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☆ ‘The reaction is extreme’: Palestinians fear arrest if they voice sympathy for Gaza civilians
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | Zeena Saifi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

“I was not even considering for a moment that they would be coming for me,” she told CNN. “When arrests are done in this way… it’s unfathomable,” he told CNN. If you want to talk about the truth here, you’re not allowed,” Adli, another Palestinian resident of Jerusalem, told CNN. Fatina Abu Sneineh, Dua’s mother, told CNN she was terrified when her daughter was taken. CNN has asked the Israel Police for comment on the arrest of Ibrahim Abu Sneineh, but has received no reply.

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RAMLA, Israel (AP) — Hours after Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, the country's new fortified, subterranean blood bank kicked into action. Shiner said the center provided tens of thousands of units of blood in the days that followed the Hamas attacks. The new steel and concrete 51,000-square-meter (550,000-square-foot) building processes all of Israel’s donated blood. In early October, the center received 5,000 units of blood in one day — five times more than usual, said its staff. “During war, blood is part of the resuscitation process and the idea is to have a stock, to be able to give blood as soon as it’s needed,” said Guillemette Thomas, the medical coordinator for Doctors Without Borders.

Persons: Marcus, ”, Eilat Shinar, Magen David Adom —, it’s, Shiner, Moshe Noyovich, Magen David Adom, Israel’s, Israel, Guillemette Thomas, ___ Mednick Organizations: Blood Services, American Locations: RAMLA, Israel, Ramla, Tel Aviv, Eilat, Israel’s, Gaza, Hamas, Jerusalem, israel

☆ Opinion | The Memories That Feed Distrust in the Middle East
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Zeynep Tufekci | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

His pained voice turned to anger when he recounted encountering disbelief that Hamas committed terrible atrocities when it attacked Israel. Indeed, since Hamas did murder children and take others as hostages, should it get credit if it didn’t also behead them? But if the U.S. response after Sept. 11 is a model, it is as a model of what not to do. After the attacks, the United States received deep global sympathy. In the Middle East, the devastating aftermath of that war — justified by false claims — has never ended.

Persons: Moshe Lavi, Lavi, there’s, Biden, didn’t, that’s, ”, Bush, —, Peter Lerner, Saddam Hussein, Saddam, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: Hamas, New York Times, United Nations, Britain’s Sky, United, Iraqi Army, The New York Times, Guardian, Israeli Defense Forces, Hamas’s Naval Police, Naval Force, Amnesty International, Kuwaiti, American, Rights, Amnesty, West Bank Locations: Israel, Gaza, Iraq, U.S, United States, Abu Ghraib, People, Israeli, Kuwait, Vietnam, Kuwaiti

☆ 'Please Wake Up': Families of Israeli Victims Urge World to Stand Against Islamist Violence
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Angelo AmanteROME (Reuters) - The world must take a stand against Islamist violence to avoid it spreading and take action to ensure the swift release of hostages taken by Hamas militants after their Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel, families of victims said on Wednesday. The group included Avi Eylon, whose 23-year-old daughter, Shira, was killed with a friend while attending a music festival. Some 222 people were taken hostage after the attack on southern Israel in which 1,400 people were killed. Hamas on Monday freed two Israeli civilian women following the release of two hostages with dual U.S.-Israeli nationality on Friday. Health officials in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said more than 6,500 people have been killed since Israel began its bombing campaign in response.

