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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 375

Avi Lewis

Avi Lewis

Illustrative photo of a Jewish wedding at the Neve Shalom synagogue in Istanbul, Turkey. (courtesy Turkish Jewish community)
September 1, 2015, 1:08 pm
Jews want to see a future in Turkey, but doubts linger
The 15,000-strong mostly secular community is beset by soaring assimilation rates and hate speech, but some of those who leave find it difficult to cope abroad
By Avi Lewis
Israeli police investigate the scene of a shooting attack targeting an Israeli car on a road near the Kohav Hashahar settlement in the West Bank, July 31, 2015. (AFP Photo/ Thomas Coex)
August 30, 2015, 1:42 pm
One injured in drive-by shooting attack in West Bank
Man lightly wounded after his car is shot at by unknown assailants; evacuates himself to safety in nearby settlement
By Avi Lewis
Nuclear talks between the P5+1 and Iran in Vienna on November 21, 2014 (Vladimir Simicek/AFP)
August 26, 2015, 10:53 pm
200 retired US generals lobby Congress to reject Iran deal
Letter signed by former officers and navy admirals says nuclear agreement will enable Tehran to become ‘far more dangerous’
By Avi Lewis
Jewish Yeshivah students unknowingly participate in a social experiment to help costumed actor who collapsed on Hollywood Boulevard on the Jimmy Kimmel show, August 25, 2015. (YouTube)
August 26, 2015, 7:15 pm
Yeshiva students to the rescue on Jimmy Kimmel
WATCH: In late-night skit, actor in SpongeBob costume collapses on Hollywood Boulevard, largely ignored by passersby
By Avi Lewis
File: Men praying in Joseph's Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus in 2011 (photo credit: Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
August 25, 2015, 2:03 pm
Attack on worshipers at Joseph’s tomb foiled — Shin Bet
Authorities arrest Islamic Jihad cell based in West Bank that planned to place bombs, shoot Jewish pilgrims at holy site
By Avi Lewis
Illustrative photo: A viper (photo credit: CC-BY-H. Krisp, Wikimedia Commons)
August 25, 2015, 10:39 am
IDF soldier badly hurt by snakebite
20-year-old hooked up to medical respirator
By Avi Lewis
African migrants protest outside Holot detention center in the Negev Desert, southern Israel. February 17, 2014. (FLASH90)
August 25, 2015, 9:06 am
Migrants begin to be freed from detention center
After court ruling, African migrants and asylum seekers held for more than a year at Holot to be released, but are banned from heading to Tel Aviv, Eilat
By Avi Lewis
Former prime minister Ehud Barak (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 24, 2015, 3:12 pm
Author says he leaked Iran tapes because Barak refused to play ball
Bombshell revelations on scuttled plans to strike Tehran publicized because former PM reneged on deal for English version of new biography, refused to do press interviews
By Avi Lewis
Yishai Schlissel. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 24, 2015, 10:35 am
Gay parade stabber indicted for murder, attempted murder
Prosecutors file charges against Yishai Schlissel, who stabbed teen Shira Banki to death and wounded six others
By Avi Lewis
Illustrative photo of a board showing stock fluctuations at the Tel Aviv stock exchange (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)
August 24, 2015, 8:42 am
Tel Aviv braces for more losses as Asian stocks plummet
Shanghai reels as stock exchange plummets over 8%, day after Israeli exchange records largest drop since 2011
By Avi Lewis and AFP
View of bombing between Syrian forces from the Israeli side of the border with Syria in the Golan Heights due, on June 16, 2015. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
August 20, 2015, 1:55 pm
Fatalities reported after Israel strikes Syria
Multiple casualties include dead and wounded, Arab media reports; IDF strikes in response to earlier missiles on northern Israel
By Avi Lewis
Rotem the sand cat with her three new cubs at the Ramat Gan Safari, August 18, 2015. (courtesy)
August 19, 2015, 4:44 pm
WATCH: Newborn sand kittens delight at Israeli zoo
Rotem the sand cat gives birth to a litter of 3 kittens, bolstering numbers for rare species once believed extinct in Israel
By Avi Lewis
A Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system on display at an undisclosed location in Russia (AP)
August 19, 2015, 3:50 pm
Russia, Iran close deal on delivery of advanced anti-aircraft weapons
Moscow says it will hand over S-300 long-range surface-to-air missile systems to the Islamic Republic as early as this year
By Avi Lewis
View of the Ben Yehuda street in the center of Jerusalem on February 28, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 19, 2015, 2:54 pm
Jerusalem city council to force kiosks to close on Shabbat
A number of small convenience stores in secular downtown to be shut on the Sabbath, municipality says, days after ultra-Orthodox protest Shabbat infringements in a new cinema complex
By Avi Lewis
Matisyahu on a visit to Israel. (photo credit: courtesy)
August 16, 2015, 12:33 pm
Spanish fest cancels Matisyahu gig over refusal to endorse Palestinian state
Under pressure from boycott movement, organizers cut reggae singer — who is not Israeli — from line-up over ‘sensitivity to Palestine’
By Avi Lewis
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