Why the orchestrated fuss?

Printed in the Jerusalem Post, January 17, 2007 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1167467756313&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull The Arabic word for whore – sharmuta – has gained international notoriety. CNN, ABC and the BBC, among many others, have featured Hebron resident Yifat Alkobi yelling it at her Arab neighbor across the street from her Tel Rumeida home. Israel Radio and Israel’s television stations have all broadcast reports on […]

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Who’s to Blame?

January 12, 2007   Over the past few days Israeli media and blogs around the world have been chewing, regurgitating, and chewing again, a short video, filmed in Hebron a few months ago. The video shows Hebron resident Yifat Alkobi yelling and cursing some of her Arab neighbors, the Abu Isha family, who live across the street from the Alokobis […]

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