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J'lem Post selection of the day
Gaza: Fighting breaks out between PA police, Hamas Five Palestinian policemen and two Hamas operatives were injured in exchanges of gunfire Tuesday morning in the Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Army Radio reported. Get out the popcorn. IDF kills 2 Islamic Jihad fugitives near Jenin IDF forces killed two senior Islamic Jihad fugitives in the Jenin area of the West Bank. Every little bit helps. Study: Most Israelis want to legalize prostitution The majority of Jewish Israelis are interested in granting business licenses to prostitutes, a recent study showed. The study, presented Tuesday in the Knesset by Mina Tzemach, found that 65 percent of Israelis believe that the government should provide medical supervision for the prostitutes. Two-thirds of those polled expressed a desire to grant licensed prostitutes the same social rights other workers receive, such as sick days and severance packages. Life goes on. Sappers blow up explosives near Neveh Dekalim And Paleos remain Paleos. Our World: America's democratic terrorists By CAROLINE B. GLICK Yesterday Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari, accompanied by a dozen Iraqi cabinet ministers, rounded off a three-day official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran. While there, Jaafari met with Iranian arch-dictator Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, outgoing president Mohammad Khatami and president-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Democracy building? The Region: What cease-fire? By BARRY RUBIN During the five months between the February 8 cease-fire decision by the Palestinians and July 8, Palestinians carried out 812 attacks on Israeli targets. In thousands more cases attacks were disrupted by Israeli arrests, security efforts or defensive operations. . . . REMARKABLY, nearly half (47 percent) of the attacks since the cease-fire have been claimed by Fatah, the ruling group in the PA, into whose hands the international community now proposes to place $3 billion in aid. Posted by: gromgorru 2005-07-19 |
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