"Just Like Rubber Bullets"
"We try to avoid it as a matter of policy, despite the fact that it is considered a non-fatal weapon, just like rubber bullets."
--A senior IDF official on the use of dogs to disperse people.
- Dogs won't take part in protest dispersals - IDF's Canine Unit suspends use of dogs in crowd dispersal situations after dog bit Palestinian protester last March. (Ynet)
- Jailed former president Katsav threatened in prison (Ynet)
- Religious number of religious girls surfing sex sites - Research indicates religious teenaged girls more fascinated by online sex sites than secular girls their age. (Ynet)
- Israel detains ex-IDF soldier accused of ties to Palestinian terror group (Haaretz)
- Border Guard unit (undercover as Arabs) wins military's snipers title (Ynet)
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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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