The email we received last week was dire. Our neighborhood was in grave danger of being ruined by unscrupulous real estate developers, it read. A massive 210-unit apartment project had been green-lighted to be built right in the middle of an already...
Topics: Israeliness, Life, Politics

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People wonder why Israel is always on the defensive, when things like this explain it perfectly.At an international fencing competition over the weekend in Austria, two Israeli teens – Dana Stralinkov, 14, and Alona Komarov, 13 – won the gold.
Topics: A New Reality, austria, boxing, fencing, General, HaTikva, History and Culture, Politics, Sports, WBC, Yuri Foreman

{"title":"Austrians forget how Hatikva goes","post_url":"http:\/\/israelity.com\/2009\/11\/16\/austrians-forget-how-hatikva-goes\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.israelity.com\/?feed=rss2","author":null,"date":"2009-11-16 00:21:41","summary":"People wonder why Israel is always on the defensive, when things like this explain it perfectly.At an international fencing competition over the weekend in Austria, two Israeli teens – Dana Stralinkov, 14, and Alona Komarov, 13 – won the gold."}

erusalem has always been a volatile place, but the last week of protests and rioting by local Palestinians in the Old City and east Jerusalem over what they claim to be Israeli efforts to move in on the Temple Mount really show what a tinderbox it is.But.
Topics: General, jerusalem, Palestinians, Shuafat, Temple Mount

{"title":"A Jerusalem encounter","post_url":"http:\/\/israelity.com\/2009\/10\/08\/a-jerusalem-encounter\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.israelity.com\/?feed=rss2","author":null,"date":"2009-10-08 01:32:39","summary":"erusalem has always been a volatile place, but the last week of protests and rioting by local Palestinians in the Old City and east Jerusalem over what they claim to be Israeli efforts to move in on the Temple Mount really show what a tinderbox it is.But."}

Yesterday we joined a group of 30 friends for an inspiring hike in the Judean Desert. We started at the Dragot Cliffs just south of the checkpoint on the Dead Sea highway, and ended some 7 hours later at the Mitzpeh Shalem kibbutz.The hike itself was...
Topics: Environment, Travel

{"title":"Cleaning up after desert","post_url":"http:\/\/israelity.com\/2009\/10\/07\/cleaning-up-after-desert\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.israelity.com\/?feed=rss2","author":null,"date":"2009-10-07 04:02:27","summary":"Yesterday we joined a group of 30 friends for an inspiring hike in the Judean Desert. We started at the Dragot Cliffs just south of the checkpoint on the Dead Sea highway, and ended some 7 hours later at the Mitzpeh Shalem kibbutz.The hike itself was..."}

Summer’s here and the time is right for fighting in the streets. Apologies to Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, but the streets of Jerusalem on these last few weekends have not seen much joyous dancing.The fight between the haredim of Jerusalem and.
Topics: A New Reality, coexistence, General, Haredim, History and Culture, intifada, jerusalem, Life, Matt Rees, Nir Barkat, Religion

{"title":"Rioting in Jerusalem? All is normal","post_url":"http:\/\/israelity.com\/2009\/07\/05\/rioting-in-jerusalem-all-is-normal\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.israelity.com\/?feed=rss2","author":null,"date":"2009-07-05 00:57:11","summary":"Summer’s here and the time is right for fighting in the streets. Apologies to Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, but the streets of Jerusalem on these last few weekends have not seen much joyous dancing.The fight between the haredim of Jerusalem and."}