ISRAELI PRESS REVIEW
Israeli Press Review of 27.05.2013
- Rocket reportedly fired into Israel from Lebanon
A rocket was apparently fired from south Lebanon at Israel, the Times of Israel reports.
Residents in the area of Metula, near the border with Lebanon, reported hearing a loud boom. There were no initial reports of injury or damage.
A security source told Lebanon’s Daily Star newspaper that the rocket was fired from the area of Burj al-Marouk, near the town of Marjayoun.
Israel Defense Forces troops were dispatched to the area to locate the rocket, if it fell within Israel. Troops from the UNIFIL peacekeeping force also conducted searches.
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- Army swears in ultra-Orthodox battalion
On Sunday evening, crowds gathered in Ammunition Hill near Jerusalem to witness the swearing-in of the Netzah Yehuda Battalion, the only haredi (ultra-Orthodox) unit in the Israeli army, the Jerusalem Post reports..
Created in 1999, following intensive discussions between haredi educators and the IDF, the battalion allows religious Israelis to serve in the IDF in an environment that is conducive to their religious convictions.
Suggested demonstrations by those opposing new draft legislation to draft thousands more hareidi youth into the army did not materialise.
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- El Al plane almost crashes near Eilat
An El Al plane almost crashed near Eilat in one of three known safety incidents in the past month, all of which were being investigated by Israel’s Civil Aviation Authority, the Times of Israel reports.
With 100 passengers on board, the flight to Eilat narrowly avoided flying into a mountain, clearing its peak by a mere 200 meters, Channel 10 reported Sunday.
“It’s as dangerous as it gets,” Udi Zohar, the former head of the Civil Aviation Authority, told the news station.
According to the report, the plane — a Boeing-737 — approached the landing strip in Eilat’s airport when the control tower asked the pilots to circle and then return, because the runway wasn’t ready.
Israel Radio reported that there were at least two other serious safety incidents involving El Al planes in recent weeks, including one plane which approached Ben-Gurion Airport at a low altitude, much closer to the nearby roofs than permitted.
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Monday, May 27, 2013.
