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Tag Archives: Eli Yishai

Supreme Court decides: Running someone over and leaving them for dead IS a crime

14-Jul-09

Imagine that upon exiting a Jerusalem supermarket parking lot under video surveillance, somebody has the audacity to charge you. The supermarket clerk actually comes up to your car and asks for the money you refused to pay. So you can do one of two things. You can either pay and get on with your life, [...]

Time to Shift Gears

08-Mar-09

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is preparing to leave office very soon, while on the other side of the border, Gilad Shalit is “celebrating” 1,000 days in captivity this month. It’s time to step up the efforts for Gilad’s release.
Noam and Aviva Shalit, Gilad’s parents, are moving to Jerusalem today, in order to reside inside a [...]

Israeli Maccabiah games

15-Jul-05

The 17th Maccabiah games (AKA. Jewish Olympics) started this week, an event that happens every 4 years. Over 7,000 athletes from 55 countries will participate in the events. The ceremony was impressive, big, colorful and uniquely Israeli, a real world class events with a reported 30,000 in attendance. Run loosely along Olympic guidelines, the 11-day [...]