The Jerusalem Post Thursday August 9, 2012 Av 21, 5772

 

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    Security forces arrest two suspects in 2000 Ramallah lynch

    
    
    

    Police, Shin Bet operation uncovers Hamas terror infrastructure in Ramallah, Binyamin region; two suspects confess to beating death of IDF reservists Yossi Avrahami, Vadim Nurzhitz, police say.

    
    
     
    

  Iran: Abrupt Assad fall would be 'catastrophic'
  Iranian FM: Syrian society would be smashed to pieces if Assad falls; analysts: Cracks in regime taking Iran by surprise.

  'US, Israeli intel Iran closer than ever'
  Barak asserts that despite increased urgency in Washington, decisions about Israel's security will be made in Jerusalem.

  First alleged pedophile indicted after police sting
  57-year-old Jerusalem man indicted for attempted sexual harassment, attempted sodomy against boy.

  Gunmen, Egyptian police trade fire in northern Sinai
  Gun battles come in the wake of Islamist attack on an Egyptian military base in Sinai that killed 16 border guards.

  'Lebanon-Burgas calls increased days before attack'
  

  JEWISH WORLD

  Radio rabbi fired over 'heretic' remark
  Haredi rabbi fired from radio show for calling national-religious rabbi "a heretic and an idiot."

  Family of dead haredi exhumes body, moves grave
  Family of man who died 8 years ago complain people buried nearby not religious enough, allowed to move body.

  Expert slams study for playing down anti-Semitism
  Norweigan study fails to use EU definition of anti-Semitism, Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld says.

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  NATIONAL NEWS

  'Under half of students qualify for bagrut'
  Education Ministry figures show slight drop in the percentage of Israeli students qualifying for the matriculation certificate.

  Teenager ‘lured pizza delivery men into robberies’
  Officers use Facebook to help track down suspect.

  Livni: Israel should not be issue in US elections
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  Gov't to finance garbage-to-electricity facilities
  Environment Ministry will fund NIS 70 million green garbage-to-electricity facilities.

  'Reduced solar tariffs can save consumers billions'
  Consumers will benefit from lower equipment costs, says utility authority; renewable energy experts demand further assessment.

  Herzliya defends plan to build Zvulun promenade
  Environmentalists call for assessment by outside body, say ‘city cannot be the one giving itself permission to build.’

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