Magen David Adom's 50 intensive-care unit ambulances will remain out of service today as sanctions continue. A preliminary agreement hammered out yesterday between the government and management was deemed unacceptable by MDA employees. Tens of MDA ambulances were parked outside the Jerusalem Convention Center last night while Likud officials inside, led by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, launched the party's election campaign...
Today marks the end of the "shiva" period of mourning for Rabbi Yitzchak Arama, 40, of Netzer Hazani. A Palestinian terrorist murdered him last Friday as he was driving with his wife and six children towards the exit from Gush Katif in southern Israel. Not far from the murder site, a memorial ceremony was held in his memory this morning. In a related item, Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert took part in a memorial service yesterday for the 11 victims of the suicide bus bombing attack in Jerusalem's Kiryat Menachem neighborhood. On November 21, a Palestinian suicide murderer targeted an Egged bus traveling towards the city center, murdering 11 and wounding close to 50...
Over 1,000 new workers have been absorbed in northern-border factories. The Manufacturers Association says that it's due to government benefits, to the tune of hundreds of millions of shekels, granted to investors in this area. The Association asks that the benefits be renewed for another two years...
Today marks the end of the "shiva" period of mourning for Rabbi Yitzchak Arama, 40, of Netzer Hazani. A Palestinian terrorist murdered him last Friday as he was driving with his wife and six children towards the exit from Gush Katif in southern Israel. Not far from the murder site, a memorial ceremony was held in his memory this morning. In a related item, Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert took part in a memorial service yesterday for the 11 victims of the suicide bus bombing attack in Jerusalem's Kiryat Menachem neighborhood. On November 21, a Palestinian suicide murderer targeted an Egged bus traveling towards the city center, murdering 11 and wounding close to 50...
Over 1,000 new workers have been absorbed in northern-border factories. The Manufacturers Association says that it's due to government benefits, to the tune of hundreds of millions of shekels, granted to investors in this area. The Association asks that the benefits be renewed for another two years...