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At least twenty killed in Gaza amid violent clashes
Israeli Police and Palestinians have been clashing for several days over proposed plans to evict Palestinian families by Jewish settlers. At least twenty people were killed overnight but it’s not clear whether the victims were killed in errant rocket fire by Hamas or in Israeli retaliation. ABC NewsRadio’s Thomas Oriti spoke with Lana Tatour, a lecturer…
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Violence escalates in Jerusalem and from Gaza
ABC RN reporter Rachel Mealey tells us that Israeli jets are bombing Gaza in retaliation for over 150 rocket attacks as Jerusalem sees some of the worst violence in years. We hear how various members of the international community is asking for both sides to exercise restraint, speaking in careful tones so as to not…
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Israeli air strikes kill nine children among others in Gaza
Jerusalem: Violent clashes over Jerusalem have escalated dramatically, ending with Gaza health officials saying at least 20 people, including nine children, were killed by Israeli air strikes launched after Palestinian militant groups fired rockets close to Jerusalem. Israel’s military said it carried out strikes against armed groups, rocket launchers and military posts in Gaza after militants…
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What is happening in Jerusalem and Gaza?
Jerusalem: There’s been a rapid escalation of violence between Israelis and Palestinians after weeks of clashes and demonstrations in Jerusalem. Early Wednesday morning (Israel time) hostilities between Israel and Hamas escalated, with 35 Palestinians killed in Gaza and three in Israel in the most intensive aerial exchanges for years. Israel carried out hundreds of air strikes in…
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Auschwitz survivor went through five camps
LOTTE WEISS: 1923 – 2021 The extraordinary Lotte Weiss was one of the first Jewish prisoners of Auschwitz. In March 1942, at the age of 18, she was forcibly transported by cattle wagon to Auschwitz, along with her two older sisters. Her number 2065 – indelibly embedded on her left arm by the tattooist of Auschwitz,…
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Hundreds hurt in Jerusalem clashes between Israelis, Palestinians
More than 300 people were wounded Monday in renewed clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police in Jerusalem, Palestinian medics said, as an Israeli celebration of its 1967 takeover of the holy city threatened to further inflame tensions. Palestinians hurled rocks at Israeli officers in riot gear who fired rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas…
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Israeli police fear unrest in Jerusalem
Israeli police have beefed up forces in east Jerusalem and blocked busloads of Muslim pilgrims headed to the Al-Aqsa mosque for the holiest night of Ramadan, threatening to escalate already heightened religious tensions that have unleashed the worst unrest in the holy city in years. Police defended their actions as security moves, but these were…
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Bahrain, UAE condemn Israel over clashes at al-Aqsa mosque
Israel faced international criticism after clashes between police and worshippers at al-Aqsa mosque following protests over the potential eviction of Palestinians from a neighbourhood in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem. The clashes continued on Saturday night, the holiest night of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan. Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates condemned Israel earlier on Saturday.…
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Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher welcomed at Bondi’s Central Synagogue
Having been introduced to Bondi’s Central Synagogue Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher are now part of one of Sydney’s most affluent communities whose worshippers include some of Australia’s wealthiest and most famous individuals. The warmest of embraces has been extended to new Sydneysiders Sacha Baron Cohen and his wife Isla Fisher by Sydney’s Jewish…
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Israeli police and Palestinians clash at Jerusalem holy site
Jerusalem: Israeli police firing tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets clashed with stone-throwing Palestinians at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Monday, the latest in a series of confrontations that threatened to push the contested city toward wider conflict. More than a dozen tear gas canisters and stun grenades landed in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, one…