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2017-04-20 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Hamas Caught Using Cancer Patient to Smuggle Explosives into Israel

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Posted by Frank G 2017-04-20 18:14|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
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#1 not yet picked up by wapo, cnn ap or nytimes but they will almost certainly have to carry at least a blurb

Posted by lord garth 2017-04-19 21:33|| 2017-04-19 21:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Garth, you have a future in stand-up comedy.

Posted by gorb 2017-04-20 10:46|| 2017-04-20 10:46|| Front Page Top

#3 surprisingly good article in the NYTimes

or

https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/04/20/world/middleeast/ap-ml-israel-gaza-.html

Posted by lord garth 2017-04-20 20:50|| 2017-04-20 20:50|| Front Page Top

#4 lord garth, it is possible that the New York Times' recent addition of Bret Stephens to the columnist roster is impacting how the NYT reports about Israel. After all, his resume includes chief editor of the Jerusalem Post and foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. This will please pro-Israel readers, while his dislike of President Trump will soothe the rest.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-04-20 21:39|| 2017-04-20 21:39|| Front Page Top

#5 New information from lord garth's link:

Ragheb Atallah, the patient's husband, said his wife, Basema, 55, has gone for treatment of colorectal cancer in Jerusalem more than 10 times since July and has never had a problem before. He said his wife was unaware that she may have been smuggling anything illegal into Israel.

"Someone asked them to take a bottle of medicine on their way for a patient there," he said. "The bottle was closed and they did not know what is inside. It seems there was something and this caused disruption," the husband said Thursday.

Ragheb Atallah said his wife was released and has been given permission again to go to the hospital, but her sister, 57-year-old Ibtessam Eid, remained in Israeli custody.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-04-20 22:09|| 2017-04-20 22:09|| Front Page Top

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