Jaffa

Israeli Commander On Trial For Awakening Troops With Tear Gas

Ynetnews reports: The trial of a platoon leader in the Paratroopers is currently underway in a military court in Jaffa. He was indicted at the beginning of 2016 for hurling a tear gas grenade, which is commonly used to disperse Palestinian demonstrations and riots, into a tent full of soldiers because they failed to wake up on time.

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Israel Returns to PA Body of Terrorist Who Killed U.S. Army Veteran in Tel Aviv

Israel on Friday night returned to the Palestinian Authority the bodies of two terrorists, one belonging to a West Bank man who killed an American tourist during a stabbing spree in Jaffa two months ago. Bashar Massalha, 22, from Qalqilya, murdered US citizen Taylor Force and injured 10 others in a rampage along the Jaffa boardwalk on March 8. He was killed by security forces at the scene of the attack, which coincided with a visit by US Vice President Joe Biden, who was meeting with Shimon Peres minutes away from the scene.

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Far Left ‘Peace Now’ Head Slams Terror Victim’s Act of Self-Defense

TEL AVIV – The head of the far-left Israeli NGO Peace Now blasted a stabbing victim’s act of self-defense in a terror attack on Tuesday, calling it an “extrajudicial killing.” Yariv Oppenheimer took to Twitter to condemn terror victim Yonatan Azarihab, who was stabbed multiple times in a store in Petah Tikva before he managed to pull the terrorist’s knife from his own neck and use it to stab and eventually kill his attacker.

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EXCLUSIVE: Joe Biden’s Security Beefed Up As Veep Half a Mile from Jaffa Terrorist Stabbing Rampage; U.S. Tourist Killed

TEL AVIV – An American tourist was killed and at least eight others wounded, three seriously, in terrorist stabbing attacks perpetrated by the same individual at two locations in Jaffa, the port city located just south of Tel Aviv. The attacks took place as U.S. President Joe Biden was in Jaffa, speaking at the Peres Center for Peace, Breitbart Jerusalem has confirmed.

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When Penn Met Shimon Peres

Famed Hollywood actor Sean Penn met with former president Shimon Peres at the Peres Center for Peace in Jaffa on Monday, as part of the actor’s two day visit to Israel.

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