Uri Blau

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Latest Articles by Uri Blau
Zochrot founder Eitan Bronstein.
German group cuts support for Palestinian rights NGO

Remembrance, Responsibility and Future, known by its German acronym, EVZ, says it supports education projects, but not those with a political agenda.

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Amotz Eyal - Yaron Brenner/Ynet - January 2012
New 'alternative Zionist fund' supporting right-wing settler groups

The Israel Independence fundraises money for an organization that reports to settlers on IDF movements in the West Bank. What links it to the National Union party, the prime minister's sister-in-law and a U.S. millionaire?

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Azrieli
Major Israeli businesses helped quadruple donations to right-wing Im Tirtzu movement

Among donors is The Azrieli Group, which claims it has no political agenda.

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Migdal forest
Hill of trouble

How a long-standing Jewish National Fund forest memorializing Givati soldiers who fell in the War of Independence was upgraded thanks to a corporate donation - and then renamed.

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MK Mohammed barakeh protesting destruction of Bedouin homes, February, 2011.
Seeing the forest and the trees: The untold story of the Jewish National Fund

Revelations from JNF minutes: billions of shekels hoarded in its coffers, millions wasted on legal conflicts, trees planted on disputed land. Not to mention the fate of Holocaust victims’ assets.

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Shimon Peres, Dalia Rabin, Yuval Rabin
One man's family

The underfunded Rabin Center, a series of business disputes, a new peace initiative and more are keeping Yitzhak Rabin's son and daughter very busy of late; the annual memorial rally, meanwhile, will be a private project this year.

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child abuse - Michal Fattal - October 2 2011
An unholy mess in the Holy City

Parents in Nahlaot alerted police to a possible pedophile ring in their Jerusalem neighborhood, but the police allege that what they did next may have allowed the alleged pedophiles to walk free.

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D. former dancer
Life changes

The man recently arrested for allegedly keeping women and children in bondage and sexually abusing them was once a well-known dancer and life partner of an important French choreographer, until he fell under the spell of a charismatic rabbi.

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Mine, Drenas
Israeli black hole in Kosovo

Ferronikeli, a mining and smelting plant owned by two Israeli tycoons, is one of the biggest enterprises in all of Kosovo. The iron and nickel alloy it produces is boosting the economy of the impoverished nation and provides much-needed jobs. But toxic waste at the site makes it hazardous to breathe the air or drink the water.

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holocaust
A child’s life

A chance letter from a cinema researcher in Bosnia sent journalist Uri Blau on a journey to learn more about the history of his family who fled war-torn Eastern Europe. He discovered how his family survived the Nazis, and found out previously unknown details about the childhood of his father, who built a new life for himself in Israel without looking back.

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Rabbi Meir Kahane
A strange kind of mercy

The right-wing organization Lehava is noted for its vehement anti-assimilation views, and many of its members are disciples of Meir Kahane. Yet Hemla (Mercy), a group closely linked to Lehava, receives state funding for its rehabilitation work with Jewish women. Is Hemla a good cause or a cause for concern?

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U.K. officials were split over expelling Israeli in Dubai row

Foreign Office officials back expulsion of Mossad man over alleged use of forged U.K. passports.

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Police probing rightist MK over fake West Bank outpost deal

Yisrael Beiteinu MK, settler leaders allegedly forged land registry documents to set up outpost.

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Conflict-of-interest accords tie hands of three of PM's top aides

Network of business and personal ties keep three top aides from dealing with myriad of issues.

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Vice Premier and ex-IDF chief cancels U.K. visit over arrest fears

Pro-Palestinian groups have wanted Ya'alon put on trial for his role as chief of staff during second Intifada.

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Leaving office has been NIS 2.5 million cash cow for Olmert

Source close to former PM indicted on charges of bribery says most of the money came from overseas.

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Haredi Web site: Put T.A. gay club chiefs on trial for murder

National Gay Association: Ignorant slander of this kind can lead to committing further hate crimes.

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Haredi writer: Gays should be forced to face firing squad

Haredi Web site says leaders at Tel Aviv gay center should be put on trial for molestation and perversion.

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U.S. group invests tax-free millions in East Jerusalem land

American Friends of Ateret Cohanim sends millions of shekels to Israel every year for political purposes.

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Peres advisor: 'No chance' of a pardon for former Shas MK

President's legal advisor says pardon won't happen since Benizri 'hasn't even entered jail yet.'

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Decorated IDF commandos batter fellow soldier

Commandos allegedly set upon soldier who they thought stole one of their mobile phones.

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This isn't just a war for my freedom but for Israel's image

There are powerful people in Israel who don't seem to understand what democracy is all about.

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Analysis / A case of partial disclosure

Olmert's reaction to news of the investigation, which were not consistent with the facts presented in the comptroller's report, will not harm him. In Israel of 2006, failure to tell the truth does not influence voters.

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