrage more wisely than we in the United States ...
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News
Natural Gas Prices Rise on Israel Concerns and Finland Pipeline Leak
Natural gas prices have jumped this week in Europe on worries about supplies stemming from the conflicts in Israel and Ukraine. Prices for benchmark European gas contracts are up more than 20 percent since the end of last week. The latest source of ...
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World
Why Tensions Are Rising on Israel’s Border With Lebanon as it Fights Hamas in Gaza
As Israeli forces finish securing southern towns after the Hamas-led incursion and assembles forces on the border with Gaza, attention is also falling on the country’s volatile northern frontier with Lebanon, where the Israeli Army has been engaged ...