Persons: Angelo Amante ROME, Giorgia Meloni, Avi Eylon, Shira, Israel, Eviatar Moshe Kipnis, Lilian Le Havron, Nadav, Angelo Amante, Nick Macfie Organizations: Reuters, Health, Gaza, Hamas Locations: Israel, Rome, Europe, Italy, Qatar, Egypt, Palestine, France, Belgium

☆ 'Please wake up': Families of Israeli victims urge world to stand against Islamist violence
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Angelo Amante | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The group included Avi Eylon, whose 23-year-old daughter, Shira, was killed with a friend while attending a music festival. Some 222 people were taken hostage after the attack on southern Israel in which 1,400 people were killed. Hamas on Monday freed two Israeli civilian women following the release of two hostages with dual U.S.-Israeli nationality on Friday. Health officials in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said more than 6,500 people have been killed since Israel began its bombing campaign in response. Reporting by Angelo Amante; Editing by Nick MacfieOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Shira, Avi Eylon, Remo Casilli, Giorgia Meloni, Israel, Eviatar Moshe Kipnis, Lilian Le Havron, Nadav, Angelo Amante, Nick Macfie Organizations: Reuters, REUTERS, Rights, Health, Gaza, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Rome, Italy, Europe, Qatar, Egypt, Palestine, France, Belgium

☆ $100 billion property giant Prologis sealed a huge EV charging station deal. It hints at a new opportunity for real estate investors.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Daniel Geiger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Late last year, it installed 38 chargers for electric trucks operated by Maersk at two sites in the Los Angeles area. There were 1.8 million conventional medium and heavy duty commercial vehicles operating in the state in 2021, according to data from the California Air Resources Board. Arnold said electric charging sites might be more lucrative than traditional industrial outdoor storage properties. The EV-charging business' chicken-and-egg problemOne of the biggest constraints to the development of charging sites is the availability of power. PDS operates about 320 diesel rigs, Gillis said, but because of the rules, will purchase "20 to 30 electric trucks" a year to steadily electrify its fleet.

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☆ Second Italian missing after Hamas attack has died, Rome says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

ROME, Oct 23 (Reuters) - A woman with dual Italian-Israeli nationality who was missing and presumed kidnapped after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by the Hamas militant group has died, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Monday. The body of Liliach Le Havron was found in recent days, Tajani wrote on X. Le Havron's husband, Eviatar Moshe Kipnis, had also gone missing and was confirmed dead on Oct. 17. The couple lived in Kibbutz Be'eri, 3 miles (5 km) from Gaza, one of the first to be hit by Hamas. A third dual Italian-Israeli citizen is thought to have been taken hostage and remains unaccounted for.

Persons: Antonio Tajani, Le Havron, Tajani, Le Havron's, Eviatar Moshe Kipnis, Alvise, Mark Potter Organizations: Hamas, Gaza, Thomson Locations: Israel, Italian, Italy, Kibbutz Be'eri, Gaza

☆ 50 years after another devastating surprise attack, Israel is facing a different kind of war that will be tougher to fight
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

After a surprise attack this month, Israel declared war on Hamas and began strikes in the Gaza Strip. This comes 50 years after another surprise attack on Israel by Egypt, Syria, and other Arab forces. AdvertisementAdvertisementIt was a Saturday in October 1973 when Arab armies launched a massive surprise attack that came perilously close to defeating Israel. Henri Bureau/Sygma/Corbis/VCG via Getty ImagesThe Yom Kippur War ended after nearly three weeks of fighting. The Yom Kippur War was a war between nations employing regular armies that fought intense mechanized battles like those of World War II.

Persons: —, Israel, Henri, Anwar Sadat, Camp David, it's, Fred Ihrt, Moshe Dayan, Golda Meir, Mostafa Alkharouf, That's, Anwar El Sadat, Netanyahu, Michael Peck Organizations: Hamas, Service, Israel, Getty, Camp, Camp David Accords, Israeli, AFP, Defense, Foreign Policy, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Israel, Gaza, Egypt, Syria, Kippur, Golan, Sinai, Haifa, Sderot, Anadolu, Cairo, Damascus, Lebanon, Jerusalem, Iran, Forbes

