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The article reports on the publication of an article by Arabic newspaper "The Arab Voice" which alleges that Wikileaks website founded by Julian Assange and Israel has conspired to withhold documents that might embarrass the Jewish state.

An interview with gay Israeli filmmaker Tomer Heymann about his documentary film "Paper Dolls" is presented. When asked why he decided to make the documentary, he states that he wanted to understand the experiences of Filipino female impersonators in Israel. He asserts that issues about female impersonators bring something new to the culture of Israel. He relates what he feels when he is dressed like a woman.

For the last six years, The Berkeley Daily Planet has published a freewheeling assortment of submissions from readers, who offer sharp-elbowed views on everything from raucous college parties (generally bad) to the war in Iraq (ditto). But since March, that running commentary has been under attack by a small but vociferous group of critics who accuse the paper's editor, Becky O'Malley, of publishing too many letters and other commentary pieces critical of Israel. Those accusations are the basis of a campaign to drive away the paper's advertisers and a Web site that strongly suggests The Planet and its editor are anti-Semitic. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Franz Kafka's final wish before his death in 1924 -- that his papers be burned -- was famously defied by his friend, the writer Max Brod. The world got ''The Trial,'' ''The Castle'' and the adjective Kafkaesque; Mr. Brod got the papers. When Mr. Brod fled to Tel Aviv from Prague on the last train out in 1939 as the Nazis rolled in, he had with him a suitcase full of Kafka's documents. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article focuses on an alleged involvement of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a corruption related to a newspaper, referencing a report released by Channel 2, a commercial television station, and mentions that Netanyahu proposed helping publisher Yediot Aharonot financially.

The author argues against the restrictions posed on the freedom of Israeli media.

Reports that Israeli intelligence agents married Muslim women to infiltrate Israel's Arab communities. Activities of the Shin Bet intelligence agency; Number of Arabs in Israel; Assumption of different identities; Break up of the Shin Bet; The idea seen as a mistake; Israel's other undercover operations.

The article informs that a secret package that consisted of master copies of 12th-grade workbooks has been smuggled from Amman, Jordan, to the Israeli-occupied West Bank for high-school seniors in the territory to receive their diplomas. The workbooks are of the Al-Quds Open University, a non-traditional institution which is supported by grants from the Palestine Liberation Organization.

The article reports that An-Najah University, an Arab institution in Nablus in the West Bank, was closed by the Israeli military after the campus was found positive of weapons and publications containing terrorist acts against Israel. The search was in response after the Palestine Week opening, where terrorist acts against Israel had been conspicuously displayed. The university will be kept closed for four months according to an Israeli spokesman.

Reports on the alleged violation of academic freedom of Bir Zeit University in Jerusalem by the Israeli military government. Reasons of the military government for not allowing the university's library to acquire certain Arabic books and periodicals; Failure of the government to exempt the university from custom duties on imported equipment; Negative results of the failure of the government to respond to requests for residence permits for visiting instructors.

Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Thursday that Israeli and Palestinian negotiators exchanged position papers at a meeting this week, but neither side held out the promise of a breakthrough. The talks in Amman, Jordan, between the Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat and the Israeli negotiator Yitzhak Molho were the first direct discussions between the sides in more than 15 months. They will reconvene in Amman on Monday, the State Department said. ''It is clear to me that the document presented to Yitzhak Molho by Saeb Erekat is unacceptable in its present state, and I imagine that the Palestinians will not accept what was presented by Molho,'' Mr. Barak told Israeli radio. ''Long negotiations await us.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ISTANBUL -- A Turkish newspaper published the names and photographs on Monday of more than 140 Israeli soldiers who the paper said took part in the raid on a Turkish flotilla to Gaza last year that ended with the death of nine passengers and created a diplomatic standoff between Turkey and Israel. The newspaper, Sabah, said the Turkish government began searching for the soldiers' identities after the Israeli authorities failed to cooperate in an investigation that prosecutors in Turkey said could lead to legal action. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports on the corruption accusations that threaten the candidacy of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel.

Reports on the criticisms against an article written by Abtissam Moflehi that focused on the abuses of Israeli soldiers against Palestinians.

Focuses on documents given to the U.S. that Israeli officials say link Yasir Arafat with Palestinian militant attacks. Claims that the documents prove that Arafat financed and oversaw the attacks; View that Israel is attempting to blunt U.S. pressure to halt its military offensive in the West Bank; Response of Palestinian officials; Claims that the documents were recovered at Arafat's headquarters; Possible link of moderate Jabril Rajoub with terrorism; Overview of the documents.

Focuses on the alleged evidence which proves that Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat paid members of his Fatah faction accused of terrorist acts against Israeli civilians.

