Oz Rosenberg

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Bus accident - Emil Salman
10 killed as Palestinian children's bus, truck collide near Jerusalem

Nine of the 10 fatalities were kindergarten children on their way to a field trip near the West Bank town of Ramallah; dozens reportedly injured.

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Jerusalem judge blasts police for arresting wrong man

Beit Safafa man released on Tuesday after spending five months behind bars.

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Shoafat checkpoint - Michal Fattal - 23122011
East Jerusalem's hospitals are good, but access to them is limited

Most patients and staff are residents of the West Bank, which has become increasingly inaccessible due to the separation fence and its system of permits.

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Price tag - Emil Salman - 08022012
Racist graffiti scrawled on Jerusalem monastery, Jewish-Arab school

'Death to Arabs' and 'Kahane was right' were spray-painted in Hebrew on a wall outside the bilingual school.

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'Price tag' at Jerusalem bilingual school - Feb. 7, 2012
Jerusalem monastery, Jewish-Arab school defaced in suspected 'price tag' attack

'Death to Arabs' and 'Kahane was right' daubed outside bilingual school; Christian monastery defaced with 'Death to Christians' and 'price tag' inscriptions; Jerusalem police investigating both incidents.

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Bratslav case -Shiran Granot - 07022012
Eight suspected of witness tampering in Bratslav case

Police suspect eight members of the ultra-Orthodox Bratslav sect worked together to suborn witnesses scheduled to appear at the trial of their leader and two others.

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Ras Hamis checkpoint - Emil Salman
Israeli guard suspected of confining Palestinian woman to get her phone number

Alleged incident took place in Jerusalem’s Ras Hamis checkpoint, where the Palestinian law student says she was detained until the security guard verified she gave him her real number.

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Youth soccer club, Silwan - Emil Salman
Security forces close Silwan soccer club on suspicion of Hamas activity

Security forces also temporarily shut down a large charity organization on Sunday that had been operating in Silwan for many years.

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Police evict Arab family
Israel Police shut down Hamas-linked institutions in East Jerusalem

Border Police shut down both a soccer club and a charity organization for a period of 30 days, under orders from Israel Police Chief.

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Mount Scopus - Tess Scheflan - 29012012
Taking back the night

The police are stepping up patrols on Mount Scopus to end the harassment of women students at Hebrew University.

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Jerusalem court releases three suspects in Beit Shemesh attack

Forth man's remand extended by two days; the men attacked a woman, smashed her windshield, punctured her tires and doused her with bleach.

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Beit Shemesh attack on woman's car
Woman in Beit Shemesh attacked by ultra-Orthodox extremists

In latest incident sparked by 'immodest dress,' crowd of ultra-Orthodox men smash car of Natali Mashiah, 27, who says she believes they were going to set her on fire.

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Ahmed Atoun in police custody - Tomer Appelbaum -  September 27, 2011.
Israel Police arrest Hamas lawmakers in East Jerusalem compound

Khaled Abu Rafah and Mohammed Totah sought refuge from Israeli arrest in a Red Cross compound in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in July 2010.

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Rabbi Mordechai Elon
Rabbi Moti Elon admits to hugging and kissing students, denies sexual intention

Lawyers for Elon, one of the leaders of religious Zionism, tells the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court that it was his habit to hug his students, as part of his educational methods.

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Hermon snow - January 22, 2012
Snow blizzard in northern Israel shuts down Hermon ski resort

Heavy snow and rain storms fall upon northern and central Israel; snowfall in Hebron causes heavy traffic; rain also expected in the Negev.

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Rabbi Mordechai Elon - Olivier Fitoussi
Prominent Zionist rabbi Moti Elon denies sexual assault charges

Rabbi Mordechai 'Moti' Elon went on trial last month on charges of assaulting two 17 year-old students; says there may have been physical contact, but it was not sexual.

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Checkpoint - Emil Salman
Israeli security forces thwart attack at checkpoint north of Jerusalem

Palestinian armed with ax shot as he tried to attack guards at Qalandiya checkpoint; attacker lightly wounded, transported to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem.

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Activists call for police abuse case to be reopened

Two policemen are suspected of beating, sexually assaulting and otherwise humiliating a Palestinian routinely arrested outside of Jerusalem.

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Ethiopian immigrant -  Michal Fattal - 19012012
Bus driver caught spewing slurs at Ethiopian kids

'People tell you that you smell bad, deal with it. Put on deodorant every day. You'll smell better,' driver says in recording by sixth grade schoolgirl driven by him daily.

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Ethiopian protest - Salman - Jan. 18, 2012
Israeli school bus driver recorded spewing racist slurs at Ethiopian children

‘We are sorry that you’re here,’ Ethiopian schoolgirls record driver as saying on Jerusalem bus.

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Ethiopian protest - Ilan Assayag - January 2012
Thousands in Jerusalem protest racism against Ethiopian Israelis

Protesters march in front of the Knesset and hold signs which read, 'Blacks and Whites – We're all Equal' and 'Our Blood is Only Good for Wars.'

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Meir Iluz.
Charges dropped against Israeli who repaired car in PA territory

The man, Meir Iluz, argues in court that the law, which is intended to prevent car theft and trade in stolen car parts, is racist.

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Ultra-Orthodox men in Beit Shemesh - Olivier Fitoussi - 27122011
Ultra-Orthodox teens accost U.S. immigrant boy in Beit Shemesh

Group of teens surround victim, a third-grader, shout and spit at him and then throw a large rock in his direction that hits him in the back.

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policeman detaining an ultra-Orthodox protester - Olivier Fitoussi - 16012012
Riots erupt after ultra-Orthodox leaders arrested over tax fraud

Nine Haredi protesters held in Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh.

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