Akko riots prove Arab-Jew volatility Oct 17, 2008
Yet after four successive nights of clashes, in which rampaging Arabs stoned Jewish-owned shops and cars as Jewish mobs torched Arab homes, there was no sign of the violence spreading to other mixed-ethnic cities such as Haifa, Jaffa, Nazareth or Lod. Nor did the current Jewish-Arab tensions appear likely to reach the proportions they did following October 2000, when Israeli police shot dead 12 Israeli Arabs and a visitor from the West Bank in clashes across northern Israel, launching the second... (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Earliest Known Human TB Found In 9,000 Year-old Skeletons Oct 16, 2008
The bones, thought to be of a mother and baby, were excavated from Alit-Yam, a 9000 year-old Pre-Pottery Neolithic village, which has been submerged off the coast of Haifa, Israel for thousands of years. Professor Israel Hershkovitz, from Tel-Aviv University's Department of Anatomy, noticed the characteristic bone lesions that are signs of TB in skeletons from the settlement, one of the earliest with evidence of domesticated cattle. (Science Daily)
Earliest case of TB found in 9000-year-old Neolithic skeleton Oct 16, 2008
The earliest known cases of human tuberculosis have been found in millennia-old bones that were buried off the coast of Haifa, Israel. New research by scientists from institutions including University College London (UCL) and Tel Aviv University shows that the infection is 3,000 years older than was previously imagined and that TB in people evolved before bovine TB.. (Times Online)
Earliest confirmed TB case found Oct 15, 2008
The bones were excavated from Alit-Yam, an ancient Neolithic village near Haifa, which has been submerged in the Mediterranean for thousands of years. The experts from University College London and Tel-Aviv University used DNA technology to confirm the bacterium. (BBC News)
TB victim remains, 9000 years old, re-write history of disease Oct 15, 2008
The mother and child were discovered underwater in the remains of a Neolithic village, now submerged by the sea off the coast of Haifa, in Israel. advertisement. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Jews and Arabs trade blame after riots divide town Oct 13, 2008
Usually at this time of year Acre - also known as Akko, on the coast north of Haifa - would be in the throes of final preparations for its annual Jewish-Arab alternative theater festival, an event, scheduled to start Wednesday, that has helped turn this ancient port city into a national symbol of coexistence. Instead, the police were blocking the main entrances to the city, checking all incoming vehicles for potential troublemakers, and it was doubtful whether the festival would take place. (International Herald Tribune)
Gunman holding 42 people hostage Oct 7, 2008
Shear-Yashuv Cohen, a chief rabbi in Haifa, became the first Jew to address such a meeting, known as a synod of bishops. In his speech Cohen did not name Mahmoud Ahmadinejad but denounced "the terrible and vicious words" spoken by "the president of a certain state in the Middle East" at the UN General Assembly last month. (Boston Globe)
Rabbi gives first Synod address Oct 7, 2008
Shear-Yashuv Cohen, chief rabbi of the Israeli city of Haifa, explained to the Pope and his bishops the importance of the Bible to Jewish believers. He also used the occasion to denounce the Iranian president for his comments about Israel at the UN last month. (BBC News)
Israel's choice: A hard-liner's call for peace Oct 7, 2008
It is in Israel's best interests that a viable Palestinian state emerge, a state whose citizens, though forced to give up their dreams of returning to their homes in Jaffa and Haifa, will nevertheless feel that, given the historical circumstances, this was a deal they could live with. But what was remarkable about this cold, realistic assessment is that it came from the mouth of Ehud Olmert himself. (International Herald Tribune)
Navy Confirms Sunken Submarine Is Grunion Oct 5, 2008
Marine archaeologists from the University of Haifa are analyzing the hull. (Apr. (Science Daily)
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Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 10/03/08 08:46:36 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 75% Barometer: 29. (Florida Today)
Treating Foreigners Sep 25, 2008
