Terror Attack near Beit Shemesh

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8:51 AM Body of missing American terror victim, Christine Logan, found.

7:05 AM Kaye Susan Wilson (46), Olah ('91) from England, named as first victim in Beit Shemesh terror attack. Currently hospitalized. No information released yet regarding second missing woman.

8:37 PM Attempted terror attack near Hadassah Mount Scopus hospital. Terrorist (recently freed from jail) tried to stab woman. Woman got away. Terrorist caught.

7:11PM Mada reports that the stabbed girl is 26. No additional details on terror attack are being released at the moment due to censor.

6:19 PM Conflicting reports on some details of the terror victims.

Attack occurred in the Matah Forest (near Beit Shemesh). New reports the victims were 2 Israeli women in their 20s. One victim is still missing. The stabbed woman is in "Matzav Kasheh" (very badly wounded).

6:14 PM A terror attack has been reported near Beit Shemesh. A 46 year old woman was found with her hands tied and multiple stab wounds. Who friend still hasn't been found and is believed to have been killed. Police and IDF are looking for 2 Arabs.

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Replant a Forest (Public Service Message)

This past Tuesday, June 29, over 300,000 trees (yes, 300,000, not 30,000 like some papers are mistakenly reporting) burned down near Beit Shemesh and other places throughout the country including in the Galilee, Rosh Haayin, Tzur Hadassah, Motza, Nof Carmel, to name a few. The Jerusalem Post has a pretty comprehensive list posted.

The police suspect arson/terror in at least some of the cases. JNF chairman Eli Stenzler is calling it 'Ecological Terrorism".

Some 750 acres of forest are now gone. Natural animal habitats have been destroyed. It's the largest fire in Israel in years. It's going to take a year just to clean up the damage, and years to restore the forests.

4 firemen were injured battling the fire.

What can you do?

The JNF needs to raise $1,000,000 to restore the forests. (Link fixed)

If you click on the link you can donate and see how much they've raised so far.



Israel is the only country in the world that completes each year with more trees than it started off with. It would be a shame for 2010 to be any different.

Over 300,000 trees burned down in Israel on June 29...

Help JNF replant these forests!

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Historical First: Ministry of Education Suspends Bigoted Beis Yaakov Principal

For the first time in Israel's history, the Education Ministry has suspended the school principal of an "Independent Educational" school of the Chareidi Educational system in Israel.

Israel Radio reported that a Beis Yaakov principal in Beit Shemesh threatened to isolate a 6 year old Sephardi student. The principal told the girl's parents that if they insisted on keeping her in the school, their daughter will be forced to suffer social isolation and will become a 'museum exhibit.'"

Israel's Ministry of Education suspended the principal for a year and said they have adopted a zero tolerance policy towards Ashkenazi-Sephardi discrimination.

source: Voice of Israel radio, Kikar Shabbat.

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