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Frayed cloak, rusty dagger?
According to witnesses, a black-clad man in his 20's attached a magnetic replica bomb to the door of a car parked in Tel Aviv's tony port district, and tried to slip away. He was spotted by two diners at a nearby restaurant who, thinking him a terrorist or mob contract-killer, alerted police. Confronted by the cops, the suspect revealed that he was on a Mossad drill. The story surfaced on Tuesday evening, after government censors dropped a gag order. Full Article | Comments [2]
Settlements, statehood and speechifying
Benjamin Netanyahu's much-anticipated policy speech on Sunday was lavishly covered by the Israeli press, though pundits sounded reservations about the significance of the prime minister's chief concession ... Full Article | Comments [6]
Clear the fog of war... with a quiz
Israel's recent offensive in the Gaza Strip, with its heavy toll on Palestinian civilians, inflamed a long-running debate about how the laws of war can be applied to guerrilla-style fighting. Far from ... Full Article | Comments [1]