Ina Bergman, Russian-speaking head of the International Medicine Department at Rambam Hospital in Haifa, which serves the two million residents of northern Israel, says the hospital, which began treating foreign patients in 2007, treated approximately one thousand tourist patients in 2007. She says patients came for cancer treatments, cardiac and brain surgery but the majority came for orthopedic treatment because, she says, Israeli orthopedics is highly advanced due to the experience doctors... (Jerusalem Post, Israel)
Livni Is Asked to Form Israeli Government, First Woman to Lead Since Meir Sep 23, 2008
deputy director of the National Security Studies Center at Haifa University, said he ``would bet against'' Livni being able to assemble a coalition. There are such competing interests that if she makes a deal with one party, it will destroy her credibility with the others,'' he said in an interview. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Promoting a vision of tourist bliss in Baghdad's dusty rubble Sep 22, 2008
Despite a drop in violence in Baghdad in recent months, Yakobi still cannot leave his office on Haifa Street without a convoy of armored cars and bodyguards. During an hourlong interview at his office recently, the lights blinked off, then on again, as the building's generator kicked in, an event repeated many times a day throughout Iraq. (International Herald Tribune)
Woman PM for Israel Sep 18, 2008
"I want to hold peace negotiations as long as the Palestinians want the same. But any agreement must provide security to Israel," the 50-year-old mother of two recently told supporters in Haifa. Mofaz (59), a former army chief of staff and defence minister who prides himself on his security background, takes a much tougher approach. (iAfrica.com)
Israel: The spy who would be PM Sep 15, 2008
By Donald Macintyre in Haifa Monday, 15 September 2008 ... s ruling Kadima party in Haifa ... A decade younger than Mrs Clinton, she also favours "pants suits" though certainly not of the orange variety; in Haifa she wore a demure black one. (Independent)
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2 million facility on Cedar Road is built with Jerusalem stone quarried from Haifa ... 2 million facility, designed by Bialosky + Partners Architects, is built with Jerusalem stone quarried from Haifa. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Middle East air-hotel packages on sale Sep 3, 2008
Other stops on the itinerary include Caesarea, Haifa, Capernaum, Tiberias, and Beit Shean. The stated price, based on travel from New York on December 4, covers round-trip airfare plus fuel surcharges; first-class category lodging; daily breakfast; transportation between cities; and sightseeing with a guide. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Elbit Systems' Hermes 450(R) Records Another Success Sep 2, 2008
Elbit Systems Awarded Contract Valued at US$25 Million to Supply UAVs to a Country in the Americas HAIFA, Israel, September 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ) announced today that it was awarded a contract to supply Hermes(R) 450 UAV systems to a country in the Americas for the total of approximately $25 million. The contract also includes Skylark(R) I systems, all to be delivered within a year. (PR Newswire)
City life, country-style Sep 2, 2008
After approximately 2 years, the settlers left the colony and were replaced by the Templers who arrived from Haifa, and the colony became a stepping stone for the founding of Sharona, Viland, Bnei Atarot and the German Colony in Jerusalem. The colony flourished in these years which led to the purchase of the community center by the Russian baron Yustinov who refurbished it and turned it into the Hotel du Park - in which the German Chancellor William II and his wife were hosted as guests of the... (Jerusalem Post, Israel)
Higher Calling Sep 1, 2008
"And what Tevel b'Tzedek does, says Israeli Ambassador to Nepal, Dan Stav, matters for Israel. "There are Nepalese activists who remember the training programs in agriculture and early childhood training that the Foreign Ministry used to offer, especially at the Mount Carmel Training Institute in Haifa. It changed their lives. (Jerusalem Post, Israel)
Flyings a literal headache for many Aug 29, 2008
3 billion seats available each year on commercial flights, with 70 percent occupancy, Dr. Israel Potasman and colleagues from Bnai Zion Medical Center in Haifa estimate that more than 100 million people suffer from flight-associated headaches annually. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Health)
