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After two weeks of hope, a community mourns slain Israeli teens
Only 18 days after joining together in a hopeful prayer vigil for three Israeli teenage boys abducted at a bus stop outside their school, 1,500 members of the Los Angeles Jewish community grieved together in a memorial service for the teens—Gilad Shaar, Eyal Yifrach, and Naftali Frenkel—whose bodies were found on June 30 in a field north of Hebron.
Tel Aviv bus bomb mastermind indicted
Israel\’s military prosecutor filed an indictment against the head of a Palestinian terrorist cell who organized the bombing of a bus in Tel Aviv.
More diplomacy to try to halt Israel-Gaza fighting
Hostilities between Islamist militants and Israel entered a sixth day on Monday as diplomatic efforts were set to intensify to try to stop rocket fire from the Gaza Strip and Israeli air strikes on Gaza.
Palestinian hunger strikers denied release
Israel\’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal for the release of two hunger-striking Palestinians.
House subcommittee set to OK $1 billion for Israel anti-missile programs
The U.S. House of Representatives defense appropriations subcommittee is set to approve nearly $1 billion for Israeli and joint Israeli-U.S. missile defense programs.
Shalit deal only worsens the conflict
No one should mistake the afterglow in Israel from the release of Gilad Shalit, or the rare sight of Israelis and Palestinians showing mutual flexibility and actually concluding an agreement, as hopeful signs for the prospects of peace. Just the opposite: Shalit’s release, in addition to being an undeniable security risk for Israelis, is giving the Right yet another boost, and making relations with the Palestinians even worse, as hard to imagine as that may be.
Hamas denies responsibility for Israel attack
A senior Israeli official said the gunmen, unable to cross into Israel through the heavily patrolled border with the Gaza Strip, had gone into the Sinai and then infiltrated from there into southern Israel.
Three dead in Jerusalem terrorist bulldozer attack
A terrorist attack in Jerusalem by an Arab who commandeered a bulldozer on a busy downtown street and rammed it into vehicles and people left at least three people dead and dozens injured. [WEB EXTRA VIDEOS]
L.A. Times violates journalistic ethics in Anaheim City Council election coverage
Bill Dalati, a Syrian-born insurance agent, is running for a spot on Anaheim\’s City Council. His candidacy has come under scrutiny because of his association with a controversial organization with known links to the Hamas terror group and his participation at a virulently anti-Israel rally this past summer.