Rockets strike Israel during humanitarian lull
Hamas rockets hit two houses in southern Israel during a voluntary Israeli humanitarian cease-fire. More ▸
Sderot
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Obama: Ready on Mideast ‘from day one’
By Marcy OsterBarack Obama said “starting on day one” his administration would be “immediately engaged in the Middle East peace process.” More ▸
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For visiting Americans, a brush with terror in Sderot
By Dina KraftA delegation of American Jewish leaders received a firsthand taste of life in southern Israel when a Hamas rocket struck just 300 feet from where they had taken cover. More ▸
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Sderot rocket hits near U.S. Jewish leaders
By Marcy OsterA rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed about 20 yards from a delegation of top American Jewish leaders on a solidarity visit to Israel. More ▸
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At GA, JTA publisher checks out Sderot, where rocket attacks have been renewed
About 35 determined G.A. participants boarded a bus early this morning headed for Sderot, the scrappy town closest to the Gaza border where rocket attacks have resumed this month, after half a year of relative calm. Before they could climb aboard, they had to sign waivers acknowledging the riskiness of the trip and absolving UJC… More ▸
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Haaretz: Gaydamak to stop giving to Israeli charities
Russian-Israeli billionaire Arcadi Gaydamak will stop giving charitable donations to Israeli organizations, a spokesman for his foundation told Haaretz this weekend. Gaydamak, who last year started the Israeli Social Justice political party, first gained notoriety for his philanthropic efforts during Israel’s war with Hezbollah in Lebanon in 2006, when he spent $15 million to build… More ▸
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Kennedy promos Israel’s electric car project
Last night, environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. used some air time on Larry King Live to give a shout-out to Project Better Place, an Israeli startup that hopes to make Israel the first country to wean itself off gasoline-powered cars. Kennedy, who was debating Chevron Oil CEO David O’Reilly, might have overstated Better Place’s… More ▸
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Close calls?
The Fundermentalist is now sitting safe at a cafe on the beach in Tel Aviv as the sun starts its descent over the Mediterranean Sea, but it seems that bad luck followed in my wake the past couple of days. I spent Tuesday night on Kibbutz Nachal Oz, 800 meters from the Gaza border and… More ▸
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After school vo-tech training for at risk kids
The UJC also took its media tour to check out some programming in the Negev… As JAFI spokesman Jacob Dallal told us, in a nutshell, Sderot is pretty depressing and the Negev is the future of Israel – so they wanted our trip to end on a Zionist upbeat. Net@ was among the more interesting… More ▸
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This is what the damage looks like
This is the home of Dovid Tourgemond, which was hit by a Kassam in March. The owner of a local stop-n-shop is waiting for government funding to come in to fix the house that he built for $300,000 about 15 years ago. More ▸
