A Jew in Yemen : We hate Israel because of the way it treats the Palestinians

Suleiman Saad al-Jaradi, a Jew living in Yemen , attacked Israel in an interview published on the Saudi Elaf website, which has close ties to the London-based al-Hayat . "Israelis have no religion, no Torah, and no morals," he said.

221,200 senior citizens treated for abuse in hospitals in 2003

Ministry of Health statistics show that 221,000 senior citizens were received in hospitals in 2003 after being severely abused. This is a 30% increase on 2002.

Discrimination rears its head again: Ynet has learned that a kindergarten in the Rashbi religious primary school in Lod opened a separate class for students of Ethiopian origin this year.

Students outside the school walls

The school year began more than a month ago, but David Varhaftig (third grade) and Mel Varhaftig (first grade) have still not started their studies and have yet to hear the school welcoming them

Our children are not toys

During the holidays, the Families with Infants association organized demonstrations in front of the family court in Ramat Gan and Tel Aviv City Hall

Petition demanding equal rights for handicapped athletes

With the end of the Special Olympics in which Israel won 13 medals (four gold, four silver, and five bronze), the Minister of Education and Sports announced her decision to create a scholarship for handicapped athletes and coaches

Situation gets worse: 1.5 million poor in Israel call on Sharon to fire Netanyahu

There were 1.5 million poor in Israel in 2003, among them 650,000 children. These are the official statistics to be released by Social Security on Tuesday (November 23)

Yom Kippur: a Sephardic perspective

As a Sephardic man who works as a critic, Yom Kippur has a two-sided symbolism for me. It is the day of the Black Panther* rebellion, stopped in its tracks by the Yom Kippur War

Immigrants in Ashkelon demonstrate against police brutality

Today, 500 Russian immigrants from Russia demonstrated in Ashkelon , protesting an incident that took place about six weeks ago in the city when policemen allegedly beat up an elderly couple in the area

During an Israeli Broadcast Authority (IBA) session held today, General-Director Yosef Barel said that attempts to get rid of him were racially motivated because he is of Sephardic descent.

Rueben Roslin is not the only unemployed new immigrant from the former Soviet Union who has been treated badly in recent months by employees at the employment office in Petah Tikva

New study: capabilities not provided for disabled access

The Justice Ministry's Commission for Equal Rights for the Disabled issued conducted a study on disabled persons' access to hundreds of public facilities in Israel , including clinics, malls, and banks

IDF officer on the corpse case: this is part of reality

"For the soldiers, this is just part of reality, like taking pictures at a squadron party, on a trip, or during any other activity," an Israeli infantry brigade commander told Ynet, showing an understanding of the actions of the soldiers who mutilated terrorists' corpses and took pictures with them.

Ultra-orthodox in Beitar Elit are angry after the Beitar Tour Company transported diplomats to Arafat's funeral

The ultra-orthodox settlement of Beitar Elit, part of Gush Etzion, is calling for a boycott of Beitar Tour, the city's contracted transportation company

Threats to MK Ruhama Avraham: right-wing activists will abduct and rape you

"I have a feeling that right-wing extremists are preparing to abduct you and take turns raping you because of your support for the disengagement plan," said a threatening, handwritten letter sent to the office of MK Ruhama Avraham (Likud), one of the most prominent supporters of the disengagement plan.

The elderly complain their right to health has been violated

Recently the National Health Insurance Project has received many complaints from elderly citizens experiencing a crisis who feel that their health rights are under attack.

Poraz: a Jew can also be an anti-Semite

Critic or anti-Semite? It seems that Minister Avraham Poraz decided to spark a weekly religious uproar. Today, during the weekly Cabinet meeting, Poraz threw out his weekly gem-this time on the issue of anti-Semitism.

Top health official: Ministry destroying child development system

A senior Health Ministry official is accusing the ministry of destroying the child development and rehabilitation system that treats hundreds of children with special needs

Strike the Ashkenazim

In recent years, authors of articles in the press have clung to a stubborn habit: the ones responsible for every problem in Israeli society are secular Ashkenazim. Strike at the Ashkenazim and save Israel .

Today in the Knesset: battle day

Today the Knesset will begin debates over the disengagement plan amidst turmoil in Israel 's political system

US campus group refuses to condemn Palestinian terror

Durham , North Carolina -Ran Bar-On's shirt displays a large Palestinian flag above an Israeli tank and Palestinians in silhouette

Immigrating to leave

A few days ago, we heard Karmi Gilon, mayor of Mevaseret Zion and chief security official in the city, condemn the Ethiopians living in the city's immigrant absorption center

Vanunu: nominated for a Nobel Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize Committee announced the fifth nominee for the prize today. The nominee was a surprise (or perhaps not): nuclear mole Mordechai Vanunu

Gush Shalom goes for the Russian public

Early this week the extreme left Gush Shalom led by Uri Avnery convened a press conference for correspondents with the Russian-language media in which it presented its political platform.