☆ Israeli father waiting, terrified, for news of abducted family
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Joseph Campbell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The hardest part of Leimberg's day is waking up each morning to realise they are no longer with him, he said. I want my brother-in-law, and I want my sister-in-law and my sister-in-law's life partner, and I want my dog back," he said. I want to be able to wake up in the morning and not dread what's coming," he said. Aware that hostages from some previous abductions had their heads shaved, something he believes would particularly upset Mia, Leimberg has decided to shave his too. Reporting by Joseph Campbell; Editing by Angus McDowall and Hugh LawsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Moshe Leimberg, Mia, Gabriela, Joseph Campbell, Nir Yitzhak, Leimberg, Angus McDowall, Hugh Lawson Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Palestinian, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Jerusalem, Israel

☆ Israeli Father Waiting, Terrified, for News of Abducted Family
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

The hardest part of Leimberg's day is waking up each morning to realise they are no longer with him, he said. I want my brother-in-law, and I want my sister-in-law and my sister-in-law's life partner, and I want my dog back," he said. I want to be able to wake up in the morning and not dread what's coming," he said. Aware that hostages from some previous abductions had their heads shaved, something he believes would particularly upset Mia, Leimberg has decided to shave his too. "If she comes back like that, I'll be able to say to her, 'Look, you know, we're both in the same boat.

Persons: Joseph Campbell JERUSALEM, Moshe Leimberg, Gabriela, Mia, Nir Yitzhak, Leimberg, Joseph Campbell, Angus McDowall, Hugh Lawson Organizations: Palestinian, Hamas Locations: Gaza, Israel

☆ Italy confirms death of Italian-Israeli missing after Hamas attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

ROME, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Eviatar Moshe Kipnis, an Italian-Israeli who had been missing since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Islamist group Hamas has been confirmed dead, the Italian foreign minister said on Tuesday. "I am close to his family, especially his two sons whom I met during my trip to Tel Aviv," Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani wrote on social media X. An Italian foreign ministry statement said Kipnis went missing following the attack on Kibbutz Be'eri, an agricultural kibbutz 3 miles (5 km) from Gaza, which was one of the first hit by Hamas. It said the DNA test that confirmed the 65-year-old's death was carried out by Israeli authorities. The statement added that two Italian-Israeli citizens were still unaccounted for, and that the Italian government was fully committed to tracking them down.

Persons: Moshe Kipnis, Antonio Tajani, Kipnis, Angelo Amante, Alvise Organizations: Hamas, Thomson Locations: Italian, Israel, Tel Aviv, Be'eri, Gaza

☆ Italy Confirms Death of Italian-Israeli Missing After Hamas Attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

ROME (Reuters) - Eviatar Moshe Kipnis, an Italian-Israeli who had been missing since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Islamist group Hamas has been confirmed dead, the Italian foreign minister said on Tuesday. "I am close to his family, especially his two sons whom I met during my trip to Tel Aviv," Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani wrote on social media X. An Italian foreign ministry statement said Kipnis went missing following the attack on Kibbutz Be'eri, an agricultural kibbutz 3 miles (5 km) from Gaza, which was one of the first hit by Hamas. It said the DNA test that confirmed the 65-year-old's death was carried out by Israeli authorities. The statement added that two Italian-Israeli citizens were still unaccounted for, and that the Italian government was fully committed to tracking them down.

Persons: Moshe Kipnis, Antonio Tajani, Kipnis, Angelo Amante, Alvise Armellini Organizations: Hamas Locations: ROME, Italian, Israel, Tel Aviv, Be'eri, Gaza

☆ Israeli lawmaker urges cbank to lower rates amid conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Steven Scheer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"The interest rate increases were due to inflation, and the reality has changed. I turn to the governor: just lower the interest rate," said committee chairman Moshe Gafni during a session to discuss compensation for those impacted by the fighting. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who was participating in the panel's session, rejected Gafni's call to demand Yaron lower rates. Gafni also called on banks to waive interest payments and said he was not satisfied with a central bank plan issued on Sunday. Under the plan, loan payments of mortgages, consumer credit and business credit would be deferred without charging interest and without charging fees.