Air travel is a headache for flyers Aug 29, 2008
3 billion seats available each year on commercial flights, with 70% occupancy, Israel Potasman and colleagues from Bnai Zion Medical Center in Haifa estimate that more than 100 million people suffer from flight-associated headaches annually. There are a number of mechanisms that could contribute to headaches during air travel, including stress, poor air quality, engine noise and changes in barometric pressure, the investigators note. (India Times, India)
Acute Bleeding from a Peptic Ulcer Aug 28, 2008
From the Department of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Outcomes Unit, Rambam Health Care Campus and Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel (I.M.G.); the Divisions of Gastroenterology and Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal (A.N.B.); and INSERM Centre d'Investigations Cliniques Plurith;matique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire du Bocage and Institut F;d;ratif de Recherche Sant;, Sciences et... (New England Journal of Medicine)
Ancient and online Aug 27, 2008
Jonathan Ben-Dov, a professor of biblical studies at the University of Haifa, is taking part in the digitalization project. Watching the technicians gingerly move a fragment into place for a photograph, he said that it had long been very difficult for senior scholars to get access to these scrolls because of great demand and risk to the documents. (International Herald Tribune)
Paraplegics walk Aug 26, 2008
Radi Kaiof, who has been paralyzed for 20 years,walks using an electronic exoskeleton at a development center in the northern city of Haifa, Israel onAugust 18, 2008 ... HAIFA, Israel - Paralyzed for the past 20 years, former Israeli paratrooper Radi Kaiof now walks down the street with a dim mechanical hum. (MSNBC -- Health)
RPT-FEATURE-Israelis living under a cloud on Golan Heights Aug 24, 2008
"As far as Israeli law is concerned, it is a part of Israel, like Tel Aviv or Haifa, so why are we even talking about considering giving it back?" she asked, sitting in her garden. Her sentiments are widely shared among the 18,000 Israeli settlers in the Golan, living alongside about 20,000 Syrian Druze villagers, most of whom have refused Israeli citizenship. (AlertNet)
The Way of Sa Aug 23, 2008
"As long as you don't express politically incorrect messages, from the government's point of view these kinds of artists are a very positive phenomenon," says Nimrod Baranovitch, a professor at the University of Haifa in Israel and the author of China's New Voices, an authoritative survey of Chinese popular music from 1978 to 1997. "They help the Chinese state show that China is multiethnic and that China does not oppress minority cultures.". (Time.com)
Activists sail to bust Israeli sea blockade on Gaza Aug 22, 2008
A previous attempt by the Palestinian Liberation Organisation to sail to Haifa from Cyprus with Palestinian deportees failed in 1988, when a limpet bomb blew a hole in the hull of a ferry boat they had chartered. Activists include an 81 year old Catholic nun, the sister in law of former Prime Minister Tony Blair and a member of the Greek parliament. (International Herald Tribune)
Patrick is expected to visit Israel Aug 20, 2008
Nancy Kaufman, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston, said the trip, slated for the week of Nov. 9, will include stops in Haifa, Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv and last about four days ... In 2004, the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston created the Boston-Haifa Life Sciences Initiative to help cultivate relationships between the cities' life sciences sectors ... Haifa is a sister city to Boston. (Boston Globe)
Frutarom Presents Record Results Aug 19, 2008
HAIFA, Israel, August 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sales Grows 45% to Nearly US$ 133 M for the Quarter; Over 100% Growth in Operating and net Profit That Reached US$ 12 M for the Quarter The Success of Frutarom's Rapid Growth Strategy Continues: SECOND QUARTER: - 45% leap in sales to nearly US$ 133 M - 52% leap in gross profit to nearly US$ 50 M - gross profitability of 37. 5% compared with 35. (PR Newswire)
Kafka's papers Aug 19, 2008
"Brod was an extremely versatile, fertile, even obsessive writer who kept a diary," noted Nurit Pagi, who is writing her doctoral dissertation on Brod at the University of Haifa. "What we believe Hoffe must have is the diary he kept from the day he arrived in Tel Aviv in 1939, filled with observations. For researchers, it would be very significant.". (International Herald Tribune)
