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147 articles have been found 30/07/2004 An `independent' Fallujah By Zvi Bar'el (Article number - 1114028 ,   Words ) The Talibanization of Fallujah is mirrored in other cities in Iraq, where neither the American army nor the Iraqi army are in control. An `independent' Fallujah The Talibanization of Fallujah is mirrored in other cities in Iraq, where neither the American army nor the Iraqi army are in control. Fallujah is just one example of what is happening in other cities and towns in Iraq where neither the American army nor the Iraqi army exert any control whatsoever. This past week Allawi permitted Al-Sadr to reopen his "respectable newspaper" (to quote Allawi), Al-Hawzah, whose closure by the Americans a few months ago generated the ... 30/07/2004 Holing up at the port By Lily Galili (Article number - 1114027 ,   Words ) After Netanyahu privatizes the port for the benefit of his rich friends, he can send foreign workers to do military reserve duty - say partially striking workers at the Ashdod port, where the atmosphere is full of fury and despair. Holing up at the port After Netanyahu privatizes the port for the benefit of his rich friends, he can send foreign workers to do military reserve duty - say partially striking workers at the Ashdod port, where the atmosphere is full of fury and despair. A veteran worker, who puts in hundreds of hours of overtime a month, earns between NIS 11,000 and NIS 14,000 a month. The militant struggles of the former leader of the Ashdod port workers, Yehoshua Peretz, is perceived here as something that ... 30/07/2004 Show and tell? Well, almost By Aluf Benn (Article number - 1114026 ,   Words ) The atmosphere of state secrecy and covertness is fading - and it's happening on Sharon's watch, and via the Internet. But it's not total transparency, yet. The new site contains a revolutionary innovation (in the Hebrew version): official publication of the cabinet resolutions and the decisions of the ministerial committees. The communiques of the cabinet secretary, issued after the weekly cabinet meetings, offered only a brief summary of the decisions. Decisions adopted by the ministerial committees (with the exception of the security cabinet) will be posted on the site two weeks later, after they have become official. 30/07/2004 Corridors of Power / Still running the show By Uzi Benziman (Article number - 1114025 ,   Words ) Corridors of Power / Still running the show 1. The return of Abu Mazen Sitting in his office on Wednesday night, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz sighed: "We should have got rid of Arafat two years ago." Mofaz was repeating the mantra he has often voiced in the past, this time in connection with the power struggle this week among the Palestinian leadership in Gaza. The talk in backrooms was of people such as Nabil Amr, Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), Ahmed Qureia (Abu Ala), Mohammed Dahlan, Salim ... 30/07/2004 Right man for the job By Yair Sheleg (Article number - 1114024 ,   Words ) Yonatan Bassi, the new head of the Disengagement Administration, is ready to work for a plan he feels is good for Israel, and he's not frightened by e-mails dubbing him `Judenrat' and `Kapo.' Right man for the job Yonatan Bassi, the new head of the Disengagement Administration, is ready to work for a plan he feels is good for Israel, and he's not frightened by e-mails dubbing him `Judenrat' and `Kapo.' Such an attack would no doubt have been the fate of anyone who took this job, but in Bassi's case it is particularly harsh. Demands for expulsion In his very own home, the religious Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu in the Beit She'an Valley, Bassi has encountered the most brutal expression of ... 30/07/2004 Threat in 2007, green light now By Amir Oren (Article number - 1114023 ,   Words ) If an innovative proposal to intercept surface-to-surface rockets and short-range missiles is accepted, the north will be protected, along with Israel's freedom of operation. Threat in 2007, green light now If an innovative proposal to intercept surface-to-surface rockets and short-range missiles is accepted, the north will be protected, along with Israel's freedom of operation. A few weeks ago, officials in the military industry, centering around Raphael (Israel Armament Development Authority), Elta and Uzi Rubin, who directed Project "Homa" (Wall) for the defense of Israel against missiles, submitted an innovative proposal for a defensive system against ... 30/07/2004 Arms in a sea of troubles By Amira Hass (Article number - 1114022 ,   Words ) In Nablus, for every armed activist fighting the IDF, there are five who use their guns for internal disputes. And now, there are growing calls for reform. An old quarrel between the head of the Fatah movement in the city and his supporters, and Fatah members in the Ein Beit Ilma refugee camp, erupted in a number of incidents of exchanges of fire, the echoes of which repeatedly rang through the city. The internal quarrels are pursued in the shadow of ongoing IDF actions in the city, especially in the Balata refugee camp and the old city. Now the fear has increased: In Nablus people are saying that the only person who ever succeeded in ... 