U.S. positions ships for ‘remote’ possibility of evacuation

Published on November 20, 2012

The United States positioned three warships in the eastern Mediterranean reportedly to evacuate Americans from Israel in the "remote" possibility the Israel-Gaza conflict requires it.

Migron evacuation: A look back and a look ahead

Published on September 4, 2012

The evacuation of all 50 Jewish families in Israel’s Migron outpost was completed on Sunday evening without major incident. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the successful and peaceful evacuation—but vowed that his government would continue to strengthen Jewish communities in the West Bank.

Migron must be evacuated in a week, Israel’s high court rules

Published on August 29, 2012

Israel's Supreme Court ruled that the West Bank outpost of Migron must be evacuated by Sept. 4.

Migron not evacuated as scheduled

Published on August 28, 2012

The Migron outpost in the West Bank was not evacuated as scheduled.

New date set for Migron settlement evacuation

Published on July 27, 2012

Israel’s Supreme Court said that the evacuation of an illegal West Bank settlement must take place by Aug. 21.

Evacuation of Ulpana neighborhood begins

Published on June 26, 2012

Residents and supporters of the Ulpana neighborhood in the West Bank held a morning prayer service as moving vans arrived to evacuate them from the disputed properties.

Ulpana residents agree to leave peacefully

Published on June 20, 2012

An Israeli government committee approved a compromise agreement with the families of the Ulpana neighborhood under which they would leave voluntarily.

Israeli leaders criticized over deadly 2010 Carmel forest fire

Published on June 20, 2012

Israeli leaders were sharply criticized in a government watchdog's report on Wednesday into emergency services' lack of preparedness for a 2010 forest fire that killed 44 people, but there were no calls for dismissal.

Israeli Police conducts large-scale drill ahead of West Bank evacuation

Published on June 18, 2012

Israel Police began an extensive drill on Monday in preparation of the expected evacuation of the Ulpana Hill neighborhood in the West Bank settlement of Beit El.

Evacuation of two iIlegal outposts postponed

Published on November 10, 2011

Two illegal West Bank outposts set to be evacuated by the end of the year have a reprieve.

Santa Barbara Fire Forces Synagogue Evacuation

By Adam Wills
Published on May 8, 2009

One Santa Barbara synagogue has been evacuated and another is facing possible evacuation as crews continued to battle the Jesusita Fire on Friday afternoon.

Israeli Consulate in L.A. evacuated

Published on December 17, 2007

A bomb scare prompted the evacuation of the Israeli Consulate offices in Los Angeles this afternoon.

Rescuing Torah scrolls—I guess it runs in the family

By Brooks Herman
Published on November 1, 2007

During the San Diego fires, a family rescues one of their synagogue's five Torahs and preserves it during the evacuation.

Chabad mobilizes to help San Diego fire victims

Published on October 22, 2007

Southern California Jews deal with wildfires in Los Angeles and San Diego Counties.

Army base provides haven for refugees from Sderot

By Dina Kraft
Published on May 24, 2007

Driven from their homes by Qassam rockets, Eimvet Yitao and her colleagues from a Sderot day care center gathered under the shade of a sprawling tree at an army center in Givat Olga, swapping stories of their fears.

Blaze Touches Off Tense Moments

By Adam Wills
Published on September 29, 2005

Jeff and Liz Kramer and their three teenage sons could only watch and wait. The Sutton Valley residents paced the sidewalk in front of their home on Thursday morning, watching as the head of the Topanga Canyon Fire crept along a ridge less than 800 yards away, consuming brush and sending up billows of smoke.

Evacuees Face Life of Uncertainties

By Gil Sedan
Published on August 18, 2005

The Tabach family left the settlement of Gadid last week, ahead of the Israeli withdrawal. Settlers who hadn't evacuated as of Monday were given 48-hours notice to leave, on threat of eviction.

Goodbye Morag

By Yaakov Katz
Published on August 18, 2005

An Israeli army officer gives an evacuation order to Yuval and Michal Unterman and their 5-year-old daughter, Aviel, at the Morag settlement in the Gaza Strip.

The Disengagement Summer

By Barbara Opall-Rome
Published on August 4, 2005

The column of armored SUVs waited, engines humming, as a phalanx of bodyguards ushered Prime Minister Ariel Sharon into the third truck from the end. As the convoy cleared the main gate of the Israeli government head's residence, a set of decoy vehicles turned north, toward Jerusalem, while the remaining units proceeded south toward the Negev, where Sharon planned to tour absorption sites being built for hundreds of Israeli families soon to be evacuated from their Gaza Strip homes.

For Sharon, the site inspections this spring were a welcome excursion beyond his Jerusalem office compound or his Negev ranch. But for officers charged with protective security, the outing rivaled an elite combat operation.

Disengagement Now—No Way to Peace

By Arthur Cohn
Published on July 7, 2005

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan for an Israeli pullout from Gaza and a few more settlements in the Shomron has found extensive initial approval among Jews in the Diaspora.

At first glance, this is understandable. The absence of a credible Palestinian negotiating partner, combined with Israel's vigorous desire to create a more peaceful atmosphere in the Middle East, has made a partial segregation from the Palestinian Arabs appear to be a step in the right direction.

But before we leap, let's look. Let's pay attention to the serious voices of dissent.

Israel Foresees Pullout Headaches

By Leslie Susser
Published on March 17, 2005

Israeli officials are expecting such massive resistance to the disengagement that they have developed a detailed plan of operation to carry it out.

Debate Rages on Gaza Pullout, Army

By Leslie Susser
Published on January 6, 2005

As the scheduled start of Israel's Gaza withdrawal approaches, settler leaders are raising the specter of mass refusal by religious soldiers to carry out orders, and are warning of disastrous consequences for the Israeli army and society as a whole.

But high-ranking Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officers said settler leaders are exaggerating in an attempt to scare the government and to encourage soldiers to refuse to evacuate settlers from their homes.

Rabbi Consoles Hurricane Survivors

By Gaby Wenig
Published on September 23, 2004

Rabbi Isaac Jeret, president of the Brandeis-Bardin Institute (BBI), and members of Adat Israel in Naples, Fla. headed out to a Naples beach to observe Tashlich on the first day of Rosh Hashanah. Everyone stared in shock before the service began.

Groundwork Laid to Evacuate Gaza

By Gil Sedan
Published on September 9, 2004

Sharon hopes to create sufficient motivation among settlers to evacuate their homes willingly in exchange for generous compensation packages, avoiding violent confrontations like those in Yamit.

Reactions Mixed to Gaza Pullout Plan

By Gil Sedan
Published on February 12, 2004

Ten years ago, if the Palestinians had been told that Ariel Sharon, father of the Israeli settlement movement, would be offering a near-complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, most probably would have rejoiced at the prospect.

However, when the Israeli prime minister dropped that political bombshell last week by signaling that he intended to uproot almost every Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip -- something the Arabs have demanded for years -- Palestinians greeted the announcement with a mixture of caution and skepticism.

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei welcomed the idea, saying, "In our view, every evacuation of a settlement is welcome."

On Sept. 11, Two Brothers Unite

By E. Scott Menter
Published on September 5, 2002

Although I was there, I can't tell you much about the events of Sept. 11, 2001, that you don't already know. After all, you had CNN; I only had my two eyes and the prescription lenses I thankfully remembered to grab as I fled the apartment. Yes, I watched from a few blocks away as the towers fell, but without the benefit of a zoom lens or slow motion video (thank God for that -- there was nothing that I saw I wished to see again or in greater detail).