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Teacher quits London school after receiving no support from administrators as students single them out, sticking Palestinian flags and stickers on them

Israel Prize-winning educator Miriam Peretz, who lost 2 sons in battle, vies to become country's first woman president, while Isaac Herzog aims to follow in his father's footsteps

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Police respond to reports of damage to cars in Givat Ze'ev settlement; they're directed to apartment, where man opens door and stabs them; he is shot and injured by one of the cops