Discrimination in aid allocated to local authorities: local councils in the territories receive twice the aid given to the Ofakim local council.

A new study conducted by Tel Aviv University found that [Jewish] local councils in the territories receive twice the government aid that other Jewish local councils receive, such as developing town

The practical Holocaust dictionary

Anger was to be expected after Amnon Shapira described the actions of his friend Yonatan Bassi as similar to "the technical missions carried out by employees during the Holocaust

Changing the channel

According to the most recent studies, on Channel Two, the Sephardic Jew appears to be a bastard, the Arab frightening, and the settler violent and bigoted

Police: staff at Eitanim Hospital should be charged with abuse

Eleven staff members in the autistic ward at the Eitanim Hospital were charged with using hazardous methods of punishment against hospital patients, and exposing them to mental and physical torture.

Foreign Ministry report: fears that Israel 's standing in Europe could come to resemble that of apartheid South Africa

Israeli Army Radio reported yesterday (October 12) that a confidential report written by the Israeli Foreign Minister warns that Israel 's global standing could deteriorate in the next decade; in the worst case scenario, it could come to resemble that of South Africa under apartheid.

The collapse of democracy

The wane and fall of the Israeli republic

Murderers

It is accepted Israeli wisdom that the entire world is against us-not due to our actions, God forbid, but because of the media.

The collapse of democracy

"The bastards changed the rules and didn't tell me," former US Vice-President Spiro Agnew, convicted of tax evasion, once remarked

A letter of support from Pundak to al-Barghouti

Ron Pundak, the general director of the Peres Center for Peace, sent a letter of encouragement and support to the great terrorist Marwan al-Barghouti. Pundak not only offered his support

Report: Eitanim staffers were aware of 'chilling' abuse of autistic patients

Abuse of the helpless and "chilling" humiliations, including violence and cruelty, which emotionally and physically harmed autistic residents at the Eitanim psychiatric hospital

Civilized racism

In a state in which the both the defense and foreign minister are Sephardim and no one objects, claims of racism seem silly and can be denied

High Court of Justice freezes uprooting of orchard next to Mofaz's house

Today (September 23) the High Court of Justice issued an injunction requiring the government to submit a proposal in a month's time detailing how to minimize the damage to Zuheira Morshad's orchard

An immoral state

The group of children that gathered around us seemed highly amused. Some of the children held out syringes they had collected in a nearby yard, and demonstrated how to inject drugs "like adults."

The penalty for abuse

A worker at the Eitanim Hospital 's autistic patients ward said, "Workers in the department habitually tied patients to their chairs and dragged them by their necks like dogs

"Sorry, you're not allowed to teach Jewish children"

All 28-year-old Anita Shajum, who hails from Rayhaniya in the north, wanted to do was be a kindergarten or first grade teacher

Strolling through settlements is a routine event for the members of Peace Now, who go to settlements in Judea, Samaria , and the Gaza Strip to monitor construction there

400% increase in child abuse over the last three years

The Association for Child Protection reported today that from 2000 to 2003, there has been a huge increase-400%-in incidents of child abuse

The Interior Committee: the Police Internal Affairs Bureau supports police brutality

Members of the Knesset's Interior Committee strongly criticized the Ministry of Justice's Police Internal Affairs Bureau, claiming that the bureau habitually provides false testimonies, fabricates evidence, and buries violations to cover up police brutality against citizens.

UN vote on fence postponed

...Justice Minister Yosef Lapid warned Sunday that Israel is on the verge of becoming an international pariah and urged the government not to ignore the International Court of Justice

Gedera ghetto a symbol of the failure to absorb new Ethiopian immigrants

The town of Gedera has failed in its absorption of Ethiopian immigrants, with some 40 percent of the town's Ethiopian immigrants not having mastered Hebrew despite all having studied in an ulpan upon arrival, contends local Council Chairman Yaron Ben Nun

Peace Now to Bush: you are too nice to the Israeli government

The American branch of Peace Now (Americans for Peace Now) sent a letter to US President George Bush saying that Bush is not fit to be the president of the United States due to his overly lenient policies towards Israel

Police: Gil Naamati will be tried

Maariv has learned that the police have recommended bringing Gil Naamati-the leftist activist who was shot about six months ago during a protest against the separation wall near Masha village-before a criminal court.

Ilan Pappe in Australia : quit talking about peace; Israel must be boycotted

Dr. Ilan Pappe, a professor with the Political Science Department at Haifa University , called on global peace organizations to quit talking about peace and start talking about sanctions on the Jewish state. Pappe, currently visiting Australia , answered questions in an interview with a leftist newspaper, published Sunday morning (August 29).

