Word: yisrael
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Netanyahu's once solid lead among the Russians began to unravel the moment Sharansky's immigrant party, Yisrael Ba'aliya, unveiled its TV ads. They steadfastly focused on winning control of the Interior Ministry, which determines who can immigrate to Israel and with what rights. The ultra-Orthodox have long controlled the ministry, notoriously harassing Russian immigrants by questioning their Jewish bona fides...
...jumped to $33 million a year. Some of the proceeds went into city coffers and to charities, but much more made its way to the settlers. Moskowitz prefers to donate to specific projects rather than finance organizations blindly. "He says he wants to see results on the ground," says Yisrael Medad, a settler activist. According to some sources, as much as $18 million has come from his foundation to underwrite the budgets of settler organizations, build college dorms in the territories and support an Orthodox yeshiva critical of peace proposals. It even brought in American students to bolster Israeli morale...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a Muslim, and Yisrael Lau, one of Israel's two chief rabbis, doesn't shoot hoops, but the two were eager to meet in Jerusalem this week. A family friend of Abdul-Jabbar's, Leonard ("Smitty") Smith, was among the first American soldiers to enter Buchenwald. He found Lau, then seven years old, and held him up to show people who lived in the nearby town of Weimar, saying, "Look! This is your enemy." Said Abdul-Jabbar: "I just wanted to complete the circle...
...graphically illustrated by a shocking video clip from Hebron, played again and again on Israeli TV, showing a splash of boiling-hot tea contorting the face of Knesset member and prominent peace advocate Ya'el Dayan, daughter of war hero Moshe Dayan. According to eyewitnesses, she was approached by Yisrael Lederman, who asked, "Do you want tea?" Dayan responded, "Please." Then Lederman, later revealed to be a right-wing extremist and convicted murderer, allegedly tossed the steaming brew into her face. Dayan suffered second-degree burns; Lederman turned himself in two days later. Dayan lamented in the daily Yediot Aharonot...
...many thought that the decision was not so widely agreed upon within the community, and instead reflected the steering committee's interest in k'lal yisrael or the broad Jewish community...