PM urges pardon as Hebron shooter loses appeal; PM defends Temple Mt climbdown; UK paper’s anti-Semitic piece; Jew prof, Catholic school, Muslim land

2017. július 30 18:14

PM urges pardon as Hebron shooter loses appeal; PM defends Temple Mt climbdown; UK paper’s anti-Semitic piece; Jew prof, Catholic school, Muslim land
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Military court upholds conviction, 18-month sentence for Hebron shooter
‘He acted like he was at a shooting range,’ judges say of manslaughter convict Elor Azaria, who killed a disarmed Palestinian assailant; prosecution and defense appeals to change sentence rejected
By JUDAH ARI GROSS and STUART WINER
Former IDF Sgt. Elor Azaria, who was convicted of manslaughter for shooting dead a prone, injured, Palestinian attacker in 2015, waits before the start of his appeal sentencing hearing in the Kirya military base, Tel Aviv, July 30, 2017. (Avshalom Sasoni/Flash90)
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Netanyahu, Liberman call for IDF pardon for Elor Azaria
Appeals court upholds conviction, 18-month sentence, confirms lower court finding that IDF sergeant shot a Palestinian stabber in March 2016 out of vengeance; Meretz leader praises ruling
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
Supporters of Elor Azaria, the Israeli soldier convicted in the March 2016 manslaughter of a Palestinian attacker, demonstrate outside the military court at IDF Headquarters at the Kirya base in Tel Aviv, July 30, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
Removing Temple Mount security hard but necessary choice, PM says
Netanyahu vows NIS 100 million budget will see new measures introduced to replace metal detectors violently rejected by Muslims
By STUART WINER
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, July 30, 2017. (AFP/ AMIR COHEN)
File: Jordan's King Abdullah II speaks during a press conference with US President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 5, 2017. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)
Jordan’s king says Amman preventing ‘Judaization’ of holy sites in Jerusalem
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman attends the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, on June 26, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Liberman slams Likud MKs for outburst against Shin Bet over Temple Mount security
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
Palestinians celebrate outside the Lions Gate entrance to Jerusalem's Old City on July 27, 2017 after more Israeli barriers were removed from the Temple Mount entrance. (AFP/ AHMAD GHARABLI)
Palestinians see Temple Mount showdown as rare grassroots victory
By JOE DYKE
Abbas suffering from exhaustion, say doctors after hospital visit
PA president, 82, diagnosed with stomach inflammation, aggravated by stress, amid fears over his health
By AP and TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas looks on during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah on July 25, 2017. AFP/ABBAS MOMANI)
Violence erupts in Jaffa at funeral for suspect killed by police
TV journalist beaten, equipment destroyed during procession for young resident suspected of fleeing scene of shooting at city’s port earlier
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
Police at the scene of a stabbing in Jaffa, July 27, 2017. (Israel Police spokesperson)
Father of Jaffa chase suspect killed by police says son was innocent
By STUART WINER
Arab party MK seeks AG probe into police killing of Jaffa suspect
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
An Orthodox monk of Monastery of the Cross holds a water hose as he stands on the rooftop of the monastery during a fire near the "Valley of the Cross', in the center of Jerusalem on July 2, 2013. (FLASH90)
Church land sales to anonymous buyers set homeowners on edge
Officials to meet amid high-profile sale of land in Jerusalem and elsewhere, but new owners say KKL refusing to extend lease on land, set to expire by 2050’s
By SUE SURKES
Sunday Times pulls anti-Semitic article targeting female BBC hosts
BBC star Vanessa Feltz (YouTube screenshot)
Editor apologizes for piece that said ‘Jews are not generally noted for their insistence on selling their talent for the lowest possible price’
By SUE SURKES
West Side Judaica, which has sold Jewish books and ritual objects in the heavily Jewish neighborhood of Manhattan’s Upper West Side for more than eight decades, expects to close at the end of the calendar year. (Ben Sales/JTA)
Soon there will only be one Judaica store left in Manhattan
Online marketing has squeezed sales at West Side Judaica, which is set to close its doors next year after over 80 years
By BEN SALES
Ruthi Soudack
A prisoner at the gate of mercy
RUTHI SOUDACK She ascends the Temple Mount with longing for the freedom to wander as she will, free her from the Waqf’s constraints
Yaakov Selavan
Ben & Jerry’s on Tisha B’Av?!
