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שמעון פרס פתיחת שנת לימודים ירושלים

1,887,969 students begin new school year; Sa’ar says was concerned Education Minister’s dire financial situation would lead to strikes. President in east Jerusalem: Construction should be permitted for both Jews, Arabs

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Peres to 1st graders: There’s no war, you can study quietly

Rabbis meet in Jerusalem to discuss the phenomenon of land sales to Arabs. Ben-Ari: Our land will be sold from under our feet.

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Rabbis: No Land Sales to Arabs

A teenage terrorist, son of an Al Aqsa terror squad senior member, was killed and two others were wounded in an attack near Beit El in Samaria.

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Jerusalem municipal workers strike may cause disruptions; estimated 10% of school guard positions unfilled, police to stand in temporarily.

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School year begins today, despite looming issues

Cyber-jihadists hacked the website of a Bnei Akiva yeshiva in Haifa this week, on the eve of the school year. But it was not the first time.

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Former ministers “will be treated like every other prisoner,” says Prisons Service spokesman.

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Benizri, Hirschson to begin jail terms

FM assembles 6 ministers, diplomats for campaign aimed at reframing conflict, strengthening US ties.

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Gov’t team to blitz US, explain conflict

יידוי אבנים תקוע הפרות סדר שטחים ילד פלסטיני פלסטינים

Soldiers shoot 14-year-old who threw firebomb at IDF position near Beit-El settlement; boy dies of wounds at Israeli hospital

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Palestinian teen shot to death after throwing Molotov

Former president facing counts of rape, indecent acts, harassing a witness and obstructing justice.

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First witness to testify in Katsav trial

Jerusalem municipality workers on Monday night worked under the cover of darkness, removing the Eida Chareidis’ mehadrin eruv from the city. The area in question covers from Bayit Vegan to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, 30 poles.
According to a Kikar Shabbat report, Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Ruchman, of the Eida’s eruv committee, the matter was worked out [...]

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Jerusalem Municipality Removes Mehadrin Eruv