News Links (December 21, 2015)

Terrible news from Syria.

• Suspected Russian warplanes kill scores in Syrian city: rescue workers.

Air strikes believed to have been carried out by Russian warplanes killed scores of people in the center of the rebel-held city of Idlib in northwest Syria on Sunday, rescue workers and residents said.They said at least six strikes had hit a busy market place in the heart of the city, several government buildings and residential areas. Rescue workers said they had confirmed 43 dead but that at least 30 more bodies had been retrieved that had still to be identified. Over 150 people were wounded with some of the serious cases sent to hospitals in Turkey.

Some links about the current situation in Israel.

• Israeli doves say months of attacks in Jerusalem caused by neglect of Arab areas. (The Independent.)

• Benjamin Netanyahu 'threatens to strip Jerusalem residency from 230,000 Palestinians'. (The Independent.)

• For Religious Zionists, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Is Holy War, Scholar Says. (Haaretz.)

Currently a campaign of incitement and vilification is underway in Israel against various left wing groups.

• Why Breaking the Silence Became the Most Hated Group in Israel. (Haaretz.)

• WATCH: Incitement against the Israeli Left just got a lot scarier. (972 Magazine.)

• Hundreds march in Tel Aviv against growing right-wing incitement. (972 Magazine.)