Poraz: the Likud is a racist party

Today (July 17), Minister of Interior Avraham Poraz (Shinui) attacked the Likud, calling it "a racist party" and "anti-Ashkenazim."

Avnery: the separation fence reinforces Herzl's racist vision

In an article on a Palestinian website, former journalist Uri Avnery, who heads the extreme left-wing Gush Shalom, said that the security fence which Israel is building is "a realization of Herzl's racist vision."

Gilon: Ethiopians are destroying and polluting the streets, and they rummage through the garbage

This morning (Aug 25) former head of the Shin Bet, Karmi Gilon, denied statements against Ethiopians attributed to him by Yediot Aharonot

Gilon denies making racist statements against Ethiopians

This morning (Aug 25) former head of the Shin Bet, Karmi Gilon, denied statements against Ethiopians attributed to him by Yediot Aharonot

MK Arieh Eldad calls for sanctions on non-aligned countries

On Sunday (Aug 22) MK Arieh Eldad (Nationalist Union) called for sanctions on the 115 member-nations of the non-aligned movement after they issued a resolution recommending that settlers and products manufactured outside the Green Line be prohibited from entering their territories

Is service in Israeli Army Radio only for the secular?

The Citizen's Right to Know organization asked Brigadier-General Eliezer Stern, the army's chief educational officer, to form an external committee to investigate soldier interview proceedings at Israeli Army Radio after only one religious soldier was accepted at the station following a training program organized for correspondents by Army Radio.

Report on the Ethiopian community

Introduction

Ethiopian immigrants are a special community within the multiethnic Israeli social fabric

My comrades left me on the battlefield

"My comrades fled in the armored personnel carrier and left me on the battlefield," says reserve paratroop soldier Aberaho Chekol

A shortage of more than 1,500 classrooms in the Arab school system

A survey conducted by the Follow-Up Committee for Arab Education, led by Nabih Abu Saleh, found that there is a shortage of more than 1,500 classrooms in the Arab school system. Half of all Arab villages will not be able to absorb all students with the beginning of the academic year.

Director of the National Employment Service Esther Dominicini announced this morning that 231,800 job-seekers turned to the employment service in July 2004, a 2.2% increase on the previous month, which saw 226,900 job seekers.

Shin Bet document: this is they interrogate "ticking bombs"

An internal Shin Bet document written by the head of interrogations in Samaria (known as "Oz") records the use of violence in an interrogation with a Palestinian detainee suspected of being a "ticking bomb."

Israeli university professor visits New Zealand : Israel must be boycotted

At the height of the diplomatic tension between Israel and New Zealand, which led to the imposition of sanctions on Israel, and only a few days after the Jewish community in New Zealand laid responsibility for the desecration of Jewish graveyards on the government, Israeli university professor Jeff Halper arrived in New Zealand

The Israeli army is losing the purity of arms

This evening (August 8), Chief of Staff Moshe "Bugi" Yaalon was unexpectedly attacked by Shmuel Toledano, former Deputy Director of the Mossad and a member of the Council for Peace and Security

The autistic ward closed due to suspicions that the medical staff engaged in torture

The Ministry of Health has closed the autistic ward at the Eitanim Hospital near Jerusalem , due to suspicions that patients were subjected to torture by the medical staff

Immigrant soldier: "Things were better in Ethiopia"

His father died in Ethiopia, and his mother and brothers beat him. He was kicked out of the house, lived in the streets, and worked for a pittance

An attorney compares the dismissal of the Nationalist Union ministers with the emergence of Nazism

This morning (June 20), seven justices with the High Court of Justice, led by Justice Aharon Barak, met to discuss the five petitions filed against the dismissal of Ministers Avigdor Lieberman and Benny Elon

Discrimination against the disabled reaches air space as well

Arkia Airlines has become accustomed to forcing passengers in wheelchairs to renounce any claims to compensation if they are physically injured during the flight

Bishara: Israel 's face is like that of the racist Naomi Shemer

MK Azmi Bishara (National Democratic Coalition) claimed in an article published in the Egyptian al-Ahram on Friday (August 6) that the racist opinions of Israeli national poet Naomi Shemer, who passed away about a month ago, reflect the beliefs of Israeli society.

The Bedouin contestant removed from the house

The first week of "Y-2" has ended with the Bedouin contestant-Ayman al-Aboud from Gan Yavne-packing his bags and leaving the house

The spread of cancer in Mt. Hebron because of the Daimona nuclear reactor

It has been some time since we have heard the traditional accusation that Israel is attempting to poison Palestinian society. The day before yesterday, the official paper of the Palestinian Authority, al-Hayat al-Jadida ,

Vanunu to al-Wasat : Israeli possesses hundreds of nuclear bombs

In the second part of an interview given to the London-based al-Wasat , part of the Hayat Institution, nuclear spy Mordechai Vanunu says that " Israel possesses 100-200 nuclear bombs." He says that it has neutron and hydrogen bombs with a force that is ten times greater than a traditional atomic bomb

The people are for a secular government

A poll conducted by Dr. Mina Zemach and published on Wednesday (August 4) clearly identifies the type of coalition government favored by the public.

