Facebook scandal erupts after Israeli man uploads photo of naked Ethiopian woman

Photojournalist Ziv Koren claims to receive threats over photo of a Falashmura woman bathing at a mikveh upon immigration to Israel, before removing the image from the Internet.

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Facebook scandal erupts after Israeli man uploads photo of naked Ethiopian woman

Photojournalist Ziv Koren claims to receive threats over photo of a Falashmura woman bathing at a mikveh upon immigration to Israel.

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Neeman - Fitoussi - 2.2012
Israel's justice minister advises rightists on how to seek pardons for Jewish terrorists

Television report captures Yaakov Neeman instructing right-wingers on how to formulate pardon requests.

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Foreign workers kids - Milrod - Feb 2012
Israel to announce names of foreign workers getting residence

Some 375 families of foreign workers with children in Israeli schools will find out on Wednesday if they will be allowed to stay in the country.

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Train station - February 2012
Israel court orders railway workers to end strike

The Israel Railways union announced strike Monday evening, freezing the country’s national train service only one day after a nationwide general strike came to an end.

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Ariel University - David Bachar - 14022012
Ariel center moves a step closer to becoming university

Hundreds of academics, including four Israel Prize laureates, petition education minister to nix process.

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Claude Lanzmann - ImageForum
Director Claude Lanzmann denies sexual harassment charges

In a letter to Haaretz, renowned Jewish director, most well-known for his 1985 documentary film 'Shoah,' responds to charges he allegedly hugged and kissed a Ben Gurion Airport security worker against her will.

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Holyland - Eyal Toueg - 13022012
First hearing in Holyland case opens in Tel Aviv court

Former Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert, among those indicted, did not attend Monday's hearing, as he appeared at another hearing on corruption and fraud charges in the Jerusalem District Court.

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train station strike - Nir Kafri - 08112011
Israel's trains grind to a halt as union announces strike

Days after end of nationwide general strike, union declares train shutdown over bitter dispute with company management due to latter’s intention to privatize services in industry.

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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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Dimona nuclear power plant
Israel nuclear reactor sent unprotected workers to search for uranium ore, lawsuit claims

Former employees at the Negev Nuclear Research Center in Dimona say were given only dusk masks, goggles during an official search for the rare mineral.

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Algae Kinneret - Gil Eliyahu - 13022012
Israeli scientists find that photos from space allow better monitoring of Kinneret waters

Scientists believe comparing data measured on land with those from space will enable more effective monitoring of algae concentrations and the pollution they cause.

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Prostitute
Israel cabinet approves bill that criminalizes soliciting prostitution

Law would provide for an educational program for first-time offenders, while Second-time offenders could face imprisonment for up to six months.

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Harish - 08022012
Israel panel okays bill calling for tax exemption to 'Zionist' donations

Ministerial Committee on Legislation approves legislation sponsored by Likud's Zeev Elkin, Zion Pinyan that seeks to give %35 break to funds given to institutions that promote 'Zionism and settlement.'

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Garbage - Alex Levac - 12022012
Israel's general strike called off as State, unions reach deal

Agreement comes as a strike that had paralyzed the country's public sector over the employment conditions of hundreds of thousands of subcontracted workers in Israel entered its fifth day.

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A contract worker - Moti Milrod
Israel train services, airports to resume operations as general strike continues

Egged bus drivers are expected to join the Histadrut Labor Federation’s strike, in order to protest conditions of government-hired contract workers.

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Eli Yishai - Emil Salman - February 2012
Interior Minister says no plan to resign over damning Carmel fire report

Eli Yishai says will not leave post after release of State Comptroller report, expected to place different degrees of responsibility on other ministers and officials.

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Jerusalem mosque - Jerusalem Fire Dept -  14.12.2011
IDF soldier linked to 'price tag' attack in West Bank Palestinian village

Soldier, two young women suspected of entering Luban al-Sharqiya near Nablus, spraying 'Muhammad is a Pig' on a village home and vandalizing a local construction shop.

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Grunis, Beinisch
Israel panel appoints Asher Grunis as new Supreme Court President

Grunis' path to the Presidency was fraught by political controversy, with opposition parties criticizing the so-called 'Grunis law' geared at ensuring the veteran's judge selection to the lofty post.

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Eini Steinitz -  Emil Salman - 08022012
General strike in Israel to continue after last-ditch negotiations fail

Talks geared at reaching agreement between Histadrut and Finance Ministry fail; negotiations will be renewed on Sunday morning.

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Galilee city of Harish
Israel to mull tax exemptions on donations to 'Zionist settlement'

Likud-sponsored bill would grant up to 35% break on donations to institutions that strengthen Zionism and encourage Zionist settlement.

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