News in Brief - Haaretz

Subscribe to Print Edition

Wed., October 10, 2007 ,

Israel Time: 02:16 (EST+7)

web haaretz.com

Back to Homepage

Print Edition

Diplomacy

Defense

Arts & Leisure

Real Estate

Jewish World

National

Advertising

Magazine

Week's End

Business

Opinion

Rosner's Domain

Anglo File

Books

Travel

del.icio.us

Digg It! new

News in Brief

A man was sentenced to 13 years in prison yesterday for having repeatedly raped his sister over a period of eight years. The Nazareth District Court found that the man, 27, assaulted his sister almost daily from the time she was eight years old, beginning with indecent acts and then progressing to rape. The sister, who is now 21, eventually complained to the police. In sentencing the assailant, the court noted that not only did he express no regret for his actions, he even portrayed himself as the victim. (Eli Ashkenazi)

Sara (Rosenberg) Livni, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's mother, passed away at the age of 85 yesterday following a battle with cancer. Sara Livni, like her husband Eitan, was a fighter in the Irgun, a pre-state underground affiliated with the party that later became Likud. At one point, she was arrested and jailed by the British, who ruled the country at the time, for her pro-independence activities. After Israel was established, she and Eitan became the first couple to marry in the new Jewish state. Her funeral will be at 3 P.M. today in Tel Aviv's Nahalat Yitzhak cemetery; from 1:30 P.M., the coffin will lie in state in the city's Beit Jabotinsky. (Barak Ravid)

	Advertisement

President Shimon Peres yesterday hosted eight teens who lost their soldier fathers during Israel Defense Forces operations. The meeting with Peres was part of a larger program in honor of their bar and bat mitzvahs that included a visit to the Western Wall and a special performance. "I know very well that a great hole was torn in your hearts," Peres told them. "There was great pain and loneliness, and a heavy responsibility fell on your shoulders ... But I see before me children who grew into wonderful young adults, strong and intelligent, who know how to cope with life." (Anshel Pfeffer)

Imad Abu Issa was remanded for three days yesterday on suspicion of robbing 10 minors and senior citizens in Haifa and wounding one of his victims so seriously that he died a few days later. Police arrested Abu Issa, 27, after two minors reported their cell phones stolen. Under interrogation, the Haifa resident confessed to those thefts and several others. He admitted to assaulting and robbing Avri Solomon, 86, this past January. Police said Abu Issa had not known until his interrogation that Solomon later died of his injuries. (Fadi Eyadat)

The Tel Aviv District Court handed down a rare conviction yesterday for failure to help an injured person. It also convicted Rafael Abutbul of failing to prevent a crime. The conviction stemmed from a fight 18 months ago between two brothers, Haim and Moshe Fartoush. Abutbul was present in their apartment when Moshe pulled out a knife and stabbed Haim repeatedly. Haim begged Abutbul for help, but Abutbul made no effort to intervene. Afterward, Moshe and Abutbul left without bothering to summon help for the injured man; an ambulance was later called by neighbors who heard him screaming. While failure to help an injured person is a crime, convictions are rare. (Roni Singer-Heruti)

The Friends of Rebecca Sieff Hospital association petitioned the High Court of Justice yesterday against the government's refusal to pay for reinforcing the hospital against rocket attacks. The government is funding reinforcement work on other northern hospitals, but Sieff, which is located in Safed, was excluded from the program. The petition charged that this constituted unjust discrimination. (Eli Ashkenazi)

Bookmark to del.icio.us


	Group goals
	Hapoel T.A. could be given either death or a dream in the UEFA Cup group stage draw.


	Bandits on wheels
	The new vehicles most often stolen in September were Sanyung motorbikes.

Today Online


	IDF orders the seizure of Arab land near East Jerusalem
	Responses: 467


	Iranian-born German soccer player refuses to play in Tel Aviv
	Responses: 275


	Daniel Levy: It's no wonder 'Israel Lobby' book is a bestseller
	Responses: 18


	Tom Segev: The 'unification' of Jerusalem is fiction
	Responses: 58


	Yoel Marcus: Olmert, Abbas too weak to make peace
	Responses: 88


	Jewish people should help make decisions for the State of Israel
	Responses: 61

More Headlines
22:07 Rights group: Hamas, Fatah breached int'l law in internecine clashes


21:27 AG opposes moves to postpone criminal probes against Olmert


01:56 PM names Jewish Agency Chair to Kadima's top policy team


01:38 IDF attorneys demand Winograd panel issue warnings to officers


01:54 Katsav's lawyers slam Mazuz for statement made to High Court


00:50 Israeli doctors screen Iraqi heart patients, defying tensions


01:23 Sara Livni, mother of FM Tzipi Livni was laid to rest Tuesday


21:26 Knesset passes law banning sale of lottery tickets to minors


19:58 Average salary in Israel NIS 7,922, foreign workers earn NIS 4,365


15:31 PA minister: Israel could import Gaza vegetables during 'shmita'