Oil Refineries Announces Financial Results For Second Quarter 2008 Aug 18, 2008
Substantial Sequential Improvement Over the First Quarter 2008 HAIFA, Israel, August 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oil Refineries Ltd. (TASE: ORL.TA) ("Oil Refineries" or the "Company") announced today its financial results for three and six month periods ending June 30, 2008 ... About Oil Refineries Ltd. Oil Refineries Ltd. (ORL), located in the bay area of the city of Haifa, operates Israel's largest oil refinery ... The company is also active in the area of Polymers and Aromatics through its... (PR Newswire)
* Police crackdown incites extremism in Xinjiang Aug 16, 2008
I think following the Olympics, there will be a crackdown in Xinjiang like never before, said Yitzhak Shichor, a political scientist and China specialist at the University of Haifa in Israel. This story has been viewed 249 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
General Dynamics wins $37M Army contract Aug 14, 2008
Strategic partner Rafael Armament Development Authority Ltd., ordnance systems division, will share the production workload in Haifa, Israel. The program will be managed from General Dynamics Burlington Technology Center in Burlington, Vt. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Poet who gave identity to Palestinians dies Aug 13, 2008
Darwish was born in the Palestinian village of Birweh near Haifa, which was destroyed in the 1948 Mideast war that led to 's independence. He joined the Israeli Communist Party after high school and began writing poems for leftist newspapers. (CNN -- World)
Elbit Systems Reports Record Second Quarter 2008 Results Aug 12, 2008
2 Million; Backlog of Orders Over $5 Billion; HAIFA, Israel, August 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Elbit Systems Ltd. (the "Company") (NASDAQ: , TASE: ESLT), the international defense company, today reported its consolidated results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008. (Logo: ) The Company's backlog of orders as of June 30, 2008 totaled $5,050 million, as compared with $4,922 million as of March 31, 2008. (PR Newswire)
Slaughterhouse case fuels kosher justice movement Aug 12, 2008
All the food was blessed by the chief rabbi as we sailed from Southampton to Haifa. So I have some little understanding of Kosher food, that is processed for the orthodox Jewish people. (Washington Journal, IA)
Mahmoud Darwish, poet of the Palestinians, dies Aug 10, 2008
In 1948, Darwish was among that half of the Arab population of Palestine driven from their homes, in his family's case near the port of Haifa. They later returned to live in the area. (AlertNet)
Mother, son return from Israel Aug 10, 2008
With the help of Combined Jewish Philanthropies and through the Jewish Vocational Service s Yesodot ( Foundations ) program, Wolf-Fordham organized the trip in collaboration with the Ruderman Family Foundation and educational partners in Haifa, Boston s sister city ... Like the trip s three other young people, Danny particularly enjoyed an action-packed day of ropes courses and team-building activities conducted with families from Haifa s Ofer School for autistic children. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
Muslim scholar offers peace, fights stereotypes in fall transplant to Storm Lake Aug 8, 2008
From the Galilee village of Tur'an, he teaches undergraduates and prospective educators through al-Qasemi Collage in Baqa al-Gharbiyya and the Arab Academy for Education in Haifa. The former institution "raises the flag of peace, tolerance, equality, advancement and excellence," he said. (Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, IA)
Ehud Olmert: A political time line Aug 8, 2008
Sept. 30, 1945 Born to Bella and Mordechai Olmert in Binyamina, near Haifa. November 1963-1971 Begins military service in the Golani Brigade, but hand and feet injuries that predate his service force him out of the combat unit. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Baha'i gardens named world heritage site Aug 6, 2008
Visitors walk in the gardens in the Baha'i temple in Haifa, Israel, July 14. An UNESCO committee named the Bahai shrines in Haifa and Akko official World Heritage Sites this year ... By Valerie Sudol, Religion News Service The latest site in Israel to win designation from UNESCO as a World Heritage Site is Haifa's Baha'i Gardens, a place sacred to what may be the least-known religion in the conflict-torn Holy Land. (USA Today -- News)
