Bodies of two girls aged three and five found in southern Bedouin town
Source: Haaretz
Tel Aviv :: Israel | updated 2013-05-21 13:19:29 -0700 | sports-news
The bodies of two girls, aged three and five, were on Tuesday in a house near the Bedouin town of Al-Fura in southern Israel. Authorities believe the girls were strangled. Israel Police said there were signs of violence on...
Government rifts over peace process revealed during Knesset committee meeting
Source: Haaretz
Tel Aviv :: Israel | updated 2013-05-24 06:20:58 -0700 | sports-news
A discussion at the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday regarding the peace process with the Palestinians uncovered just how deep the divisions are on this issue in the government and within the ruling coalition. While Justice Minister...
Tens of thousands of Haredim protest IDF draft
Source: Haaretz
Jerusalem :: Israel | updated 2013-05-23 23:03:14 -0700 | sports-news
Some 30,000 ultra-Orthodox protesters arrived Thursday at the IDF's regional recruitment center in Jerusalem, located in the Haredi neighborhood of Mekor Barukh, to rally against government plans to conscript yeshiva students to the Israel Defense Forces.
Livni, Bennett in war of words over Women of the Wall
Source: Haaretz
Tel Aviv :: Israel | updated 2013-05-16 08:08:06 -0700 | sports-news
Religious Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett has come out against Justice Minister Tzipi Livni for getting involved in his attempts to formulate a compromise on women's prayer at the Kotel, claiming that Livni is damaging negotations just to grab a newspaper...
Right-wing group takes IDF soldiers on tour of East Jerusalem
Source: Haaretz
Tel Aviv :: Israel | updated 2013-05-15 16:49:14 -0700 | sports-news
Israel Defense Forces cadets in officer training school spent the weekend at a leadership Sabbath in East Jerusalem , hosted by the right-wing organization Elad which works to increase the Jewish presence in the city's Arab neighborhoods. The event was...
Johan Cruyff honors Jewish relatives
Source: Ynet News
Tel Aviv :: Israel | updated 2013-05-12 05:23:28 -0700 | sports-news
Moving Gesture Johan Cruyff in Israel earlier this month Photo: Oz Mualem Legendary Dutch footballer concludes visit to Israel with commemoration of three family members murdered by Nazis Danny Adeno Abebe Johan Cruyff was excited to see his son,...
The First Crusade, By Peter Frankopan
Source: The Independent
Jerusalem :: Israel | updated 2013-05-10 12:25:45 -0700 | sports-news
The sub-title "the call from the east" does not refer to Jerusalem but Constantinople...Jerusalem was offered as the prize but this master-tactician really needed foreign assistance to bolster crumbling outposts in Asia Minor. Rich in detail both gruesome and peculiar...
Lapid: People protesting Israel's new budget are demonstrating against themselves
Source: Haaretz
Tel Aviv :: Israel | updated 2013-05-24 00:20:45 -0700 | sports-news
Finance Minister Yair Lapid said Friday that his proposed budget "is the responsible thing to do," and that for the first time all sectors of the country's economy are paying the price for Israel's huge deficit. In an interview with...
LIVE BLOG: Thousands of ultra-Orthodox protesting Women of the Wall prayer service in Jerusalem
Source: Haaretz
Tel Aviv :: Israel | updated 2013-05-10 01:22:54 -0700 | sports-news
I find it ironic that ultra-Orthodox Jews are calling the police forces nazis. The police are attempting to protect the rights of Jewish women to pray as Jews. The ultra-Orthodox are persecuting Jewish women, and trying to intimidate them into...
Is the social protest returning to the streets?
Source: Haaretz
Tel Aviv :: Israel | updated 2013-05-24 09:03:06 -0700 | sports-news
The economic decrees slated to land with a resounding thud on many Israelis in the coming months, presented in the Finance Ministry's budget proposal for 2013-2014, are beginning to stir considerable public ferment and it's being channeled toward demonstrations and...
Stephen Hawking confirms he is boycotting Israeli conference
Source: Haaretz
Tel Aviv :: Israel | updated 2013-05-24 01:02:13 -0700 | sports-news
British physicist Stephen Hawking has dropped plans to attend a major international conference in Israel in June, citing his belief that he should respect a Palestinian call to boycott contacts with Israeli academics. The University of Cambridge released a statement...
Israel releases 19 African women and children 'infiltrators' from detention center
Source: Haaretz
Tel Aviv :: Israel | updated 2013-05-07 11:28:05 -0700 | sports-news
Israel's Interior Ministry on Monday released nine Eritrean women and10 children, ranging from 18 months to 7-years-old, who had been held at Saharonim Detention Center in the south of the country for the last 8-12 months under the Prevention of...
Israel bans civilian flights in north
Source: News 24
Tel Aviv :: Israel | updated 2013-05-24 01:40:52 -0700 | sports-news
Tel Aviv - Israel on Sunday closed off the airspace in the north of the country to civilian flights, Israel Radio reported.
Two young men drown in Kibbutz Yotvata pool
Source: Haaretz
Tel Aviv :: Israel | updated 2013-05-04 09:00:12 -0700 | sports-news
Two Israeli men were found dead Saturday at a pool in kibbutz Yotvata in southern Israel. Police suspect the two drowned overnight after they entered the pool while being drunk. The bodies of Maharat Atlai, 25-years-old from Kiryat Gat, and...
Police: Harsh Response to Beitar-Sakhnin Violence
Source: Israel National News
Sakhnin :: Israel | updated 2013-05-24 02:06:30 -0700 | sports-news
Sakhnin is largest Sufi Muslim city in Israel and and racial tensions flare when the two teams meet because of nationalist emotions among the fans of the two teams. The police said, "We ask all the fans to remember that...
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