An Israeli government review of the death of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Dura during the Palestinian uprising in 2000 debunks a French television report suggesting he was killed by direct Israel Defense Forces fire.
Itzik Shanan, who started a campaign to eliminate racism from Israeli soccer, and Abbas Suan, a well-known Arab-Israeli player, were in Britain for five days of anti-hooliganism training in advance of Israel's hosting next month of a major international soccer tournament.
Dov Lipman has staked his budding political career on his reputation as a moderate haredi Orthodox leader. The problem is that Israel's haredi leaders say he's not actually haredi.
Palestinian violence and financial meltdowns aside, travel program leaders unanimously point to one cause for a dramatic drop in teenage visitors to the Jewish state over the past decade: Taglit-Birthright Israel.
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