“Shocking that anyone tolerates this happening again and again.” Gaza City, May 24 – The population of this coastal territory continued to tally its dead from a flurry of violence between militant factions and Israel last week and the week ...
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“We usually struggle to get a minyan by eight-thirty; this week we had one at the outset.” Ashkelon, May 20 – Congregation Kol Sasson has struggled for years to maintain regular services, owing to demographic changes in this Mediterranean coastal ...
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The new procedures eliminate significant manpower-hours and material expenses. Jerusalem, May 20 – The country’s Elections Commission has decided to implement a number of changes to the conduct of elections as Israel faces the prospect of the fifth election cycle ...
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The MTA might not have put so many of its assets directly in the path of an aerial bombing onslaught, but it can still proudly claim it runs the most dangerous system of tunnels in the world. New York, May 19 – ...
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“It’s hard for me to accept that the rockets we saw coming in and out of there were weapons of war.” Gaza City, May 18 – Reporters and staff from news organizations whose headquarters in this embattled coastal territory collapsed ...
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“All the unrest you have experienced this week is merely anti-Zionist, and you may therefore unburden yourselves of the anxiety over antisemitism.” Lod, May 13 – Law enforcement authorities in Israel sought to assuage the fears of Jewish residents in ...
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Activists demanded that funds for the Royal Air Force and ground-based anti-aircraft batteries be cut from the defense budget. Geneva, May 13 – As German bombs rained down on London and other British cities, diplomats, government officials, and human rights ...
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by Mahmoud Al-Zahar, Hamas spokesman Gaza City, May 12 – Madam, please stop your histrionics. The screaming will accomplish nothing but annoy me and put you and your family on a blacklist of those who get food and housing last. ...
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“We have them exactly where we want them.” Gaza City, May 11 – Members of an Islamist movement that Israel and Egypt restrict to a narrow section of land along the Mediterranean coast voiced confidence today that their endeavors will ...
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Expiating the shame of losing to Jews in 1948 takes greater precedence than treating holy things with reverence. Jerusalem, May 10 – Authorities on the Muslim faith around the world agreed today (Monday) that the religion assigns greater importance to ...
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