30/07/2004 He's a chair man (and table man, too) By Efrat Shalom (Article number - 1114021 ,   Words ) Design historian Mel Byars was in Israel week, looking for a chair - but not to sit in He's a chair man (and table man, too) Design historian Mel Byars was in Israel week, looking for a chair - but not to sit in Byars, a design historian, has written several books on modern product design that have been translated into many languages, among them French, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese, and he has also published articles in magazines such as I.D. (International Design Review), Metropolitan Home and Graphics. Laure Jousset has collected 3,400 design items representing the Bauhaus ... 30/07/2004 Between the Lines / Tape worms By Hannah Kim (Article number - 1114020 ,   Words ) After the publication of the recorded conversations in which Yosef Paritzky, the former national infrastructure minister, was planning to frame his Shinui party colleague Avraham Poraz, the interior minister (the recordings date from about two years ago, when the two were MKs but not cabinet ministers), the second stage arrived, in which businessman Yossi Maiman was revealed as the person who commissioned the private investigation against Paritzky. This week, the police investigators began to... 30/07/2004 Portion of the Week / As long as he's able By Naftali Glickberg (Article number - 1114019 ,   Words ) Before Jethro's very eyes, Moses sits from morning until evening, judging the Children of Israel. According to the narrative in Exodus, Moses is the sole person who appoints the judges, whereas, in Moses' version in the Book of Deuteronomy, the judges were chosen by the Children of Israel. The story of the spies first appears in the Book of Numbers: "And the Lord spake unto Moses saying, Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan" (Numbers 13:2). As in the previous story about the... 30/07/2004 Seconds please By Uri Klein (Article number - 1114018 ,   Words ) At last, a sequel that's even better than its predecessor: `Spider-Man 2' is a moving allegory. However, director Sam Raimi, who also directed the first film in the Spider-Man series, released in 2002, has not fallen into this trap. His past, which is described in the previous film, continues to pursue him in various ways (incidentally, anyone who has not seen the first "Spider-Man" film, might encounter certain difficulties in following some aspects of the plot of the second film). All of these elements were already present in the first film in the series, but in "Spider-Man 2," Sam ... 30/07/2004 A civilizing influence By Eli Eyal (Article number - 1114017 ,   Words ) Eisenstadt offers an original interpretation of the fate of Jewish civilization in the modern era. "Jewish Civilization: The Jewish Historical Experience in a Comparative Perspective" by S.N.(Samuel Noah) Eisenstadt, State University of New York Press, 314 pages, $25.50 (recently translated into Hebrew by Amos Carmel) In S.N. Eisentstadt's book, "Jewish Civilization," such terms are scattered here and there. Nevertheless, the Jewish people has been an important civilizational factor in human history, even without being "the majority culture." On history's stage This view also undermines ... 30/07/2004 Last - but not least By Eliahou Hassin (Article number - 1114016 ,   Words ) Last - but not least "Yigal Allon: Aviv heldo" ("Yigal Allon: The Spring of His Life") by Anita Shapira, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 588 pages There are 500 pages of content in the book, 446 of them devoted to the first half of Allon's life, 31 years, and a mere 34 pages, the last chapter, covering the rest. In two sentences, the first referring to Allon's relationship with Rabin: thoroughly dismissed the draft of an agreement with Jordan presented and the second: "In 1974 he 30/07/2004 Pen Ultimate / Where it's at By Michael Handelzalts (Article number - 1114015 ,   Words ) Here's a story that's not for attribution. The story of a symbol that was rescued from near oblivion and became a star in cyberspace. Pen Ultimate / Where it's at Here's a story that's not for attribution. The story of a symbol that was rescued from near oblivion and became a star in cyberspace. Key arrangements Now the question arises as to how the 30/07/2004 Life's not so sweat By Suzan Sherman (Article number - 1114014 ,   Words ) There's nothing romantic about the ugliness of sweated labor on the Lower East Side. "Sweated Work, Weak Bodies: Anti-Sweatshop Campaigns And Languages of Labor" by Daniel E. Bender, Rutgers University Press, 272 pages, $23.95 My grandfather's labors were hardly the romantic notions I had conjured as a child. Daniel E. Bender's "Sweated Work, Weak Bodies: Anti-Sweatshop Campaigns and Languages of Labor" erases any lingering idealism regarding the strivings of one's immigrant ancestors. Women pushed aside The rise of the Jewish garment workers' labor movement solidified with ... 