Persons: Moshe Gafni, Ammar Awad, Amir Yaron, Gafni, Bezalel Smotrich, Smotrich, it's, Steven Scheer, Nick Macfie Organizations: Torah, REUTERS, Rights, Bank of Israel, Finance, Thomson Locations: Jerusalem, Israel, Gaza

☆ A week after their abduction, families of hostages in Gaza are still in the dark
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“All we have been told is that her phone is in Gaza,” Meirav Gonen, whose daughter Romi was kidnapped from the Supernova dance festival, told CNN. Across the street from where Moshe Barda and other family members were gathering, a much angrier protest was taking place on Friday. She told CNN that while she has been attending protests against the prime minister for years, this time feels different. If she is held with others, Moshe Barda said, she is likely to be taking care of everybody. Look at the picture, she is sitting on the motorcycle with her back straight … and she just saw her husband being murdered,” Moshe Barda said.

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☆ Far-right supporters of an Israeli soccer team known as La Familia stormed a hospital searching for wounded Hamas fighters, say reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A group of far-right soccer fans stormed a hospital in Israel hunting wounded Hamas fighters. La Familia are a notoriously racist set of supporters of the Israeli soccer team Beitar Jerusalem. Israeli officials said that Hamas fighters were barred from being treated in public hospitals. AdvertisementAdvertisementA group of far-right soccer fans stormed into a hospital in Israel after a report said that wounded Hamas fighters were being treated there, reports say. Israeli outlet Ynet had reported earlier that three wounded Hamas fighters were being treated in Israeli hospitals but were moved after fears of unrest.

Persons: —, Sheba, Shimoni, Hagai Levine, Moshe Arbel Organizations: Beitar Jerusalem, Hamas, Service, La, PBS, Familia, Beitar, Israeli Association of Public Health Physicians, Ynet, PBS . Police, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Israel, La Familia, Tel Aviv, Beitar Jerusalem's, Iraq, Morocco, Yemen, North Africa, Gaza

☆ 'We know they're waiting for us': Gaza's tunnels pose deadly challenge for Israeli troops
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Jason Gewirtz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

An Israeli army officer walks on July 25, 2014 during an army-organised tour in a tunnel said to be used by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip for cross-border attacks. Israel launched its military offensive aiming at destroying tunnels used by Gaza militants. Israeli troops are massing on the border of Gaza following Saturday's surprise attack inside of Israel, but their orders are still unclear. What is clear, however – according to Israeli troops who've fought inside Gaza before – any invasion is going to be difficult, dangerous and bloody. Officials expect the tunnels and ground throughout the area to be booby-trapped with explosives.

Persons: who've, Harel Chorev, Moshe Dayan Organizations: Palestinian, Gaza, Tel, Moshe, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle, Studies Locations: Gaza, Israel, Upper Gaza, Palestinian, Tel Aviv, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle East

☆ UEFA president Ceferin offers condolences in letter to Israel FA
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Oct 12 (Reuters) - UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has written to the head of Israel's Football Association to express his condolences over the "senseless acts of violence" after Palestinian militant group Hamas killed over 1,300 people in the country. On Saturday, Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip rampaged through parts of southern Israel, in the deadliest Palestinian militant attack in Israel's history. But Slovenian Ceferin wrote a personal letter to Moshe Zuares, the president of the IFA. It is an unimaginable tragedy, and the pain and sorrow are profound and resonate across the entire football community. My friend, I pray for these deep wounds to heal and for a world where such senseless acts of violence have no place."

Persons: Aleksander Ceferin, Moshe Zuares, Ceferin, Gabrielle Tétrault, Farber, Rohith Nair, Ken Ferris Organizations: Israel's Football Association, Hamas, IFA, UEFA, European, Switzerland, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Kosovo, Bengaluru

☆ Disturbing video shows a 25-year-old woman begging Hamas fighters not to kill her as she's taken hostage and driven into Gaza on a motorbike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An Israeli woman begged for her life as she was taken hostage by Hamas fighters on Saturday. A clip of the incident, which shows Noa Argamani, 25, is being widely shared on social media. AdvertisementAdvertisementFootage circulating on social media shows the moment an Israeli woman begged for her life as she was separated from her partner and driven away by Hamas fighters into Gaza. Twenty-five-year-old Noa Argamani and her partner Avi Natan were attending an outdoor music festival on Saturday when armed Hamas fighters suddenly arrived and began taking hostages. Argamani and Natan were identified by their family members as the subjects of the disturbing video, according to The Times of Israel.

