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This Israeli photo gallery contains all the pictures of the day from Israel. All images by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye
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Bahai Shrines in Israel Chosen as World Heritag...
The Bahai Temple and gardens in Haifa, Israel on Monday July 14, 2008. The resting places of Baha\'u\'llah and the Bab in Acre and nearby Haifa, Israel have been designated World Heritage sites by UNESCO on July 8, 2008. Considered the two most sacred sites for Baha\'is, the shrines of the founders of the Baha\'i Faith. The shrines are noteworthy for the formal gardens that surround them, blending design elements from many cultures. In addition to Baha\'i pilgrims, they attract hundreds of thousands of visitors and tourists every year. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: July 14, 2008
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Water Shortage in Israel
Watering grass with valuable drinking water in Israel on Friday July 11, 2008. Israel is suffering its greatest drought in the past decade and will have to stop pumping from one of its main drinking water sources by the end of the summer. Israel has to stop pumping from the Sea of Galilee Ñ the source of about 40 percent of its drinking water Ñ it will have to step up extraction from already-depleted aquifers, underground water-bearing seams of rock. Israel\'s water problem stems from population growth and an improvement in quality of life that brings a greater desire to water lawns and gardens. This winter was the fourth that Israel received less than average rainfall, with only about 50-60 percent of the average in most areas. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: July 8, 2008
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The 23rd Folklore International Festival in Israel
The 23rd folklore international festival in Israel held in Ashkelon, Israel on Friday July 11, 2008. Among the participant dance groups that we invited from all over the world - Russia, Poland, Romania, Brazil, Greece, Serbia, Gruzia and Israel attended. There were thousands of spectators form all over Israel. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: July 10, 2008
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Wedding Room - Please Wait
Every year over 5,000 Israeli couples fly to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, just a 55 minute plane trip to validate their relationship with a civil marriage ceremony. In Israel, the ultra-Orthodox rabbinical authorities exercise State-sanctioned control over family law and Jewish life cycle events; the only legal conversions, marriages, and divorces for Jewish citizens are those conducted by the Orthodox Rabbinate so many Israeli couples prefer or are forced to perform a civil marriage overseas and Cyprus is popular because of its proximity... Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: June 27, 2008
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Israel Allows Goods Including Cement into Gaza
Supplies of concrete are ready to be passed through Sufa crossing to Gaza strip on Wednesday July 2, 2008. The State of Israel opened Sufa crossing allowing supplies of fuel, wheat, animal feed and dry cement into Gaza Strip, in accordance with ceasefire agreement. Israel allowed cement into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday for the first time in a year as crossings with the Palestinian territory reopened in accordance with the ceasefire agreement with Hamas. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: July 2, 2008
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NEW INTEL PLANT OPENS IN KIRYAT GAT
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert cuts the ribbon at the opening of Intel\'s new $5 billion Fab 28 chip plant in Kiryat Gat, in Southern Israel on Tuesday July 1, 2008. Intel\'s new plant - which will be the most advanced of its kind in the world opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony and was in the presence of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Israel\'s Industry and Trade Minister Eli Yishai. Fab 28, being constructed just next to Fab 18, will be the second Intel second plant able to build 45 nanometer circuitry processors. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: July 1, 2008
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Opening of Road 6 in Israel
The opening of the Southern part of road number 6 connection to intersection Maachaz attended by Minister of Transportation and Road Safety Shaul Mofaz on Tuesday July 1, 2008. The opening was attended by the five club (moadon hachamesh) for collector cars and the museum of warriors of the negev. The opening of the part of road no. 6 creates a connection allowing a faster and easier drive from Northern Israel to Southern Israel. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: July 1, 2008
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Kassam Rocket Hits Sderot Shaking Cease-Fire Ag...
