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    Booming Be’er Sheva To Name 13 New Streets After Women

    Israel’s fourth most populous city pays tribute to a number of trailblazing female figures, including numerous Mizrahi and Sephardic women

    byPaula Jacobs
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    Israeli Immigration Thriller Becomes Global Sensation

    Ayelet Gundar-Goshen’s suspenseful new ‘Waking Lions’ turns the fateful collision of an Israeli doctor and an African immigrant into an indictment of surging nationalism

    byAdam Kirsch
  • Bedouin demonstrators stand next to placards erected during a protest against the Prawer Plan in the southern village of Hura on Nov. 30, 2013. The so-called Prawer-Begin Bill calls for the relocation of 30,000 to 40,000 Bedouin, the demolition of about 40 villages, and the confiscation of more than 700,000 dunums (70,000 hectares) of land in the Negev.(David Buimovitch/AFP/Getty Images)
    Bedouin demonstrators stand next to placards erected during a protest against the Prawer Plan in the southern village of Hura on Nov. 30, 2013. The so-called Prawer-Begin Bill calls for the relocation of 30,000 to 40,000 Bedouin, the demolition of about 40 villages, and the confiscation of more than 700,000 dunums (70,000 hectares) of land in the Negev.(David Buimovitch/AFP/Getty Images)
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    In Protests Against Prawer Plan, Signs of ‘Palestinization’ in Israel’s Bedouin Minority

    Long seen as allies of the Jewish state, Bedouins may be embracing their neighbors’ identity—as a way of expressing their own

    byJon Emont
  • Schoolgirls take cover next to a bus during a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip, on March 12, 2012 in Ashdod, Israel. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
    Schoolgirls take cover next to a bus during a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip, on March 12, 2012 in Ashdod, Israel. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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    Under Fire

    The latest round of Grad rockets from Gaza paralyzed much of southern Israel for days. It’s hard to imagine what Iranian Shihab missiles might do.

    byYossi Melman
  • Israeli children take cover in a concrete shelter over the weekend.(Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images)
    Israeli children take cover in a concrete shelter over the weekend.(Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Terrorist Killing Prompts Gaza Rocket Exchange

    Hamas likely uninvolved in ongoing clash; one rocket hits empty school

    byMarc Tracy
  • A joint-rolling contest at Ben-Gurion University. (David Buimovitch/AFP/Getty Images)
    A joint-rolling contest at Ben-Gurion University. (David Buimovitch/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Smokescreen

    The Israeli right paints Ben-Gurion University as a haven for radical leftists. But the charges, meant to counter similar rhetoric from the left, are unfounded, and potentially damaging.

    byBenjamin Kerstein
  • Where a Grad missile landed in Beersheva.(Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
    Where a Grad missile landed in Beersheva.(Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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    Hamas’s Provocation Trap

    How will Israel respond to continued rocket attacks?

    byMarc Tracy
  • Udi, the Gecko Cafe proprietor, has struggled to draw customers to his location in Beer Sheva’s Old City.(Daniella Cheslow)
    Udi, the Gecko Cafe proprietor, has struggled to draw customers to his location in Beer Sheva’s Old City.(Daniella Cheslow)
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    Shopping Sprawl

    Are Israel’s suburban malls destroying its urban centers?

    byDaniella Cheslow
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