Word: aviv
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that the approach of the conference is likely to prod terrorists and other provocateurs into action intended to break it up. And Arafat cautioned that while he would do everything possible to prevent disruption, he could not control the most radical factions. Almost on cue, violence erupted. In Tel Aviv a Palestinian driver plowed a van into a group of Israeli soldiers on a busy street corner, killing two and injuring...
...fact, terrorism of that type -- the work of nationalist or anarchist groups inside one country -- is not declining as significantly. Such bands, says Israel's leading terrorism expert, Ariel Merari of Tel Aviv University, do not have the means to gather intelligence, forge documents or handle complex explosive devices. "They don't have the manpower to stage attacks that cause a lot of international commotion," he says. But they can and do wreak considerable damage...
Last month, 14,000 more Falashas -- the Ethiopian pejorative means strangers in Amharic -- were airlifted to safety in another Israeli rescue operation. By plane, the trip from Addis Ababa to Tel Aviv takes just under four hours. But for these rural and deeply religious Jews, who believe they are descendants of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, the journey spans centuries. Descending from C-130 transports and commercial jets, they discover that their new home is not the least bit familiar. Says Rachamim Elazar, an Ethiopian activist who arrived in Israel in 1971: "It's the distance...
...would sell cars directly to Israel. Nissan and Mazda are expected to follow. For the first time, Japan is adding a representative of the powerful Ministry of International Trade and Industry to the staff of its embassy in Israel. El Al is being allowed to open service between Tel Aviv and Tokyo (via Moscow...
That is what happens on turkey farms, after all. You've got a lot of turkeys, you feed them a lot and they shit a lot. Happens every time. The turkey farm where I worked, at a kibbutz just north of Tel Aviv in Israel, was no exception. There were a lot of turkeys. There was a lot of shit. There was the shovel. And there...