Israel’s News Blog Magazine: Daily Stories Video and PhotosWhen the negotiations are at halt, all we’re left with is cynicism and mind games.
Christine Toomey wrote this today on The Sunday Times:
While Zahar and Yousef are reluctant to discuss Shalit, members of the Doghmush clan are happy to brag about how well he is being treated. I meet them in a garage of one [...]
We’re quickly approaching the end of August. And even though we had some nice weather at the end of last week, it’s steaming hot in Israel at the moment. Nevertheless, the sky darkens a bit earlier.
Next week the school year begins, and hundreds of thousands of children will get off the streets and into the [...]
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Two years ago, on the eve of August 24, 2006, Ya’akov Ratz’abi went missing in Tel Aviv. Yaakov was a hostel resident under the supervision of Akim, the National Association for the Habilitation of the Mentally Handicapped in Israel.
On that Thursday evening, two years ago, Yaakov, his fellow hostel residents, and several guides, visited the [...]
Congratulations to Shahar Tzubery who just won the first Israeli bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics! The race was fantastic.
As for the race to the mayor’s office at Tel-Aviv, today we saw the entrance of a new player to the game: Lawyer Ron Levintal, formerly from Shinui, formed the “Tel-Avivim” party and he’s set on [...]
Mahmoud Darwish, regarded as the Palestinian national poet, died yesterday at a Texas hospital after heart surgery. He is one of the main authors of the Palestinian narrative, and the one who crafted the Palestinian declaration of independence in 1988.
Whatever your political opinion is, it is a big loss for the world of poetry. From [...]
Here’s a quick recount of yesterday’s events:
The 2008 Olympics opened in Beijing.
A war erupting in the Kavkaz.
Xander Jace Riniker was born 08/08/08 at 08:08, weighing 8 pounds and 8 ounces, being the 8th grandchild for his mother’s parents.
In any case, it’s time to leave the number 8 behind us. Tomorrow is the the 9th of [...]
Well, in case you do plan on watching the Olympic Opening Ceremony, here’s a little background that could answer all the questions you might have and had no one to answer…
The Official Beijing 2008 Olympic-Anti terrorism Exercises in China
26,000 Haredi children will reach the age of 18 without knowing basic mathematics, civics, or any English at all.
Up until now, the 260 Haredi Yeshivas that did not teach the Core Curriculum to their children were deemed inappropriate to receive governmental funding. They received such funding anyway, contra legem. But since the matter had been [...]
