Aron Heller

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Finance minister calls status quo threat to Israel

Aron Heller · February 17, 2014 6:06 pm

Israeli police officers on horses disperse a crowd of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during a demonstration in Jerusalem, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. Israeli police said thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews are blocking highways across the country to protest plans to enlist them into the military. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest pending Israeli draft

Aron Heller · February 6, 2014 7:55 pm

A bulldozer works on a Palestinian home demolished in East Jerusalem Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, Three Palestinian homes were demolished in the neighborhood, as the Israeli planners Wednesday gave final approval for 558 apartments in Jewish settlements in war-won east Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

US Jewish leader criticizes Israel boycott drive

Aron Heller · February 6, 2014 6:56 pm

A general view of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Psagot near Ramallah, Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. The Palestinians' "extreme and reckless" rejection of an Israeli suggestion that some Jewish settlers remain in a future Palestinian state proves that they don't want peace, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Monday. The harshly worded statement follows a flurry of back-and-forth condemnations sparked by an Associated Press report that Netanyahu believes all Jewish settlers should have the right to remain in their homes in a future Palestine. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israel criticizes Palestinian stance on settlers

Aron Heller · January 27, 2014 6:19 pm

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. (AP Photos/Ronen Zvulun, Pool)

Israeli official: Palestine should allow settlers

Aron Heller · January 26, 2014 8:14 pm

Israel warns of growing jihadi threat from Syria

Aron Heller · January 24, 2014 8:11 pm

Israeli opposition chief doubts Netanyahu’s ‘guts’

Aron Heller · January 21, 2014 4:12 pm

** FILE ** In this Sept. 30, 2000 file image from television, Jamal al-sutra signals his position while protecting his 12-year-old son Mohammed al-Dura, as they shelter behind a barrel from crossfire near Netzarim Jewish settlement in the southern Gaza Strip. More than a dozen years later, the death of a Palestinian boy allegedly shot by Israeli troops in Gaza continues to stir emotions on both sides of the conflict. A new Israeli report that tries to debunk the Palestinian narrative of the incident shows no signs of ending the saga, which for Palestinians has became a symbol of Israeli oppression and for Israel is a nasty smear campaign aimed at demonizing it. (AP Photo/France 2, Fille) ** NO SALES TV OUT ***FRANCE OUT ***

Israel, Palestinians still arguing over epic image

Aron Heller · May 20, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands by his wife Sara as she casts her ballot at a polling station in Jerusalem. As his government is slashing welfare benefits and hiking takes for the working class to overcome a huge deficit, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is finding himself under fire again for his lavish lifestyle. (AP Photo/Uriel Sinai, File)

Israeli leader under fire for costly lifestyle

Aron Heller · May 14, 2013 4:00 am

Israel to Russia: Don’t give Syria S-300 missiles

Aron Heller · May 9, 2013 1:59 pm

In this photo take on Sunday, May 5, 2013, Holocaust survivor Rivka Fringeru, 82, right, hold her chest as she speaks to Cynthia Wroclawski, director of Yad Vashem names collection project as they sit at her living room in Rehovot, central Israel. With a hand on her chest and moistness building in her eyes, 82-year-old Rivka Fringeru battled back tears as she reeled off a list of names she has rarely voiced in the past 70 years. First her father, Moshe, then her mother, Hava, and finally her two older brothers, Michael and Yisrael - all perished in the Holocaust after the Harabju family from Dorohoi, Romania was rounded up in 1944 and sent to ghettos and camps. Only Rivka and her brother Marco survived, and like so many others they spent the rest of their lives trying to move on and forget. Now, Yad Vashem, Israel's national Holocaust memorial and museum, is asking them to remember. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Holocaust memorial races to collect victims’ names

Aron Heller · May 7, 2013 4:00 am

In this photo taken Wednesday, April 24, 2013, Gal Hirsch, a reserve Israeli General, stands at an army outpost overlooking Syria and Jordan in the Golan Heights. Against a breathtaking vista of green fields and a snowcapped mountain range, all is silent but for a strong gust of wind whipping across the landscape. The tranquility is suddenly interrupted by a burst of gunfire from beyond a newly built fortified fence: Jihadi rebels are battling with Bashar Assad's battered troops in a nearby Syrian village. Watching it all unfold are Israeli soldiers atop tanks - a sight unseen here in a generation - and the sounds of explosions from a large-scale Israeli drill are distinctly heard in the background. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israel fears end to 40-year peace on Syrian front

Aron Heller · April 26, 2013 4:00 am