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October 7, 2015

Rock-Throwing, Shootings, Stabbings—and Mahmoud Abbas

“A win-win situation for a weak and unpopular leader.”

In addition to the recent stabbing and shooting murders of Israeli Jews by Palestinian terrorists, there has been a marked increase in rock-throwing, some of it fatal. Its perpetrators tend to be teenagers or children—and this, writes Ruthie Blum, is part of the strategy:

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October 7, 2015

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    A brother’s eulogy.

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    A review of a new biography.

  3. On Jewish Studies and Jews’ Declining Popularity

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  5. Rock-Throwing, Shootings, Stabbings—and Mahmoud Abbas

    “A win-win situation for a weak and unpopular leader.”