Don't wake up Rabbi Melchior* on account of this

Given the confusion over what can be said and by whom, and when one can run to the Attorney General and cry incitement and when something can be ignored

Heroes over the Sephardim

The ridiculous portrayal of Sephardim in television ads ("Somewhat Civilized Hegemony," Poria Gal, May 19, 2004) reflects the standards prevalent at most advertising agencies

Director Ben-Shitrit's horror movie

His entire life, Ben-Shitrit has directed films about the downtrodden, Sephardim, and Palestinians

Ethiopian youth to Hot News: "They hate Ethiopians like the Nazis hated the Jews"

The youth in the Hatzeva neighborhood of Natanya have gotten used to living in solitude. But now they're sick of it, and they found the strongest words they could possibly say in an interview with correspondent Ronit Balas, with Hot News in the Sharon area. They are not afraid to say that they will be forced to become martyrs and blow themselves up to receive proper treatment.

Contempt for the elderly

 was riding an Egged bus in Haifa, and at one of the stops, a group of elderly passengers stood up. They appeared to be Ethiopian immigrants. They were calm and patient,

Fewer Jews, more money

A total of 92 percent of the world's Jews live in the wealthiest fifth of the world's population, according to a report prepared by the Jewish Agency's Institute for Jewish People Policy Planning research group.

Humiliating the fighter

Golan Elmakias, a fighter in a paratrooper reconnaissance detachment who has served two years in the territories, says bitterly, "This humiliation is insulting and embarrassing.

New immigrants "swept" out of Knesset

Ten janitorial staff members dismissed; Required to take a psychometric test in order to be reinstated.

The Knesset is again demonstrating that lofty talk of Zionism and immigrant absorption is one thing, but the harsh and cynical realities of Israeli life are another matter altogether.

Vanunu warns: an earthquake in Dimona would endanger the lives of millions

"Nuclear spy" Mordechai Vanunu warns that an earthquake in the region could crack the Dimona nuclear reactor leading to a radiation leak that would "endanger millions of lives in neighboring Arab countries."

But I'm Israeli

The I Am Israeli Organization filed a petition with the High Court of Justice asking that the organization's members be allowed to register their nationality as Israeli.

Tour guide for Arabs

I am an enlisted teacher, and I serve as a guide in an environmental protection group. Sometimes during the tours, we explain things to a few Arab children. My question is, is this permissible? Perhaps during these tours we are strengthening their connection to our land?

Shit

Many people have the habit of asking the same stupid question when meeting  friends, family, or acquaintances-"Is everything alright?" And, hen asked about how they're doing, or about their health, and what they are up to, many will answer, "Everything will be fine

Eichler: the Ministry of Education discriminates against ultra-orthodox children

The Ministry of Education has decreed that as of next year hearing-impaired children studying at ultra-orthodox institutions of Talmudic learning will no longer receive the services offered by organizations giving aid to the hearing impaired

Somewhat civilized hegemony

The second television and radio network recently appointed an external ethics committee whose mission is to draft clear guidelines establishing the permissible and impermissible in advertisements, above and beyond already established rules

Dichter: heightened extremism among extreme right-wing activists

Today (July 4), Shin Bet director Avi Dichter said during a cabinet session that there is a clear increase in extremism among activists on the far right

Representatives of the Musawa Center ask the President to fight racism

Representatives from the Musawa Center for Arab Rights in Israel will meet today (7/6) with the President, Moshe Katsav . They will present him with the report on racism published by the center at the beginning of June

MK Eliyahu Yishai: The Shinui party is a disgrace on Israel 's brow

This is what MK Eli Yishai, head of the Shas movement, confirmed this morning in the Knesset after the Prime Minister requested that he begin discussing the issue of its inclusion in the government

Leftist protesters have not succeeded in finding a leader

Yesterday, more than 150,000 people participated in a demonstration in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv under the banner of "withdrawing from Gaza and initiating a dialogue".

Educational apartheid in the Herzliya Gymnasium in Tel Aviv

Recently, the Herzliya Gymnasium in Tel Aviv decided that educational apartheid is the institution's new vision. This vision includes the establishment of a school for students from "wealthy classes"

Dudu Topaz joins Shinui

After years of promising that he will be prime minister without ever fulfilling that promise, Dudu Topaz seems to have finally taken the first step in that direction. This morning (May 30), Maariv reported that the veteran comedian has joined the Shinui party.

