Beit Shemesh

Resolution rumblings Sir, – Regarding “PA calls day of rage after US vetoes UN resolution condemning settlements,” the Palestinian Authority declared…

It was a consolation of sorts to learn that top Jordanian officials have reassured Israel that no plan exists to release Ahmed Daqamseh, who on March…

Biting the hand Sir, – Reading “New Hebrew U students who fled Cairo are taking in ‘the other side of the conflict’ in Jerusalem” (February 15), my…

Jordan relayed messages to Israel that there were no plans to release Ahmed Daqamseh, who gunned down seven Israeli schoolgirls at Naharayim in 1997,…

Students from the AMIT "Shachar" school in Beit Shemesh, whose students were killed by a Jordanian soldier while on a class trip to the "Island of…

One person was killed and four people were injured when a car flipped over near Moshav Tirosh in the area of Beit Shemesh on Tuesday. Magen David…

Jordan’s new justice minister joined dozens of protesters on Monday demanding the early release of a Jordanian soldier who killed seven Beit Shemesh…

In Thursday’s Israel Recreational Hockey Association league action, the Northern Whites downed the Central Blues 12-7. The Whites led 5-3 after the…

It's our future, too Sir, – Instead of thinking of their political futures by lowering prices, the coalition partners should think of the future of…

What do you do if you’re a local folk singer with a sharp wit alarmed by the events unfolding in Egypt and what it means for Israel? Sandy Cash…

THE CHASM between Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Labor MK Binyamin Ben-Eliezer grows ever wider – but there’s one commonality that, no matter what,…

In an effort to stem the flow of illegal Palestinians into Israel, the IDF plans to move a key roadblock near the settlement of Betar Illit later…

Police officers stumbled on a large stash of jugs and coins dating back from the Second Temple era in the Galilee village of Mazara on Thursday,…

Israeli archeologists presented a newly uncovered 1,500-year-old church in the Judean Hills on Wednesday, including an unusually well-preserved…

Implications for Israel Sir, – With regard to “PM warns against radical Islamic takeover in Egypt” (February 1), if the Mubarak regime falls, any new…

Passenger trains on southern portions of the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Be’er Sheva lines will be suspended starting Friday for a week,…

Immigrant children and youth at risk face an even tougher environment and are much harder to reach than children from other weak socio-economic…

THE MEMBERS OF THE 10- piece orchestra take their places and begin tuning up. The conductor walks out on stage in formal attire. He strikes up the…

NO ONE WRITES ABOUT trains when they run on time, but the recent announcement on the Israel Railways website, although laconic and opaque, was so…

Four Palestinians from villages near Hebron were indicted on Wednesday in the murder of an American tourist last December in a forest near Beit…