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...whore." Similar ugly scenes of Jewish settlers hacking down ancient Palestinian olive groves or beating up Arab schoolkids are just part of the reason why many Israelis have turned against them. Another is money: guarding and maintaining the settlements costs plenty. A study by the newspaper Ha'aretz reckons that since 1967, the bills run upwards of $10 billion, excluding military costs in the West Bank. According to Yaacov Shamir, a communications professor at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, recent polls show that 52% of Israelis are prepared to withdraw from settlements as part of a future peace deal with Palestinians...
...Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz said Kohlberg’s position will be “the highest post ever held by an Israeli manager” in academia...
...senior Palestinian official told the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz late last night that the 75 year-old Arafat was unconscious and had suffered a “general systems collapse.” The official said Arafat is on a respirator and his condition appears to be “irreversible,” according to the newspaper...
...well-respected Israeli newspaper Ha'Aretz quoted Cipel's lawyers Alan Lowy and Rachel Yosevitz as saying that Cipel is heterosexual and that there was no affair. At a rain-drenched press conference in Manhattan on Friday, Lowy read a statement from his client portraying the Governor as something of a sexual aggressor. "While employed by one of the most powerful politicians in the country, New Jersey Governor McGreevey, I was the victim of repeated sexual advances by him," the statement said. "When I finally dared to reject Governor McGreevey's advances, the retaliatory actions taken by him and members...
...many civilians died at the checkpoints last year? Fifty-one people, including women and children. These were not terrorists or even activists. These were people who “opened the [car] door too quickly” or who failed to slow down. The Israeli daily Ha’aretz often reports that some of the people who die at checkpoints “are shot unintentionally.” Last year, one of these “unintentional” deaths included a baby who was born at a checkpoint after the Israeli officer refused to let his pregnant...