Persons: Noa Argamani, —, Avi Natan, Argamani, Natan, Moshe, Israel's, Noa, Mustafa Hassona, Jonathan Conricus, Conricus Organizations: Service, The, Israel National News, Anadolu Agency, Getty, CNN, Israel Defense Forces, Israel, Authorities Locations: Hamas, Gaza, Israel

He added that it took eight hours for the Israeli military to arrive to his kibbutz and start fending off the Hamas fighters. The last time he heard from his mother-in-law was at 10:30 a.m., he said, when she called him, panicked and distraught, to say that Hamas militants had shot and killed her husband. A fortified border fence, equipped with sophisticated sensors, proved no match for the heavy explosives unleashed by Hamas militants as they burst into Israel. Other footage captured moments of terror and desperation: Hamas fighters paraded a disoriented-looking elderly woman in a golf cart down a dusty Gaza street while Palestinian crowds cheered. Witnesses told Israeli media that Hamas militants sprayed bullets into the crowd of revelers, who just moments earlier had been drinking, laughing and dancing.

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☆ Opinion: The Golda Meir movie starring Helen Mirren fails the test of history
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Hilary Krieger | Opinion Noah Berlatsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —In Guy Nattiv’s new feature film “Golda,” which arrived in theaters Friday, Helen Mirren plays Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir during the crisis of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Accordingly, the movie is inevitably fodder for an ongoing discussion about whether non-Jewish performers should play Jewish roles. They made significant advances, threatening all of Israel, until Israel ultimately turned the tide to retain the land it had acquired in 1967. Join us on Twitter and FacebookInstead, the point is that the Yom Kippur War was a complicated conflict for territory and geopolitical advantage, abetted by prejudice and intransigence on every side. White non-Jewish actors can be cast as White Jewish characters because White Jewish people (like White Irish people or White Italian people) are, at the moment, generally perceived and accepted as White.

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☆ This story of when Steve Jobs 'blew up' over a photographer is a classic example of what his biographer called 'Bad Steve'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Steve Jobs apparently "blew up" because he was unhappy with a photographer ahead of iMac's release. Levy writes that Jobs also was also unsure of a different photographer, but eventually was won over. A quarter of a century ago, in 1998, Steve Jobs announced the iMac — a piece of technology that reverberated across the personal computer industry and aided Apple's comeback. Jobs didn't calm down until Clow showed Jobs that the colors were in fact, correct, the biographer wrote in his book. Andy Cunningham, for example, told Insider that Jobs fired her "about five times."

Persons: Steve Jobs, Steven Levy, Levy, Jobs, Apple's, Moshe Brakha, Madonna, Brakha, Walter Isaacson, Apple, Lee Clow, Isaacson, Clow, Andy Cunningham, Cunningham Organizations: Morning, NeXT, PR, Apple, Beastie, Grammy Museum, Jobs, Pixar Locations: Los Angeles

☆ Arab towns in Israel strike in protest at funding freeze
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Arab local councils in Israel held a strike on Monday in protest at the finance minister's freeze earlier this month on hundreds of millions of shekels to their municipalities, a decision that has prompted accusations of racism. That the finance minister was casting Arabs as thieves and criminals was "ridiculous" and "false", the mayor of the Arab city of Umm al-Fahm, Samir Mahameed, told Israeli Army Radio. The ultra-nationalist Smotrich's move drew accusations of racism from Arab and Jewish lawmakers, including opposition leader Yair Lapid, as well as Arab mayors. Israeli Interior Minister Moshe Arbel urged Smotrich to release the funds and voiced support for the municipal strike. Videos circulating on social media showed police pushing some of the demonstrators, including Arab lawmaker Ayman Odeh.

