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After a special ops unit failed to find a ‘wanted,’ disabled youth in a refugee camp, a soldier aimed at the roof of a five-story building, his bullet smashing into and killing a teen watching the goings-on.

Netanyahu calculated that it was preferable for him to let the High Court stop the settlers, and thereby to profit twice.

Epidemic of experts as worrying as coronavirus: As pundits race to TV studios to spread unfounded facts and panic, one must bear in mind what they were warning at the start of the crisis compared to the comfortable state of health resources at hand today.

At least 15 of those communities pose a geographic challenge because they are located in territory that according to the Trump plan, is designated to be part of a future Palestinian state.

While pools, beaches and bars reopen, parliament remains steadfastly closed to advocacy groups and media, even as it prepares to pass the most important budget bill in decades.

The 32-year-old autistic Palestinian lay wounded and terrified on the ground while his caregiver, standing nearby, tried to explain to Israeli policemen that he had a disability and pleaded for his life. To no avail: He was shot dead within minutes.

A health minister who made no health decisions, a finance minister begging to leave office — and powerful directors general setting policy in lieu of indifferent politicians.

A Palestinian surgeon, a Jewish patient, a Nazi medical text — and an unlikely bond.

The problem isn’t whether the rules are enforced by decree or by law, it’s the policy itself, which infringes on individual rights.

This is what a police state looks like.
The emergency regulations, which were hastily enacted when the coronavirus pandemic began, naturally entailed major violations of human rights – freedom of occupation, freedom of movement, personal autonomy, the right to demonstrate, the right to education and freedom of religion and conscience.

Today’s Jews and Arabs in Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and parts of Syria get half their ancestry from Bronze Age Levantines, who descended from a mix of locals and migrants from Iran or the Caucasus.

The ‘Deal of the Century’ has reignited the debate between the pragmatic settler faction and those who believe giving up the rest of the land represents nothing less than ethical bankruptcy.

In full ruling on petitions that sought to prevent Netanyahu from forming government, judges express discomfort but say no legal justification to intervene.

In pre-trial speech, Netanyahu assails the justice system and media. ‘The goal is to bring down a strong PM… and keep the right away from power for years’: Before entering courtroom, PM rails against law enforcement, demands ‘full transparency’

PM’s allies claim the right-wing and the marginalized are in the dock with him; opponents say the rule of law is at stake; come the day, how will half the country handle defeat?