Eli Ashkenazi

Six-year-old Sama Hatib dental treatment ends in Haemek Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Confrontation develops between socialist activists and demonstrators objecting to injection of foreign policy messages. "They're inciting a civil war," said one resident of Sderot.

Event was kept low-profile due to recent security incidents in the south; demonstrators yell "traitors" at activists from Hadash party.

Municipality and ministry have yet to transfer budget to troubled asset, leading to fears it will be closed, again.

Avim Yariv, 39, was on a boat with his two children when a hippopotamus flipped their boat over; Yariv is the son of poet, editor and translator Hilit Yeshurun and grandson of the poet Avot Yeshurun.

Shimon Peres celebrates his birthday at the 110th anniversary of village Kfar Tavor in the Lower Galilee.

Layoffs planned at food-packing plant Pri Hagalil have been substantially scaled back, after agreements were reached yesterday about help from the state for the company.

Residents of Haifa, Afula and Be'er Sheva express satisfaction after Saturday social justice protests draw tens of thousands outside of Tel Aviv.

Demonstrations set to take place in north and south Israel; for first time since start of the social protests nearly a month ago, Tel Aviv will not be holding a march.

Holocaust survivor Noah Flug, born in 1925, passed away aged 86 on Thursday; Flug, board member at Yad Vashem, was active in lobbying for compensation for Holocaust survivors from Germany.

Haziza, 57, has turned into the Lech Walesa of Hatzor Haglilit; as someone at the head of nearly 280 workers, most from Hatzor, he is considered the most influential figure in the town.

Motti Haziza says cutting off all communication with management, returning dismissal letters that union received for 58 workers, at the behest of Histadrut Labor Federation Chairman Ofer Eini.

The new owners invested NIS 17 million to cover money owed to the workers and an additional NIS 27 million to farmers and other suppliers when they rescued the factory in 2009.

A quake measuring 4.2 on the Richter Scale was felt for several seconds across Israel shortly before midday Sunday.

U.S. Geological Survey says earthquake epicenter was in Mediterranean Sea, 71 km northwest of Tel Aviv.

PM to present special panel tasked with addressing the mounting public protests; Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz to head the team.

Largest demonstration takes place in Tel Aviv, where an estimated 280,000 participated in one of the biggest demonstrations in Israeli history.

Over 300,000 people took part in third consecutive week of mass rallies across Israel on Saturday; protesters chant 'The people demand social justice'; Sources close to Netanyahu say media inflated number of protesters.

Protesters, mainly students from local colleges, are getting support from near and far.

President Suleiman praises Lebanese Armed Forces for resisting Israeli 'attacks and provocations' after Monday's clash between Lebanese, IDF soldiers.

“We are happy to see the people of Israel taking to the streets, each in their own city, each with their own troubles, but many troubles that are common to all of us,” said one of the organizers, Yonatan Levy.


Demonstrations held in more than 10 cities across Israel in bid to lower spiraling costs of living; joint Jewish-Arab protest held for first time since demonstrations began 16 days ago.

Marches planned Saturday night in cities throughout Israel; Rally against Boycott Law also scheduled that night.

They will suffer but consumer prices won't change, they charge.

The Zahav Spring produces a significant quantity of water, but cannot meet Kiryat Shmona's growing demand.