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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 499

Orlando

Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen (Orange County Sheriff's Office)
August 16, 2024, 8:08 am
Jordanian man in Florida indicted for vandalizing businesses he said were pro-Israel
Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen, 43, accused of smashing front doors of businesses in nighttime masked attacks, threatening to ‘destroy or explode’ companies that support Israel
By AP
BBYO teenagers at a Pride Month-themed summer leadership program, June 2022. (Courtesy of BBYO)
June 29, 2023, 4:45 am
BBYO’s Orlando convention plans pose a Florida conundrum for LGBTQ Jews and allies
The organization, which has 21,000 members across North America and more abroad, draws thousands of teens from all over the world to its events
By Andrew Lapin
Rendering of the new Holocaust Museum for Hope & Humanity in downtown Orlando. (Courtesy of Beyer Blinder Belle and The Holocaust Museum for Hope & Humanity/via JTA)
April 20, 2022, 3:39 am
Orlando’s Holocaust museum is getting a huge expansion
Since the 1980s, the center has been a local fixture despite its small size; it will now relocate to a new 43,000-square-foot facility in the city’s cultural corridor
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Neo-Nazi demonstrators with swastikas and 'National Socialist Movement' banners, stomping on an Israeli flag, in Orlando, Florida on January 29, 2022. (screen capture: Twitter/Luke Denton)
February 1, 2022, 2:40 am
DeSantis shies away from condemning Florida Nazis, blames Democrats
Governor attacks opponents trying to tie him to Orlando protests at which people gave ‘Heil Hitler salute,’ waved Nazi flags and called for the death of Jews
By ToI Staff
Neo-Nazi demonstrators with swastikas and 'National Socialist Movement' banners, stomping on an Israeli flag, in Orlando, Florida on January 29, 2022. (screen capture: Twitter/Luke Denton)
January 31, 2022, 7:33 pm
Florida governor DeSantis under fire for refusal to condemn Orlando neo-Nazi rallies
Spokesperson for governor questions whether demonstrators waving swastikas and yelling ‘Heil Hitler’ at Jews were actual Nazis — and not Democrats trying to make him look bad
By ToI Staff
Authorities confer near the scene of a shooting where they said there were multiple fatalities in an industrial area near Orlando, Florida, June 5, 2017. (AP/John Raoux)
June 5, 2017, 6:44 pm
Shooting in Orlando leaves multiple victims dead
Survivor called her sister from company bathroom and said, ‘My boss is dead;’ sheriff’s office says situation is contained
By Agencies
In this photo illustration, a woman holds a fidget spinner, May 5, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
May 8, 2017, 5:56 am
Hot new kids’ toy has roots with Palestinian rock-throwers
Catherine Hettinger, inventor of original fidget spinner, wanted to find a way to distract children from violence
By ToI Staff
The main hall of the Passover seder of Kathmandu at the Nepalese capital's Radisson Hotel, April 6, 2012. (Courtesy Eyal Keren)
March 29, 2017, 9:39 am
Chabad Lubavitch to host Passover seders around the world
Jewish organization arranges traditional festive meals at far-flung locations, including its famous annual gathering in Kathmandu
By AP and ToI Staff
Orlando gunman Omar Mateen (R) with his wife, Noor Zahi Salman and son. (Screen capture: YouTube)
January 17, 2017, 10:49 pm
Wife of Orlando shooter indicted on terror charge
Noor Salman also hit with obstruction of justice charge; faces life in prison if found guilty
By AFP
Holy Land Experience in Orlando, Florida, a Bible-themed Christian tourist attraction on December 8, 2016 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)
December 21, 2016, 9:31 pm
Will Florida’s ‘Holy Land’ survive another Christmas?
The Jesus Christ-themed Holy Land Experience is celebrating 15 years, but some neighbors claim the theme park is facing financial Armageddon
By Matt Lebovic
Screenshot of a man who claims to have been a former lover of Omar Mateen, who killed 49 people in an Orlando nightclub. (screen capture: Univision)
June 23, 2016, 1:02 am
Orlando shooter sought revenge on gay Latinos, alleged ex-lover says
Omar Mateen was ‘100 percent gay,’ infuriated when told a former sexual partner was HIV-positive
By ToI Staff
Lt. Shachar, Israel’s first transgender officer, addressing a pride event at Israel’s embassy in Washington, D.C., June 20, 2016. (Courtesy: Ron Kampeas)
June 22, 2016, 9:12 am
Israel’s first transgender army officer celebrates at DC embassy
In nod to Orlando massacre, Lieutenant Shachar proclaims the ‘whole world’ has a right ‘to be free and to be whoever we want to be’
By Ron Kampeas
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, arrive for a vote on Capitol Hill, Monday, June 20, 2016, in Washington. A divided Senate hurtled Monday toward an election-year stalemate over curbing guns (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
June 21, 2016, 6:48 am
A divided Senate answers Orlando with gridlock on gun curbs
Rival proposals to restrict sale of firearms to terrorists fail to garner sufficient support from American lawmakers
By Alan Fram and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Omar Mateen, who killed dozens of people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. June 12, 2016 (MySpace via AP)
June 20, 2016, 10:43 pm
Orlando shooter twice pledged allegiance to IS head during attack
FBI releases full transcripts of Omar Mateen’s calls to 911 dispatcher while he carried out his massacre
By Judah Ari Gross and AP
Omar Mateen in an undated photo (MySpace via AP, File)
June 20, 2016, 7:20 pm
‘Chilling’ Orlando gunman told 911 he was an Islamic soldier
At height of massacre at nightclub, Omar Mateen made murderous statements to police in a ‘calm and deliberate manner,’ transcripts show
By Eric Tucker and Mike Schneider
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