Qatar – A split-screen photo posted to an Arab journalist’s Facebook page of an emaciated Syrian prisoner matched-up against a photo of a robust Israeli prisoner has gone viral and is drawing praise for Israel’s treatment of its prisoners from the Arab world.
The Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi David Lau, and politicians from across the spectrum in Israel denounced on Wednesday evening a video broadcast on Channel 10 News in which extremist teens were seen expressing joy during a wedding celebration over the murder of baby Ali Dawabshe in the Duma arson six months ago.
Jerusalem – A second victim injured in the stabbing Wednesday afternoon outside the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem succumbed to gunshot wounds incurred at the scene, Shaare Zedek Medical Center announced this evening.
Jerusalem – Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem announced on Wednesday that one of the Israelis critically wounded in a stabbing attack by a Palestinian near Jaffa Gate in the Old City has died.
Israeli businessman Nochi Dankner survived a helicopter crash in the South American jungle several days ago.
Three people have been wounded in a stabbing attack early Wednesday afternoon at Jerusalem’s Jaffa Gate, a popular tourist spot on the western side of the Old City.
MOSCOW – A Russian court has ordered the arrest of Jewish former businessman and oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a spokesman for Russia’s Investigative Committee, Vladimir Markin, was quoted as saying on Wednesday by the RIA Novosti news agency.
Tourism Minister Yariv Levin plans to levy sanctions on hotels that allow prostitution on their premises.
The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Roman Zadorov was guilty in the 2006 murder of a student, Tair Rada, at a school in the Golan Heights community of Katzrin.