North District police located a monkey that was kept inside a restroom stall in a house in the village of Tuba-Zangariyye The monkey was transferred to the custody of the Nature and Parks Authority and taken for further testing and treatment at a monkey shelter Coastal District police from the Umm al-Fahm station found a monkey tied up in a house during a raid targeting criminal elements in the city The authorities note that these are the 38th and 39th monkeys located in Israel since the beginning of March The Israel Police and the Nature and Parks Authority issued a joint statement that 'Keeping protected natural elements such as monkeys in private custody is prohibited and constitutes a serious offense It causes significant harm to a sensitive animal due to complex breeding and social needs that a person cannot provide." I think I have a hunch why the “price tag” arsonists chose this village as their latest target: The largest building in town much larger than the mosque they torched on Sunday night These Jewish Klansmen really succeeded in striking at the heart of the nation’s enemy this time the men of the al-Heib [Bedouin] tribe in Tuba founded ‘Palheib,’ which fought shoulder-to-shoulder with the Palmach We were among the founders of the State of Israel,,” said Mohammed al-Heib the Ministry of Education’s supervisor for Bedouin schools Speaking to Rabin’s sister Rahel and dozens of other Israeli Jews sitting with locals in the mourning tent outside the mosque el-Heib said the village named its sports hall after Rabin “because we don’t forget our friends.” When the October 2000 riots broke out in Galilee village leaders decided that Tuba Zangaria would not take part how he felt about Israeli Jews after the arson attack The imam said he felt no different about Israeli Jews than he did before they’ve been with us from morning til night Whoever did this horrible deed wanted to destroy the relations between us and our neighbors – and I want to tell them it’s never going to happen This will only make our friendship stronger.” went up to the villagers in the mourning tent and personally apologized for the abomination at the mosque Their hosts in Tuba Zangaria wished them gmar hatima tova I was a columnist and feature writer for The Jerusalem Post as well as the correspondent in Israel for the U.S I wrote feature articles for the Sunday Times of London during the second intifada and have been writing for American Jewish publications since 1990 I would describe myself as an ultra-liberal Zionist; as journalist Bradley Burston put it I’m “probably as far left as a centrist can be.” I was born in New York grew up in Los Angeles and moved to Israel in 1985 Our team has been devastated by the horrific events of this latest war The world is reeling from Israel’s unprecedented onslaught on Gaza inflicting mass devastation and death upon besieged Palestinians as well as the atrocious attack and kidnappings by Hamas in Israel on October 7 Our hearts are with all the people and communities facing this violence We are in an extraordinarily dangerous era in Israel-Palestine The bloodshed has reached extreme levels of brutality and threatens to engulf the entire region are seizing the opportunity to intensify their attacks on Palestinians The most far-right government in Israel’s history is ramping up its policing of dissent using the cover of war to silence Palestinian citizens and left-wing Jews who object to its policies one that +972 has spent the past 14 years covering: Israeli society’s growing racism and militarism We are well positioned to cover this perilous moment – but we need your help to do it This terrible period will challenge the humanity of all of those working for a better future in this land Palestinians and Israelis are already organizing and strategizing to put up the fight of their lives Can we count on your support +972 Magazine is a leading media voice of this movement a desperately needed platform where Palestinian and Israeli journalists and thinkers can report on and analyze what is happening '#' : location.hash;window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUQuery = location.search === '' && location.href.slice(0 location.href.length - window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUHash.length).indexOf('?') !== -1 '?' : location.search;if (window.history && window.history.replaceState) {var ogU = location.pathname + window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUQuery + window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUHash;history.replaceState(null "\/liveblog_entry\/idf-announces-names-of-4-soldiers-killed-in-drone-attack-on-base\/?__cf_chl_rt_tk=8ROsQzm2FQZTUCUueuGhnC1bILsWfL.uJJke8S5hyFg-1746520181-1.0.1.1-Wbx4Be7D4LmyrIrIB6SrTq2p9q41UG7WA3vHr82sABI" + window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUHash);cpo.onload = function() {history.replaceState(null ogU);}}document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(cpo);}()); Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker 2011Get email notification for articles from Or Kashti FollowFeb 22 2011Only 37 percent of Israel's Jewish parents believe it is important to do homework 2010Get email notification for articles from Avner Avrahami FollowDec 3