We are not animals

It is the right of every immigrant in Israel to obtain a monthly social security payment, but Ethiopian immigrants living at the Shoshana Absorption Center in Kiryat Gat claim that it isn't so.

Lapid to Shalom, “anti-Semite”… Shalom, “You are a Racist”

Minister Lapid described Minister Shalom as “anti-Semitic” and Shalom, in response, termed Lapid “a racist and anti-Semite” during a cabinet meeting.

Rabbi Kaduri opposes disengagement; Rabbi Ovadia will soon announce his position

Rabbi Yosef Kaduri sent a letter to all registered Likud members calling on them to vote against the disengagement plan. Sources close to the rabbi will distribute the letter tomorrow (Friday, April 30)

The situation of the Ethiopian community in Israel

The situation of the Ethiopian community is extremely poor. They are the community most subjected to discrimination in Israel and they suffer from severe racism

Report on torture at a mental hospital concealed

The Ministry of Health is hiding a report on torture and the use of violence in the psychiatric establishment, claims the Magen Human Rights Association. The confidential report was sent to senior officials in the Ministry of Health in December 2003

Hundreds of at-risk children do not receive proper care in Lod due to the local authorities' crisis

Hundreds of children in Lod-including victims of sexual assault-are not receiving proper care since the municipality's welfare department cannot do its job because of the local authorities' crisis

Civil solutions for the Bedouins

The Knesset rejects a proposed law that would allow the appointment of Muslim, Druze, and Christian clergymen in the Israeli army

The Knesset this morning rejected a bill proposed by MK Ran Cohen that would allow the appointment of Muslim, Druze, and Christian clergymen to the IDF in order to offer religious and spiritual guidance

Non-Jewish relatives of Israeli soldiers deported

Yesterday (Tuesday) a special ministerial committee decided to deport non-Jewish relatives of soldiers in the IDF, along with the non-Jewish family members of Jewish children

Whoa—we’re not in Europe here

A vicious attack is being waged on Eastern music for its allegedly meaningless lyrics. Cultured Ashkenazim base attacks on these songs on the grounds that they focus on romance

Needy families fight shame to accept Pesach food packages

As Passover approaches, the nonprofit organizations distributing food to the needy in Kiryat Shmona decided to cross-check their lists to ensure no one was receiving care packages from more than one welfare group

Secularists feel that the ultra-orthodox are threatening them

A recent poll shows that 80% of the ultra-orthodox feel that they do not hold secularists in contempt, while 68% of secularists are convinced that the ultra-orthodox hate them and are contemptuous of them

Another wave of ultra-orthodox violence in Jerusalem

After about a year of relative calm in the capital, on Saturday groups of ultra-orthodox threw stones, vegetables, and fruit at passing cars on Bar-Ilan Road and Golda Meir Road in Jerusalem

Briefs submitted to the Labor Court contain serious allegations regarding the humiliating treatment of doctors from the former Soviet Union ; three immigrant doctors in the Hasharon Hospital say:

They are discriminating against us

The reason for the Holocaust as seen by Ovadia Yosef

At the Yechaveh Daat religious school, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef offered his own explanation of the Nazi Holocaust: it happened because of secularism and assimilation

Parents of autistic children: how long will our children be exceptions for the Ministry of Education?

Parents of autistic children—who are party to a lawsuit filed by Bizchut ( Israel Human Rights Center for People with Disabilities) against the Ministry of Education—are becoming more desperate about the discrimination against their children practiced by leaders in the Ministry of Education.

Y. is a Jew from the Ukraine who immigrated to Israel in 1993 and received citizenship under the Law of Return. In 2000, she met R., a Christian who came from the Ukraine and stayed in Israel even after his tourist visa expired.

Peter Berkowitz wrote an article about the popularity in Israel of The Clash of Civilizations , by Samuel Huntington, the conservative political scientist at Harvard. (The book was translated by the Shalem Center , funded by cosmetics baron Ron Lauder, a personal friend of Netanyahu and a shareholder in Channel Ten.)

An objection to those rabbis who allow the murder of innocents

Greetings Rabbi Sharlo,

I think you must express your opinion about the murder of innocents and cutting off water, electricity, and food to Palestinians in Judea , Samaria , and especially in Gaz

I hate racists and Moroccans.

What words does a Russian cookbook start with? Add a cup of vodka.