Sderot residents inspect the damage to a vacant house in that was struck by a Palestinian Kassam rocket in Sderot City, Israel on Tuesday June 24, 2008. Residents of Israel\'s south were rattled to hear the \'Color Red\' rocket alert sirens blare throughout their towns twice on Tuesday evening as two Qassam rockets crashed in near Sderot. No injuries or damage were reported. The Color Red alert preceded the landings. A mortar fired by Palestinian gunmen in Gaza late Monday night landed in Israel\'s western Negev region. The shell landed in an open area in close proximity to a community, but no injuries or damage were reported. The incident was the first breach of the ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and armed Palestinian groups in the Strip, which went into effect Thursday morning. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: June 24, 2008
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Israel Reopens Gaza Crossings
Damage left from the last mortar shell attack by Palestinian militants at Erez crossing, Israel on Sunday June 22, 2008. Karni and Erez crossings reopened for the entering of humanitarian supplies today as part of the truce deal between Israel and the Palestinian terror groups. The parents of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Schalit petitioned the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem Saturday evening block a truce deal with Hamas as long as their son remains in captivity. Noam and Aviva Schalit petitioned the court claiming that part of the deal included opening the Gaza Strip\'s crossings. They said this would allow their son\'s captors to smuggle him out and harm efforts to free him. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: June 22, 2008
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Israeli Southern Border Communities Enjoy Cease...
Residents of Kibbutz Nativ Haasara in southern Israel, relax in their swimming pool during the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant groups on Friday June 20, 2008. An Egyptian-proposed ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant groups in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip came into effect at 0600 on Thursday June 19, 2008. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: June 20, 2008
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Rocket Strikes House in Israel a Day Ahead of T...
A Sderot resident suffers from a broken leg and shock after a Kassam rocket fired from Gaza Strip struck a house causing severe damage in Sderot on Wednesday June 18, 2008. Amidst confirmations from both Israel and Hamas of a cease-fire to come into effect Thursday morning, Kassam rockets launched from the Gaza strip continued to land in various areas of the western Negev, with one scoring a direct hit on a house in Sderot on Wednesday. One woman broke her leg and other residents suffered from shock. Egypt announced a six-month agreement on Tuesday, saying it would begin Thursday at 6 a.m. Hamas confirmed the deal shortly afterward. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: June 18, 2008
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Revealing of Hidden Canaanite Ancient Gate in A...
A recently discovered ancient gate in Ashkelon was revealed today in a public opening ceremony in Ashkelon Reserve on Wednesday June 18, 2008. This gate is the most arched gate in the world. The gate was constructed in approx. 1850 BCE as part of the city\'s fortification system. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: June 18, 2008
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Israeli Army on High Alert as Pre-Truce Kassam ...
Israel Defense Forces are on high alert and are patrolling the border between Israel and Gaza after a large barrage of Kassam rockets were fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza strip into Israel on Wednesday June 18, 2008. Amidst confirmations from both Israel and Hamas of a cease-fire to come into effect Thursday morning, Kassam rockets launched from the Gaza strip continued to land in various areas of the western Negev on Wednesday. Egypt announced a six-month agreement on Tuesday, saying it would begin Thursday at 6 a.m. Hamas confirmed the deal shortly afterward. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: June 18, 2008
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Fed Up Southern Israeli Residents Protest Again...
Israeli youth protest against Israel giving fuel aid to Gaza Strip in Ashkelon city on Wednesday June 18, 2008. Hundreds of residents from Israeli communities suffering from Gaza rocket barrages have launched a campaign to actively oppose what they call the State\'s \'disengagement\' from the western Negev. Their first order of business was staging a tax strike. Protest the government\'s inaction in the face of daily attacks from Palestinian terror groups. The residents fear the situation may continue to escalate despite the ceasefire agreement. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: June 18, 2008
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Negev Residents Call on Matan Vilnai to Quit
Negev residents call on Vilnai to quit after he tells them to endure Qassams on Tusday Jun 17 2008.Matan Vilnai is an Israeli politician and a former Major General in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). He is currently Deputy Defense Minister.Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye
Date: June 17, 2008
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Israeli Man Moderately Wounded by Kassam Rocket
A man was moderately wounded Monday and several people were in shock after a Kassam rocket landed in Ashkelon city, Israel near a local market on Monday June 16, 2008. Earlier on Monday, The Israel Defense Force killed three Islamic Jihad terrorists after they were spotted planting explosives along the border fence in the southern Gaza Strip, near the Sufa crossing. Givati Brigade troops crossed into the Palestinian side of the crossing and gunned the three men down. One of the bombs went off, but no one was wounded. The IDF said that two bombs, rifles and other weapons were found in the Palestinians\' possession. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: June 16, 2008
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New Coal Power Station in Ashkelon
Israeli National Resource Committee has approved a new coal power station to be built in Ashkelon on Monday Jun 16 2008. After five years of struggle by Ashkelon city residents, Greenpeace and other green organizations, came to an end today when the Israeli National Resource Committee approved a new coal power station to be built in Ashkelon. Protesters believe that it is cleaner and better for our society to use solar technology instead of building new coal power stations near populated cities. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: May 25, 2008
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Israeli Gaza Belt Farmers Block Transfer of Goo...
