Netanyahu rivals jockey for position in early election bid
In Jerusalem AP reports rival leaders court Netanyahu’s former and current ministers as Law Committee sets May 17 as election date. Shahak eyes a centrist bid with Mordechai and Livnat possibly joining. Barak lauds Levy while Barak and Netanyahu pledge Jerusalem unity at prayer.
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Israeli air force general says women pilots are unnatural
Israeli lawmakers blasted Brig. Gen. Gil Regev after he told a parliamentary committee that it is not natural for women to be pilots. The remark comes as the air force implements a Supreme Court ruling opening pilot training to women and as one recruit nears completion of an advanced combat navigation course. Regev did not comment. army spokesmen say the service is enforcing the court decision.
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U S Man Charged With Channeling Money To Hamas
U S citizen Jamil Sarsour, from Ramallah, is charged by an Israeli military court with funneling funds to Hamas via an Israeli bank account. The indictment says money reached Adel Awadallah, a Hamas fugitive killed in a September raid, through a 70 year old woman, and Awadallah sought a false passport. Sarsour denies Hamas ties and remains detained pending proceedings.
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Peace activists appeal to halt West Bank settlement trailers
Peace Now and legislator Dedi Zucker filed an appeal with Israel's Supreme Court to force Defense Minister Mordechai to dismantle 60 mobile homes set up by settlers on 10 West Bank sites. They argue the trailers violate the Wye River accord and threaten the peace process.
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Rabbi rules erasing word God permissible on screens
Orthodox Rabbi Moshe Shaul Klein wrote in Mahsheva Tova that erasing the word God from a computer screen or disk is allowed since pixels are not real letters. The ruling answered a reader’s concern about digital text and reflects ultra-Orthodox openness to modern technology in Bnei Brak.
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