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Thursday June 20, 2013
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PM to formally announce Sept. 4 date for general elections
Prime minister to make the case for re-election as Likud convention opens • Tensions are high as party MKs vie for safe seat on Knesset list • Netanyahu wants to amend rules to allow all to seek re-election.
 
Dan Margalit | Is everyone reconciled to a Netanyahu win?
In most previous elections there was a serious battle for the premiership. This time around, the only question is who Netanyahu's partners will be.
Mati Tuchfeld | Creative ways to bypass elections
Lately, it seems that democracy just isn't working properly for certain people, from the leaders of the social justice protest movement to former government officials.
 
Prof. Abraham Ben-Zvi | The six-month itch
Obama wants to be the second post-war president to win re-election with unemployment above 7%; for Romney, his only chance is to win over independents while retaining votes from hard-core ideologues.
Uri Heitner | The importance of being politically earnest
Because Kadima never had a clear path, its story is now over. In its policy message, Kadima is no different from Meretz.
Boaz Bismuth | 'Le Pen is mightier than the sword'
Jewish residents of Drancy, like many other Jews in France, would prefer to see incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy win the elections.
David Tzur | A life cut short
The shocking murder in Beersheba began as a seemingly preventable "quality of life offense." In such cases, citizens must insist on police intervention.
Beersheba man murdered after asking teens to keep noise down
"Teens, kids, pull out knives and stab over nothing," says victim's wife, who watched from the window as her husband was killed. "They've destroyed my family, and they destroyed their own lives" • Neighbors say noisy, wild teens are a regular occurrence.
Israel Police Spokesman Brig. Gen. Alon Levavi | We are at war
A man was killed just for wanting some peace and quiet.
High Court slams state over request to delay Ulpana demolition
State requests that court reconsider previous ruling instructing the state to tear down five buildings built on Palestinian land • Justice Uzi Vogelman says, "There is a court ruling on this. Will the state ask the court to reopen every case it rules on?"
Alex Traiman | Ulpana is neither an outpost nor illegal
Why does the Israeli Supreme Court rely on Jordanian land records when Jordan’s occupation of the West Bank was never internationally recognized?
Stand up for your right: Bob Marley heirs may sue Israeli MK
Right-wing MK Aryeh Eldad uses Marley song "Iron, Lion, Zion" in campaign video calling to end "Arab occupation" of Israel • Heirs demand compensation, apology, removal of video • Eldad: Lawsuit is vexing. Use of cover songs in funny videos is everywhere.
IDF poised to destroy homes of Fogel family killers
Terrorists who killed five members of the Itamar family are behind bars, but now government wants to invoke special measure to punish their family members for having served as accessories in attempted cover-up • Decision awaits final authorization.
Unholy war brews in religious party over Deri comeback
Advisers to Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef say he will not hesitate to go on the offensive if former Shas chairman and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri decides to run in the upcoming elections at the head of a new party.
Hamas threatens 'action' if Palestinian hunger strikers die
Thousands of Palestinian prisoners are on hunger strikes due to what they say are deteriorating conditions in Israeli prisons • Palestinian Authority security forces arrest Zakaria Zubeidi, former chief of Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in Jenin.
IDF airship stationed over Gaza goes down inside Israel
A crop duster plane severed the cable that held the Israel Defense Forces surveillance airship over the Gaza Strip • The plane's pilots were not injured and the airship sustained only light damage.
Police raid yeshivas getting state funds for 'fictitious' students
Police said case involves "millions of shekels" in fraudulent operations involving stipends for fictitious yeshiva students • A number of “expensive vehicles belonging to yeshiva administrators” were also confiscated, five people arrested or detained.
Lieberman's IDF draft proposal shelved for now
Knesset legal adviser says "service for all" proposal cannot be debated and approved during election period • Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman: Knesset speaker promised to convene Knesset even during elections period if 61 MKs back proposal.
Eisner reassigned to infantry instruction school
Lt. Col. Shalom Eisner, dismissed from his post as deputy commander of Jordan Valley brigade after video footage showed him hitting Danish pro-Palestinian activist with rifle butt, is to be appointed deputy commander of army ground forces training center.
New Lufthansa plane delivers jumbo perks at a jumbo price
The Boeing 747-8 is the world's longest aircraft, costing $317 million • Lufthansa is currently the sole operator of the new model, having ordered 20 • Ticket prices are high, but the service is equally high, if not higher, says Lufthansa CEO.
Two American hikers jailed in Iran wed in California
The wedding of Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd completes an engagement that began when Bauer tied a ring of thread around her finger while they were in prison in 2010 • The third hiker, Josh Fattal, serves as best man.
First Egyptians, now Jordanians: End peace treaty with Israel
Hundreds in Amman call on government to close Israeli Embassy and sack newly appointed Prime Minister Fayez al-Tarawneh over his participation in the Jordan-Israel peace talks in 1994.
Saudi cleric blames 'sin' for Middle East upheavals
In a sermon Friday, Grand Mufti Sheik Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh accuses "chaotic" people of wearing a mask of "democracy and equality" to sow instability • Grand mufti criticized last month after saying all churches in Arabian Peninsula should be destroyed.
Palestinian theater group performs Shakespeare's 'Richard II'
The Globe to Globe Festival in London includes performance in classical Arabic • British thespians protest inclusion of Habima Theater Group, set to perform "Merchant of Venice" in Hebrew • Palestinian group Ashtar is based in Ramallah.
The benevolent Beastie: Jewish rocker Adam Yauch remembered
Yauch was an integral, founding member of the ever-weaving trio of Jewish kids from New York who found widespread respect in a hip-hop world with few credible white performers.
New York Times selects Orthodox Jews as growing NY power group
In upcoming issue, newspaper highlights rising birth rate, voting influence of religious Jews in Brooklyn • Catholic Church also noted as religious group with growing power • Mayor Michael Bloomberg tops list of city's powerful individuals.