Israel agreed at the last minute yesterday to sign the Rome Statute for the establishment of an International Criminal Court. The signature came with a qualification designed to protect Israel from world sanctions against its towns in Judea and Samaria, including Jerusalem neighborhoods such as Gilo and Ramat Eshkol...
One person was killed and 30 were injured in an accident this morning on the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway when the driver of a semi-trailer lost control and crashed into several vehicles, including a bus. Traffic in both directions was severely disrupted for hours afterwards...
A gas shortage is already beginning to be felt in several gas stations across the country, because of the gas workers’ strike that began early Sunday morning. There were no real contacts between the Finance Ministry and the strikers today, but a signal that the end of the strike might be near was a calming announcement this afternoon by Ministry officials that privatization of the companies is currently not on the agenda...
One person was killed and 30 were injured in an accident this morning on the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway when the driver of a semi-trailer lost control and crashed into several vehicles, including a bus. Traffic in both directions was severely disrupted for hours afterwards...
A gas shortage is already beginning to be felt in several gas stations across the country, because of the gas workers’ strike that began early Sunday morning. There were no real contacts between the Finance Ministry and the strikers today, but a signal that the end of the strike might be near was a calming announcement this afternoon by Ministry officials that privatization of the companies is currently not on the agenda...