A private security guard shot the 28-year-old woman – who had served time in Israeli jail for attempted stabbing – after he called on her to stop, according to the police's account of the incident at Qalandiyah
The confluence of events in Jerusalem over the past few weeks has turned the city into a powder keg once more, with aggressive policing from inexperienced leaders one of the main culprits. But that doesn't mean a third intifada is now inevitable
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Apr. 20, 2021
During the Second Lebanon War in 2006, Bank Leumi decided to lift the spirits of the people and handed out hundreds of thousands of blue stickers promising, “We will win.” Somebody stuck one on the desk in the control tower at Atarot Airport.
The present state of the airport in northern Jerusalem, 20 years after it was closed down at the height of the Second Intifada, tells us nothing about its magnificent past. The room we stand in is a ruin. Pieces of long-obsolete computers are strewn on the floor; lengths of cable, sheets of metal and chunks of insulation hang down from the ceiling. The windows are broken or missing. Everything is coated in dust.
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May. 1, 2021 11:54 AM
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla does not update his Twitter account very often, but he sent out a celebratory tweet last week after inking a deal with Israel. “Pfizer and governments around the world are working on longer-term pandemic preparedness. Today we signed our first 2022 government agreement with Israel to supply millions of doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine with the option to purchase millions of additional doses,” he tweeted.
Reactions were quick to come. Many of them focused on one issue – the Palestinians’ vaccine situation in comparison to that of Israel. “‘Israel’ wants to ensure that all settlers are vaccinated while Palestinians have to wait;” “The Israeli occupation must provide the vaccine to the Palestinians in accordance with international law;” “Although ‘Israel’ has been praised for its swift vaccine rollout, it has not provided Palestinians in