16-year-old stabbing suspect kept in custody

November 23, 2009

The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court has ordered the 16-year-old suspected of stabbing a 42-year-old Arab on Rechov Levy Eshkol last week kept in custody. Police are investigating whether the attack was based on nationalist motives. A police spokesman told the judge the young man also attacked an Arab at the gravesite...
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Court orders synagogue demolished

November 22, 2009

Judge Gad Erenberg has ordered a synagogue complex in the Geula neighborhood razed immediately, following a request by the Jerusalem Municipality.
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Intel demonstrations expected to continue

November 20, 2009

Following growing public protests over Intel’s recent announcement to operate a new chip plant on Shabbat and holidays, MK Uri Maklev (UTJ) and charedi communal figures have been trying to reach an agreement with the US-based firm.
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Mayor Barkat raised NIS 30 million in contributions

November 19, 2009

During his first year in office Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat secured contribution pledges totaling NIS 30 million in cooperation with the Jerusalem Foundation and other funds
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Hikind: Banning Jews from East Jerusalem ‘segregation’

November 12, 2009

New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind was trailed by dozens of American Jews today when he helped lay the cornerstone for the next phase of Nof Zion, a Jewish enclave scheduled to begin construction next spring.
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