#57045 Rooftop promenade to link Old City's Jewish, Muslim quarters
by Nadav Shragai in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
Jewish Q'tr Development Co. to invest NIS 1 million in developing rooftops as open-air museum. ...
#57046 PM Olmert to decide on new justice minister by Tuesday
by Gideon Alon in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
Rubinstein is most likely candidate; Olmert: By the end of the week we will have a justice minister. ...
#57047 Abbas aides: Good chance of reaching deal on unity in Mecca
by Avi Issacharoff in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
The summit between Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas Politbureau Chief Khaled Meshal, which begins today under Saudi auspices in the city of Mecca, is likely to result in an agreement on the formation of a Palestinian unity gover ...
#57048 New group aims to open debate among British Jews on Israel
by Haaretz staff, Agencies, Amiram Barkat in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
A group of prominent Jewish artists, intellectuals and academics yesterday launched a movement aimed at challenging the dominance of Britain's long-established main Jewish organization and opening debate over the conflict in the Middle East. Th ...
#57049 Rooftop promenade to link Old City's Jewish and Muslim quarters
by Nadav Shragai in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
Now, with the approval of the government, the Jewish Quarter Development Company is planning a rooftop promenade that will extend from south to north, linking the Jewish and Muslim quarters. ...
#57051 Diskin: Gaza going back to clan rule
by Amos Harel in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
»Shin Bet security service head Yuval Diskin yesterday expressed his reservations about a broad Israeli ground operation in the Gaza Strip in the near future. The Israel Defense Forces has
recently stepped up it preparations for such a conting ...
#57052 British Embassy funded study of separation barrier
by Aluf Benn in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
The British Embassy in Israel is helping to fund research on the enclaves created by the separation barrier around Palestinian villages in the West Bank. The study is being carried out by the non-governmental organization Bimkom - Planners for Planni ...
#57053 PM to hold special consultation after IDF discovers Hezbollah weapons cache
by Aluf Benn, Eli Ashkenazi, Amos Harel in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will hold special consultation tomorrow about the security situation along the northern border after the Israel Defense Forces yesterday discovered five large explosive devices near the Lebanese border, in the vicinity of M ...
#57054 Bush and Olmert don't believe in a peace process
by Aluf Benn in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
At the end of next week U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will return to Jerusalem and Ramallah for another "babysitting" excursion culminating in a triangular meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud ...
#57055 Settler escapes kidnapping attempt
by Amos Harel in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
Three Palestinians confessed to the attempted kidnap Sunday evening of a settler from the West Bank outpost of Kida. They were arrested shortly after their intended victim told the Israel Defense Forces that the men had tried to force him into their ...
#57056 Olmert to name his candidate for vacant justice post today
by Gideon Alon in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is expected to name a new justice minister today. The four candidates are former education minister, Professor Amnon Rubinstein; Israel Prize laureate, law Professor Daniel Friedman, president of the Herzliya Interdiscipli ...
#57057 Press Council: Ramon trial coverage violated ethics code
by Asaf Carmel in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
The presidium of the Israel Press Council, headed by former Supreme Court Justice Dalia Dorner, ruled yesterday that the media coverage of the trial of former justice minister Haim Ramon violated the IPC's ethics guidelines. The decision followe ...
#57058 Peretz looking for PM's agreement on timetable for outpost evacuation
by Mazal Mualem in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
Defense Minister and Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz said yesterday that he hoped to reach an agreement with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert regarding a timetable for the evacuation of the illegal outposts. Speaking at a meeting of the Labor Party' ...
#57059 Victims' rights group joins battle of Tair Rada's parents
by Eli Ashkenazi in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
A victims' rights group has asked State Prosecutor Eran Shendar for representatives of the family of murdered Katzrin teen Tair Rada to be given access to the investigation material. Two weeks ago Tair's parents, Shmuel and Ilana Rada, met ...
#57060 PM seeks new ways to measure poverty
by Ruth Sinai in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Finance Minister Abraham Hirchson have appointed a committee to develop new methods to measure poverty in Israel. The new indexes created by the committee will take into account not only income from wages or allowances, ...
#57061 Report: Drop in air pollution in 2006
by Zafrir Rinat in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
A report on air quality published by the Environment Ministry yesterday indicated an improvement in air quality in Jerusalem and the Dan region in 2006 compared to the year before. The Dan region saw 59 days of high or very high air pollution in 200 ...
#57062 Katsav's new attorney: Draft indictment 'foolishness'
by Yuval Yoaz in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
Lawyer Avigdor Feldman, who replaced Professor David Libai and joins attorney Zion Amir on the defense team for President Moshe Katsav, told Haaretz yesterday that the draft indictment against his client was "all foolishness." Feldman refused to dis ...
#57063 Rivlin throws hat in ring for presidency
by Gideon Alon in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
Likud lawmaker Reuven Rivlin officially announced yesterday that he will run for president of the state of Israel. Rivlin was key in orchestrating the election of current president Moshe Katsav, the Likud candidate who beat the favorite Shimon Peres ...