Moni Mordechai, former Secretary-General of Peace Now

The hypocrisy and the racism of the Zionist left are once more apparent in the Yachad Party elections. This was not merely an electoral contest between two figures for the leadership of the left

Poll: many of the sick are forced to forgo some medication because of cost

In 2003, 17% of Israelis declined some medical treatment or medication because of its cost, compared to only 14% in 2001

Books on the history of the Israeli people

The treatment of Sephardim in history texts and the history of the Israeli people in academic curricula represent an ideological choice by the educational system to create an Israeli consciousness in the region

Why do they hate Arabs and Sephardim here? For the same reasons they hated Central Asians there

Historian Dimitri Chomsky, who immigrated to Israel from Kiev 14 years ago, has a surprising explanation for the extreme nationalist, racist expressions found among immigrants from the former Soviet Union

About 40,000 children joined the ranks of the poor in 2003

About 40,000 children joined the ranks of the poor in 2003, according to Dr. Yigal Ben-Shalom, director general of social security

The Knesset votes against civil marriage

Today the Knesset rejected two proposals for civil marriage, submitted by MKs Roman Bronfman (Meretz) and Ophir Pinas-Paz (Labor)

Don't call me black

Recently, citizens of Ethiopian origin, from Hatzeltzel Street in Maale Adumim, lodged a complaint that they had been treated poorly and encountered racism at the local police station.

Silence of the white lambs

Since the state was established and the Law of Return passed, Israel has been exerting the utmost effort to bring immigrants to Israel from all over the world, even if their economic situation is poor.

Converts get caught in a catch-22 at the Interior Ministry

A year ago, the Interior Ministry decided that conversion in Israel no longer means a newly recognized Jew automatically gains Israeli citizenship and new immigrant rights

Itamar Ben-Gvir convicted of supporting a terrorist organization

Today, the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court convicted militant right-wing activist Itamar Ben-Gvir of supporting a terrorist organization. On Av 9, 1992, the date of the destruction of the Temple , Ben-Gvir distributed flyers calling for the removal of foreigners from the Temple Mount

A correspondent with Israeli radio: security personnel assaulted me

Ayad Harb, a correspondent with Israeli Arabic radio, filed a complaint with the police against a public transportation security official in Jerusalem . He says that the bus station guard began to beat him for no reason as he was heading for the Kelal Center in Jerusalem .

Halachic injunction: killing innocent people is permissible

Rabbi Dov Lior, head of the Rabbis' Council for Judea , Samaria , and the Gaza Strip, says in a new ruling: killing civilians is permissible. The important thing is to save our soldiers

Even though Israel is a democratic nation, its citizens do not enjoy freedom of faith or freedom from religion

Individuals belonging to recognized religions in Israel can only marry individuals of the same religion in accordance with that religion's rules and laws. This hurts many citizens.

"Granpa Tuvia" hates Sephardim?

For the attention of:

Hed Arzi Ltd., attn. Iris Chion

Joke

Why is Russia so clean?

Still shooting and crying

The debate over the "code of ethics" that is supposed to act as a guideline for the army in its war on terrorism continues to heat up. The participants don't balk at using blunt language to sharpen the dilemma: Is the attempt to preen oneself with moral principles in the course of conducting violence that is flagrantly immoral a case of hypocrisy aimed at cleansing the conscience-or is the violent situation fomenting a situation of moral twilight, in which any attempt to cope with the ambiguity is preferable to an all-or-nothing approach?

Shas: distinguishing between the blood of Ashkenazim and Sephardim

An article by Yehuda Golan in Maariv reported, "Shas MKs are angry after a proposed law that would consider immigrants from Libya and Tunisia victims of Nazi persecution is rejected." MK Dahan: "I'm ashamed to be a member of the Knesset."

Coercing a confession

Yaakov Borovsky, northern district police commander, announced this morning, May 11, that the police had wrongfully arrested three men from Qana suspected of murdering soldier Oleg Shaichat. The suspects were released yesterday on house arrest. Why? It appears the police have found the real killers. It took the police three weeks-from the arrest of the real perpetrators of the operation at the Beit Remon Junction and the release of the men from Qana-to admit they had made a mistake.

Warning: limited warranty disengagement plan

Ben-Gurion once asked Ariel Sharon, have you ever stopped speaking untruths? The answer then and now is no, the man has never stopped. He is either fooling his colleagues in the Likud or fooling Israeli citizens and the United States President with his so-called "disengagement plan." If he were serious, he would not, with his political acumen, have responded with that strange being known as "a Likud-member referendum," which is alien to fragile Israeli democracy. Sharon's consent to fall in the trap only reinforces the hypothesis that from the first moment he had no plans to do anything serious. Rather, his intentions were limited to hypotheses.

A soldier caught smoking marijuana considered a disabled army veteran

A soldier caught smoking marijuana during his military service has been recognized by the Ministry of Defense as a disabled army veteran

Israeli professor: Israel perpetrated ethnic cleansing in 1948

Professor Avi Shlaim gave an interview to the Palestinian Authority's website. Shlaim is a British-Israeli Jew of Iraqi origin, and historian and international relations expert at Oxford University

Barenboim attacks Israeli policies while receiving the Wolf Prize

Orchestra conductor Daniel Barenboim received a prize from the Wolf Foundation yesterday, May 9, during a ceremony held at the Knesset. As was expected, Barenboim was not content to utter the traditional words of gratitude, but attacked Israeli policies as well.

