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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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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...
Rescue and emergency teams assses the damage to Hutzot Shopping Center from a Katyusha type rocket fired from Gaza strip 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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Actor Jonathan Voight Visits Sderot
Actor Jonathan Voight is viewing a Kassam rocket in Sderot on Tuesday May 13, 2008. Jon Voight is an Academy Award-winning American film actor. He has had a long and distinguished career as both a leading man and, in recent years, character actor, with an extensive range. He is also the father of actress Angelina Jolie. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: May 13, 2008
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Alternative Yom Haatzmaut Protesters in Sderot
Israelis across the country gathered in Sderot on Friday May 2, 2008 for an
Date: May 2, 2008
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Large Fire in Ashkelon Nature Reserve
A fire which erupted on Friday May 2, 2008 in the nature reserve near the industrial area of Ashkelon, burned large areas of grass and woodland. There were no reports of casualties and fire fighters worked to put out the flames. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: May 2, 2008
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Qassam Barrage Hits Western Negev
Israeli bomb squad evacuate a Kassam rocket fired by militants from Gaza Strip that landed close to Kibbutz Nir Am on Thursday, May 1, 2008. At least 12 Qassam rockets were fired from Gaza on Thursday afternoon. Seven fell in the area of Sderot, and at least two fell in open spaces near Ashkelon. One of the rockets fell near a high school in Sderot, while another fell in a kibbutz in Sha\'ar Hanegev Regional Council, damaging a house. Four Sderot residents were treated for shock, including three high school students. The barrage came directly after a Hamas terrorist involved in the capture of IDF soldier Gilad Schalit was killed Thursday in an IAF strike in southern Gaza. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: May 1, 2008
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Israel Remembers the Holocaust
Israelis respect and remember the Holocaust by visiting the Holocaust Museum in Kibbutz Yad Mordechai on Thursday, May 1, 2008. In an annual ritual, drivers switch off their engines and people put aside their daily activities to stand in silence in tribute to the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis, as the country marks its annual Holocaust Remembrance Day. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: May 1, 2008
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Kassam Lands in Back Yard as Rocket Barrage Con...
Israeli bomb squad unit are inspecting and removing a Kassam rocket fired by Palestinian militants from northern Gaza Strip that landed in a back yard of a home in South Ashkelon on Wednesday April 30, 2008. Rocket attacks continued late Wednesday afternoon, with one hitting the yard of a house south of Ashkelon, causing light damage to the home and sending a woman into shock. The woman was taken to Barzilai Hospital for treatment. Another rocket landed in a kibbutz field in the western Negev. The latest attacks brought Wednesday\'s tally of rocket attacks to 15. Other rockets hit open areas and fires broke out in several fields. Despite talk of a cease-fire between Israel, Hamas, and the other Palestinian factions, the western Negev has seen no relief from the continued Kassam rocket barrages. On Tuesday, at least 16 rockets hit the area, with one causing serious damage to a house in Sderot. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: April 30, 2008
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Girl in Ashdod Missing for Two Days
Ultra Orthodox Jewish volunteers are searching fields and orchards for a missing girl in Ashdod City, Israel on Tuesday April 29, 2008. The 22 year old girl who had mental disabilities, went missing two days ago on the 27 April 2008 after returning from her daily meeting in the local community center in Ashdod. Her worried parents alarmed the police, which then started to carry out a city-wide search. Her and her belongings have yet to be discovered. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: April 29, 2008
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Rocket Strikes Home; Mortar Shells Hit Southern...
Damage to a building in Sderot caused by a Kassam rocket fired by militants in Gaza Strip on Tuesday April 29, 2008. Palestinian terrorists fired 10 Qassam rockets into Israel on Tuesday morning at the time Sderot children were making their way to school. One of the ten Kassam rockets fired hit a Sderot home, causing damage and sending three people into shock. A clinic in the Sha\'ar Hanegev region was also damaged when two mortars hit the area. A rocket also landed near the entrance to a Sha\'ar Hanegev neighborhood and another exploded near a western Negev kibbutz. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: April 29, 2008
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Palestinian Militants Fire Rocket Barrage into ...
Damage to a house from a Kassam rocket that landed in Sderot on Monday April 28, 2008. A barrage of Qassam rockets and mortar shells was fired by terror organizations towards the Gaza vicinity communities Monday, shortly after a mother and her four children were killed in an Israel Defense Forces strike in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun. One of the rockets exploded near a school in Sderot and another sparked a fire in an open field. On Sunday, militants fired three Qassam rockets at southern Israel. Two of those rockets exploded in Sderot and a third hit Kibbutz Zikim, south of Ashkelon. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: April 28, 2008
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7 Palestinians Killed in IDF Gaza Strike
Israel Defense Forces are returning from an operation in Northern Gaza Strip outside Erez Crossing and Beit Hanoun on Monday April 28, 2008. Seven Palestinians were killed and six were wounded in an IDF attack on a home in the northern Gaza Strip, Israel Radio quoted Palestinian sources as saying Monday morning. A police officer examines the remains of a Kassam rocket that landed near a high school in Ashkelon. Palestinians said that among the dead was a mother and her four children, all of whom ranged in age from 6 down to 15 months. In addition, two Palestinian gunmen were killed. According to the IDF, an aircraft was used to attack a group of armed Palestinian gunmen. There was no confirmation about the success of the attack. Meanwhile, Kassam rockets continued to pound the western Negev on Monday. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: April 28, 2008
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Marking 1000 Days Since the Disengagement
Ex-Gaza strip settlers protest near northern Gaza Strip border on Sunday 27, 2008. A few hundred activists seeking to resettle the evacuated Gaza settlements, marched toward the evacuated settlements at Nissanit and Eli Sinai in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, marking 1000 days since the disengagement. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: April 27, 2008
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Food Crisis Reaches Israel, Stores Ration Rice ...
Sugat rice factory in Kiryat Gat on Sunday April 27, 2008. Branches of Israeli supermarket chains have placed limits on the amount of rice they will allow customers to purchase. The limits were enacted in response to an expected worldwide shortage of rice. Photo by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye.
Date: April 27, 2008
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Jewish Moroccans Celebrate Mimuna