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| November 6, 2016
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Israel’s No.1 Arab news presenter: ‘No one will shut me up.’

 

view videoLucy Aharish, Israel’s best known Arab TV anchor has gotten used to criticism & threats from every possible direction. Now she’s firing back at her critics: At the ‘whining’ Arabs, at Israel’s ‘enlightened’ liberals, and at the Jews who expect her to convert.

By Yehuda Nuriel

 

We have gotten so used to Lucy Aharish’s presence on our screen, to her pleasant personality and to the words coming out of her heart, that we have forgotten how dangerous it actually is to be Lucy Aharish.

lucy-aharish-photo-gabriel-baharaliaTo be more exact, we have gotten used to it. We have gotten used to the regular buzz of threats against her. Continue Reading »

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| February 28, 2013
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Arab policewoman threatened by villagers

A Muslim policewoman was called ‘traitor’ for ‘serving in occupation army, oppressing her nation’ by fellow villagers.

Police say her life may be in danger

Yaron Doron

 

An Arab-Muslim female police officer serving in the Jerusalem District received death threats accusing her of being a “traitor”.

Israel Police cruiser – Yair Sagi

 

A resident of a village in northern Israel, where the officer herself lives, published her picture on the internet and wrote that she is a “traitor”. He also wrote that she is “serving in the occupation army oppressing her nation.”

The police are not taking the threats lightly and she has been placed on a threatened-persons list. Continue Reading »

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| November 12, 2012
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U.S. Recruits Israeli App Ingenuity After Super-‘Sandy’

US gov’t recruited assistance of Israeli-developed app Waze, to deal with fuel shortages along the East Coast in disaster aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

By Rachel Hirshfeld

 

The U.S. government and the Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) recruited the assistance of an Israeli-developed smart-phone app to deal with gasoline shortages on the East Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

people stand in line for gas after Hurricane Sandy

people stand in line for gas after Hurricane Sandy – Reuters

The government agencies called the offices of the navigation app Waze, which combines elements of social networking to assist drivers, and asked for assistance in determining where to send gasoline trucks in New Jersey, the technology news website GigaOM reported. Continue Reading »

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