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- Colleges & Universities: Denormalizing Denormali-zation, Divest This, September 23
- Hamas: Gazans Speak Out by Mudar Zahran, Gatestone Institute, September 19
- Law & Lawfare: International Law and the Gaza War by David Daoud, The Tower, September
- Media & Manipulation: The Most Important Story on Earth by Matti Friedman, Tablet, August 26
- U.S.-Israel Relationship: US-Israeli mistrust by Haviv Rettig Gur, Times of Israel, September 1
More at American Jews, BDS, Europe & Israel, Gaza, IDF, Israelis, Liberals, NGOs, Palestinians, Political Process, Polls, Refugees, Terrorism, Turkey, and United Nations.
- Abbas, at UN, accuses Israel of war crimes, racism, genocide, “attempting to artificially alter the spirit, identity and character” of Jerusalem; U.S. rejects statements as “provocative,” “counterproductive,” “offensive,” and “deeply disappointing”
- Netanyahu’s UN speech emphasizes dangers of militant Islam, a nuclear-armed Iran, Hamas, and the propaganda war against Israel; invites cooperation with Arab states and hints at openness to a “historic compromise”
- Israel indicts Hamas mastermind of June kidnapping-murder of three teens and arrests 8 accessories to the crime; kidnappers killed in shootout with IDF
- Abbas unveils new Palestinian statehood plan, IDF pullout within 3 years; rejects Egyptian offer for Palestinian State in Gaza and Sinai (some analysts doubt the reports, which Sisi denies)
- IDF shoots down drone near Syrian border
- Israel reclassified 1,000 acres in West Bank’s Etzion Bloc as State lands
- Jerusalem approves construction of 2,200 new homes in Arab neighborhoods
- Poll shows increased Hamas popularity in Gaza and the West Bank, though others disagree
- Toddler injured by rocks thrown at on Jerusalem bus
- Aliya (immigration) to Israel up 28% year-over-year
- Israel signs $15 billion gas deal with Jordan
- Israelis help clean up after Washington State fires; send experts & aid to Africa to fight Ebola
- Recent visitors to Israel include dozens of U.S. Congress members, including House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman and ranking member; a high-level delegation of Conservative Jewish leaders; Lady Gaga; Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak; Syrian opposition chief (for medical treatment); violinist Maxim Vengerov; 1200 UN peacekeepers evacuated from Syria, including 45 Fijians who had been kidnapped by Islamists; and groups, organized by StandWithUs, of parliamentary assistants from 7 European countries, law students from 10 countries, travel journalists, and British students
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