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Shahar Ayalon
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October 3, 2021, 7:48 pm
Government move to enlist Shin Bet to fight rising crime splits Arab Israelis
As murders sweep Arab cities, state hopes to bring the secretive agency into the fight. Some worry about cost to civil liberties
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Aaron Boxerman
March 10, 2019, 6:08 pm
Railway employees disrupt services as dispute over work conditions sharpens
Some train services halted after Israel Railways introduces new schedule for train drivers; Histadrut warns of more delays
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December 17, 2018, 5:19 pm
End of the line for Israel Railways chief amid mounting service failures
Shahar Ayalon ousted as frequent disruptions plague trains, including Jerusalem-airport fast track, and financial losses mount
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August 27, 2017, 8:05 am
After more than a week, Tel Aviv train stations reopen
The shutdown of three main stations for construction for the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv express line caused massive traffic delays in the area
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February 2, 2016, 8:26 pm
Israel is top of the world in fire safety, says fire chief
Just nine people died from fires nationwide in 2015, fire and rescue commissioner Shahar Ayalon tells Knesset
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June 26, 2014, 11:17 pm
Jerusalem fire said caused by negligence
Police say hikers failed to extinguish bonfire, causing major blaze near capital’s Ein Kerem neighborhood
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June 26, 2014, 10:24 am
Arson, negligence probed in huge Jerusalem blaze
Fire chief says forest had been allowed to grow too densely and should have been cleared out
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Lazar Berman
June 25, 2014, 9:29 pm
Firefighters subdue Ein Kerem blaze; arson suspected
Hundreds evacuated, 3 lightly injured as forest near historic area goes up in flames
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Lazar Berman
June 25, 2014, 5:03 pm
Large fire rages near Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem neighborhood
Hundreds evacuated, 3 lightly injured, as forest near historic area goes up in flames
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Lazar Berman
April 29, 2013, 6:20 am
Lag B’Omer takes its fiery toll
500 receive treatment in Meron celebrations; 600 fires break out in 24 hours nationwide; record-breaking air pollution monitored
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Ron Friedman
August 10, 2012, 5:31 pm
Firefighters tackle blaze near Ben Shemen, as wave of summer fires goes on
Officials fear series of fires may constitute new kind of terror tactic
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August 10, 2012, 8:05 am
Officials fear wave of fires may be new kind of terror attack
Blaze destroys homes in northern town; minister calls suspected arsons ‘spontaneous terror’
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Michal Shmulovich
August 7, 2012, 4:00 pm
Families fume during Carmel blaze meeting: ’44 people were killed, not 44 cockroaches’
Netanyahu blames disaster on lack of firefighting planes
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