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Chaim Levinson

Chaim Levinson

Chaim Levinson is a Haaretz correspondent, covering the Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

Previously, he was the Yedioth Ahoronot correspondent for Religious Affairs and the Orthodox communities.

Levinson received his B.A. in Social and Humanities Studies at the Open University and is currently studying for his M.A. in Interdisciplinary Democracy Studies.

Latest Articles by Chaim Levinson
nitzan - Emil Salman - January 10 2011
Creator of video calling for murder of Deputy State Prosecutor arrested

Raanana resident and Likud party member is editor and uploader of videos containing calls for the killing of Shai Nitzan, accusing him of pro-Arab prejudice.

with Yaniv Kubovich 10 comments
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Court petitioners may be forced to reveal funding sources

Under Likud MK Danny Danon's proposal, public petitioners to the High Court of Justice would have to state whether they receive any funding from foreign sources, and if so, for what purpose,

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Israel blacklists 163 foreign charities suspected of supporting terrorism

Preventing terrorism funds from infiltrating Israel is one of the goals of the Israel Money Laundering and Terror Financing Prohibition Authority.

11 comments
lieberman - Emil Salman - December 14 2010
Veteran Likud MK: Lieberman's foreign ministry has brought 'zero' to Israel

MK Michael Eitan, who opposed proposal to establish panel of inquiry in leftist groups suspected of aiding 'delegitimization' of Israel, hits back at Lieberman's criticism.

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suicide - Courtesy Channel 2 - January 6 2011
Facebook bullying seen as culprit in teen's suicide

Davidel Mizrachi, a student in the Space and Aeronautics school in Maaleh Adumim, was found hanging in his parents' bathroom on noon Tuesday.

with Oded Yaron 2 comments
Court rules settler, not Palestinian, can work field

The Palestinian farmer brought a complaint to the IDF with the aid of Rabbis for Human Rights, saying the land belongs to him. The army decided he should be granted access to the land.

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amselem - Alex Levac - November 29 2010
Shas' rebel MK: The party is turning Sephardi Jews into anti-Zionists

Haim Amsalem reiterates stance on easing conversions and urges ultra-Orthodox to 'go to work'.

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Anti-Arab demonstration in Bat Yam Dec. 20, 2010 (Daniel Bar-On)
Israel's top Reform rabbi: Israeli society falling into deep pit of racism

Rabbi Gilad Kariv condemns letter by 30 rabbis' wives calling on Jewish girls to stay away from Arab men.

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  • Bat Yam residents, rightists rally to protect city from Arab suitors
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  • Rabbis' wives urge Israeli women: Stay away from Arab men
Anti-Arab demonstration in Bat Yam Dec. 20, 2010 (Daniel Bar-On)
Rabbis' wives urge girls not to date or work with Arabs

The letter comes on the heels of a letter earlier this month endorsed by dozens of municipal rabbis that urged Jews not to rent or sell homes to non-Jews.

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Anti-Arab demonstration in Bat Yam Dec. 20, 2010 (Daniel Bar-On)
Rabbis' wives urge Israeli women: Stay away from Arab men

A new letter signed by 30 women suggests that girls who date non-Jews will be cut off from their 'holy race'.

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  • Report: 44% of Israeli Jews support rabbis' edict forbidding rentals to Arabs in Safed
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U.S. rabbi gets rare permission to visit Yitzhak Hall at Tomb of Patriarchs

Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto visits hall where Jewish terrrorist gunned down 29 Muslims at prayer in 1994; Pinto recently slammed edict from Israeli rabbis banning rental of homes to Arabs.

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Soldiers detain a Palestinian teenager in Hebron, April 2010
Palestinian family sends mentally ill son to settlement in hope IDF shoots him

Boy caught near central West Bank settlement of Beit El, said family forced him at gunpoint to go to settlement in hopes he would be killed.

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Jamal Mustafa al-Hindi- Miki Kratsman
Israel to compensate Palestinian for disability caused by interrogation

Jamal Mustafa al-Hindi, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, claims Shin Bet investigators tortured him 15 years ago and forced him to confessing to murder.

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Bat Yam protest4- Daniel Bar-On
Shin Bet warns rabbi behind anti-Arab demonstrations

Bat Yam mayor denounces recent protests against renting to non-Jews as 'racist', says Arab citizens must be treated equally.

with Haaretz Service 14 comments
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  • Hundreds of rabbis around the world decry anti-Arab religious ruling
A detainee sits in solitary confinement in a Ramle prison.
Shin Bet to compensate PFLP member for torturing him

Jamal al-Hindi to receive an undisclosed amount of money for a partial disability that he says was caused by torture at the hands of Shin Bet agents 15 years ago.

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Jerusalem train - Emil Salman - Aug 24 2010
Despite court ruling, IDF took Arab land for train line

Former Civil Administration head signed order expropriating 50 dunams from West Bank village for rail line connecting Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

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IDF destroys unauthorized Bedouin reservoirs built before state's creation

The move, intended to push Bedouin off IDF firing ranges, leaves dozens of families in the region with no water for their sheep and livestock.

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Funeral of West Bank terror victim Rabbi Meir Hai
Memorial honoring West Bank terror victim desecrated, close to anniversary of attack

Broken bottles and paint tossed on monument erected in memory of Rabbi Meir Hai, who was shot by Palestinian terrorists on his way home in 2009.

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rabbi - Archive: Limor Edrey - December 14 2010
Rabbis behind anti-Arab manifesto seek compromise with Netanyahu, Haaretz learns

Rabbi Druckman seeks compromise on rabbinic ban against leasing to Arabs, says there is a difference between 'loyal Arabs' and 'Israel-hating Arabs'.

with Yair Ettinger and Ilan Lior 40 comments
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Settlement building - Motti Milrod
With freeze over, Yesha Council spearheading massive boom in illegal construction in settlements and outposts

Two rows of apartment buildings are going up in the Neveh Shoham neighborhood of Eli, without construction permits.

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Emily Henochowicz Daniel Bar-On
IDF resumes use of prohibited tear gas canisters

The canisters, which are used to disperse demonstrations in the West Bank, have been responsible for serious injuries and at least one death

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  • U.S. demands IDF probe how American lost eye at West Bank protest
netanyahu - Tomer Appelbaum - Deember 7 2010
Netanyahu slams top rabbis' call to forbid renting homes to Arabs

The prime minister says such things cannot be said in a democratic country, emphasizes that anti-Arab declarations are not acceptable in Israel.

with Barak Ravid 9 comments
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  • Top rabbis move to forbid renting homes to Arabs, say 'racism originated in the Torah'
Arab town - Olivier Fitoussi - October 11 2010
Top rabbis move to forbid renting homes to Arabs, say 'racism originated in the Torah'

Dozens of Israel's municipal chief rabbis signed on to the ruling, which comes just months after the chief rabbi of Safed initiated a call urging Jews to refrain from renting or selling apartments to non-Jews.

110 comments
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European members of Parliament on West Bank tour
Anti-Muslim European MPs tour West Bank settlements

Austrian opposition leader Heinz-Christian Strache says after what was done to Diaspora Jewry the Europeans are responsible for the Jewish people.

22 comments
Arab town - Olivier Fitoussi - October 11 2010
Dozens of top Israeli rabbis sign ruling to forbid rental of homes to Arabs

The religious ruling comes just months after a group of 18 prominent rabbis, including the chief rabbi of Safed, signed a call to that effect.

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