Limor Livnat boasts of herself

Late last week, Haaretz published an article on Lev Greenberg and on the failure of Limor Livnat's efforts to have him fired from Ben-Gurion University. Fate was not so kind, however, to Jilian Redford, head of the Hillel Jewish students' organization at Richmond University in the US.

"Let's establish collective detention camps for the settlers"

Following the failure of the army and the police to evacuate the settlement outpost of Hazon David, the venerable military commentator Ran Edelist put forth a revolutionary proposal for dealing with militant settlers: the establishment of collective detention camps

Avraham Burg: I apologize for the murder of Yassin and al-Rantisi

MK Avraham Burg responded to the invitation of the head of the European Parliament to present the Geneva Accords before members of the parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday, April 20.

Selected social indicators comparing Jewish and Arab citizens

The recently published Israel 2003 report contains statistics for 1990-2002 comparing the welfare of Jewish and Arab citizens. The comparison draws on social indicators in several fields, including education, health, economic resources, and employment. These indicators were compared across several different age groups. 

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40% of Israelis feel that relations with the US infringe on the independence of the state of Israel

A total of 40% of the Israeli public believes that Israel's relations with the US damage Israel's independence, while 91% believe that Israel needs the help and support of US Jews. These results are part of an opinion poll conducted on the occasion of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's fateful decision to unilaterally disengage from the Gaza Strip. The poll also marks the publication of a book by Dr. Ariel Feldstein, the academic director of Sapir College, on Israel's relations with US Jewry.

Mahmoud al-Zahar elected head of Hamas in Gaza

Hamas members in Gaza chose Dr. Mahmoud al-Zahar as head of the movement's politburo in the Gaza Strip following the assassination of Abd al-Aziz al-Rantisi ten days ago. Informed Palestinian sources reported that Ismail Haniya is al-Zahar's deputy, with Said al-Siyam acting as the third man in charge.

What Tumarkin said about the ultra-orthodox

Today MK Rabbi Israel Eichler addressed the Knesset quoting several statements made by Yigal Tumarkin about the ultra-orthodox

For the attention of Mr. Rivlin

Once again the Speaker of the Knesset, who studied law, criticizes the judiciary, particularly the High Court of Justice

Solving the demographic problem

Concerning a solution to the demographic problem in Israel, I think that immigration will increase when the Israeli economy grows and flourishes, terrorism disappears, and the Palestinian Authority is removed. We must encourage Jewish reproduction, in addition to work. I think voluntary transfer is a good idea, with compensations paid from Jewish money to every Arab that agrees to leave.

Were leftist demonstrators shot at again?

Further confrontations near the wall: 10-15 people were injured on Wednesday, April 7, during clashes near the separation wall in the village of Bedo, northwest of Jerusalem.

I did my job

"I did what I was charged to do. I did my job. I don't know why they are judging us so harshly

The struggle against the struggle: a response to Erez Mizrahi

The heavy hand about which Erez Mizrahi spoke ("Bread," February 10) is still doing its work

A teacher in Arad compares Israeli army soldiers with Nazis

Students from the ORT Arad High School complained that their teacher compared Israeli army soldiers to the Nazi army during a discussion with students from Germany who were visiting the city

An Ethiopian police officer arrested a 33-year-old driver from Jerusalem for not buckling in her children in the back seat. When the police officer began to write the ticket, the driver screamed in her face, "You kushi, you rotten Ethiopian, I was born here, you weren't. Mind your place."*

Sunday, April 12 marked the beginning of Palestinian Awareness Week at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA). The event was organized by several Muslim student organizations including al-Awda (the Palestine Right to Return Coalition), Students for Justice in Palestine, and the Muslim Students Association.

The spy Vanunu: I'm proud of what I did. I have no secrets

At about 11:10 on Wednesday, April 21, prisoner number 1005962 walked through the doors of Ashkelon's Shekma Prison. After 17 and a half years behind bars, he became a free man-with certain limitations.

Vanunu released: I have no other secrets. They treated me brutally, and the Mossad and Shin Bet dried to drive me mad. I'm proud of what I did

Today Mordechai Vanunu was released from the prison in Ashkelon after 17.5 years behind bars. For the next six months, he will be under supervision.

Vanunu: I'll live in the Anglican Cathedral in Jerusalem

Nuclear detainee Mordechai Vanunu was released at 11:15 am this morning after spending 18 years in Shekma Prison in Ashkelon on charges of spying and treason. Vanunu told Shekma prison warden that he would stay at St. George Cathedral in East Jerusalem, but Bishop Riyah Abu al-Assal told Israeli Army Radio this was not true.