Discusses how United States President Bill Clinton has intervened the peace talks between Israel and Syria. Remarks from a diplomat involved in the talks; Comments from State Department spokesman James P. Rubin; Issues to negotiate first by Israel and Syria.

Reports that the United States House Commerce Committee and its chairman Republican Thomas Bliley Jr. of Virginia have subpoenaed highly sensitive tobacco-industry documents during the week of April 22, 1998. Arguments by Roberta Walburn, an attorney at law; Background information on litigation surrounding the tobacco industry.

Reports that approximately 39,000 more tobacco-industry documents were subpoenaed by United States' House Commerce Committee Chairman Thomas Bliley of Virginia. When the documents must by turn over to the committee; Information on the documents subpoenaed; Details on the issue.

Reports on the request of the four largest United States cigarette makers that Ramsey County District Judge Kenneth Fitzpatrick, allow them to release more than 33 million pages of internal documents being used against them in a lawsuit. Release of information from the formerly confidential documents in Minnesota's lawsuit against the tobacco industry; When the tobacco companies turned over the documents to Fitzpatrick; Names of the tobacco companies.

Reports on Procter & Gamble Co.'s filing with the Israeli Ministry of Industry and Trade to seek dismissal of a preliminary decision that sought to impose duties on the company for selling Pampers diapers at below-market prices. Complaint by Amir Paper Products, Israel's leading diaper manufacturer, that P&G is dumping Pampers made in Germany into the Israeli market at below-market prices.

The article explores the personal experiences of Alexander Smukler, a Jew who grew up in the Soviet Union, and draws parallels between his upbringing and the current situation in the United States and the diaspora. Smukler emphasizes the fear and discrimination faced by Jews in the Soviet Union and the significance of Israel as a source of inspiration and identity for Russian-speaking Jews. He shares his own journey of overcoming fear and embracing his Jewish heritage. The article also discusses Smukler's disagreement with Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen's views on Israel and Gaza, arguing for unconditional support for Israel based on his personal experiences with antisemitism. Smukler highlights the role of Israel in providing freedom and opportunities for immigrants like Gessen's family. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses an academic paper titled "Cannabis Usage in Tourism: A Sociological Perspective," by Yaniv Belhassen, Carla Almeida Santos, and Natan Uriely. The three authors are from the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. The paper was published in the July 2007 issue of the periodical "Leisure Studies." According to the article the study examines the social forces that shape tourists' motives in consuming cannabis while on vacation. The paper also explores the larger issue of the normalization of cannabis use in Western societies.

The article focuses on the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas, with topics including a deadly explosion in Gaza, international condemnations, Israel's efforts to oust Hamas, and the risk of a regional war. It is discussed that Hamas is considered a terrorist organization by several countries and organizations, including the United States, the European Union, Israel, Canada, and many others.

The article reports on an open letter published by Israeli chief rabbi David Lau calling on educators to deal with reports of child abuse.

The article highlights that since 1967, Israel has demolished around 2000 homes of Palestinian attackers in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem as a way of punishing families; and critics raises collective punishment that violates international law, but Israel argues that it acts as a deterrent.

The article reports that David Bernstein's pro-Islamic Israel campus organization has proposed novel strategy for Israel advocacy on campuses. The group's white paper titled "A Burning Campus? Rethinking Israel Advocacy at America's University's and Colleges" found that pro-Israel campus activism is not generally strategic. The David's Project recommends programs that can help students develop informed opinions about Israel that are free of misinformation and bias.

The article cites a study conducted by researcher Doron Nof and his colleagues which states that when Jesus took his legendary stroll on the surface of the Sea of Galilee, he might have actually been walking on a floating ice patch. In a paper in the April 2006 issue of the "Journal of Paleolimnology," Nof and his colleagues describe a phenomenon called "springs ice," in which warm saltwater springs flow into a fresh-water lake. If the atmospheric conditions are right, they argue, patches of the lake that are not saltwater could freeze four to six inches thick. And that, speculates Nof, is what Jesus might have walked on.

But the first Jewish federation, set up in what later came to be called MetroWest to help support, educate, and engage Jewish families, is a full century old now.) In early July, 500 people from MetroWest flew to Israel and filled 12 buses as they toured the country, exploring both what the federation had done for Israel and what Israel had done for the Jewish community, its citizens, and the world. She was fascinated by "seeing Israel through the eyes of people who didn't have a real relationships with Israel; hadn't been there ever, or for a very long time", she said. When Ethan and Linda Denkensohn of Scotch Plains disembarked at Ben-Gurion Airport, it was their first trip to Israel. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports that artifacts from Israel suggest that people developed language and other key abilities early in their evolution. The earliest Acheulean finds in Africa date to about 1.6 million years ago. At the Jordan River site, Naama Goren-Inbar, an archaeologist from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and her colleagues sifted through the gravel they had unearthed to extract tiny pieces of burned stone, wood and seeds, some only two millimeters long. Most recently, she and her colleagues argued in a paper published in the journal "Science," in 2004 that the earliest humans at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov used and controlled fire.

