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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 468

clowns

Policewoman Az-Oolay in Jerusalem. (Shai Kendler)
February 18, 2024, 4:30 pm
Send in the clown: A slap-happy ‘policewoman’ is a gas at Israel’s many protests
Hashoteret Az-Oolay doesn’t discriminate between causes or sides as she spreads smiles and a message of love at demonstrations of all kinds across the country
By Bernard Dichek
Shemesh (Smadar Harpak), who works at the Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv, jokes with a Ukrainian refugee child at a camp established at the International Exhibition Centre MoldExpo in Chisinau, Moldova, March 9, 2022. (Hila Pe'er)
March 20, 2022, 2:45 pm
Israeli medical clowns bring smiles, relieve stress for Ukraine refugees in Moldova
Dream Doctors cheer the weary; one refugee cites Ukraine’s Holocaust history: ‘I don’t believe that after all that we did to your people during the war, you’re now helping us’
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: A playground by the beach in Jaffa on March 6, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 29, 2018, 7:20 pm
Dane in clown suit tries to grab 4-year-old girl in Jaffa
Man arrested for trying to take child from playground; suspect’s lawyer says it was his client who was attacked
By ToI Staff
Frank Avruch as Bozo the Clown, circa 1965. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images via JTA)
March 23, 2018, 10:53 pm
Jewish performer who played Bozo the Clown dies at 89
Frank Avruch became the first actor to play a character on TV that was nationally syndicated; he also toured the world as Bozo for UNICEF
By JTA
This file photo taken on March 28, 2014, shows noted clown Barry Lubin giving advisc to hundreds of clowns after headlining the World Clowning Association annual convention in Northbrook, Illinois. (AFP Photo/Derek R. Henkle)
January 25, 2018, 9:28 pm
Big Apple Circus’s Grandma the clown resigns after porn accusations
Barry Lubin apologizes after being put on leave for allegedly pressuring a female performer to pose for lewd photos
By JTA
Illustrative image of an Israeli man dressed up as clown and laughing, February 28, 2010. (Kobi Gideon/FLASH90)
October 18, 2017, 3:08 pm
Mossad seeks spontaneous optimist with sense of humor
Language skills and techno smarts are mere ‘advantages’ in spy agency recruiting ad; an upbeat, playful character, though, is ‘a significant advantage’
By Stuart Winer
Scary mask allegedly worn by 13-year-old boy to scare passers-by on October 12, 2017. (Israel Police)
October 13, 2017, 12:07 pm
Police detain Jerusalem teen, 13, for spooking residents with scary mask
Boy held for questioning as part of crackdown on clown nuisance trend sweeping country; report sent to welfare authorities
By ToI Staff
A scary mask belonging to a woman who was detained by police in Tel Aviv on her way to scare a friend, on October 10, 2017. (Police Spokesperson)
October 10, 2017, 6:08 pm
Woman detained on way to spook friend with scary mask
Police later release moped rider stopped in Tel Aviv after explaining to her ‘the dangers and inappropriateness of such behavior’
By ToI Staff
Scary mask and plastic ax confiscated by police from a youth in Jerusalem, October 6, 2017. (Israel Police)
October 9, 2017, 5:46 pm
Israeli police detain dozens in ‘horror clown’ craze
Cops urge calm amid fears masked teens carrying plastic ‘weapons’ will be injured by their frightened victims
By AFP
Demonstrators protest near the home of Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit in Petah Tikva on August 5, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
October 9, 2017, 3:47 pm
Terrorists, bad tests and protests (and clowns)
Papers go domestic with front page stories ranging from a murder motivated by terror to cheating in school (and of course Iran, and the red-nosed menace)
By Joshua Davidovich
Screenshot from the movie 'It,' thought to have helped inspire copycat clowns in towns across Israel, September 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)
October 9, 2017, 3:46 am
Police detain 5 knife-wielding Ashkelon teens searching for ‘scary clowns’
Authorities see growing trend of fake clowns lurking in public parks accompanied by counter-trend of gangs of armed youths searching for them
By ToI Staff
Two clown masks seized in Kiryat Yam, October 7, 2017. (Israel Police)
October 7, 2017, 5:14 pm
Police detain 7 more teens in continued crackdown on clown nuisance
Youths in Shfaram, Ma’ale Adumim taken in for questioning after officers discover masks, clownsuits during search
By ToI Staff
Clown mask and plastic gun confiscated from teenager in Nazareth Illit, October 6, 2017. (Israel police)
October 6, 2017, 12:52 pm
Several armed teens arrested as Israel’s clown menace continues
In Jerusalem, Nazareth Illit and central Israel youths detained with masks or weapons for defense against clown threats
By ToI Staff
On anti-clown patrol in Hadera (Ben Hartman)
October 6, 2017, 2:53 am
Israeli teens form night patrols as clown panic sweeps country
As the ‘scary clown’ fad hits Israel, a year after it ended in the US, kids in one Israeli seaside town don’t suffer the fools gladly
By Ben Hartman
Screenshot from the movie 'It,' thought to have helped inspire copycat clowns in towns across Israel, September 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)
October 6, 2017, 12:28 am
Police detain 7 teens over holiday in clown-related incidents
Youths wearing masks held across the country amid spate of creepy sightings aimed at scaring passersby
By ToI Staff
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