Engaging the Orthodox
Source: Jerusalem Post
Ashkelon :: Israel | updated 2013-06-03 11:51:15 -0700 | political-news
Hot on the heels of the mass haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protest against government plans to conscript them into the Israel Defense Forces, Jay Michaelson recently argued in The Jewish Daily Forward that global Jewry should relinquish support for the ultra- Orthodox...
Beersheba ‘Ecotopia' fetes Ethiopian urban farming
Source: Jerusalem Post
Ashkelon :: Israel | updated 2013-06-01 19:10:57 -0700 | political-news
Beersheba Ecotopia' fetes Ethiopian urban farming 06/02/2013 04:21 The Kalisher Absorption Center showcased the colorful fruits and vegetables of its Ethiopian immigrant gardeners. Greens on sale at Beersheba's Ecotopia Photo: Katherine Martinelli Transforming an urban center into an agricultural...
Security prisoner attacks Red Cross worker
Source: Jerusalem Post
Ashkelon :: Israel | updated 2013-05-02 16:25:13 -0700 | political-news
Palestinian prisoners in Israel's Ketziot prison Photo: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters A security prisoner jailed on an attempted murder charge attacked a representative of the Red Cross on Thursday while he was paying the man a visit at Shikma Prison in Ashkelon....
Soldier Hila Betzaleli's Grandfather Commits Suicide
Source: Israel National News
Ashkelon :: Israel | updated 2013-05-01 17:48:16 -0700 | political-news
According to reports, a team of Magen David Adom paramedics was called to the 74-year-old's home in Ashkelon on Wednesday evening after receiving calls that a man's lifeless body had been found. The paramedics rushed him to the Barzilai Hospital...
Railway budget cuts rescinded
Source: Globes Online
Ashkelon :: Israel | updated 2013-04-24 05:43:08 -0700 | political-news
06, Amiram Barkat Minister of Transport Yisrael Katz has won a battle, as the Ministry of Finance has withdrawn its proposal to freeze work on the Acre-Carmiel and Jezreel Valley railway lines. Under a deal with Minister of Finance...
Administrative detainee attacks guard
Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
Ashkelon :: Israel | updated 2013-04-20 02:30:03 -0700 | political-news
Breaking News An administrative detainee in the Shikma Prison in Ashkelon assaulted a prison guard who escorted him while at the prison's yard. Apparently he attempted to stab the guard using a screw, but only managed to scratch him...
Israel excludes any future attack by Tehran in the next 10 years..
Posted by: saleh1966
Ashkelon :: Israel | updated 2012-07-28 04:10:25 -0700 | political-news
Professor Yitzhak Ben-Yisrael President and the Israel Space Agency in a lecture at Ashkelon :A study conducted in the United States showed that If Iran plans to attack israel, it will be able to fire 30 rockets at civilian centers...
Rocket prompts complaint to UN
Source: Jerusalem Post
Ashkelon :: Israel | updated 2010-10-01 00:19:54 -0700 | travel-news
27 Grad missile launched from Gaza causes damage in central Ashkelon. The Foreign Ministry instructed Israeli ambassadors to file an immediate complaint to the president of the UN Security Council and the Human Rights Council in Geneva following the Grad...
Hamas Ends Truce in Gaza
Posted by: beyondthecusp
Ashkelon :: Israel | updated 2012-07-27 22:19:54 -0700 | political-news
On Thursday, one day before the official end of the six-month cease-fire arranged by Egypt, Hamas announced it did not intend to renew the cease-fire agreement. The reason was that the Israelis had not kept their part of the cease-fire...
Soldiers allegedly set attack dogs on Palestinian youths trying to cross Separation Barrier to work ...
Source: B'Tselem
Ashkelon :: Israel | updated 2013-06-19 05:24:35 -0700 | political-news
The three, who do not have entry permits, were planning to work in Israel. In testimony he gave to B'Tselem, Muhammad al-Amla, a 28-year-old father of three, told field researcher Musa Abu Hashhash that, once they had neared a breach...
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