YAAKOV SELAVAN He was a tank commander in Gaza in the summer of 2014 when he saw what Jewish unity looks like
Michael L. Feshbach
Tisha B’Av in the Tropics
MICHAEL L. FESHBACHWhen Hurricane Supplication Day coincides with Judaism’s saddest day, it’s all about vulnerability and prayer
Jeremy Rosen
Tisha B’Av, then and now
JEREMY ROSEN Yom Kippur removes Jews from their comfort zone for spiritual matters; the 9th of Av should do the same for political issues
Golden Globes best actor Jeffrey Tambor as Maura in 'Transparent.' (courtesy Amazon Studios)
‘Transparent’ coming to Israel in fourth season
New trailer shows Pfeffermans in Jerusalem, Dead Sea, West Bank; creator Jill Soloway said to indicate show will tackle politics
Border police use "the skunk" disperse a crowd in a protest against the security barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah. (photo credit: Rishwanth Jayapaul/Flash 90)
Indians unfazed by Israeli-made stink bomb
‘Maybe Indians have a higher threshold of tolerating stench,’ says official after test of liquid fired by water cannon
Guy Cohen, left, with children Noa, center, and Matan on July 23, 2017 ahead of the New York swim. (Judah S. Harris)
In memory of his daughter, Israeli dad swims 28.5 miles in charity drive
FROM OUR PARTNER The Jewish Week: Guy Cohen’s marathon swim, completed in just under 8 hours, nets $25K for research on Sudden Cardiac Death
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IDF Sgt. Elor Azaria, who shot dead a disarmed and injured Palestinian attacker in the West Bank city of Hebron in March 2016, is surrounded by family and friends as he awaits to hear his sentence in a courtroom at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, on February 21, 2017 (Jim Hollander/POOL)
Execution plan
Israel doesn’t use the death penalty, but as lawmakers talk about instituting it, the press focuses on those accused of taking it into their own hands
Gary Wasserman, left, strolls through a corridor on the Georgetown campus in Qatar with his students in 2012. (Georgetown University-Qatar)
A Jewish professor taught at a Catholic school in a Muslim country. Here’s what happened
Gary Wasserman thought he was bringing the free exchange of ideas to deeply traditional Qatar; instead, he learned some lessons about tolerance
By RON KAMPEAS
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (R) announces his new cabinet at a press conference as Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop (L) looks on in Canberra on September 20, 2015. (Peter Parks/AFP)
Australian PM: Terror plot to bring down plane foiled
Four arrested in raids in Sydney; security bolstered at all Australian domestic and international airports
By ROD MCGUIRK
Bezeq owner reportedly offers to sell stakes to pay off debt
Shaul Elovitch, controlling shareholder of Bezeq, said to be in talks with banks to reach debt settlement of nearly NIS 1 billion
By SHOSHANNA SOLOMON
Shaul Elovitch, Bezeq controlling shareholder (Calcalist screenshot)
IDF seizes cars bought with payouts to Hamas killer’s family
Security forces impound vehicles from relatives of perpetrator involved in fatal 2015 shooting of Eitam and Naama Henkin
By STUART WINER
The car in which Israeli couple Naama and Eitam Henkin were shot dead in a terror attack near the West Bank settlement of Itamar on Thursday, October 1, 2015. (Courtesy United Hatzalah)
SlutWalk Chicago backtracks, will allow Zionist symbols at event
Organizers of event had previously said they would bar participants from carrying ‘nationalist’ displays
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
Illustrative: Participants in the San Francisco Pride Parade showing their Jewish and Israeli pride, June 30, 2014. (Wikimedia Commons/via JTA)
Illustrative: In this March 17, 2017 photo, Jewish converts Sahir Quitero, center, her husband Franklin Perez, son Ezra, left, and daughter Hannah, walk to departures lounge of the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, on their way to Israel. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
26 Venezuelan Jews flee chaos, immigrate to Israel
Basic goods and services are being disrupted by economic malfunction in country amid daily battles between police and youth
By JTA
Hershey Felder as Pyotr Tchaikovsky in his latest show, 'Our Great Tchaikovsky.' (Hershey Felder Presents/via JTA)
Tchaikovsky’s ‘Jewish problem’ doesn’t make performer settle a score
Despite the existence of an anti-Semitic note, Hershey Felder puts the great 19th-century composer in historical context in his new portrayal
By TOM TUGEND
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