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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 586

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A resident walking her dog gestures as the motorcade of US President Donald Trump drives by towards the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, August 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
August 31, 2020, 7:41 am
Democrats accuse Trump of inflaming racial tensions, stoking violence
US president blames ‘Do Nothing Democrat’ Portland mayor for death of right-wing protester, announces he will go to Kenosha, but locals say his visit will just do harm
By Jill Colvin
A man looks on as a bank burns after a protest over the death of George Floyd, May 31, 2020, in La Mesa, Calif. Protests were held in US cities over the death of Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
June 1, 2020, 2:42 am
Destruction continues in California as more curfews declared
400 people arrested in Los Angeles, with looting in Santa Monica despite efforts of peaceful protesters to stop it; National Guard soldiers sent out to patrol streets
By Christopher Weber, brian melley and DAISY NGUYEN
A firework explodes by a police line as demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd, Saturday, May 30, 2020, near the White House in Washington. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
June 1, 2020, 12:55 am
Officials see extremist groups, disinformation pushing US protests to violence
Federal law enforcement officials insist far-left groups are stoking violence, while experts who track extremist groups also report seeing evidence of far-right at work
By Colleen Long, Zeke Miller and MICHAEL BALSAMO
A man passes a burning bank building after a protest over the death of George Floyd, Sunday, May 31, 2020, in La Mesa, Calif. (AP/Gregory Bull)
May 31, 2020, 5:49 pm
Anger over police killings smolders after night of unrest shatters US
Overnight curfews imposed in over a dozen major cities, 1,700 protesters arrested since Thursday as violent clashes spread over death of George Floyd
By Tim Sullivan and STEPHEN GROVES
Illustrative: The Be'chol Lashon organization summer camp fosters community and Jewish education to kids from diverse backgrounds. (Courtesy Be'chol Lashon)
January 20, 2020, 4:23 pm
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, dreams of a better conversation about race
Be’chol Lashon, an organization that promotes ethnic diversity within Jewish community, publishes curriculum in honor of US civil rights leader to tackle difficult identity issues
By Melanie Lidman
Annette Gibson-Strong visits a memorial to those killed in yesterday's mass shooting in the Oregon District, on August 5, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)
August 5, 2019, 9:45 pm
US police say no indication of racial motive in Ohio mass shooting
Dayton authorities add, however, that no explanation can be ruled out until investigation is completed
By AFP
Int his Monday, September 12, 2016, file photo, San Francisco 49ers safety Eric Reid (L) and quarterback Colin Kaepernick (R) kneel during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams in Santa Clara, California. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
September 27, 2017, 8:32 am
First-time NFL protesters explain how they became woke
Trump’s attack on footballers is inspiring more players to express opposition to racism
By AP
The gate of the former German Nazi death camp of Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland, July 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
August 17, 2017, 7:04 pm
Auschwitz memorial weighs in on US racial divisions
Over photo of concentration camp guards, museum tweets that perpetrators ‘rationalized and promoted hatred and evil’
By AP
US President Donald Trump, left, congratulates then senior counselor to the president Stephen Bannon during the swearing-in of senior staff in the East Room of the White House on January 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
August 15, 2017, 9:45 pm
After Charlottesville, Trump urged to fire 3 nationalist White House staffers
House minority caucuses call for dismissal of Bannon, Gorka and Stephen Miller following Virginia white supremacist rally
By AP and ToI Staff
Mayim Bialik at the 67th Emmy Awards in Beverly Hills, California on September 19, 2015. (Lily Lawrence/Getty Images via JTA)
August 15, 2017, 8:35 pm
Mayim Bialik calls out March for Racial Justice over Yom Kippur date
Jewish actress says timing of event on Jewish Day of Atonement is ‘absurd’; organizers say they have no intention to reschedule
By JTA
Stephen Bannon, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign chairman, attends Trump's Hispanic advisory roundtable meeting in New York, Saturday, August 20, 2016. (AP/Gerald Herbert)
November 15, 2016, 12:47 am
White nationalists hail Trump pick of far-right Bannon for White House job
Ex-Breitbart editor has been accused of racism, anti-Semitism; NGO reports uptick in racist, xenophobic incidents
By Emily Rose and ToI Staff
2016 Repair the World Fellows in front of their Crown Heights headquarters. (Repair the World/ via JTA)
August 17, 2016, 6:17 pm
A changing Crown Heights marks 25 years since Brooklyn ‘pogrom’
Gentrification and an influx of Modern Orthodox Jews mitigate lingering inequality and underlying misunderstanding between communities
By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
In this Aug. 4, 2016 photo, teens celebrate victory in a competition at the Seeds of Peace camp in Otisfield, Maine. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
August 7, 2016, 6:03 pm
Peace camp for Israeli, Palestinian teens shifts focus to divided US
This summer, conflict resolution group Seeds of Peace pivots to target racial discord, divisive political rhetoric in America
By David Sharp
Dallas police respond after shots were fired during a protest over recent fatal shootings by police in Louisiana and Minnesota, Thursday, July 7, 2016, in Dallas. Snipers opened fire on police officers during protests; several officers were killed, police said. (Maria R. Olivas/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
July 10, 2016, 4:13 pm
After Dallas shootings, Israeli pundits see civil war everywhere
As if the tragic killing of 5 policemen and rising racial tensions needed any playing up, Hebrew papers go into hyperbole mode
By Joshua Davidovich
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