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The Heritage receives email from Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), an Israeli research institute that studies Palestinian society from a broad range of perspectives. Founded in 1996, its director, Itmar Marcus, and associate director, Barbara Crook, and analyst, Nan Jacques Zilberdik, monitor and analyze the Palestinian Authority through its media and schoolbooks. PMW’s major focus is on the messages that the Palestinian leaders, from the Palestinian Authority, Fatah and Hamas, send to the population through the broad range of institutions and i...
This article was written in 2012. (Israel21c)-Mohamed Ashgar is bored. The 11-year-old, who suffers from rheumatic heart disease, has been at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon-south of Tel Aviv-for a week waiting for surgery, but it was delayed because of poor blood test results. Now he just wants to have the operation and get back home quickly to his parents and his four brothers and sisters. His dream when he is finally well again-to go back to school. Ill health has kept him out of class for...
Bodies of kidnapped Israeli teens found in West Bank field JERUSALEM (JTA)—The bodies of three kidnapped Israeli teenagers were found in the West Bank in a field north of Hebron. The families of Gilad Shaar, Naftali Frenkel and Eyal Yifrach had been notified of the discovery, the Israeli media said at about 8:30 p.m. Monday. The bodies were positively identified. It is believed that the bodies were dumped in haste and covered quickly. The teens reportedly were killed shortly after they were abducted on June 12. The teens were last seen t...
LOS ANGELES (JTA)-It's Friday night, and patrons are sitting and chatting over plates of tajine and hummus waiting for the evening's main event, a stand-up comedy show. It could be any nightspot in this city. But a closer look reveals a bolder agenda than just good food and entertainment. The comedy show, part of a long-running series called "The Sultans of Satire," features Muslim and Jewish comedians with roots in Iran, Afghanistan and Morocco. The room's walls, meanwhile, display an art...
