Yanir Yagna

About 2,000 Sudanese and Eritreans live in Ashdod; they say they are the ones who are afraid to go out at night, because local residents attack them for no reason.

Much of the area where the tribe currently lives consists of military firing zones, antiquities and nature reserves.

Located in the southern kibbutz of Ketura, the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies was established in 1996 as an engine for the vision of Israeli-Palestinian peace.

The financial crisis and the political reality of the region threaten the future of the Arava Institute, where Israelis, Jordanians, and Palestinians study together in effort to deal with the shared environmental problems.

Israeli aircraft targets rocket-launching squad and two training sites; some 17 rockets and mortars fired at Israel on Monday, Hamas claims responsibility.

One Hamas militant was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip early Sunday morning; IDF says it targeted rocket-launching squad.

Schools in south reopen following informal agreement between Hamas and Israel

An intelligence tip indicated that a virus would be inserted into the police's central computer system via a USB flash drive or CD.

Both Israel and Palestinians held their fire overnight, after two days of cross-border rockets and air strikes.

Two of the rockets were fired Wednesday evening after long hours of relative quite. One of the rockets exploded in an open field in the Eshkol area.

All homes between 4.5 and 7 km of border will receive proper reinforcements, Netanyahu says, in wake of rocket barrage.

Hamas say three killed, three others wounded in the strikes; Gaza militants fire eight mortar shells into southern Israel.

In addition to depriving residents of services, the strike resulted in the city skipping this week's Home Front Defense exercise, which focused on coping with an earthquake.

'What I did was more than a tragedy. I regret what happened,' says 26-year-old mother; husband blames act on wife's postpartum depression.

Hamas claims casualties in Beit Hanoun as its own; attack follows earlier overnight strike on Jabalya.

This academic year could be the last for Ben-Gurion University's controversial Department of Politics and Government after subcommittee of the Council for Higher Education decided not to allow new students to enroll.

Ashkelon Magistrate's Court extends the remand of the peace activists arrested on the SV Estelle. The three claim masked Israeli Navy soldiers used taser guns after boarding the ship.

Residents in recognized village of Bir Hadaj received demolition orders last week, accuse state of trampling on their rights as citizens.

Council okays construction, but places three month limit on residence in tents within the facility.

No casualties were reported in Israel Air Force strikes; Grad rocket explodes in Netivot earlier Friday.

Rocket caused light damage to the house; two Netivot residents suffering from symptoms of shock.

Four suspects in the alleged plot will be indicted on Thursday in the Be'er Sheva District Court.

The road, which runs from the Lehavim Junction to the Dead Sea, has been the scene of six fatal accidents so far this year.

The IDF retaliated to a barrage of rockets on southern Israel by hitting sites including a mosque; Palestinians said 16 civilians injured in Gaza strikes since Sunday.

Hamas and Islamic Jihad claim responsibility for dozens of mortar shells, Qassams that hit the western Negev; no injuries reported, some damage to residential buildings by shrapnel.