Elbit Systems to Equip Australia With Additional Skylark(R) I UAVs Aug 4, 2008
HAIFA, Israel, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ) announced today that it was awarded yet another contract to supply the Australian Army with more Skylark(R) I UAV systems for an estimated value of several million dollars. This is the Australian Department of Defence's third Skylark(R) order, following the initial order for the Australian Army in 2005. (PR Newswire)
Trusted Israeli politician set for leadership race Jul 31, 2008
"She's an unusual politician in Israel, unusual for being a woman and not making much of it. Unusual for being low-key, soft-toned, not aggressive. But she speaks her mind," said Fania Oz-Salzberger, a senior lecturer in history at the University of Haifa. Most notably, Ms. Livni has also become one of the leading proponents of "disengagement" - the term politicians here use for a unilateral Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank after 40 years of military occupation. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Sun Pharma reaffirms commitment to maintain Taro`s facilities Jul 30, 2008
According to reports, the Mayor of Haifa sent a letter to the Minister of Industry expressing concern that "..after completing the purchase and merger process, Sun intends to close the production lines in Israel and transfer them to India. Nothing could be further from the truth. Sun Pharma has repeatedly stated that it plans to use all of the existing Taro facilities to the maximum and to increase investment in R&D in Israel. Sun Pharma has a rich history of building a strong future together... (India Infoline.com)
Weather: Partly cloudy, afternoon storms likely Jul 30, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32940 Last Updated: 07/30/08 08:45:41 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 97% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
012 Smile.Communications Deploys WiFi Networks in 5 of the Israeli Clalit Health Fund's Hospitals Jul 28, 2008
Having won a highly competitive tender process, 012 Smile planned and deployed hospital-wide wireless Internet access networks for five of Clalit's hospitals: the Rabin (Beilinson) Medical Center in Petach Tikva, the Schneider Children's Medical Center in Petach Tikva, the Yoseftal Medical Center in Eilat, the Lowenstein Hospital Rehabilitation Center in Ra'anana, and the Carmel Medical Center in Haifa. Having installed these networks, 012 Smile is now providing comprehensive 24x7 support... (PR Newswire)
Elbit Systems Anticipates Positive Impact on Second Quarter 2008 Results due to Higher Level of Revenues From Short-term Delivery Contracts Jul 28, 2008
Conversely, as Previously Reported, Second Quarter Results Negatively Impacted by U.S. Court Ruling HAIFA, Israel, July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ) (the "Company") announced today that it anticipates an impact on its second quarter 2008 results of additional net after tax profit of approximately US$8-11 million, due mainly to a higher level of revenues generated from short-term delivery contracts in the quarter. Conversely, the Company notes, as indicated in its... (PR Newswire)
Gordon Brown gives Iran two weeks to back down on nuclear programme Jul 26, 2008
Star musicians and your favourite Times writers at the Albert Hall. Navigation - link to other main sections from here. (Yahoo News -- Iran)
Francona: Mideast trip an eye-opener for Obama Jul 25, 2008
Israeli analysts postulate that three nuclear weapons detonated over the small coastal strip from Tel Aviv to Haifa could effectively destroy their country. They define the Iranian program as an existential threat. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
The Prospect Of A Nuclear Iran Jul 24, 2008
Two years ago northern Israel became a major target in the Lebanon War, where for one month, Hezbollah rockets rained down on the port city of Haifa. "It was the first time in our history that this city was under attack," said Haifa mayor Yona Yahav ... Mira Carasenti, a resident of Haifa, will never forget that morning. (CBS News)
Israel buries remains of returned soldiers Jul 19, 2008
The funeral of Eldad Regev took place with full honors at a military cemetery in Haifa ... And in Haifa, thousands of mourners attended the funeral at the military cemetery for 1st Sgt. Eldad Regev. (CNN -- World)
