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Wednesday May 22, 2013
 Israel Hayom
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22.05.2013
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Peres urges Israelis to protest against religious coercion
Around 10,000 people expected to rally in Beit Shemesh against increasing gender segregation by extremist ultra-Orthodox groups • Police to deploy in large numbers • In clashes on Monday, city residents attacked journalists and police.
 
MK Gila Gamliel | Vive la gender revolution
Discrimination against women is not exclusive to the ultra-Orthodox community.
Ze'ev Jabotinsky | Fighting dark forces
Elected officials must deter those who terrorize the majority and trample the law.
 
MK Yochanan Plessner | Integrate the ultra-Orthodox
As long as we don't bring the ultra-Orthodox community into the nation's service sector and workforce, their radicalization is likely to continue.
MK Yulia Shamalov-Berkovich | No need for a civil war
One mentally unstable member of one extreme ultra-Orthodox sect does not make Israel a fundamentalist country.
Yeshiah Horowitz | An open letter to news editors
Each day, police open more than 170 cases for murder and other crimes – yet you choose to highlight the "ultra-Orthodox" news item du jour. Why?
Zalman Shoval | Nothing is permanent
U.S. foreign policy on Iran keeps flip-flopping, but Israel can take pleasure in the latest shift: Its stance is finally being accepted.
Two Israelis to stand trial in Egypt for arms smuggling
Israeli-Arabs, along with Ukrainian, allegedly try to smuggle weapon in possible bid to frame Egyptian security forces • Trial will be first case against foreigners since fall of Mubarak • Egypt apprehends terrorist with instructions on making explosives.
Beit Shemesh rabbi attacked for fighting gender segregation
Rabbi Dov Lipman is attacked by ultra-Orthodox men for trying to escort girls to school • Beit Shemesh walls sprayed with anti-Zionist graffiti • Rabbi Lipman: Extremists are breaking the laws of the Torah.
Fearing Turkey, Knesset avoids recognizing Armenian genocide
Knesset members and historians urge public not to deny the genocide • Foreign Ministry exerts pressure, and members of the Education Committee decide against holding a vote • Knesset speaker: It is our obligation to remember.
Dan Margalit | Armenians deserve recognition, not laws
The answer to addressing the sensitive issue of the Armenian genocide lies in education.
Ron Paul wants Israel to disappear, says former aide
One day after the Texas congressman's campaign disavows controversial newsletters bearing his name, a former staffer says Paul considers Israel "too much of a burden" for the American taxpayer.
MK indicted for visiting enemy state, meeting foreign agents
Indictment claims Balad MK Said Naffaa spent a week in Syria in 2007, during which he met with Hamas and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine leaders • Naffaa says he intends to fight the charges, calling the indictment a "witch hunt."
IDF will continue to lend its soldiers to the police force
Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee decided two weeks ago that new army recruits would no longer be able to serve in the police • MK Shaul Mofaz: Enlistment to the police should continue until the staffing shortage is solved.
Proposal for new international airport could help Negev soar
Government likely to approve having the Negev's Nevatim airbase serve as Israel's second major international airport • Ministers, environmentalists praise move and tout benefits to southern Israel.
Unemployment in Israel hits historic 30-year low
Central Bureau of Statistics report reveals only 155,000 Israelis are currently unemployed • 1.3% drop since last December defies forecasts by top economists • Bank of Israel warns that unemployment will likely increase in the coming year.
Syria withdraws tanks from restive city as observer mission arrives
Syrian military forces have pounded Homs with artillery for days despite agreeing to an Arab League plan to stop the bloodshed • Up to 500 monitors are to eventually be deployed in Syria but Damascus agrees they will stay in the country for only a month.