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‘The Agreement Is Broken’: Israeli Reservists Resign to Protest New Law

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For 33 years, Eitan Herzel has proudly dovetailed his career in Israel’s vaunted tech industry with reserve duty in an elite commando unit of the Israeli military.

Several times a year, for a total of roughly 30 days, Mr. Herzel left his job as a tech engineer to report for duty — initially as a fighter and then to guide the selection and training of new commandos.

That life of service came to a sudden end on Tuesday when Mr.

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Israeli Reservists Threaten to Quit Over Judicial Overhaul

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More than 11,000 Israelis in the military reserve said last week they’d resign if the government’s judicial overhaul went ahead. But now that the law has been passed, military officials and experts say it will take time to test the sincerity of those warnings.

The military says that the vast majority of those who participated in the joint declarations last week have yet to either send in their resignations or formally turn down direct call-ups. Since most reservists only get

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The Remarkable Similarities of Gitmo and Israeli Military Courts

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Saving Israeli Democracy – The Atlantic

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This past summer, I marked a personal milestone: 40 years since moving to Israel.

The summer of 1982 was one of the lowest points in Israeli history. All of the ambivalence over Israel that would divide the Jewish people in the coming decades began to coalesce then, when Israel was fighting a war in Lebanon that large parts of the Israeli public regarded as unnecessary and deceitful.

I had joined an Israel that was, for the first time,

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The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh: Tracing a Bullet to an Israeli Convoy

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JENIN, West Bank — The journalists thought they were safe.

Several blocks away, a gunfight between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian men had just stopped. Hoping to interview witnesses, the group of reporters headed down the street toward an Israeli military convoy. Among them was Shireen Abu Akleh, a veteran Palestinian-American television correspondent.

Suddenly, six bullets flew toward them, and they ran for cover. Ms. Abu Akleh crouched next to a carob tree.

Seven more shots rang out.

“Is anyone injured?”

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Israeli cops say they intervened in funeral of Al Jazeera journalist because mob STOLE coffin

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Israeli police officers charged at Palestinian mourners carrying the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday, before thousands led her casket through Jerusalem’s Old City in an outpouring of grief and anger over her killing.

In a statement the Israeli police explained how the mob threatened the driver of the Akleh’s hearse before attempting to steal the coffin. 

‘Plans for the funeral procession of Shireen Abu-Akleh were coordinated in advance by the Israel Police together with the

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Meet the Tinder Swindler’s girlfriend – a Ukraine-born Israeli model who is sticking by the felon

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Prepare to meet the ‘Tinder Swindler’s girlfriend – a Ukraine-born Israeli model who is sticking by the convicted felon, despite him allegedly scamming women out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Israeli-born con artist Shimon Heyada Hayut – whose scams were the focus of an explosive new Netflix documentary – broke his silence in his first interview since the movie dropped on February 2.

Hayut, 31, recently sat down with Inside Edition for a shocking two-part interview, during which he

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Israeli Law & Torture: From Detained Minors to a Prison “Torture Room”

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Israeli wird von Palästinenser in der Nähe der heiligsten Stätte in Jerusalem getötet

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JERUSALEM – Ein palästinensischer Lehrer hat am Sonntagmorgen einen israelischen Reiseleiter mit einer automatischen Waffe in der Nähe der heiligsten Stätte in Jerusalem erschossen, sagten israelische Beamte. Es war die erste Tötung eines jüdischen israelischen Zivilisten durch einen palästinensischen Schützen seit Mai.

Die militante islamistische Gruppe Hamas sagte, der Schütze sei ein hochrangiges Mitglied ihrer Bewegung in Ost-Jerusalem.

Der Angriff belebte sofort Aufrufe rechtsgerichteter Israelis, Metalldetektoren in der Nähe der Eingänge zu der heiligen Stätte zu installieren – bekannt als

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Israeli wird von verkleideten palästinensischen Militanten in der Nähe der heiligsten Stätte in Jerusalem getötet

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JERUSALEM – Ein als ultra-orthodoxer Jude verkleideter palästinensischer Lehrer hat am Sonntagmorgen einen israelischen Reiseleiter mit einer automatischen Waffe in der Nähe der heiligsten Stätte in Jerusalem erschossen, sagten israelische Beamte. Es war die erste Tötung eines jüdischen israelischen Zivilisten durch einen palästinensischen Schützen seit Mai.

Die militante islamistische Gruppe Hamas sagte, der Schütze sei ein hochrangiges Mitglied ihrer Bewegung in Ost-Jerusalem.

Der Angriff belebte sofort Aufrufe rechtsgerichteter Israelis, Metalldetektoren in der Nähe der Eingänge zu der heiligen Stätte zu

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