Persons: Bezalel Smotrich, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Samir Mahameed, Netanyahu, Smotrich, Yair Lapid, Moshe Arbel, Ayman Odeh, Henriette Chacar, Maayan, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Finance, Israeli Army Radio, Police, Thomson Locations: Israel, Umm

☆ This Small Ozarks Town—Home to Walmart Headquarters—Is Becoming a New Capital of Cool
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Kathryn O Shea-Evans | Photographs Barrett Emke For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

MORE THAN a decade after the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art opened in 2011 in Bentonville, Ark., I found myself wondering if more art, culture and good food had followed in its wake. Founded by Alice Walton , daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton, and designed by convention-flouting architect Moshe Safdie, the museum turned a spotlight on this southern city in the Ozarks. Named for the spring that feeds the two ponds that flank it, the museum holds work by artists such as Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol and Georgia O’Keeffe.

Persons: Alice Walton, Sam Walton, Moshe Safdie, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, Georgia O’Keeffe Organizations: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Walmart Locations: Bentonville, Ark, Georgia

☆ Israel says Arrow-3 missile-killer sale to Germany approved by U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Amir Cohen/FILE PHOTO Acquire Licensing RightsJERUSALEM, Aug 17 (Reuters) - The United States approved a $3.5 billion sale of Israel's Arrow-3 missile defence system to Germany on Thursday, clearing the way for delivery in 2025 and full operational deployment by 2030, Israeli officials said. The U.S. is a partner in the Arrow project, which was developed jointly by the Israel Missile Defence Organisation and the United States Missile Defense Agency. The Germany deal, which would be Israel's biggest ever defence sale, follows a European arms build-up in response to Russia's war in Ukraine. While Patriot and IRIS-T cover the medium layer of air defence, Arrow-3 - in whose production Boeing Co (BA.N) is also involved - offers protection for the higher layer. Israel's Army Radio said the signing ceremony with Germany on the Arrow-3 sale was expected to take place in November.

Persons: Amir Cohen, Moshe Patel, Patel, Boaz Levy, Dan Williams, Tom Hogue, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, United, Israel Missile Defence Organisation, United States Missile Defense Agency, Israel's Defence Ministry, Israeli Missile Defence Organisation, Israel Aerospace Industries, IRIS, Boeing Co, Israel's Army Radio, Thomson Locations: Ashdod, United States, Germany, U.S, Ukraine, Israel, Russia

REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File PhotoSummary Funds were meant to narrow socio-economic gapsSmotrich says money would go to criminals, militantsLawmakers, colleges criticise decision as racistJERUSALEM, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has frozen funds for Arab towns and Palestinian education programmes in East Jerusalem, citing crime and safety fears and prompting accusations of racism. "Arab citizens are entitled to those funds, which were meant to close the gaps between Arab and Jewish communities," he told Reuters. 'HATRED AND RACISM'Smotrich said a separate 200 million shekels for encouraging academic studies among Palestinians from East Jerusalem would also be frozen until what he described as "extremist Islamic activity" on campus was eradicated. Smotrich said the new East Jerusalem plan would have a total increased budget but that although encouraging academic studies among the city's Palestinians was a worthy cause, this also had unwelcome consequences. Reporting by Henriette Chacar and Maayan Lubell; Editing by James Mackenzie and Gareth JonesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Amir Cohen, Bezalel Smotrich, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Kan, Moshe Arbel, Mansour Abbas, Yair Lapid, Smotrich, Ameer Bisharat, Israel, Netanyahu, Henriette Chacar, James Mackenzie, Gareth Jones Organizations: REUTERS, Israeli, Reuters, National Committee of, Facebook, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Thomson Locations: Rahat, Israel, JERUSALEM, East Jerusalem, Smotrich, Arab, Jerusalem, Gaza

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