#41475 New bus route leaves Palestinian workers walking
by Yair Ettinger in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
Line from Modi'in Ilit to Bnei Brak leaves workers stranded; Superbus says IDF ordered the change. ...
#41476 Criticism of West Bank withdrawal growing in Kadima
by Aluf Benn, Gideon Alon, AP in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said yesterday that the current wave of violence in Gaza would not prevent Israel's planned withdrawal from most of the West Bank or the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel. "I am absolutely determine ...
#41477 'Soon I'll be fed up with the relativity'
by Tamara Traubmann, AP in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
Items from a collection of about 1,400 letters that Albert Einstein wrote to his wives and children were made public yesterday for the first time by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. According to Barbara Wolff, an archivist at the university's ...
#41478 Former employee's associates: Katsav's comments baseless
by Haaretz staff in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
The former President's Residence employee yesterday denied that she had "demanded" anything of President Moshe Katsav, and sources close to her told Haaretz that all she asked of the president was to help her find another job. The sources refuse ...
#41479 Meshal: Shalit will be released only when Palestinian prisoners are freed
by Yoav Stern in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
The head of Hamas' political bureau, Khaled Meshal, stressed yesterday that Corporal Gilad Shalit would be released only as part of a prisoner-release deal. "The Palestinian people is in agreement regarding the demand to exchange the captured Is ...
#41480 Arm-wrestling within Hamas
by Zvi Bar'el in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
What moved Khaled Meshal to hold a press conference yesterday, of all days, without saying anything new? Last week his deputy, Musa Abu Marzuk, told Al-Hayat newspaper that "there is not one Palestinian who wants to free the abducted soldier without ...
#41481 'I'm the man,' Meshal says in first comments since crisis broke
by Amos Harel, Avi Issacharoff in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
The first speech yesterday by Khaled Meshal, the Damascus-based head of Hamas' political bureau, since the abduction of Corporal Gilad Shalit was intended mainly to reinforce his leadership position vis-a-vis both Palestinians and Israel. His st ...
#41482 The Investigation / No steps against officers, despite failings
by Amos Harel in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
The report by the panel headed by Major General (res.) Giora Eiland on the attack at Kerem Shalom, which was submitted yesterday to Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Dan Halutz, reveals a series of serious failings - from the General Staff down to ...
#41483 Outgoing Japanese PM arrives today
by Aluf Benn in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will arrive this evening on his first visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Koizumi, who will be ending his term in office in two and a half months, will visit Jerusalem on his way to the G8 summit m ...
#41484 Koizumi to offer Japanese mediation in conflict
by Lior Kodner in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
Two months before retiring at the peak of his popularity, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who arrives in Israel this evening on an official visit, wishes to increase his country's involvement in the Middle East. As the biggest donor t ...
#41485 Abbas in Jordan for 'routine' visit
by AP in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
AMMAN - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Jordan last night for what Palestinian officials billed as a last-minute visit. Abbas arrived on a helicopter provided by Jordan's King Abdullah II, said a Palestinian official, who spoke on ...
#41486 Hundreds 'stranded at Egypt-Gaza border'
by Reuters in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
Nearly 580 Palestinians in need of medical care have been stranded for up to two weeks inside a terminal on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, the Red Cross said yesterday. Because of a border dispute between Israel a ...
#41487 7-year-old boy drowns on school trip
by Yuval Azoulay in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
The body of Shimon Zwicker, 7, of Elon Moreh, was found yesterday morning floating in the middle of a lake at Nitzanim Park. The child had disappeared while on a trip with his school, Talmud Torah Itamar. Hundreds of volunteers and police officers se ...
#41488 Report on train crash to guide Railways reforms
by Sharon Kedmi in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz was to decide by yesterday evening how to deal with senior Israel Railways officials in the wake of a fatal train crash last month. The minister received the report yesterday, which was drafted by an independent co ...
#41489 Jewish festival gives Krakow a shot in the arm
by Aviva Lori in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
KRAKOW, Poland - A colorful kite in the shape of a Star of David flutters above Krakow. This Chagall-inspired kite is the symbol of the Jewish Culture Festival that has been held for the past 18 years in the Kazimierz Quarter, Krakow's old Jewis ...
#41490 Suspicious fire damages home for mentally disabled
by Ruth Sinai, Ronit Singer-Heruti in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
Early Sunday morning a fire broke out at a private residence in Holon, which was planned as a group home for 14 people with developmental disabilities. Social Welfare Ministry officials claim that neighbors who opposed the creation of a residence for ...
#41491 Scientists: Preserve Kinneret beaches
by Zafrir Rinat in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
A group of 133 scientists, including the country's foremost Kinneret and conservation researchers, petitioned the Knesset yesterday to prevent the planned construction of a resort and commercial center on a Kinneret beach. The Israel Lands Autho ...
#41492 In exile: Here, there and everywhere
by Dana Gilerman in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
Akerman's relationship with Israel is complex. This is why "Down There" is her first movie filmed in Israel - but one could say she was here, but not really here, for the filming. During the production, Akerman shut herself in an apartment on Te ...
