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21
Nov
2012
6:51am, EST
Explosion hits bus in Tel Aviv
Oded Balilty / AP
Police and security personnel rush to the site of a bombing on a bus in Tel Aviv, Israel on Nov. 21, 2012.
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Rescue workers and paramedics carry a wounded person from the site of a bus bombing in Tel Aviv on Nov. 21, 2012.
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Police officers examine a blown up bus at the site of a bombing in Tel Aviv on Nov. 21, 2012.
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A wounded person is taken away from the site of a bus bombing in Tel Aviv on Nov. 21, 2012.

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By NBC News staff and wire reports — An explosion on a bus in Tel Aviv Wednesday injured 10 people, three seriously, a medical official told NBC News as the deadly Gaza crisis continued.
The blast happened as Israeli airstrikes continued to shake the Gaza Strip and Palestinian rockets were fired into Israel, amid negotiations about a possible truce.
"This was a terrorist attack," Ofir Gendelman, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told Reuters.
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Does this look like Israel is the aggressor????? I am sickened by the whole mess, but cannot blame Israel for defending herself against Hamas aggression. I back Israel fully.......as her ally, the US should as well, but we won't...not with this administration.
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25
Jun
2012
1:05am, EDT
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Israeli soldiers keep fatigues at bay in Tel Aviv
Three Israeli soldiers enjoy the sun on the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 24.
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The girl on the left has the right idea. The other two look like they are roasting.
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21
Dec
2011
5:56pm, EST
Ariel Schalit / AP
Laser beams that create the image of a large Hanukkah menorah are projected on the Hiriya landfill, a former waste disposal site, now called the Ariel Sharon Park, near Tel Aviv, Israel, on the second eve of Hanukkah, Dec. 21, 2011. The Jewish festival of light, an eight-day commemoration of the Jewish uprising in the second century B.C. against the Greek-Syrian kingdom, which had tried to put statues of Greek gods in the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, started Tuesday.
Laser beams create Hanukkah menorah at Hiriya landfill
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22
Nov
2011
7:17pm, EST
Israeli left wing protests 'anti-democratic' bills in parliament
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Israeli demonstrators take part in a march to protest against the flurry of anti-democratic bills and legislation being pushed through parliament by right-wing legislators on Nov. 22, 2011 in Tel Aviv.
By Rich Shulman
Most of the coverage of Israel focuses on the right-wing of Israeli politics.
As AP reports:

Some members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition have pushed forward a series of measures recently that critics say are aimed at stifling opponents.

Among the proposed legislation are attempts to block most foreign funding for dovish nonprofit groups, lowering the threshold for politicians to file libel suits against the media, and a push to shift control of Supreme Court appointments from an independent panel to parliament.

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Baz Ratner / Reuters
Israeli police officers detain a left-wing demonstrator during a protest against legislation they regard as anti-democratic in Tel Aviv Nov. 22, 2011. An amendment to a bill which would increase the amount paid as compensation in a libel suit passed its first reading on Monday, and two other bills awaiting ratification would give parliament some control over appointments to Israel's Supreme Court.
Baz Ratner / Reuters
Israeli police officers detain a left-wing demonstrator during a protest against legislation they regard as anti-democratic in Tel Aviv Nov. 22, 2011.

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Yeah, right. Did you see what they're protesting? Funny how they're trying to block foreign funding for liberal, but not conservative, non-profits. And trying to shift control of judicial appointments from an INDEPENDENT panel to, by definition, partisan Parliament? How is that NOT an end run around …
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13
Sep
2011
2:56pm, EDT
Israeli army paratroopers train near Tel Aviv, Israel
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Israeli army paratroopers take part in a training jump in full battle gear over the Palmachim military base near Tel Aviv, Israel, on 13 Sept. 2011. Although the Paratroopers Brigade has had only one operational combat parachute drop ever, during the 1956 Sinai War, volunteers accepted into the elite unit undergo operational training jumps with all the equipment needed for battle.
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18
May
2011
8:06am, EDT
Israeli magician aims to break David Blaine's endurance record
Israeli illusionist Hezi Dean's newest stunt is an attempt to break the record of American endurance artist David Blaine.
Ariel Schalit / AP
Israeli illusionist and endurance artist Hezi Dean is lifted to the top of a tower by crane, as he prepares to attempt standing atop the tower for 35 hours, at Rabin square in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 18.
Dean was raised on a 27 meter high tower in Tel Aviv Wednesday morning and aims to remain there with no food until Thursday evening, for a total of 35 hours. He plans to jump off into a stack of cardboard boxes to break his fall.
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People watch Israeli magician Hezi Dean as he stands on a nine-story-high pylon at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on May 18.

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