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News in Brief A woman who charged people money to have sex with her 16-year-old daughter was sent on Tuesday to five years in jail. The Jerusalem District judge who reviewed the case, also ruled that the mother, 49, needed to pay the daughter NIS 30,000 in damages, after the mother offered to compensate her daughter. The court convicted the mother of offering sexual services to clients. The daughter had grown up until she was 14 years old with her grandparents and at several boarding schools, before she moved in with her mother. The court also said that the mother turned her daughter into a prostitute "not out of malice, but out of a twisted desire to fulfill her maternal duties." (Ofra Edelman) Jewish-French philosopher Bernard Henri-Levy and five others were targeted by a Belgium-based Islamist group in a foiled assassination attempt, the Belgian daily La Derniere Heure reported. Belgian authorities found the hit list during a raid on homes of local Muslims last November. The list named Josy Eisenberg, a France 2 television producer; Simone Susskind, a leader of Belgium's secular Jewish community; attorney Markus Pardes; Belgian writer Jean-Claude Bologne and La Derniere Heure reporter Edmond Blattche. The planned assassination was thwarted after group leader Abdelkader Belliraj was arrested last February in Morocco, the newspaper reported. (Haaretz Staff) Advertisement The Jerusalem Magistrate's Court yesterday ruled to strike the conviction of a police officer who had been found guilty last year of assaulting a teenager during the turbulent 2006 eviction of the West Bank settlement of Amona. In explaining the reversal, Judge Yehezkal-Chezi Barkali cited officer David Atiya's "contribution to society." Barkali said "the defendant had broken the law," adding he "stands by" his ruling from July. Atiya was convicted of butting his helmet against the boy's face "without proper cause," after "seeking confrontation" during the eviction operation. (Ofra Edelman) A crane feeding station will begin operating at Lake Agmon following agreements reached with farmers in the region. The farmers had objected to the feeding of the cranes on the grounds that they interfered with their agricultural activities. However, now the 18,000 cranes in the region will once again receive a daily meal - some three tons of corn - at Lake Agmon. The special project is being organized with the cooperation of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, the farmers of the Huleh Valley, the Jewish National Fund and the Nature and Parks Authority. (Eli Ashkenazi) A female dolphin that beached near Bat Yam Tuesday died yesterday at an Israel Nature and Parks Authority facility near Michmoret, where she was brought for recuperation. The striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) survived only for a few hours after arriving in Michmoret in a state of exhaustion. Upon finding the dolphin in Bat Yam, police called in the Israel Marine Mammal Research & Assistance Center (IMMRAC), a research organization which assists aquatic mammals. IMMRAC members, headed by Aviad Scheinin, an expert on dolphins, arranged for the dolphin be taken to the Tel Aviv Marina before being transported to Michmoret. "We looked for a place where the water is calm and we could continue to take care of it," said Scheinin yesterday. "We gave the dolphin liquids so that it would not become dehydrated and we injected antibiotics." (Zafrir Rinat) One of the cofounders of the settlement movement, Rabbi Yoel Ben-Nun, announced yesterday he was transferring his political support from Kadima to the right-wing religious-Zionist party Habayit Hayehudi. Ben-Nun, who supported Kadima in the previous elections, said he has made his decision despite his concerns that Habayit Hayehudi would not be invited to join a future coalition. (Nadav Shragai) Bookmark to del.icio.us   Crisis in question The Arab League slams Livni's remark 'there's no humanitarian crisis in Gaza' Acts of Terror In their waning days in power, Bush and Rice work to try organize a truce.

Read & React Bush: Hamas attacks on Israel are an 'act of terror' Responses: 71 Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff: Now IDF is getting personal with Hamas Responses: 76 Yossi Sarid: If you (or I) were Palestinian Responses: 128 Anshel Pfeffer: Right and Left, Diaspora Jews more critical of Israel than ever Responses: 80 Bradley Burston: To win in Gaza, Israel only has to survive Responses: 50 More Headlines 01:36 Israel launches a ground operation in the Gaza Strip 01:36 WATCH: Israeli troops launch ground incursion in Gaza Strip 22:23 Barak: Gaza invasion won't be short, and it won't be easy 22:39 Hamas: Gaza will become graveyard for Israeli troops 00:03 Israel okays call-up of tens of thousands of IDF reservists 00:27 Hezbollah urges Hamas to 'kill as many Israeli soldiers as they can' during Gaza op 22:41 EU presidency: Israel ground op in Gaza 'defensive not offensive' 00:53 Tens of thousands rally across Europe against Israel's Gaza offensive 00:56 Thousands rally in Tel Aviv for and against Israel's Gaza op 01:17 UN Security Council to hold emergency session on Israel's Gaza operation 20:14 Netivot home collapses as Hamas intensifies rocket fire from Gaza 13:32 ANALYSIS / Are air strikes enough, or is a ground op needed in Gaza? 17:47 Arab League slams Livni remark 'there's no humanitarian crisis in Gaza' 14:04 Bush calls Hamas attacks 'acts of terror', says working on truce 10:41 ANALYSIS / Israel must prepare to turn its military might from Gaza to Iran 09:42 UN chief wants international monitors for Gaza cease-fire 18:59 Gaza 2009 - To win, all Israel has to do is survive 18:45 Top Iran official holds talks with Syria on Gaza violence Previous Editions Select Day 02 jan 01 jan 31 dec 30 dec 29 dec 28 dec 26 dec 25 dec 24 dec 23 dec 22 dec 21 dec

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