Striking workers of the Eilat-Ashkelon oil pipeline company clashed with police in Ashkelon this morning precipitating a general strike at both ends of the pipeline. The strikers accused the police of firing on workers during a bizarre boat-ramming incident in Ashkelon harbor. Police said they fired into the air to warn off strikers who they… More ▸
Ashkelon prison has been closed to visitors since last Friday when two Arab terrorists serving life sentences murdered one of their cell mates, it was disclosed today. Prison authorities said the weapon used was a shoelace. The victim was identified as Haled Mustafa El Hald, 21, also serving a life term. Prison authorities said he… More ▸
Special precautionary measures were introduced in all Israeli prisons Thursday night following an inmates’ riot Thursday evening in the top-security prison at Ashkelon in which one officer and 10 prisoners were slightly injured. It took wardens and police reinforcements two hours to restore order in the prison, which houses 480 Arab terrorists–half of them sentenced… More ▸
Israeli shipping interests are buying tankers at inflated prices in order to keep oil flowing in increasing quantities to the new Eilat-Ashkelon pipeline. The success of the pipeline has exceeded the most ardent hopes of its promoters but Israel’s tanker fleet has failed to keep pace with the demand, maritime business circles said here today…. More ▸
Iranian oil, pumped through Israel’s Eilat-Ashkelon pipeline, is finding its way to Eastern European countries, among them East Germany, the most rabidly anti-Israel member of the Communist bloc, it was reported here today. The Eilat-Ashkelon pipeline bypasses the closed Suez Canal, saving a three-week, 12,000 mile voyage from Mideastern oil fields to Europe via the… More ▸
Israel disclosed today that its new 42 inch oil pipeline has been in operation since Feb. 1 linking the port of Eilat on the Gulf of Aqaba, with Ashkelon on the Mediterranean coast some 160 miles away. The $150 million project by-passes the Suez Canal which has been closed to all shipping since the June,… More ▸
Work will begin next week on a $32,287,000 pipeline that will carry oil from Eilat on the Gulf of Aqaba to Ashkelon on Israel’s Mediterranean coast, south of Tel Aviv, it was announced here today. The 42-inch pipeline will be over 200 miles long. By conveying Middle East oil unloaded from tankers at Eilat, it… More ▸
A “Provencal Village” consisting partly of a youth hostel and partly of private villas, will be built on Israel’s Mediterranean coast near Ashkelon, it was announced here today by Gaston Deferre, chairman of the Association Israel-Provence under whose auspices the village will be built. Land for the project was donated by the Ashkelon municipality. More ▸
A second recent case of a non-Orthodox congregation being barred from use of an organizational facility for worship services was reported here today. The newly-formed Conservative congregation in Ashkelon has been informed by WIZO headquarters that it could no longer use a WIZO kindergarten for Sabbath services. The earlier case involved a refusal by the… More ▸
All assets in Ashkelon held by a group of South African Jews, were handed over to the Israel Government yesterday at a special ceremony attended by Foreign Minister Golda Meir and other Government officials, hundreds of South African tourists and thousands of citizens of the southern coastal city built by South African Jaws. Speaking at… More ▸