#57064 Holocaust survivors to press Poland for compensation
by Reuters in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
WARSAW - Holocaust survivors from around the world will gather in Warsaw this month to urge the Polish government to compensate them for property confiscated by the former communist regime, Jewish organizations said yesterday. Poland, the biggest po ...
#57065 Gaza evacuees return to school but enlist with mixed feelings
by Nadav Shragai in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
On her wedding night, three months ago, G., dressed in her bridal gown, got out of the car and ran toward the Kisufim crossing, at the edge of the Gaza Strip. As consternated soldiers looked on, G. vowed to return to the ruins of her former home in t ...
#57066 A reader is born
by Shiri Lev-Ari in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
On the local book scene, an interesting psychological-cultural phenomenon is quietly taking place: A group of readers is influencing Yedioth Ahronoth Books. The community, which consists of 250 members, has a forum on the Ynet Web site and enjoys a v ...
#57067 Protect higher education
by Haaretz editorial writer in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
The Council for Higher Education is dealing this week with 11 requests for accreditation for new private colleges. The universities argue that increasing the number of private colleges, which have a very narrow focus, undermines higher education. Du ...
#57068 A challenge named Bush
by Yoel Marcus in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
Whenever a chief of staff is appointed, the media bubbles over with advice, and more so when the appointment comes on the heels of a crisis or a military fiasco. Basically, Gabi Ashkenazi is where Motta Gur was in his day. Both got the job after the ...
#57069 The committee to revoke people
by Shahar Ilan in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
The deputy president of the Tel Aviv District Court, Esther Covo, handed down an unusual and precedent-setting verdict last week. Covo ordered the Interior Ministry to grant permanent resident's status to an immigrant from Ethiopia, whose citize ...
#57070 Autumn in Eilat
by Nehemia Shtrasler in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
The suicide bombing in Eilat last week passed without much being made of it. Everyone had an interest in downplaying the incident. Ehud Olmert does not want to damage his relations with Hosni Mubarak, and people in the tourism business in Eilat were ...
#57071 The moment of truth
by Dan Ben-David in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
Yogi Berra's saying, "It's deja vu, all over again," best describes a gnawing sensation that is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. In the 1970s, the State of Israel began to settle Jews within the heart of Arab populations in the We ...
#57072 Words won't down missiles
by Amir Oren in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
The failures of the Israel Defense Forces and the Defense Ministry in dealing with the threat posed by tunnels the Palestinians are excavating around the borders of the Gaza Strip - one of which served for abducting Gilad Shalit - are discussed in a ...
#57073 Olmert's shelter
by Akiva Eldar in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
»Ehud Olmert has apparently learned from Ariel Sharon that it is easier for a prime minister to maintain a hawkish policy if he has a minister or two to his left presenting dovish positions.
This was Shimon Peres' primary role in the Shar ...
#57081 PM appoints committee to develop new methods to measure poverty
by Ruth Sinai in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
Indexes created by committee will take into account value of benefits, and spending on necessities, such as food, housing and clothing. ...
#57082 Katsav's new attorney: Draft indictment 'all foolishness'
by Yuval Yoaz in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
Avigdor Feldman: 'The question is not what the indictment contains, but what the evidence says.' ...
#57083 Senior physician found shot to death in car in Ramat Gan
by Ronit Singer-Heruti in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
The victim, Professor Niv David, 57, was head of the pain management clinic at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv. ...
#57086 Police gird for possible unrest over work near Temple Mount
by Haaretz staff, Agencies in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
In bid to diffuse tension, Israeli authorities bar Jews and tourists from visiting Mount on Tuesday. ...
#57088 Suspicion: In Mitzpeh Ramon, mayor's office runs Labor Party drive
by Mijal Grinberg in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
#57091 Prospective justice minister backs curbs on Supreme Court
by Yuval Yoaz in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
Prof. Daniel Friedman favors limiting court's power to cancel laws, could spur friction with prosecutors. ...
#57096 Planning Council drops controversial Jerusalem development plan
by Zafrir Rinat in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
Safdie Plan calling for construction of 20,000 houses in open areas had been blasted by environmental groups. ...
#57100 Police reveal first details of sting that lead to Gigi brothers arrest
by Jack Khoury in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
Undercover agent operated police-run casino in order to collect evidence against Gigi family crime ring. ...
#57101 Lack of evidence ends bribery probe into comptroller advisor Borovsky
by Yuval Yoaz in Ha'aretz, 6 February 2007
Borovsky had been accused of trying to strike a deal in which he would be tapped police chief. ...
#57152 He may be blind, but he can still play soccer at recess
by Or Kashti in Ha'aretz, 06 February 2007
Every few weeks, students at the A.D. Gordon School in Tel Aviv gather for a special assembly, or "a general meeting" as it is known here, where they have the opportunity to get involved in school life. At the last meeting, around two weeks ag ...