Joseph Borgen, Brutally Beaten By Group Of Suspects In Manhattan's Diamond District, Speaks Out: 'My Whole Face Felt Like It Was On Fire For Hours'
The mob allegedly kicked Borgen, beat him with crutches and pepper sprayed him.
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The mob allegedly kicked Borgen, beat him with crutches and pepper sprayed him.
CBS2's John Dias spoke with Alain Sanders, a political science professor at St. Peters University in Jersey City.
The unrest comes as a cease-fire was called after more than 10 days of fighting in the Middle East.
The Israeli government said it had agreed to a cease-fire in its conflict with Hamas late Thursday after 11 days of violence that saw over 200 Palestinians and 12 Israelis killed in the worst fighting in the region in years.
As the international community ramped up pressure for a ceasefire deal, senior Hamas officials laid out their conditions on Wednesday for a truce with Israel to end the current cycle of bloodshed in the Mideast.
Three huge explosions shook Gaza City early on Tuesday morning as the conflict between Hamas and Israel continued unbated.
At least 42 people, including children, were killed Sunday in Gaza, and several large buildings were destroyed.
An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets.
Thousands of Palestinians grabbed children and belongings and fled their homes Friday as Israel barraged the northern Gaza Strip with tank fire and airstrikes.
CBS News reported that Jewish and Arab neighbors who've lived side-by-side for generations have started to turn on each other.
Rockets streamed out of Gaza and Israel pounded the territory with airstrikes early Wednesday as the most severe outbreak of violence since the 2014 war took on many hallmarks of that devastating 50-day conflict.
With their hands tied here, many feel their voices of protest are all they have to help end the violence.
Pro-Palestinians protested outside the Israeli consulate Tuesday, but they were met by counter-protesters carrying the flag of Israel.
Israel's armed forces and Palestinian militants exchanged rocket fire on Tuesday as days of fighting centered around one of the holiest sites in the world for Muslims, Jews and Christians snowballed into another deadly flare-up in a decades-long conflict.
The annual Lag BaOmer celebration started as a joyous religious event, where tens of thousands gather at the tomb of a second-century rabbi, but it ended in tragedy.
More than 100 people were injured, dozens critically, in a stampede at a Jewish religious gathering in northern Israel attended by tens of thousands of people, Israel's main rescue service said early Friday.
President Donald Trump presided over a ceremony at the White House on Tuesday with the leaders of Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain for the signing of historic deals between the nations.
The White House says Israel and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to establish full diplomatic ties as part of a land deal.
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President Trump announced the basics of a proposal for Middle East peace alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from the White House East Room on Tuesday.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday that the Trump administration is reversing its stance on Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
More than 150 Holocaust survivors spent time with 10 Israeli soldiers on Long Island on Thursday.
The results posted by Israel's three major TV stations indicated his political future could be in doubt.
Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar are holding their first joint press conference since the Israeli government barred the Muslim congresswomen from entering the country for a planned visit.
Israel had said Tlaib could visit relatives in the West Bank on humanitarian grounds.