* Tobacco may be wacko, as thepublic service advertisements say,but that didn't stop Yisrael Porushfrom celebrating Purim this week byhanding out cigarettes to kids. Yisrael Porush's father, Meir Porush, is a leader of theUnited Torah Judaism Party and Israel's Minister of JerusalemAffairs and Jewish Tradition. A video posted to social media onTuesday showed teen boys crowdingaround Porush, who said "thereis enough for everyone" as he dispensedthe cancer sticks as prizes foranswering a Torah quiz correctly. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses great power rivalry including Ukraine, Fiji and Israel. Topics including the US accuses China of siding with Russia in the war in Ukraine; the Pacific Islands Forum shows a united front against China's efforts to form its own blocs; and in Israel, settlers went on a rampage in a Palestinian town and violence in the West Bank escalates.

The article focuses on a report titled "The Inheritance of Abraham" published by the Church of Scotland, a social care association, which rejects the claims that scripture offers a privileged claim to Jewish in Israel.

The article focuses on Israel's efforts to become the 41st country to join the U.S. Visa Waiver Program (VWP) with topics including the criteria for qualifying, such as reducing rejected visa applications, sharing biometric data and ensuring equal treatment for U.S. citizens.

The article speculates on the deterioration of relations between Israel and the U.S. citing a paper published by Washington think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies. The report suggested that strains in their relationship transcend any single administration and have resulted in deep-seated disagreements particularly over a peace agreement with Palestinians. It stresses that the peace process is a major priority for the U.S. which could be having a redoubt of pro-Israelism.

Sgt. Joseph Gitarts, a 25-year-old soldier in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), was killed in a tank explosion in south Gaza. Before his death, he wrote a letter to his parents expressing his love for them and his pride in serving his country. The letter, which has gained widespread attention in Israel, has been seen as a symbol of patriotism and has sparked an outpouring of support for his family. Gitarts, who was born in the United States and held citizenship in three countries, had a promising future as a data scientist and had aspirations to make a difference in people's lives. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on a recent survey indicating overwhelming Palestinian support for Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel. Topics include the implications of this support for ongoing Israeli-Palestinian relations, the role of violence in the absence of diplomacy sand varying interpretations of the survey's findings by analysts and the survey revealed extensive Palestinian backing for Hamas and indicated a lack of faith in diplomacy to resolve the Israeli occupation.

US President Joe Biden has called for a ceasefire in the war in Gaza and urged Israel to allow more aid to enter the region. This shift in policy comes after an attack by Israel that killed seven aid workers. Israel has agreed to open additional land crossings and a port near Gaza to increase the flow of aid, but the United Nations agency in Gaza has disputed the figures, stating that many of the aid trucks were only half full. Aid groups are calling for more supplies to prevent a famine, particularly in northern Gaza. [Extracted from the article]

This article reports on the lawsuit filed by the parents of Menachem Zivotofsky, together with other Israeli-born American citizens, against the U.S. State Department for noting only Jerusalem as their birthplace in their U.S. passport. Despite the 2002 federal legislation which entitles Americans born in Jerusalem to have Israel listed on their official papers as their country of birth, the State Department still continues to omit Israel in their passport citing foreign policy issues.

The article focuses on Israel reaching a four-day ceasefire in the Israel-Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya (Hamas) war, with Hamas offering to release hostages in exchange for freeing Palestinian prisoners and delivering more humanitarian aid. It describes that the peace might be extended by 24 hours for every 10 new hostages released. It emphasizes how the battle has rendered northern Gaza untenable, with the majority of the population fleeing and infrastructure destroyed.

The United Synagogue of Hoboken, a diverse Conservative community with many Israeli members, is hosting a benefit concert for Israeli aid groups. The concert will feature classical, Yiddish, and Israeli music, as well as poetry and performances by the synagogue's choir. The event will take place in the synagogue's historic building, which has a state-of-the-art sound system and a rich history of hosting concerts. The synagogue has also been involved in other initiatives to support Israel, including a weekly walk to raise awareness for hostages and the sale of wristbands with the names of kidnapped hostages. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the diverse volunteer efforts in Israel to support soldiers and victims affected by the Hamas attack. Israelis, both individuals and businesses, are mobilizing to provide essential supplies, including food, hygiene products, and protective gear, to soldiers on the front lines, evacuees, and fellow citizens in affected areas. It showcases a widespread community response during the ongoing crisis.