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|  Thursday, October 09, 2003 Tishrei 13, 5764 | Israel Time:
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| A municipal worker watching the evacuation of 'Bread Square' in Tel Aviv early Thursday. (Motti Kimche) |
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| Explaining the occupation | |
| How does one explain to
Israelis that the Palestinians also suffer
daily from horrific scenes? |
| By Amira Hass |
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| Glad to be home in Ghana | |
| 'Here we are free. Even if a policeman stops me, I am not afraid. In Israel I was afraid all the time.' |
| By Ruth Sinai |
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| Gov't opts to move rabbinic courts to Justice Ministry |
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| The NRP faction in the Knesset
decided to recommend to the party's
central committee that it quit the coalition -
unless the government rescind yesterday's
decision concerning the rabbinical courts. By Mazal Mualem, Jonathan Lis and Nadav Shragai |
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| IDF again weighs expulsions from the West Bank to Gaza |
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| As part of its war against Islamic terror groups,
the Israel Defense Forces is reverting to an
earlier tactic - the expulsion of terrorists'
family members and accomplices from the West Bank
to the Gaza Strip.
By Amos Harel |
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| The naval blockade |
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| If the efforts to bring the strike to an end fail, there will be no choice but to take practical action to end the strike and lift the blockade from Israel's ports. The government must prepare for that possibility. Editorial |
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| The Olmert at the end of the tunnel |
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| In case you haven't yet noticed, we are in the
midst of an era of prosperity, looking ahead to a
rosy, promising future, and only the media is
distorting the picture. You don't believe me? Read
the interview recently given by Industry and Trade
Minister Ehud Olmert to Yedioth Ahronoth.
By Nehemia Strasler |
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| Amdocs set to buy Xacct Technologies for $35 million |
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| Billing software giant Amdocs is likely to buy
privately-held Xacct, according to financial
market sources familiar with the deal. The sources
said yesterday that a $35 million deal could close
in the next few weeks, contingent on due
diligence.
By Ido Alon |
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| BVR may be closed; board to vote today |
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| The board of directors of defense contractor BVR
systems could decide today to shutter its
operations. Even if the board opts for a less
radical route, it could send out 50 pink slips in
a drastic spending cut.
By Ami Ginsburg and Amir Teig |
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| Soccer / Israel seeks to reclaim lost honor against France |
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| Israel's national team leaves for Paris today ahead
of its final Euro 2004 qualifying game against
France on Saturday night. The game will be played
purely for protocol, with Israel having no chance
of making next year's competition. By Asher Goldberg |
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| Soccer / Betar hands deadline to Nimni, Mac. TA |
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| Time is running out for Avi Nimni to make a move to Betar Jerusalem after one of the club's co-owners, Shaul Levi, warned his fellow owners, Meir Levi, Meir Fenegil and Sasson Shemtov, that he had no intention of waiting for Nimni beyond the beginning of next week. By Asher Goldberg |
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