MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Israeli Military Kills 15 Palestinians in Confrontations on Gaza Border
By artappraiser on Fri, 03/30/2018 - 6:34pm |By Isabel Kershner & Iyad Abuheweila @ NYTimes.com, March 30 (includes a number of wire photos)
JERUSALEM — What was billed as a six-week campaign of peaceful protests in Gaza descended almost immediately into chaos and bloodshed on Friday, with health officials in the Palestinian territory saying Israeli soldiers killed 15 Palestinians in confrontations along the border fence.
Soon after the campaign began Friday morning, the Israeli military said Palestinian protesters were rioting in six places along the border, rolling burning tires and hurling stones at the fence and at Israeli soldiers beyond it.
Later, the military said Palestinians threw Molotov cocktails at soldiers and that it had also thwarted a shooting attack in northern Gaza and an attempt to infiltrate the border. Israeli forces fired live ammunition, rubber bullets and tear gas [....]
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/world/middleeast/gaza-israel-protest-clashes.html
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