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8/9/12 Round Up PM Edition

By Jspace Staff on 8/9/2012 at 6:18 PM

Categories: Sports, Legal, Round Up

8/9/12 Round Up PM Edition

For the first time in 24 years, Israel may not win an Olympic medal. Eli Sahar, for one, is not depressed, but considers this a wake up call to re-emphasize athletic prowess within Israeli culture. [Israel Hayom]

A pro-Palestinian website reportedly based in California has posted 100 photos of individuals it claims are high-ranking Israel Air Force pilots suspected of war crimes. [Ynet]

The Yerushalmim Movement is initiating a bus advertising campaign featuring women, the first of its kind in years. Canaan said in a statement that “despite the concern regarding vandalism, which has been directed in the past toward buses with these kind of advertisements, we decided to accede to Yerushalmim’s request, in the hope that all sides will treat one another with tolerance and sensitivity.” [Jerusalem Post]

Today Levi Aron pleaded guilty to kidnapping and murdering an eight year-old Orthodox Jewish boy last year. He has reached a plea deal with prosecutors that commutes his life sentence to 40 years and five years of supervised release. [Reuters]

An American woman claiming to have been reseated on an El Al flight to appease a Haredi man is suing the airline for emotional distress and gender discrimination. [Globes]

Maurice Ostroff accuses American Jewish leaders of knee-jerk reactions to the Levy Report, which has yet to be translated into English. [Jerusalem Post]

Aly Raisman's gold-winning routine prompts Rabbi Joel Seltzer to reflect on the odd history of "Hava Nagila." [Haaretz]

Israeli filmmaker David Shadi was surprised when he submitted his short film to an American website for film festivals and received a positive response from Tehran's first International New Horizon Independent Film Festival. [Times of Israel]

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