30/07/2004 Braving the New World By Judith Baumel-Tydor (Article number - 1114013 ,   Words ) Why does this American Zionist party deserve to have such a hefty book written about it? Because the story of Poalei Zion tells us about the link between culture and politics, and about the experience of a Jewishimmigrant society seeking to make it in America. "Zehuyot Nifgashot: Poalei Zion Bitzfon America, 1905-1931" ("Poalei Zion in North America, 1905-1931") by Rachel Rojanski, Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute, 499 pages Yehuda's life story encapsulates, to some extent, the story of the American Zionist movement that forms the subject of this book. He was one of a handful of young immigrants from Eastern Europe, members of Poalei Zion (the Labor Zionist Organization) in America, who came to Palestine with the Jewish Battalions (gdudim) to try ... 30/07/2004 Ill bred By Baruch Kimmerling (Article number - 1114012 ,   Words ) The eugenics movement in the U.S. led it to close its doors to immigration - and was a source of inspiration for the Nazis. "War against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race" by Edwin Black, Four Walls Eight Windows, 179 pages, $27 "American Eugenics: Race, Queer Anatomy and the Science of Nationalism" by Nancy Ordover, Minnesota University Press, 297 pages, $28.95 "The Nazi Connection: Eugenics, American Racism and German National Socialism" by Stefan Khul, Oxford University Press, 192 pages, $17.95 "Eugenics and Other Evils: An Argument Against the Scientifically Organized State," ... 30/07/2004 Musings / Poisoning the atmosphere By Michael Fox (Article number - 1114011 ,   Words ) Guilty or innocent, Dr. Lopez was not the victim of an anti-Jewish conspiracy. But his trial must have influenced the creation of Shylock. Lopez had been the personal physician to Queen Elizabeth I and on June 7, 1594, about two years before Shakespeare completed "The Merchant of Venice", Lopez was hung, drawn and quartered on Tyburn Hill for conspiring to poison the queen. In an article entitled "Shakespeare, Shylock and the Jews" William Meyers declared Lopez innocent and accused Katz of having an "agenda," a bit rich coming from that most agenda-heavy of journals. True the trial must have influenced the creation of Shylock, ... 30/07/2004 Cuff links By Ruth Sinai (Article number - 1114010 ,   Words ) Law enforcement officials have high hopes for `Big Brother's little brother,' which allows for electronic surveillance of prisoners on bail or probation. Cuff links Law enforcement officials have high hopes for `Big Brother's little brother,' which allows for electronic surveillance of prisoners on bail or probation. Public Security Minister Tsachi Hanegbi calls the system a "people tracker." Its opponents call it "Big Brother's little brother." The electronic surveillance program for prisoners on bail or probation, as it is officially known, is designed to alleviate the serious shortage of prison cells and detention facilities - and to save ... 30/07/2004 Out of Africa? Not yet By Amiram Barkat (Article number - 1114009 ,   Words ) There is growing acrimony between the Israeli establishment and American Jewry over the Falashmura. In the meantime, the pace of immigration progresses slowly The ministerial committee for Falash Mura affairs resolved that they and they alone would come to Israel. "We support every decision to bring the Falash Mura to Israel," a source close to the organization said. "After all, they Falash don't even want to come to the U.S., only to Israel. 30/07/2004 News in Brief By  (Article number - 1114008 ,   Words ) News in Brief Arab councils to get land An 11,400-dunam area is to be added to Arab councils in Wadi Ara on orders given by Interior Minister Avraham Poraz. (Relly Sa'ar) Rina Shaham, pioneer of modern dance in Israel, dies Rina Shaham (Rosalind Gologorsky), the pioneer of modern American dance in Israel, died yesterday after a prolonged illness. (Itim) Amos Oz and Sari Nusseibehwin Spanish peace award The wealthy Spanish region of Catalonia on Thursday awarded its International Prize to ... 30/07/2004 TV show nixed for advertising Mei Eden By Anat Balint (Article number - 1114007 ,   Words ) TV show nixed for advertising Mei Eden The Second Television and Radio Authority yesterday prohibited a television franchisee from broadcasting a contest because it included prohibited advertising for a mineral water company. We believe that in filming an event of this size it is impossible to prevent significant exposure to Mei Eden. When Keshet first submitted the program, to be emceed by comedians Erez Tal and Shabi Zraya, for approval, it was reportedly presented merely as a competition, ... 