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A group of tourists, including children, was attacked today in the Old City of Akko today by a group of Arabs. The Arabs tried to push the hikers from a high wall within the Old City such that one of the tourists, a career soldier, was forced to pull out his gun to defend the other hikers. After the incident, the soldier - of all people - was taken into the local police station for questioning, and his weapon was confiscated. Attorney Adi Kedar of the Honenu Legal Rights Organization is providing legal council to the soldier. "We were touring...

How many times have you been told by propagandists that the 'middle east conflict all started in 1948'.As if up to then, all just got along, and that the Arabs were "peaceful".March - This Day in Jewish History - OU.ORG... attack on a Jewish settlement in Eretz Yisrael, 1886, against Petach Tikva. ... [March 25]. The discovery of the mutilated body of Andrei Yishinsky, ... http://www.ou.org/about/judaism/bhyom/mar.htmGlossary of Israeli Parties and Personalities - 1948-1981Secretary of Petah Tikva Labor Council. Member of the National Committee of ... Abandoned following an Arab attack in 1929, it was restored in 1930. ... http://www.jcpa.org/art/knesset8.htmAlas, Why-Why,...

The Israel Defense Forces conducted an investigation into yesterday's incident in Rafiach during which eight Arabs, including two women and two children, were killed. The investigation shows that Arabs attacked an IDF unit, whose soldiers responded at first with light-weapons fire. After the Arab attackers then shot anti-tank RPG rockets at the Israelis, the latter fired three tank shells precisely at the houses from where the rockets were fired. US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who met with Prime Minister Sharon before the latter departed for Israel last night, reportedly asked for an explanation of the incident. Sharon said, inter...