CLOSE Streaks of light are seen as Israel s Iron Dome anti-missile system intercept rockets launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel May 13, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
JERUSALEM - Israeli troops have entered the Gaza Strip as part of the ongoing military operation against the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, the military said on Friday. Israeli planes and troops on the ground are carrying out an attack in the Gaza Strip, the army said in a brief message.
Army spokesman Jonathan Conricus confirmed that Israeli soldiers had entered the Palestinian enclave, without giving any numbers.
Earlier Thursday, Israel pounded Gaza and deployed extra troops and tanks to the border as Palestinians fired barrages of rockets back, with the death toll in the enclave on the fourth day of conflict climbing to over 100.
by Vijay Prashad / May 13th, 2021
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Samurai, the Watcher (Koya no Yojinbo), 1965.
Ugliness defines the mood of state violence from Cali (Colombia) to Durban (South Africa), each context different and the depth of the violence particular to the location. Images of security forces cracking down on people trying to express their political rights have become commonplace. It is impossible to keep track of the events, which move swiftly from public manifestations to courtroom scenes, from the dissipation of tear gas to the invisible frustration of the prison cell. Yet, underlying these events and amidst the range of feelings that shape them lies a sense of refusal, the Great Refusal, the refusal to accept the terms dictated from those in power and the refusal to express this dissent in polite terms.
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Synagogues are set alight by arsonists. An elderly Arab man is killed. A Jewish soldier is viciously beaten. A Jewish police officer is shot. A Jewish family is attacked. A fish restaurant and a hotel owned by Jews are torched. A pregnant Arab woman is seriously injured by a rock thrown at her head. An Arab driver is dragged from his car and pummelled by a mob.
Lies & Libels Are Again Fueling Attacks Against Jews
We have to fight against this assault on the truth and assault on morality as if our lives depend on it. Because, ultimately, they do.
Micha Danzig served in the Israeli Army and is a former police officer with the NYPD. He is currently an attorney and is very active with numerous Jewish and pro-Israel organizations, including Stand With Us, T.E.A.M. and the FIDF.
Firefighters put out a fire that was lit by rioters in the Hadar neighborhood on May 13, 2021 in Haifa, Israel. (Photo by Daniel Rolider/Getty Images)
May 14, 2021
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin condemned as “unforgivable” the “bloodthirsty Arab mob” that “injured people, damaged property and even attacked sacred Jewish spaces” this week.
By Israel Kasnett, JNS
The Israel Police instituted a blanket curfew on the central Israeli town of Lod on Wednesday night after Arab rioters destroyed cars, businesses and synagogues the day before. Arabs continued to riot into the evening in other towns with large Arab populations, including Akko, Jaffa, Bat Yam, Haifa and Tiberias.
In a video posted online on Wednesday, Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin came down hard on the Arab rioters.
“The sight of the pogrom in Lod and the disturbances across the country by an incited and bloodthirsty Arab mob, injuring people, damaging property and even attacking sacred Jewish spaces is unforgivable,” he declared.