Funerals in Israel for Two Soldiers Jul 18, 2008
Later in the afternoon, the remains of the second soldier, Staff Sgt. Eldad Regev, were interred at the military cemetery in Haifa. Mourners gathered in the morning heat for the Goldwasser funeral, with the soldier s family and others taking shelter from the sun under a broad cloth canopy. (New York Times)
Israel lays 2 soldiers to rest Jul 18, 2008
Soldiers carried Regev s casket, draped with the blue and white Israeli flag, into the military cemetery in the northern city of Haifa. A military rabbi chanted as Regev s father leaned on another family member, who comforted him. (New Haven Register, CT)
Mourners bury 2 Israeli soldiers after Hezbollah exchange Jul 18, 2008
Israeli soldiers saluting beside the grave of Eldad Regev during his funeral in the northern city of Haifa, Israel, on Thursday ... Later in the afternoon, the remains of the second soldier, Staff Sergeant Eldad Regev, were interred at the military cemetery in Haifa. (International Herald Tribune)
Israel grieves for Regev and Goldwasser Jul 17, 2008
But that didn't stop dozens of friends, neighbors and schoolchildren from lighting candles outside their home in a quiet suburb of Haifa. Or TV crews from filming the vigil. (Los Angeles Times)
Israeli soldiers to be buried two years after death Jul 17, 2008
Goldwasser's funeral was to be held at 10 am (0700 GMT) at the military cemetery in his hometown of Nahariya while Regev was to be buried at 2 pm in the military section of Haifa cemetery. The two reserve soldiers were handed over to Israel on Wednesday as part of a swap deal in which the Jewish state freed four Hezbollah fighters captured during the 2006 war, a convicted triple murderer and the remains of some 200 Lebanese and Palestinian fighters killed over the years. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Israel, Hezbollah complete prisoner swap Jul 17, 2008
Family and friends holding a candlelight vigil at the Regev family home in the town of Kiryat Motzkin, near Haifa, moaned and wept at the sight. It was a very hard thing to watch, the placing of one coffin on the ground and then of another. (Globe and Mail)
Israel buries soldiers recovered in prisoner swap Jul 17, 2008
Regev, 27, was buried in an afternoon service at Haifa cemetery with his parents and family looking on among several hundred mourners, who included Barak and the Shalit family. Regev's father, Tsvi, and his brothers joined together to recite the kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
UN truce hit; Hezbollah seen stronger Jul 15, 2008
Hezbollah fired about 4,000 rockets during the conflict, hitting the city of Haifa for the first time. As recently as a year ago, Israelis were still undecided about the effectiveness of the multinational peacekeepers in Lebanon. (Washington Times)
Olmert Calls Travel Allegations Involving Family `Despicable' Jul 13, 2008
The real action is not in the judicial playground but in the public-opinion playground,'' Dan Schueftan, a University of Haifa political scientist, said in a telephone interview. The substance doesn't really matter. (Bloomberg)
Israeli cinema embraces new identities Jul 13, 2008
Ronit and Shlomi's parents, Moroccan Jews, brought up their children in Haifa, in a household where French, Arabic and Hebrew were spoken. And like many Israeli filmmakers, the directors, who could not make their films without Israeli and French funding, live in several cities - Tel Aviv, Paris, New York. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Award increased to IS&S in trade-secrets case Jul 8, 2008
The defendants in the case are former IS&S (NASDAQ:ISSC) employee Joseph Caesar; former IS&S sales consultant James Zachary; J2 Inc., which Caesar and Zachary owned and founded; Zachary Technologies Inc., which Zachary owned and founded; and Merrimack, N.H.-based Kollsman Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd., which is located in Haifa, Israel. Elbit (NASDAQ:ESLT) said last Wednesday that Kollsman strongly believes that the court's rulings are neither supported by evidence nor by... (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
Iran to "hit Tel Aviv, U.S. ships" if attacked Jul 8, 2008
Unlike other major Israeli cities such as Jerusalem and Haifa, it is home to relatively few Arabs. The latest Iranian threats had little immediate impact on financial markets in Israel. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