Israeli residents from the surrounding area of Gaza Strip are blocking Sufa commercial crossing on Sunday June 15 2008. Dozens of farmers and residents of Gaza belt communities blocked the transfer of goods to Gaza at the Sufa border crossing Sunday morning in protest of the incessant Kassam rocket and mortar shell fire at southern Israel. The agricultural workers were demanding a freeze in Israeli aid to Gazans. All photos by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: June 15, 2008
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Israel Strives for Truce while IDF prepares for...
Israel Defense forces prepare to enter Gaza Strip in Kibbutz Kissufim on Wednesday June 11, 2008. Following Wednesday\'s five-hour Jerusalem meeting on the situation in Gaza, which took place in the midst of another mortar barrage on the western Negev, the political-security cabinet issued a statement saying Israel would give Egypt to broker a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian terror groups a chance but at the same time gear up for a possible wide-scale operation in the Strip. Ministers who took part in the meeting were asked not to comment on it. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: June 11, 2008
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Funeral of Man Killed in Mortar Attack
Funeral of Arnon Rosenberg in Kibbutz Nirim on Friday June 6, 2008 who was killed yesterday in Kibbutz Nir Oz. Arnon Rosenberg was killed, two others were seriously wounded and a fourth suffered light injuries on Thursday when a mortar shell fired from the Gaza Strip hit a factory in the western Negev kibbutz of Nir Oz. The mortar was one of three mortar shells fired into the area. Factory workers said they had walked outside after hearing the first two mortars hit when they were struck by the third. The wounded were evacuated to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba. Several people suffered from shock and were treated by Magen David Adom teams at the scene. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: June 6, 2008
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Car Accident in Israel
A deadly car accident occurred this after noon at Hoddiya intersection on highway 3 on Tuesday June 09 2008. A direct collision between two cars caused a deadly car accident. Two people were moderately wounded and one woman was severely wounded and was evacuated to hospital via emergency helicopter .Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye
Date: June 10, 2008
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Hundreds of members of kibbutz Gevim are celebr...
Hundreds of members of kibbutz Gevim are celebrating Shavuot Jewish Holiday in an open field outside Gaza Strip in Israel on Sunday 08 May 2008. This year many kibbutz’s around Gaza Strip decided to cancel their yearly celebrations because of the high risk of terror attacks over their communities by terrorists attacking them by firing Qassam/Kassam rockets or mortar shells from Gaza Strip. Shavuot-The Festival of Weeks and Day of the First Fruits ,marks the conclusion of the Counting of the Omer and the day the Torah was given to the Jewish people at Mount Sinai and on Shavuot they were given the Torah and became a nation committed to serving God. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chamaleons Eye
Date: June 8, 2008
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Hamir Sail 2008
80 Yachts with 200 sailors from 20 foreign countries arrived at Ashkelon Marina as part of Hamir Sail 2008 on Sunday 08 May 2008. Hamir Sail started at the end if April in Istanbul Turkey and sailed through Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon and Israel towards Port Said in Egypt. The purpose of the sailing expedition is to tie up the cooperation between the countries in the area and to promote peace in the Middle East. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chmaleons Eye
Date: June 8, 2008
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Man Killed, Two Seriously Wounded in Mortar Attack
Israeli police, zaka and emergency crew are working to retrieve the body of a man that was killed by a mortar shell in Kibbutz Nir Oz on Thursday June 5, 2008. One man was killed, two others were seriously wounded and a fourth suffered light injuries noontime Thursday when a mortar shell fired from the Gaza Strip hit a factory in the western Negev kibbutz of Nir Oz. The mortar was one of three mortar shells fired into the area. Factory workers said they had walked outside after hearing the first two mortars hit when they were struck by the third. The wounded were evacuated to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba. Several people suffered from shock and were treated by Magen David Adom teams at the scene. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: June 5, 2008
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International Film Festival Returns to Sderot
Ornit and Shlomi Alkabetz at the opening of the 7th Cinema International Film Festival in Sderot on Sunday June 1, 2008. The 7th Cinema International Film Festival returns to Sderot after being held in Netivot due to the constant Kassam rocket attacks on the city. Many famous actors and politicians from all over Israel attended the opening of the festival including Israeli President Shimon Peres and the Israeli Minister of Culture and Sport, Raleb Majadele. In the event Ornit and Shlomi Alkabetz were honored with a prize for the film \
