Israel becomes haven for US Jews’ hoop dreams
JERUSALEM (AP) _ Most new immigrants to Israel have traditionally come out of ideology, or to escape hardship and persecution. Jon Scheyer is coming to be a basketball superstar.
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Israeli housing protests evolve into major crisis
JERUSALEM (AP) _ Thousands of young protesters have set up sprawling tent camps in Israeli cities, forcing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday to introduce economic reforms to address a
Jerusalem boxing club brings together Jews, Arabs
JERUSALEM (AP) _ When Gershon Luxemburg started his boxing club 30 years ago, he was looking to build champions, not bridges.
But thanks to a loyal cadre of Jewish and
Shakira in Israel to promote education campaign
JERUSALEM (AP) _ Colombian pop singer Shakira promoted her global education campaign with a stop at a joint Israeli-Arab school in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
Kicking off Israel’s third annual Presidential
Israel asks US to let spy attend father’s funeral
JERUSALEM (AP) _ Israelis are rallying behind convicted spy Jonathan Pollard like never before, urging the U.S. on Sunday to let the former Pentagon analyst leave prison to attend his
Israel struggles to stop weapons smuggling at sea
HAIFA, Israel (AP) — Israel’s navy is casting its net wider and deeper in an effort to stop Gaza militants from receiving weapons by sea, a difficult mission made harder,
Are pre-1967 borders indefensible for Israel?
JERUSALEM (AP) – During a swing through Washington this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly said his country’s pre-1967 lines are “indefensible.”
A total withdrawal from the West Bank,
Arab protesters descend on Israeli borders
MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights (AP) _ Mobilized by calls on Facebook, thousands of Arab protesters marched on Israel’s borders with Syria, Lebanon and Gaza on Sunday in an unprecedented wave
Protests Turn Deadly on Israeli Border with Syria
Israeli troops clashed with Arab protesters Sunday along three hostile borders, including the frontier with Syria, leaving 16 people dead and dozens more wounded in an unprecedented wave of demonstrations.
Israeli memorial starts collecting Holocaust items
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Lydia Avidan, an elegant 79-year-old widow, walked into a Tel Aviv high school with tears streaking from beneath her tinted sunglasses. She was about to
Israeli cousins united by Holocaust database
JERUSALEM (AP) —Ever since she became an orphaned 12-year-old in Russia, Liora Tamir thought she was alone in the world—having lost every single member of her family either in the
Exhibit showcases Eichmann, 50 years after trial
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Israel indicts Gaza engineer as rocket mastermind
BEERSHEBA, Israel — Israel raised the stakes in its battle with Hamas Monday by indicting a Palestinian engineer for masterminding the group’s rocket program and training fighters.
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Facebook cuts ‘uprising’ page after Israel protest
JERUSALEM (AP) – Facebook on Tuesday removed a page calling on Palestinians to take up arms against Israel, following a high-profile Israeli appeal to the popular social-networking site.
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Israel deploys rocket defense system against Gaza
BEERSHEBA, Israel (AP)—Israel deployed a cutting-edge rocket defense system on Sunday, rolling out the latest tool in its arsenal to stop a recent spike in attacks from the neighboring Gaza