Israel’s Burning Man festival gets go-ahead
Jewish Journal
May 18, 2015
Beersheba police must allow the Israeli version of the Burning Man festival to take place, an Israeli court ruled.
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At summer camps and trauma centers, Beersheba students facing rockets with locals
Jewish Journal
July 15, 2014
During Israel’s conflict with Hamas in 2009, Eli Nachmani, already using a wheelchair, injured his leg when a rocket hit this southern Israeli city.
Police investigating Israeli organ-trafficking ring
Jewish Journal
April 23, 2014
The Israeli man believed to be behind an organ-trafficking ring has evaded capture, according to a monthlong police investigation.
Exploiting Israel’s Negev Bedouin
Jewish Journal
December 10, 2013
While many believe that a successful peace process will end demonization of Israel based on incendiary terms such as “apartheid” and “racism,” and in accompanying boycott campaigns, the evidence suggests that this hatred goes far deeper.
Beersheva bank attack spurs gun reforms in Israel
Jewish Journal
May 22, 2013
Israel would require security guards to leave their weapons at work under gun reforms unveiled in the aftermath of a Beersheva bank attack that killed four.
Studying abroad in a war zone, Americans in Israel are shaken but undeterred
Jewish Journal
November 26, 2012
When the first two sirens went off, Shoshana Leshaw ran from her second-floor bedroom down to the bomb shelter in the basement. By the time the third and fourth sirens wailed, she went no farther than the stairwell.
Rockets pound Israel for seventh day
Jewish Journal
November 20, 2012
More than 80 rockets were fired at southern Israel in the seventh day since the beginning of Operation Pillar of Defense, including two aimed at Jerusalem.
As it pummels Gaza, Israel faces a Hamas with stronger missiles and closer allies
Jewish Journal
November 19, 2012
In some ways, Israel’s latest confrontation with Hamas looks like past conflicts in the Gaza Strip. Operation Pillar of Defense has left some key Hamas leaders dead, depleted weapons supplies and hit more than 1,000 targets in Gaza.
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