Tag: YNet

  • Ynet: Bulldozer driver testifies in Rachel Corrie case

    21 October 2010 | YNet News The bulldozer driver who ran over Rachel Corrie in Gaza in 2003 said Thursday he did not realize he had trampled the American left-wing activist to death until he heard what had happened over the radio network. The driver, whose name has not been released, testified during a Haifa District…

  • YNet: 1,000 rally for Sheikh Jarrah

    Ronen Medzin, Ynet 6 August 2010 Arab, Jewish left-wing activists mark first anniversary of protests against evacuation of Palestinian families from east Jerusalem neighborhood in favor of Jews. Rallies held in Tel Aviv, Nazareth, Haifa as well More than 1,000 people across Israel on Friday took part in activities marking one year since Jewish residents…

  • Transportation Ministry to Hebraize road signs

    Udi Etzion | YNet News 13 July 2009 Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz recently ordered a change in roadside signs across Israel’s highways so that the all names appearing on them in English and Arabic would be a direct transliteration of Hebrew. For example, the sign directing drivers to Jerusalem would read Yerushalayim, Nazareth will become…