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Boycotters Bully and Neo-Nazis Storm

"I'm as Israeli as they get."
--'A.', a 27-year-old Muslim Iranian woman living in Tel-Aviv since age 12.

  • Israel to funnel (outside) aid to Palestinians in case of earthquake - Decision comes in the wake of a 5.5-magnitude quake which rattled Israel and the West Bank on Friday. (Haaretz)
  • Court rules Judaism, not place of birth, is grounds for Israeli citizenship - Israeli court denies petition by anti-coercion activist to be recognized as Israeli without connection to Judaism, says citizenship is solely determined by law of return. (Haaretz)
  • Member of (Jewish terrorist) underground to stay in jail - Shlomi Davir was sentenced to 15 years in prison for placing a wagon loaded with explosives next to an Arab girls' school in E. Jerusalem. He will not be released early. (Yedioth, p. 26)
  • National Library acquires first Arabic translation of Babylonian Talmud - On a stand at the book fair in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia about two months ago was a sign advertising the first translation in history of the Babylonian Talmud into Arabic. (Haaretz)
  • Irish writer Gerard Donovan accuses pro-Palestinian group of 'bullying' him to boycott Israel (Haaretz)
  • Suspected neo-Nazis storm pro-Israel event in Germany (Israel Hayom)

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Peter Beinart

Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is associate professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. His new book, The Crisis of Zionism, was published by Times Books in April 2012.

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