Date: June 1, 2008
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Unique Car Voyage Ends in Sderot
Sderot residents are viewing the unique cars that arrived from London in Sderot Israel on Sunday June 1, 2008. The voyage of 27 sports and collective cars that started in London, England arrived in Sderot today. The car owners came to support sderot by letting the public view and ride in the cars. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: June 1, 2008
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Funeral of Woman Killed Yesterday by Rocket
The funeral of a 70-year-old woman who was killed on Monday by a Kassam rocket in the presence of her close family, friends and Kibbutz members in Kibbutz Gvaram on Tuesday May 13, 2008. The victim was named as Shuli Katz, of Kibbutz Gvaram. The rocket hit a house yesterday in Moshav Yesha, where Katz was a guest, 15 kilometers (9 miles) east of Gaza. The rocket struck farther away than the usual targets of rockets fired by Gaza militants. The attack came as the Egyptian chief of intelligence wrapped up talks with Israel about a truce with Hamas to end rocket attacks and Israeli reprisals. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the deadly rocket, apparently a Grad, after two similar rockets exploded in the southern city of Ashkelon in the morning. Islamic Jihad has fired most of the Grad rockets, while other Gaza militant groups aim crude homemade rockets at Israeli villages. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: May 13, 2008
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The Movement for Quality Government in Israel C...
The Movement for Quality Government in Israel Calling to the Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to Resign! on Wednesday May 28 2008.The protest in the front of the PM Ehud Olmert home in Jerusalem came after the American fund raiser Morris Talansky who is suspected of giving a sum of large cash to PM Ehud Olmert testified at the Jerusalem District Court this morning. The Movement for Quality Government in Israel calls to the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to Resign immediately after hearing the hard accusation for corruption. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye
Date: May 28, 2008
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Israeli residents from the surrounding area of ...
Israeli residents from the surrounding area of Gaza Strip are blocking Sufa commercial crossing on Monday May 26 2008. The Israeli residents are protesting against the terror from Gaza strip and against the Qassam rocket attacks towards their communities. A protester said:” If the Palestinians think that we are not good for them why are they eating the food that we provide them?\
Date: May 26, 2008
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Suicide Bomber Blows Up Truck at Gaza Crossing,...
Damage to the separation wall by a Palestinian suicide bomber attack at Erez Crossing, Israel on Thursday May 22, 2008. A Palestinian bomber blew up an explosives-laden truck on the Palestinian side of the Erez crossing on the Israel-Gaza Strip border early Thursday morning. The driver was the only casualty in the attempted attack. The main force of the explosion took place on the Palestinian side of the border; however one house in Netiv Ha\'asara was reported damaged. The military was investigating the circumstances of the explosion. Islamic Jihad officials reported that one of their men was responsible for the explosion. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: May 22, 2008
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Achlama Peretz,Wife of Amir Peretz is Running f...
Achlama Peretz,Wife of Amir Peretz is Running for Position of Sderot City Mayor.Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye
Date: May 20, 2008
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78 Injured as Grad Rocket Hits Ashkelon Shoppin...
Shoppers in Hutzot Shopping Center are injured after a Katyusha type rocket fired from Gaza strip hit the center in Ashkelon, Wednesday May 14, 2008. At least 78 people were wounded Wednesday evening, including a baby girl and her mother, when a Grad rocket fired from Gaza hit the Hutzot Shopping Center in Ashkelon. MDA said that the baby was listed in moderate condition, her mother and two others were seriously wounded, two people were in moderate condition and nine people, including two children, were lightly hurt. A few people were still trapped under the rubble. Dozens of people were treated for shock. The casualties were evacuated to the city\'s Barzilai Hospital. The rocket hit the top floor of the building, where offices and clinics are located, and the shopping mall sustained considerable damage. Witnesses said an early warning siren meant to give a few seconds for people to take cover did not sound before the rocket slammed into the mall. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: May 14, 2008
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78 Injured as Grad Rocket Hits Ashkelon Shoppin...