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|  Sunday, October 26, 2003 Tishrei 30, 5764 | Israel Time:
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| A Palestinian youth walking near the ruins of a building destroyed Sunday by the IDF in the Gaza Strip. (AP)
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| Top Articles | |
| What did you learn today? | |
| Uri Zohar's missionary project to convince Israelis to send their children to religious schools has a new twist. |
| By Aviv Lavie |
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| No alternative economy | |
| Israelis don't yet realize that cutbacks and reforms are essential to prevent a crisis and get the economy growing again. |
| By Avraham Tal |
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| Many happy returns | |
| The discovery of a `longevity gene' means a life-prolonging drug is no longer a fantasy. |
| By Haim Handwerker |
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| HAARETZ Q&A | |
| Columnist Uzi Benziman on Israeli politics and diplomacy. |
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| PM: Netzarim attack won't move us |
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| Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Defense Minister
Shaul Mofaz are opposed to any discussion about
evacuating the settlement of Netzarim in the Gaza
Strip, in the wake of Friday's deadly incident
there. By Aluf Benn, Arnon Regular and Nadav Shragai |
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| AG suggests police's Mizrahi should go |
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| Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein is suggesting
Police Commander Moshe Mizrahi be dismissed over
the transcription of wiretapped conversations of
politicians.
By Baruch Kra |
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| IDF nabs two in West Bank hospital raids |
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| Dozens of Israel Defense Forces troops wearing black ski masks and armed with assault rifles raided two hospitals in the West Bank city of Nablus before dawn yesterday, arresting two Palestinian terror suspects, including a critically injured patient, witnesses and the military said. By Haaretz Service and Agencies |
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| A militant ultimatum |
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| The Histadrut is demanding that the government restrict its authority to make decisions and propose bills for Knesset approval in which the labor federation has vested interests. Such a demand is unacceptable. Hence the suspicion that
something else lies behind
the ultimatum posed by the
Histadrut. Editorial |
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| Lip service to the grieving |
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| The indifference to the moral significance of the continued blood spilling and the insufferable human burden that it places on its victims leads to a situation where there is insufficient motivation to put an end to it. By Uzi Benziman |
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| Soccer / Bnei Yehuda stays on top with 3-2 win over Sakhnin |
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| Bnei Yehuda retained pole position at the top of
the Premier League with a 3-2 away win over a
feisty Bnei Sakhnin side on Friday, while Maccabi
Haifa trounced Ahi Nazareth 4-1, and Ashdod SC put
four goals without reply past Maccabi Netanya. By Haaretz Sports Staff |
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| Basketball / Former Maccabi TA hoopster Kevin Magee dies in car crash |
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| Former Maccabi Tel Aviv star Kevin Magee was killed Friday in a car accident in the United States. Magee, 44, was considered one of the best foreign players ever to play for the club, helping it to three European Cup finals, six Israeli league championships and five State Cups. By Haaretz Sports Staff |
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