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Category Archives: NOT in the news

Important events that don’t get enough media coverage.

Do not forget Gilad

18-Aug-08

Since Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev had been lay to rest, the topic of Gilad Shalit has largely disappeared from the media. As cynical as it may sound, Gilad’s parents don’t manage to draw enough attention or to foster enough sympathy as did Karnit, Ehud’s widow.
Despite the overwhelming support the Israeli public had for the [...]

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Israeli Social Workers have been on strike for 3 months now, and counting

30-Jun-08

(Note: I fixed the post title. The strike has been going on for 3 months, and not for merely 5 weeks, as I incorrectly wrote before.)
Ministry of Welfare isn’t funding enough social workers relative to the population’s needs. In the southern Negev desert, for example, one young woman, fresh out of university, is treating 1,000 [...]

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