Tag: Massacre
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They’ve returned home to the scene of a Hamas massacre. No one has joined them.
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KFAR AZA, Israel — It looks like a grisly crime scene. But to Shahar Shnorman and his wife, Ayelet Cohen, kibbutz Kfar Aza looks like home. The couple were the first to return to Kfar Aza — a sleepy, sun-drenched hamlet in southern Israel where Hamas killed 80 people and kidnapped another 19 on Oct.…
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A 19th century massacre clouds plans for a tribal casino north of Sacramento
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REDDING — To the native Wintu people it was Bohem Puyuik, the “Big Rise,” and no wonder. Mt. Shasta towered above everything else, her loins delivering the natural springs and snowmelt that birthed a great river. The Sacramento River provided such an abundance of food that the Wintu and many neighboring tribes — the Pit River,…
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U.S. Family Heartbroken to Learn NJ-Born IDF Soldier Itay Glisko Died in Hamas Massacre
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A New Jersey-born dual citizen serving in the Israel Defense Forces was killed in the unprecedented cross-border sneak attack on Saturday by Palestinian militant group Hamas, his family learned Tuesday. After an excruciating four-day wait, relatives of Paramus native Itay Glisko were informed that the 20-year-old’s body had been found. Eyal Glisko, who lives in…
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Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Hughes Van Ellis dies at age 102 : NPR
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Hughes Van Ellis, one of the last known survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, has died at age 102. He’s seen here smiling at a rally commemorating the 100th anniversary of the massacre in June 2021 in Tulsa, Okla. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brandon Bell/Getty Images Hughes Van Ellis, one…
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‘A Massacre’ in Kfar Azza Kibbutz
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“Welcome,” said the sign at the entrance to Kfar Azza, a lush Israeli village just across some fields from the border with Gaza. On the pathway, another sign pointed the way to the gym and the swimming pool. Then I saw the legs of a bloated corpse dressed in fatigues poking out from under a…
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When Massacre Came to a Music Festival in Israel
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When Hanoch Hai Cohen walked into the forest clearing near Kibbutz Re’im in southern Israel before dawn on Saturday, thousands of young people were already dancing under the night sky or camping out in nearby tents. The music festival, known as Nova, was so loud that Cohen, who is thirty-one and lives in Tel Aviv,…
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Reparations case for Tulsa Race Massacre is dismissed by Oklahoma judge : NPR
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In this 1921 image provided by the Library of Congress, smoke billows over Tulsa, Okla. Alvin C. Krupnick Co./AP hide caption toggle caption Alvin C. Krupnick Co./AP In this 1921 image provided by the Library of Congress, smoke billows over Tulsa, Okla. Alvin C. Krupnick Co./AP An Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking…
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Judge rejects reparations for Tulsa race massacre in ‘sad miscarriage of justice’ | Tulsa race massacre
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An Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, dashing an effort to obtain some measure of legal justice for elderly survivors. The judge, Caroline Wall, on Friday dismissed with prejudice the lawsuit which attempted to force the city and others to make recompense for the destruction of…
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Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
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An Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dashing an effort to obtain some measure of legal justice by survivors of the deadly racist rampage. Judge Caroline Wall on Friday dismissed with prejudice the lawsuit trying to force the city and others to make recompense for the…
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Viola Ford Fletcher, oldest living Tulsa Race Massacre victim, publishes memoir
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NEW YORK — Being a centenarian hasn’t slowed down Viola Ford Fletcher’s pursuit of justice. In the last couple of years, Fletcher has traveled internationally, testified before Congress and supported a lawsuit for reparations — all part of a campaign for accountability over the massacre that destroyed Tulsa, Oklahoma’s original “Black Wall Street” in 1921,…
