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Latest Update: 09.17.07 High Holy Days approach
Residents of the city Jerusalem - can be roughly split into two categories: those who spend large sums of money on presents, festive food or vacations in hotels, and those who wait in anguish for food baskets and vouchers to buy cheap clothes and shoes for their kids

Latest Update: 09.02.07 Drawing bat mitzva girls to Rachel's Tomb
Earlier this month, New Yorker Malky Grunwald, 12, held her bat mitzva in a long, windowless hallway at Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem, after an IDF prohibition kept her and dozens of guests from celebrating in the Jewish-owned community center next door.

Latest Update: 08.14.07 Bears exhibition "United Buddy Bears" in Safra Square - August 1-30
The largest bear's exhibition ever, with the contribution of 133 countries, the statues were designed by world renowned artists.

Latest Update: 08.08.07 Olmert drives Jews from their Hebron homes
The Israeli prime minister walked in the ways of his predecessor, Ariel Sharon, Tuesday, sending hundreds of security personnel to tear Jewish families from their homes.

Latest Update: 07.25.07 Kenyan 'pilgrims' disappear during tour
Police believe that a group of 16 Kenyan tourists who disappeared during an organized tour in Nazareth on Tuesday are economic migrants seeking illegal work in Israel.

Latest Update: 07.11.07 Jerusalem YMCA recreation center expected to be ready next year
The construction of a state-of-the-art sports and recreation center on the grounds of Jerusalem's landmark YMCA is scheduled to be completed by next year, officials said Monday.

Latest Update: 08.07.07 Cabinet approves release of 250 Fatah security prisoners
Won't include those with "blood on their hands"; Shas, Israel Beiteinu ministers oppose decision; actual list of names to be voted on later.

Latest Update: 06.26.07 - National Bank of Egypt sues Israel for $78 million; claims King David Hotel also belongs to them
The Jerusalem District Court is to determine whether the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, one of the most luxurious hotels in Israel and in the world, belongs in part to the Egyptian government.

Latest Update: 06.24.07 - Two rockets launched towards southern Israel
Three people were lightly injured when a Qassam rocket launched from the northern Gaza Strip landed in the backyard of a Sderot home Sunday morning.
The “Color Red” alert system was activated in the southern town, and several residents suffered from shock.

Latest Update: 06.21.07 - Mubarak to host Olmert-Abbas summit next week
A regional summit is scheduled to take place next week at the Sinai resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, with the participation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.

Latest Update: 06.20.07 - Israeli court allows gay pride parade in Jerusalem
Israel's High Court gave the go-ahead on Wednesday for a Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem, rejecting last-ditch appeals by conservative Jews who wanted the event scrapped.

Latest Update: 06.18.07 - Olmert, Ban discuss rocket attacks
Prime minister meets UN secretary general in New York, tells him rocket attacks against Israel Sunday emphasize importance of UNIFIL and Lebanese army's role in southern Lebanon

Latest Update: 06.12.07 - Right-wing activists arrived at the evacuated West Bank settlement of Homesh on Tuesday.
The trip was authorized by the army, and security forces accompanied the activists to the site. The event was organized by a number of rightist groups to mark 40 years since the “liberation of Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Gaza”.

Latest Update: 06.14.07 - Hamas completed the takeover of the central building of the Palestinian Preventive Security Service's headquarters in the Gaza Strip.
Organization completes takeover of Preventive Security Service headquarters in Gaza Strip, one of PA's symbols; at least 10 people killed. Hamas TV broadcasts from inside building, displaying weapons 'sent by Israel'; gunmen declare, 'This is the first step in the establishment of an Islamic state'

Latest Update: 06.13.07 - Peres Israel next president
Shimon Peres is set to become Israel's ninth president, after both Reuven Rivlin and Colette Avital announced they are quitting the race and do not intend to contend in the second round