#41493 Dance / A finely-woven collage of motions
by Ruth Eshel in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
On the stage, there are 18 gifted dancers with outstanding technical abilities. It is impossible not to note, beyond technique, their artistic flexibility, concentration and inner attentiveness to the sources of movement. The dancers radiate an inner ...
#41494 Love songs - to a Latin beat
by Ben Shalev in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
"The transition of the festival this year to the huge hall in the Center for the Performing Arts allowed us to focus on artists that can draw in a big crowd," said Dubi Lenz, the festival's artistic director. The festival decided to make do with ...
#41495 The right to be gay
by Haaretz editorial writer in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
Two significant events related to the gay community are due to take place shortly in Jerusalem, the city of three religions and the capital of Israel. Over the next few months, an expanded panel of the High Court of Justice will rule on a petition fi ...
#41496 With a billy-club in hand
by Yoel Marcus in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
It's hardly been two weeks since Gilad Shalit was kidnapped and the army launched Operation Summer Rains in Gaza, and the public is already chomping at the bit. How come they haven't wiped out Hamas yet? How come they haven't freed the ...
#41497 A growth missile
by Nehemia Strasler in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
The good news is that in September, the Housing Ministry will embark on a project to transfer the ownership of hundreds of thousands of apartments from the Israel Lands Administration (ILA) to private ownership. The bad news is this is a change that ...
#41498 Wake up to the old reality
by Daniel Ben-Simon in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
Those poor French; they were counting so heavily on winning the World Cup final and letting it carry them beyond the grim reality that envelops them. How fervently they wished for it to make them forget - if only briefly - the malaise affecting their ...
#41499 Beware of imitations
by Daniel Seidemann in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
There are increasing signs that the government is making plans to redraw Jerusalem's boundaries. According to the plan taking shape, the neighborhoods that are on the "edge" of the city will be removed from its boundaries "in order to improve th ...
#41500 The experiment was a success
by Reuven Pedatzur in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
North Korea's ballistic missile test last week was bad news for the United States, which is in range of one of the missiles, but also for Israel. Israel isn't on North Korea's target list, but Kim Jong-Il's behavior could set an e ...
#41501 'These children will lead the third intifada'
by Akiva Eldar in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
Thanks to Abu Zayd's reputation, it is hard to find anyone in Israeli officialdom suggesting that her criticisms be considered an anti-Israeli attitude. On the contrary. If Karen says the situation is difficult, according to those who know her, then ...
#41502 Remembering the 'second exodus from Egypt'
by Amiram Barkat in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
Three hundred and twenty of the last Jews born in Egypt arrived from 15 countries last week to attend the first World Congress of Jews from Egypt that was held in Haifa 50 years after "the second exodus from Egypt." Many of the participants reported ...
#41512 Stream of visitors to Shalit home slows
by Jack Khoury in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
The Shalit family tensely watched yesterday's news conference by Hamas political bureau leader Khaled Meshal at their home in the Mitzpe Hila community in the Galilee. However, they learned nothing new about their son or his condition.Israel Def ...
#41513 8 Palestinians killed in Gaza operation; wounded baby dies
by Amos Harel, Avi Issacharoff in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
Eight Palestinians were killed yesterday in Israel Defense Forces offensives in the Gaza Strip.In addition, Khaled Wahabeh, an 18-month-old baby who was wounded in the IDF's bombing of Khan Yunis last month, died at a Gazan hospital yesterday.Th ...
#41514 Shas MKs skip WorldPride vote, evade trap set by UTJ
by Yair Ettinger, Jonathan Lis in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
Is Shas loyal to the government or to ultra-Orthodox Judaism? Shas evaded the trap United Torah Judaism tried to set for it by absenting its members from yesterday?s vote on a no-confidence motion filed by the Ashkenazi faction. The motion against th ...
#41515 Study: Prison living conditions in prisons unfit for humans
by Yuval Yoaz in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
State examines conditions in 32 incarceration facilities, 11 prisons and 12 courtroom detention facilities. ...
#41516 Illegal foreign worker arrested while operating gambling station
by Ruthi Sinai in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
Israel's Council for the Regulation of Gambling in Sport certified Philipina woman without checking her legal status. ...
#41522 Anonymous flyer calls for murder of gay pride parade participants
by Yair Ettinger, Jonathan Lis in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
Flyer offers NIS 20,000 reward for the murder of a participant in the upcoming Jerusalem parade. ...
#41524 Tel Aviv-Kiryat Shmona flights are still for Jewish passengers only
by Zohar Blumenkrantz in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
Despite Transport Ministry's promise to install X-ray scanners, Arabs still barred from the domestic flights. ...
#41525 Peretz orders right-wing activist into administrative detention
by Amos Harel, Jonathan Lis in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
Shin Bet considers detainee danger to state security; first order of its kind against rightists since pullout. ...
#41531 Abbas' office receives $50 million in aid from Arab League
by Yuval Yoaz, Agencies in Ha'aretz, 11 July 2006
Sum is largest amount of int'l aid to reach PA since Hamas took power; Norway calls donors' meeting. ...