Vanunu and dozens of his supporters celebrate his release in a church in Jerusalem

Dozens of Mordechai Vanunu's supporters gathered in the Holy Cathedral of St. George in Jerusalem to celebrate his release.

Reported incidents of child abuse on the rise

When parents warn their children not to talk to strangers, they are not protecting them from one of the greatest dangers threatening them: about 70% of child abuse cases involving children under 14 are committed by relatives, friends, or family

Shas discriminates against its own constituency: Sephardic Jews

Can it be that the Shas schools which were established due to the reluctance to accept Oriental Jews into the Ashkenazi ultra-Orthodox establishments now don't accept Oriental Jews themselves? It turns out that is the case

Young man killed in a fight between immigrants and natives

Alexander Koskin, a 22-year-old immigrant from the former Soviet Union, died yesterday evening in Beit Shemesh in a fight between a group of immigrants and a group of native-born Israelis.

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A forgotten childhood

The annual report of the National Council for the Child is to be presented to the President today; 40% of children in Israel suffer from poverty

Klinger: what the fans did to Dago is like the art work in the Swedish museum

The coach for Maccabi Tel Aviv, [Nir] Klinger, defends midfielder Baruch Dago, who was the subject of racist chants

A mother and her infant live in a dovecote

Katia Tiurin was evicted because she could not pay rent; she found shelter in a dovecote and sometimes the neighbors invite her into their homes to warm up

The time has come to recognize secular Judaism

Delegates who came to Jerusalem at the end of last week to attend the meeting of the North American United Jewish Communities General Assembly (GA) were met by an important advertisement published on Friday in the Jerusalem Post and the English edition of Hmain en.htmretz

Immigrants want to leave

Thousands of new immigrants who arrived in Israel last month are experiencing an economic crisis due to strikes at government ministries

Drug use among Ethiopian youth twice that of native Israelis

Twice as many Ethiopian students in middle school take drugs as native Israeli students. One third of Ethiopian young people, most of them under the age of 15, have taken drugs experimentally

A new report shows that social gaps are sharply increasing; 30% of Israelis earn NIS4,000 per month while the rich get richer; the richest 20% earn 50% of the income and big CEOs earn NIS250,000 monthly

A report issued by the National Council for the Child reveals a difficult, sad picture of our children; one third of children are poor, many fall prey to violence and sexual abuse, and many are drug addicts; who protects Israeli children?

The Israeli army is witnessing an historical moment: if there are no last-minute changes, ultra-orthodox young men will soon be recruited to all military units, not only the orthodox Nahal Brigade, as is currently the case

According to a recently released report, the great tragedy is that children of poor families have no chance to escape the cycle of poverty 

The future of the children of Israel-the generation of tomorrow who are supposed to break the boundaries of space and society and lead Israeli society towards new horizons-resembles the spaceship Columbia that blew to bits

The parents of one in every six children are unemployed; 62% of children think that violence among children is due to the poor, harsh conditions in which these children live

The ILAN workshop in Jerusalem will be forced to close its door in 2004 due to budget cuts from the Ministry of Social Affairs. As a result, 24 severely disabled people will be deprived of the one thing that makes them get up in the morning

The Youth and Sport Authority will cancel activities 

The disabled are threatening to resume their struggle, this time against the Youth and Sport Authority

The Committee for the Formulation of a Proposal for Registration of Spousal Status devoted most of its first meeting, held two weeks ago, to a collective promise made by its members to uphold the confidentiality of the proceedings.

The rule of the Ashkenazim

The current state of Israel, which began in the 1950s to develop nuclear capabilities, build an advanced army, and create the military and agricultural technologies of the highest order, was unable to acculturate its sons who came to Israel from North Africa and Iraq during the 1950s,

Milli Attar, a student in the 12th grade at Safed, cannot participate in computer classes like the rest of her peers

Two dark-skinned fighters with the elite paratroopers unit were kicked out of a party at the Greenhouse Club in Kfar Vitkin in Sharon

This fact was revealed on Monday (December 29) in a report prepared by the Adva Center on social status in Israel in 2003. The report also found that Sephardic Jews make slightly more than Israeli Arabs

Oriental Jewish singers say Livnat is a racist

Oriental Jewish singers are organizing a demonstration against the Ministry of Education and Minister Limor Livnat , whom they accuse of being racist

Kavlaoved : the disabled and the elderly are hostages to the government

The government's latest announcement about the closure of social security hospitals is another attempt to shirk its duties towards the elderly and disabled

700 photos of malnutrition, serious disease, and death

Minister of Interior Avraham Poraz ( Shinui ) is using the budget as an excuse to obstruct the implementation of a decision by the former government to bring Ethiopian Falas Mora Jews to Israel