Northern Israelis adapt to life under fire
KIRYAT SHEMONA, Israel (AP) — Yossi Vaknin says he’s got rocket-dodging down to a science since being forced underground by Hezbollah missiles. Sitting outside public shelter 110, in a tank-top
Israeli Soldiers Deal With Grief, Trauma
ON THE ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER — Some 20 paratroopers sit on the grass, skullcaps on their heads and M-16 rifles lying gently on their laps, and sing the traditional tunes marking
War threatens lives, livelihoods in northern Israel town
METULLA, Israel (AP) – Lior Weinberg shakes his head and gazes out to where his apples, peaches, pears and plums rot on the ground in front of him.
In Israel’s
Israelis on front lines welcome Sabbath
KIRYAT SHEMONA, Israel (AP) — Israelis in northern Israel welcomed the Sabbath at synagogues and with traditional festive meals on Friday, but the continuing threat of Hezbollah rockets and an
Israeli officer describes ferocious battle
ON THE ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER — Lt. Yaron Genkin never saw the Hezbollah guerrillas he and his men were fighting.
What the 21-year-old tank commander did see were explosions all around
Olmert expresses ‘deep regret’ over dead peacekeepers
KIRYAT SHEMONA, Israel (AP) — Israel’s prime minister expressed “deep regret” Wednesday over the killings of four U.N. observers in an airstrike and dismay over U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s accusation
Israel hastily musters its citizen army
JERUSALEM (AP) — Roy Bass emerged from the Mediterranean waves at noon Friday for a Popsicle break when, surfboard in hand, he heard his cell phone ringing on the beach.
Israelis Seek Refuge on Isolated Beach
NITZANIM BEACH, Israel (AP) — Revital Aburmad jerked from her sleep Tuesday morning to find herself lying on a strange beach. She had just had an awful nightmare; she was
Israel blames Hamas for attack that nabs Schalit
KIBBUTZ KEREM SHALOM, Israel _ Palestinian militants sneaked into Israel underneath a Gaza border crossing Sunday, killed two Israeli soldiers and captured another, raising the threat of an all-out conflict
Israel rocks – the comeback of the concerts
RAMAT GAN, Israel (AP) _ Some 20,000 frenzied fans sang along with Sting as he yelped out the familiar lyrics to one of his most famous songs.
“Whoa, I’m an
A transoceanic mixer highlights rift between Israelis and Jews abroad
TEL AVIV, Israel – Hundreds of Jewish singles file into the ballroom of a luxury beachfront hotel and gather in separate groups. On one side are sharply dressed foreigners, almost
French cultural event attempts to mend rocky relationship with Israel
JERUSALEM – For one night, the skies above the Tel Aviv coastline came alight in a spectacular, unprecendented fireworks extravaganza that attracted hundreds of thousands of Israelis and was broadcast
Israeli Arab Sisters Pioneer Boxing
UMM EL FAHM, Israel — Riham Agabaria has a left hook that will knock your socks off. Or your head scarf.
Sparring in her hometown in northern Israel, the shy
New Israeli Security Chief Sparks Debate
JERUSALEM, Israel (AP) — Can Israel afford to hand its nuclear briefcase to a man who spent much of his brief and unremarkable military service fixing tanks?
The country is
Israeli leader’s family has influenced his political ways
JERUSALEM – To understand why a lifelong hawk like Ehud Olmert could come to embody the moderate center of Israeli politics, look no further than his family.
There’s his wife,