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Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv dies at 102; ultraorthodox religious arbiter
Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, considered one of his generation's most influential religious arbiters, died Wednesday at Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center. He was 102 and had been in declining health.
Elyashiv's rulings left a deep mark on many...Tags: Israel, Arbitration, West Bank, Ehud Barak, Government
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Yitzhak Shamir dies at 96; former Israeli prime minister
JERUSALEM — Yitzhak Shamir, the onetime underground Jewish fighter and long-serving Israeli prime minister whose unyielding belief in the right of Jews to all of the biblical Land of Israel often exasperated U.S. policymakers, has died. He was 96....Tags: Knesset, West Bank, Obituaries, Parliament, Government
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Yaffa Yarkoni dies at 86; Israeli singer
Yaffa Yarkoni, a singer who entertained Israeli soldiers on the front lines for half a century and later reaped public censure for her outspoken criticism of the military's treatment of Palestinians, died Sundayof Alzheimer's disease in Tel Aviv. She...Tags: Entertainment, Ehud Barak, Government, Radio, Politics
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Mofaz takes leadership of Israel's Kadima party
World NowIsraeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni has lost the chairmanship of the centrist party Kadima to her rival, Shaul Mofaz, according to near-final results in Tuesday primaries.... -
PASSINGS: Christoph Schlingensief, Franz Schurmann
Christoph Schlingensief
Controversial German theater director
Christoph Schlingensief, 49, a controversial German theater director and performance artist, died of lung cancer Saturday. His death was announced by organizers of the Ruhr Triennale cultural...Tags: University of California, Berkeley, Southeast Asia, News Media, Health and Medical Professionals, Bloomfield (Hartford, Connecticut)
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ISRAEL: A cautionary tale of officers, gentlemen and snakes
Babylon & BeyondEvery so often, a legendary Israeli institution falls from grace. In 1995, the Shin Bet failed to protect Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin from assassination; in 1997, the Mossad loudly bungled an attempt to assassinate Khaled Meshaal in Jordan and more...... -
MIDDLE EAST: While waiting for the peace talks to begin ...
Babylon & BeyondSince reopening with much fanfare last week, peace talks between Israel and Palestinians continue to generate the typical mood swings. Parades are promptly rained on, windows of opportunity pronounced open one minute are declared closing the next. The... -
Monster Mash: Larry Gagosian ready to debut Paris gallery; Ariel Sharon sculpture stirs controversy
Culture MonsterBig debut: Larry Gagosian's newest gallery space opens this week in Paris. (Agence France-Presse) Life-like: A large scale sculpture of Ariel Sharon in a hospital bed is stirring controversy in Israel. (The Independent) Back in the fold: New York's... -
MIDDLE EAST: Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal says pressure should be increased on Israel
Babylon & BeyondEnough with the pressure on the Palestinians to make concessions in peace talks, says Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal. It's time for Israel to feel the heat. "The pressure should now be redirected towards Israel," Mashaal said in an interview with...... -
ISRAEL: New chief named to take over Mossad from Meir Dagan
Babylon & BeyondMonday's announcement of the next chief of Israel's Mossad ended the mystery about who will succeed leadership of the country's spy agency. Tamir Pardo, known to the public until now only as "T" and to his neighbors as the guy...... -
ISRAEL: Pilot and astronaut father share final resting place
Babylon & BeyondCapt. Assaf Ramon was buried beside his father, Ilan Ramon, the Israeli astronaut killed with six others in the Columbia space shuttle disaster. The bittersweet success story of a boy following his father's path, graduating flight school with honors only.... -
ISRAEL: Nobel laureate Ada Yonath irks right wing, feminists
Babylon & BeyondThe Nobel Prizes take people from the forefront of their particular fields into the public eye. The intentions are good, a recognition of outstanding merit and achievement, of contribution to humanity. And it is humanity's nature to be curious about......
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