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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Jerusalemites arrested for organ trafficking

JTA

Two Jerusalem residents, one a former Hadassah hospital employee, were arrested for allegedly facilitating organ donation deals.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Don’t ‘wear’ Israeli flag in Poland, students told

JTA

Israeli students visiting Poland have been asked to stop wrapping themselves in the Israeli flag.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Abbas announces he won’t run for reelection

JTA

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced he would not run for reelection.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

The Goldstone Follies: Live debate with Judge Goldstone

By Rob Eshman

Last year, the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem released a video showing an Israeli soldier shooting a rubber bullet into the left foot of a bound and blindfolded.
Palestinian demonstrator at close range while a lieutenant colonel and other soldiers watched. After an army investigation of the incident, a military court charged the battalion commander with conduct unbecoming an officer.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

L.A. Unity Trip: Statements from the Rabbis

By JewishJournal.com

Statements from the Rabbis.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

The Unity Trip

By Meredith Price Levitt

Israeli Consul General of Los Angeles Jacob Dayan personally invited the 18 L.A. rabbis from Orthodox, Reform and Conservative streams of Judaism to come to Israel for 58 hours last week, but the consulate’s mission to transmit a message of solidarity with Israel had other results too. By the end of the short trip, many of the rabbis expressed a deeper understanding of the important social problems facing Israel today, as well as a renewed hope for peace and a rejuvenated passion for the thriving Zionist dream.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Hezbollah denies connection to arms smuggling ship

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Hezbollah has denied any connection to a large cache of arms found on a ship intercepted by Israel.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Battle Over Jerusalem Heats Up

By Leslie Susser, JTA

As part of an intensifying struggle over Jerusalem, Arab leaders are keeping up a relentless barrage of criticism of Jewish construction in the city and alleged violations of the status quo on the Temple Mount.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Three More Israeli Deaths From H1N1

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Three more Israelis died from the swine flu, as the country’s health system began its inoculation campaign against the virus.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Israel to Deport Children of Foreign Workers

JTA

Children of foreign workers in Israel illegally will be deported at the end of the school year.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Video of Israel Navy commandeering arms ship

HAARETZ.com

Israeli commandos seized a ship Wednesday that defense officials said was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas - the largest arms shipment Israel has ever commandeered.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Bedouin indicted for vandalizing ancient Negev site

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Two Bedouin men were indicted for vandalizing an archeological site in the Negev.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

In Cairo, Clinton clarifies settlement position

JTA

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton again clarified the U.S. position on Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Israel’s Navy seizes Hezbollah-bound Iran ship carrying hundreds of tons of arms

HAARETZ.com

Israel Navy Chief Brig. Gen. Rani Ben-Yehuda said Wednesday that an arms ship seized near Cyprus earlier in the day had been carrying hundreds of tons of weapons.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to condemn Goldstone report

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The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to condemn the Goldstone report.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Neighbor of alleged terrorist arrested

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The neighbor of a man who has confessed to several murders and attacks on Arabs and Jews has been arrested.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

JNF aims to turn Israel diamonds from rough to ready

By Rachel Tepper, JTA

People historically have associated the Jewish National Fund with planting trees in Israel. Now the century-old charity is also working to make sure that Israelis will have decent places to put good wood on the ball.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Amid criticism, film festival showcases Israel’s Arabs

By Gil Shefler, JTA

When iconic Israeli news anchor Haim Yavin released his documentary series “In the Land of the Settlers” in 2005, he lay his journalistic reputation on the line.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Jews, Palestinians scuffle over E. Jerusalem home

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Jewish Israelis moved into the home of a Palestinian family in eastern Jerusalem after a court ruled that it was Jewish-owned.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Israeli groups call for Gaza war investigation

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Several Israeli human rights groups are calling for an independent investigation of Israel's conduct during its operation in Gaza.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Israeli general: Hamas rocket can reach Tel Aviv

JTA

Hamas has a missile that can reach Tel Aviv, an Israeli army official said.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Abbas tells Obama envoy he’s adamant on settlement freeze

HAARETZ.com

The Palestinian Authority would not resume peace talks with Israel until all construction in the West Bank settlements stopped, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell on Monday in Amman.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Arrest of Jewish terrorist raises questions

By Marcy Oster, JTA

After the news broke in Israel that a West Bank settler was charged with murdering two Palestinians in 1997 and bombing the home of a prominent Israeli professor last year, many Israelis were asking why it took police so long.

Monday, November 2, 2009

‘Russian who spied on Israel shot dead in Moscow’

HAARETZ.com

Shabtai Kalmanovitch, an Israeli immigrant from the former Soviet Union who served time in prison for spying for the KGB, was shot and killed while driving in downtown Moscow, news agencies reported on Monday.