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Two Wounded in Terror Attack; Leaders Blame Obama

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

by Maayana Miskin (Israelnationalnews.com) Two Israelis were wounded on Wednesday night in a terrorist shooting in the Binyamin region, located 20 miles north of Jerusalem. Samarian Residents’ Council head Benny Katzover linked the dismantling of IDF checkpoints to attacks on Israeli civilians, and warned that “when it comes to security, we will be in a […]


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Israel looks to West Bank beekeepers to meet honey demands

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

By Chaim Levinson, Haarez Correspondent www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1106953.html Two weeks ago, Erez Ben Sa’adon, a vintner, farmer and novice beekeeper, received a frantic phone call from the West Bank settlement of Eli. A swarm of bees had left its hive and was approaching one the settlement’s day-care centers. The children were afraid. How, the caller wanted to […]


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Attacks Continue – Mortar Hits Western Negev

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

by Maayana Miskin (Israelnationalnews.com) Terrorists in northern Gaza fired a mortar shell on the western Negev Tuesday, a day after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned that Israel would respond to any and all attacks in the region. The mortar shell hit the Eshkol region. No injuries or damage were reported in the attack. Chaim Yellin, […]


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Shabbat In Shiloh

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

By: Dvora Waysman Two of my four children live in places defined as “settlements” and are therefore characterized by most of the secular press as “obstacles to peace.” But if the journalists who use such terminology ever spent time there, among those idealistic and brave Jews, they might have to rethink their definition. My daughter […]


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Yishai: U.S. can’t stop West Bank settlement expansion

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

By Nir Hasson and Chaim Levinson, Haaretz Correspondents, and Reuters Last www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1106506.html Interior Minister Eli Yishai said on Monday that Israel must go ahead with plans to expand a settlement enclave near Jerusalem despite U.S. objections. While touring the E-1 corridor, Yishai called for continued construction in the contentious corridor between the Ma’aleh Adumim settlement […]


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[Son of American immigrant] Tank commander killed in accident was ‘modest genius’

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Tank commander killed in accident was ‘modest genius’ Matthew Wagner , THE JERUSALEM POST Aug. 6, 2009 www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418532543&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull Visiting the Liwerant family – mourning for their son, St.-Sgt. Uriel Peretz Liwerant, 21, who was killed early Wednesday morning when the tank he commanded flipped over on the Golan Heights – one could not escape the […]


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Remains from Period of King Hezekiah Discovered

Monday, August 10th, 2009

by Hillel Fendel (Israelnationalnews.com) The most recent dramatic archaeological find in Israel is that of a luxurious administrative center from the period of King Hezekiah, over 2,700 years ago. The center was discovered in Kibbutz Ramat Rachel, just south of Jerusalem Over 100 students and volunteers from Israel and abroad are taking part in the […]


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Travel: Gamla, the Masada of the North

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

by Shalom Pollack (Israelnationalnews.com) Many are familiar with the dramatic last stand of the Jewish rebels on Masada against the Roman Legions after the destruction of the Second Temple. But according to the same historian, Josephus Flavius (or Yosef ben Matityahu – his Hebrew name) who described Masada, a very similar drama took place at […]


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Jews… in Space!

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Monday is the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, so I thought this would be a great time to look back on Jews in space. No, not the Mel Brooks version. I’m talking about bona fide Jewish astronauts who have translated the ancient, nomadic ways of our people into a passion for exploration among […]


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Police Neglect to Evict Arab Squatters, Again

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

by IsraelNN TV staff (Israelnationalnews.com) Yitzchak Hershkowitz has battled for 17 years to evict a clan of Arab squatters from property he owns. Now, after police failed yet again to implement a court order calling for the clan’s eviction, clan members have obtained an injunction from the High Court. Hershkowitz remains unable to make use […]


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