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After bombings, New Yorkers cop an Israeli attitude: ‘Stuff’ happens By Andrew TobinSeptember 22, 2
Jewish Journal
September 22, 2016
“I heard the explosion, then I went to the deli.”
3 suicide bombings rock Saudi Arabia in a day, including near Muhammad mosque
Jewish Journal
July 5, 2016
Three suicide bombings struck Saudi Arabia on Monday, including one near where the Muslim Prophet Muhammad is said to be buried and another near the U.S. Consulate.
Islamic Jihad leaders killed in strike, Hamas’ Maashal shuns stop to bombings
Jewish Journal
November 19, 2012
As Hamas\’ leader in exile, Khaled Mashaal, brushed off a halt to bombings, Israeli airstrikes hit a Gaza media center and killed several leaders of Islamic Jihad.
Terror Victims Help Other Survivors
Tom Tugend
September 1, 2005
Yaffa Elharar, from Afula in northern Israel, has spent days outside a courtroom in the summer heat of Tampa, Fla., holding a photo of an attractive teenage girl and a sign proclaiming \”The Blood of Our Children Calls for Justice.\”\n\nElharar is in the United States as a possible witness in the ongoing trial of Sami Al-Arian, accused of heading a Florida support group for Palestinian terrorists.
Bombing Adds Insult to Ruling on Fence
Dan Baron
July 15, 2004
The International Court of Justice may have ruled it illegal, but Israel\’s West Bank security barrier has at least one new supporter.
For Sammy Masrawa, it was more baptism by fire than conversion, after Masrawa witnessed a bombing that killed an Israeli woman and wounded at least 20 others in Tel Aviv on Sunday.
Turkish Jews Dig Out After Bombs
Yigal Schleifer
November 20, 2003
Yoel Ulcer was so set on helping Istanbul\’s Jewish community that he could hardly wait to turn 18, when he could join the corps of volunteer guards that stands outside synagogues and Jewish institutions in Turkey\’s commercial capital.
Going Through Hell For The Dead
Larry Derfner
August 29, 2002
Natan Koenig was blotting up blood from the floor of the cafeteria named for Frank Sinatra at Jerusalem\’s Hebrew University. Koenig worked for two hours on that 95-degree afternoon on July 31, arriving soon after a Hamas-made bomb exploded under a table, killing nine people, including two Americans, wounding some 90 others and shattering the lunchroom.
Labor’s New Favorite
Eric Silver
August 22, 2002
At times of crisis, Israelis reach for a general. Public anxiety brought Moshe Dayan to the Defense Ministry on the eve of the 1967 Six-Day War, Yitzhak Rabin to the premiership after the traumatic near-defeat in the 1973 Yom Kippur War and the aging Ariel Sharon to power in the midst of the intifada in 2001.
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