Richard Melson
December 2004
Haaretz
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Thailand lists two Israelis among at least 1,200 killed in tsunami there
Death toll across 11 nations climbs toward 70,000; fears mount for 56 Israelis missing from Thai resorts of Phuket and Koh Phi Phi.
Number of Israeli intifada casualties down 44 percent from previous year
According to IDF figures, 118 Israeli civilians and soldiers were killed in 2004; two soldiers wounded by gunfire in West Bank ambush.
Yesha Council urges disengagement foes to drop references to Holocaust
Police to charge 5 men who allegedly daubed graffiti calling for PM's assassination; Kach poster shows Jews loaded onto cattle cars.
Movement for Quality Gov't asks AG to probe Ma'ariv spread on Sheetrit
Immigration from N. America highest in decades; 201 olim due on Wednesday
Defense chief withholds details of U.S., Israel conflict from Knesset committee
Knesset panel 'Peres bill' debate goes on as legal experts lambaste proposal
Britain is sending an important message on dealing with terror without forfeiting democracy. |
By Alexander Yakobson |
Offering secular studies as well as religious ones will bring Haredim back to the Golden Age of the Lithuanian yeshivas. |
By Jacob Lupu |
The next generations may decide they are not suckers, and will get out of the country. |
By Michael Bavli |