30/07/2004 Ministry threatens to block new airport terminal over sewage By Zohar Blumenkrantz (Article number - 1114006 ,   Words ) Ministry threatens to block new airport terminal over sewage The Environment Ministry warned yesterday that it will not authorize work on a new terminal planned as part of the Ben-Gurion Airport 2000 project unless sewage issues are resolved. Haran charged that the Airports Authority has not lived up to its promise to create a sewage purification facility at Ben-Gurion Airport. According to the Environment Ministry, the Airports Authority applied in July 2000 for authorization to create its ... 30/07/2004 Kerry: I can do better than Bush on fighting terrorism By Nathan Guttman (Article number - 1114005 ,   Words ) Kerry: I can do better than Bush on fighting terrorism WASHINGTON - Putative Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry told Haaretz that he believes progress in the Middle East peace process is up to Israel, and that at this point there is no partner on the Palestinian side with whom to negotiate. "I'll do a better job of reducing the threat to Israel and the rest of the world." Kerry has adopted a strongly pro-Israeli stand in recent months, which states that Yasser Arafat is not a ... 30/07/2004 Wiesenthal: Croatian associates get death threats By DPA (Article number - 1114004 ,   Words ) Wiesenthal: Croatian associates get death threats The Simon Wiesenthal Center said yesterday that their associates who helped locate World War II crime suspects in Croatia have been receiving death threats. The center said "Operation Last Chance" - aimed at discovering WWII crime suspects - would continue in Croatia despite the death threats against the project's organizers in the past few weeks. According to Zuroff, death threats were sent to Zoran Pusic, president of the Civic Committee for... 30/07/2004 IKEA refuses to deliver to Israeli Arab town, citing `danger' By Sigal Shambiro (Article number - 1114003 ,   Words ) IKEA refuses to deliver to Israeli Arab town, citing `danger' The Swedish flatpack furniture giant IKEA refused to make a delivery to the Israeli Arab town of Kalansua, near Netanya, claiming that it was dangerous. The son of Kalansua's mayor, Mustafa Takhruri, bought furniture in the sprawling store near Netanya. When Takhruri had his house renovated, his architect Tommy Riegler decided to purchase the bedroom furniture from IKEA. 30/07/2004 Detention `like a roller coaster,' ISM activist says By Yuval Yoaz (Article number - 1114002 ,   Words ) Detention `like a roller coaster,' ISM activist says Activist Ann Robinson-Petter may be released today after a month-long detention at Ben-Gurion Airport and permitted to enter Israel, with some restrictions. In Wednesday's ruling, Mudrik reiterated his confidence in the confidential material about the ISM, but called the Interior Ministry's report of the refusal to let Robinson-Petter into Israel "embarrassing." Mudrik permitted Robinson-Petter to enter Israel but banned her entry into the ... 30/07/2004 Al-Qaida considered aerial attack on Eilat By Nathan Guttman (Article number - 1114001 ,   Words ) Al-Qaida considered aerial attack on Eilat WASHINGTON - In the 585-page report of the Commission of Inquiry into 9/11, new information has become available about Al-Qaida attempts to strike at Israel. According to the report, the organization's senior operations officer, Khaled Sheikh Muhammad, told interrogators that Al-Qaida, while preparing for the 9/11 attacks, also sought other targets. In summer 2001, Sheikh Muhammad suggested to Osama bin Laden that attempts be made to recruit a Saudi ... 30/07/2004 Lapid appoints Shendar as state prosecutor By Yuval Yoaz (Article number - 1114000 ,   Words ) Lapid appoints Shendar as state prosecutor Justice Minister Yosef Lapid last night named attorney Eran Shendar as the new state prosecutor, accepting the recommendation made by the committee responsible for selecting the candidate for the post. Shendar was instrumental in revealing the identity of prosecutor Liora Glatt-Berkowitz of the central district attorney's office, who leaked details of the investigation into the relationship between Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the South African ... 30/07/2004 ACRI petitions over Citizenship Law By Yuval Yoaz (Article number - 1113999 ,   Words ) ACRI petitions over Citizenship Law The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) filed a petition to the High Court yesterday following the Knesset decision to extend a law preventing Palestinians married to Israelis from gaining legal residency in Israel. ACRI is asking the High Court to publish its ruling from the last hearing it held on the amendment, in January 2004, "as soon as possible, due to the extension of the law." ACRI first petitioned the High Court against the amendment in ... Page 1 of  pages  Next page >>

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