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 hand over to historians the only mementos she had left from relatives who perished in the Holocaust — a yellowed, cracked letter she had never read and a faded black-and-white … Read More
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 Nazi Holocaust or Soviet prison camps. That changed because of a recent search of a database of names of Holocaust victims. She discovered that her murdered grandparents were commemorated there … Read More
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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. Dirar Abu Sisi vanished from a sleeper train in Ukraine in February and mysteriously resurfaced days later in an Israeli prison, recalling the dramatic covert operations Israeli was once famous for. His abduction … Read More
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. The affair highlighted how Facebook is increasingly involved in charged political conflicts, balancing between protecting freedom of expression and defending against hate speech. The page, titled “Third Palestinian Intifada,” had more than … Read More
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 Strip. Israel hopes the homegrown Iron Dome system will provide increased security to its citizens, but officials warned that it can’t do the job alone. The system went into operation … Read More
JERUSALEM (AP) — It’s early in a scoreless Israel Bowl and a crowd that includes armed soldiers, ultra-Orthodox Jews and skullcapped settlers waving Israeli flags erupts in celebration after Palestinian linebacker Ayoub Elayyan intercepts a pass. His Gush Texas Judean Rebel teammates quickly convert the turnover into a touchdown and never look back, racing to a 32-30 victory in the … Read More
Israeli aircraft struck a Palestinian rocket squad in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing two militants as the military activated a new defense system to shoot down incoming rockets. The AP’s Aron Heller reports from Beersheba, Israel. [url href=”http://aronheller.com/articles/israel-deploys-rocket-defense-system/”] [url href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQeRZvwnV50″ content=”Watch the Video” target=external]
JERUSALEM (AP) _ A blast Israel quickly blamed on Palestinian militants ripped through a bus stop in Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing a woman, wounding two dozen other people and intensifying fears that a period of relative calm could be ending as hopes for a negotiated peace fade. Violence has been on the rise, with the knife slaying this month of … Read More
One woman is dead and more than 20 people are hurt after a bomb struck a crowded bus stop in central Jerusalem. There’s been no claim of responsibility, but Israel blames Palestinian militants. The AP’s Aron Heller reports from Jerusalem. [url href=”http://aronheller.com/articles/deadly-jerusalem-blast-shatters-years-of-calm/”]Watch the Video[/url] [url href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb5QkA8zOVw” content=”Watch the Video” target=external]
One woman is dead and more than 20 people are hurt after a bomb struck a crowded bus stop in central Jerusalem. There’s been no claim of responsibility, but Israel blames Palestinian militants. The AP’s Aron Heller reports for KFWB Radio (Los Angeles) from Jerusalem. [url href=”http://aronheller.com/articles/deadly-jerusalem-blast-shatters-years-of-calm/”]Watch the Video[/url] [url href=”http://audioboo.fm/boos/311570-liveshot-with-kfwb-radio-in-los-angeles” content=”Listen to Report” target=external]
JERUSALEM — Israel said Tuesday it seized a cargo ship loaded with weapons sent by Iran to Palestinian militants in Gaza, including sophisticated land-to-sea missiles that officials said could change the balance of power in the area. The takeover in the Mediterranean Sea was the latest in a series of Israeli naval raids meant to counter the growing influence of … Read More
JERUSALEM (AP) _ Israel hunted for the perpetrators of a grisly murder of a family of five in a remote West Bank settlement Saturday, appealing for help from the Palestinian Authority, which sent security forces to join the manhunt. The knife attack, which killed two young children, a baby and their parents as they slept, was the deadliest in years. … Read More
TEL AVIV, Israel — Students at the Bialik-Rogozin school in a rundown Tel Aviv neighborhood have survived genocide, war and famine. But they were all smiles on Monday after learning that a documentary about their plight had won an Academy Award. “Strangers No More” puts a human face on Israel’s absorption of African migrants — an issue that has divided … Read More
JERUSALEM (AP) _ When British novelist Ian McEwan accepted a prestigious Israeli literary award this week, he used the occasion to criticize Israeli policies in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem. His high-powered audience, which included the nation’s president and the mayor of Jerusalem, responded in an unexpected way: They gave him a warm ovation, ecstatic that the renowned … Read More