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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 572

shepherds

A fragment of a rare 3,800-year-old textile, dyed with the Kermes vermilio insect. (Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority)
February 3, 2025, 9:19 am
Why sheep count: Lack of textile trade stymied Israel’s growth for millennia, study shows
During the Early Bronze Age, the Southern Levant’s inability to support mass sheep herding left the region lagging behind Syria and Mesopotamia. But literacy is key for longevity
By Rossella Tercatin
A photo of a man being treated after he was wounded during a clash with Palestinians close to Rimonin, October 26, 2023 (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 26, 2023, 11:31 am
2 settlers wounded, one seriously, in West Bank clash; at least 3 Palestinians hurt
Israelis hurt by rocks thrown at them, medics say; Palestinian media says villagers attacked by settlers while harvesting olives
By ToI Staff
A flock of sheep is seen in an aerial time-lapse video by Lior Patel (video screenshot)
July 2, 2021, 7:38 pm
Flock of sheep captivates in beautiful Israeli time-lapse video
Lior Patel captures fascinating elasticity of herd over period of months near Yokne’am
By ToI Staff
A settler beats Arik Ascherman with a wooden bat on April 7, 2021 in the West Bank, near Ma'ale Ahuvia. (Screenshot: Gil Hammerschlag/ Twitter)
April 8, 2021, 12:47 pm
Rights activist rabbi beaten in settler attack near illegal West Bank outpost
Masked man assaults Arik Ascherman while another takes his phone in area around Ma’aleh Ahuvia, evacuated by Israeli security forces the day before; police open probe into incident
By Nurit Chinn and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Ta'ayush activists film a settler siccing his pit bull on the sheep of a Palestinian shepherd, which he claimed had encroached on his land. (Screen capture/Ta'ayush)
March 19, 2018, 9:53 pm
Police open probe into settler filmed siccing dog at Palestinian’s sheep
Resident from illegal outpost claims flock encroached on his land, but footage shows him unleashing his dog, which chases after flock, bites off their tails
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative A Palestinian shepherd in the Jordan valley, November 20, 2009. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
February 21, 2018, 5:19 pm
Settlers said to slaughter Palestinian’s sheep in northern West Bank
Shepherd says he was assaulted by Yitzhar residents, who also stole a number of his flock, in apparent hate crime; police investigating
By Jacob Magid
Avraham Herzlich stands next to an ancient mikveh in the fields near his home in Kfar Tapuah. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
December 1, 2017, 6:49 am
Meandering from Brooklyn to Samaria, Avraham Herzlich shepherded a dynasty
He traded in a 12-cylinder Ferrari for a herding staff, returning to the land of Israel the way he says his ancestors would have done, encountering spiritual highs and tragic lows
By Jacob Magid and Video by Luke Tress
Illustrative photo of a young Palestinian boy seen walking sheep in the Jordan Valley, May 14, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
November 12, 2017, 10:35 am
IDF issues evacuation order to Jordan Valley Palestinian shepherd community
300 people maintain flocks and herds in area declared a restricted zone; army says action is against repeated illegal construction
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: Sheep feed on carnations, April 26, 2013. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
December 11, 2016, 8:02 pm
Shepherd caught trying to fleece tax authority
Resident of the south and three workers held for faking flock fraud
By ToI Staff
Shepherds lead their sheep through the center of Madrid, Spain, on Sunday, November 2, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Andres Kudacki)
November 2, 2014, 10:37 pm
Shepherds march sheep through Madrid
Traffic comes to a halt as flocks roam through streets of the Spanish capital in protest at urbanization
By Harold Heckle
August 18, 2013, 7:02 pm
Palestinian shepherd attacked by masked men
Six culprits armed with knives and rods allegedly assault Najeh Thalajeh near the West Bank village of Mukhmas
By Asher Zeiger
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