Deputy mayor faces charges, resigns Tel Aviv Deputy Mayor Natan Wolof submitted his resignation last week after a court gave the state the go-ahead to try him on three counts of breach of trust by a public official and an additional three counts providing fraudulent information. In response to the resignation, Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai said in a statement reported by the Local website: “We learned of the court ruling and will act in accordance with its implications. I spoke with Natan Wolof, and he informed me that following the ruling, he intends to tender his resignation from his position as deputy mayor. He is weighing his options for appeal and will make an announcement [to that effect] in a number of days.”Foreign worker stabbed to deathA foreign worker was stabbed to death at a Holon factory this week. Magen David Adom paramedics dispatched to the scene found the man lying on the ground in critical condition, losing a large amount of blood. MDA evacuated him to Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, where he died a number of hours later.Large police forces opened an investigation at the scene and suspected that another foreign worker was responsible for stabbing the man, but were unable to immediately locate him, the Local website reported.SOUTHBeersheba gears up for Pride eventsBeersheba is gearing up to host its second annual Pride Conference, organized by the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Transgender and Bisexual) Association, with the aim of turning the event into an early-summer tradition in the “capital of the Negev.” The event is scheduled for July 8, and is being held under the banner of “tolerance, love and understanding.”There were some objections to the event, mainly from the local religious community, which claimed that notice of the conference’s date had not been properly posted. The municipality responded resolutely that the show would go on. It said in a statement: “Such events take place in all of the country’s major cities; some of them are even parades,” Mynet reported. The statement noted that even Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin had participated in Jerusalem’s recent Pride event. “In Beersheba, many events take place for all sectors and communities,” the statement added, noting the “pluralistic and egalitarian” nature of the city.Teen seriously wounded in stabbingA 16-year-old boy was seriously injured in a stabbing at a beach in Ashdod over the weekend, in an incident that reportedly began with a fight between several youths. MDA paramedics evacuated the wounded boy to Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot. Police who arrived at the scene detained a young man on suspicion of involvement in the fight.More water for development communitiesA new pipeline being built from Nitzana to the Eshkol region is expected to provide an additional 1,000 cubic meters of water to development communities in the Ramat Hanegev Regional Council, it was announced this week. The last sections of the water line were being laid over the weekend after the Mekorot Water Company received the necessary permits.Praising the infrastructure works, Ramat Hanegev Regional Council head Shmuel Rifman termed the project “of great historical importance to the Nitzana development communities,” the Local website reported. The new pipeline “is of strategic importance and will ensure the supply of water to the area (preventing two-day water stoppages such as have occurred in the past), significantly strengthening the development communities in the area, whose livelihoods are rooted in agriculture,” Rifman added.Woman falls to her deathA woman fell to her death at the Ramon Crater over the weekend while on an outing with her boyfriend. An initial investigation revealed that the two were looking for a quiet place to sit away from other tourists when the 29-year-old woman fell off a cliff, nearly 100 meters into the crater. The volunteer Negev search and rescue unit was dispatched to the scene and managed to extract the woman from the crater, but were unable to save her life. Magen David Adom units declared her dead at the scene. Police were investigating the circumstances of the incident.
City Notes: Paper exhibition opens
Fifty-one artists covering a wide range of cultures and types of paper art are participating in the exhibition.
Deputy mayor faces charges, resigns Tel Aviv Deputy Mayor Natan Wolof submitted his resignation last week after a court gave the state the go-ahead to try him on three counts of breach of trust by a public official and an additional three counts providing fraudulent information. In response to the resignation, Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai said in a statement reported by the Local website: “We learned of the court ruling and will act in accordance with its implications. I spoke with Natan Wolof, and he informed me that following the ruling, he intends to tender his resignation from his position as deputy mayor. He is weighing his options for appeal and will make an announcement [to that effect] in a number of days.”Foreign worker stabbed to deathA foreign worker was stabbed to death at a Holon factory this week. Magen David Adom paramedics dispatched to the scene found the man lying on the ground in critical condition, losing a large amount of blood. MDA evacuated him to Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, where he died a number of hours later.Large police forces opened an investigation at the scene and suspected that another foreign worker was responsible for stabbing the man, but were unable to immediately locate him, the Local website reported.SOUTHBeersheba gears up for Pride eventsBeersheba is gearing up to host its second annual Pride Conference, organized by the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Transgender and Bisexual) Association, with the aim of turning the event into an early-summer tradition in the “capital of the Negev.” The event is scheduled for July 8, and is being held under the banner of “tolerance, love and understanding.”There were some objections to the event, mainly from the local religious community, which claimed that notice of the conference’s date had not been properly posted. The municipality responded resolutely that the show would go on. It said in a statement: “Such events take place in all of the country’s major cities; some of them are even parades,” Mynet reported. The statement noted that even Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin had participated in Jerusalem’s recent Pride event. “In Beersheba, many events take place for all sectors and communities,” the statement added, noting the “pluralistic and egalitarian” nature of the city.Teen seriously wounded in stabbingA 16-year-old boy was seriously injured in a stabbing at a beach in Ashdod over the weekend, in an incident that reportedly began with a fight between several youths. MDA paramedics evacuated the wounded boy to Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot. Police who arrived at the scene detained a young man on suspicion of involvement in the fight.More water for development communitiesA new pipeline being built from Nitzana to the Eshkol region is expected to provide an additional 1,000 cubic meters of water to development communities in the Ramat Hanegev Regional Council, it was announced this week. The last sections of the water line were being laid over the weekend after the Mekorot Water Company received the necessary permits.Praising the infrastructure works, Ramat Hanegev Regional Council head Shmuel Rifman termed the project “of great historical importance to the Nitzana development communities,” the Local website reported. The new pipeline “is of strategic importance and will ensure the supply of water to the area (preventing two-day water stoppages such as have occurred in the past), significantly strengthening the development communities in the area, whose livelihoods are rooted in agriculture,” Rifman added.Woman falls to her deathA woman fell to her death at the Ramon Crater over the weekend while on an outing with her boyfriend. An initial investigation revealed that the two were looking for a quiet place to sit away from other tourists when the 29-year-old woman fell off a cliff, nearly 100 meters into the crater. The volunteer Negev search and rescue unit was dispatched to the scene and managed to extract the woman from the crater, but were unable to save her life. Magen David Adom units declared her dead at the scene. Police were investigating the circumstances of the incident.