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  Be'er Sova
Beersheva is a town that is a few thousand years old and is perhaps best known for its association with Abraham in the Bible (Old Testament).
The population of the Beersheva area is a mixture of Bedouin (about 30% of the population), Jews and a small minority of foreign workers'.
The general unemployment figures for the Beersheva area are upward of 12%, in some areas as high as 30%, with unemployment amongst the Bedouin and new immigrant populations reaching 50-60%.
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 Israel Vows To Target Hamas As Victims Of Beersheva Bombings Buried
BEERSHEVA, Israel, Sept 1 (AFP) - Israel vowed a global pursuit of Hamas leaders and to forge ahead with its West Bank barrier Wednesday as funerals were held for victims of the deadliest Palestinian attack in nearly a year.
The attacks in Beersheva were the deadliest since a suicide bombing in the port city of Haifa last October, which left 21 people and the female bomber dead.
Hamas has said the Beersheva bombings, carried out by two members from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, were in response to the assassination of two of its leaders earlier this year.
www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=26074   (948 words)

  
 The Jewish Week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Shell-shocked Beersheva lost its feeling of immunity while the delicate coexistence between Jewish and Arab neighbors in the desert city was thrown into doubt.
Beersheva’s location near the southern edge of the West Bank — which hasn’t yet been closed off by the security barrier — suggested that militants had shifted their target focus to exploit the opening.
Sofer told Israel Radio that the buses in Beersheva on Wednesday were almost empty save for the gray uniforms of the security guards whose presence wasn’t ubiquitous enough to deter the attackers.
www.thejewishweek.com /news/newscontent.php3?artid=9816&print=yes   (1276 words)

  
 Overseas Supplemental Giving/IEF - Projects in Israel - The Negev
Beersheva located in southern Israel has 180,000 residents 9,500 of whom live in the Northern Daled neighborhood.
The small shelter in Beersheva is currently housed in a rented building and is not adequate to meet the needs of the women and children from southern Israel seeking shelter.
An additional 23,000 students live in Beersheva In recent years many of the young people have been leaving the area, and their departure deprives the city of important manpower who should be aiding the development of Beersheva and the region.
www.ujc.org /content_display.html?ArticleID=30375   (3223 words)

  
 One to One Children's Fund
One particularly needy group of immigrants can be found in Beersheva where there is an absorption centre for children arriving alone in Israel from the former Soviet Union.
When a young person has to deal with the difficulties of adjusting to and creating a new life for themselves in a foreign country without the support of family and friends, the result can be depression, withdrawal and at worst, the last resort of petty crime, prostitution and survival on the street.
Thanks to the efforts of Meyer Englert, the young immigrants in Beersheva now have clubs and youth centres both within the absorption centre and in the town, where they can mix with others in the same position and share their experiences in a setting where language and culture are no barrier.
www.one-to-one.org /project_overview.cfm?ItemId=144   (294 words)

  
 >>> AsiaNews.it <<< Two buses explode in Beersheva
Beersheva (AsiaNews) - The Palestinian militant group Hamas claimed responsibility for a twin suicide bombing in southern Israel on Tuesday that killed at least 15 people.
Two buses blew up in Beersheva, a southern Israeli city on Tuesday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 84, in what appeared to be the first Palestinian suicide bombings inside Israel in six months.
Beersheva is about 40 kms from Hebron and 40 kms east of the Gaza Strip.
www.asianews.it /view.php?l=en&art=1388   (598 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 99   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The attacks in Beersheva were the deadliest since a suicide bombing in a restaurant in the northern port city of Haifa last October, which left 21 people and the female bomber dead.
Hamas has said that the Beersheva bombings, carried out by two members of its armed wing from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, were in response to the assassination of two of its leaders earlier this year.
Israeli officials were quick to argue that the Beersheva attacks were launched from an area of the West Bank which is not currently cut off from Israel by the controversial barrier.
www.thedailystar.net /2004/09/02/d40902130195.htm   (371 words)

  
 Menorah - nr3-97. Värdefulla svenska insatser i Beersheva under 15 år - en tillbakablick
Det första projektet som Förenade Israelinsamlingen engagerade sig i var ett ungdomscenter i Beersheva Dalet.
Den har faktiskt bidragit till att höja nivån i hela området. För första gången blev de socialt handikappade barnens föräldrar intresserade av sina barns utbildning, genom att det i skolan skedde en naturlig blandning med barn från andra socialgrupper.
Beersheva kommun vill gärna sända hebreisk- och engelsktalande ungdomsledare till oss, exempelvis till Glämsta.
www.menorah-sweden.com /artiklar/forenade.nr3-97s24.html   (557 words)

  
 From the desk of Mark Gurvis
Two buses leaving the Beersheva bus station and about 100 metres from each other were blown apart.
She came to Israel from Ethiopia 15 months ago and was about to leave the Absorption Centre with her family to settle in Rishon LeTzion.
Another Jewish Agency employee based in Beersheva, Tatiana Kortashenko, was also killed on one of the buses; she came on aliyah to Israel from the Ukraine in 2000.
www.jfgv.org /newsletters/ExDirJFGV/execdirjfg03Sept2004a.htm   (1092 words)

  
 15 killed in Israel bus blasts
At least 15 people were killed and over 80 injured when suspected Palestinian suicide bombers carried out simultaneous explosions on two buses in the southern Israeli city of Beersheva on Tuesday afternoon.
The minister said he would ask the government to construct a fence in areas bordering Beersheva also.
Republication or redistribution of PTI content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent.
in.rediff.com /news/2004/aug/31isr.htm   (336 words)

  
 Sharon denies Gaza air strike was revenge for Beersheva. 08/09/2004. ABC News Online
Sharon denies Gaza air strike was revenge for Beersheva.
An Israeli air strike on Gaza City which killed 14 members of the radical Hamas movement was not an act of revenge for a double suicide bombing in the southern Israeli city of Beersheva last week, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said.
The early morning attack was widely regarded as Israel's first major response to a double suicide bombing in the southern city of Beersheva last week, which claimed the lives of 16 Israelis and wounded over 80.
www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200409/s1194477.htm   (244 words)

  
 Beersheva   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Walls surrounded Beersheva either in the time of King David or when Solomon ruled the Land of Israel.
Modern visitors to the remains of the ancient city at Tel Beersheva have a surprise in store: the entire Israelite city has been uncovered.
Israelite Beersheva was very well fortified and there are extra reinforcements outside the entrance to the city walls.
www.ctsp.co.il /LBS%20pages/LBS_beersheva.htm   (215 words)

  
 The Jewish Agency For Israel: Mag-Net
Moshe Batta, 43, is the director of the Jewish Agency’s Nurit Absorption Center in Beersheva.
Moshe was sent to an absorption center in Beersheva, where he studied Hebrew.
For several years he served as chairman of Beersheva's Shuvu Banim Ethiopian synagogue and cultural center and is also an advisor to the mayor of Beersheva as well as a board member of the Public Transportation Authority.
www.jafi.org.il /arts/2003/jan/2.htm   (787 words)

  
 Remarks by Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer - Commercial Forum, Beersheva
As you know, I came to Beersheva this morning to join the Mayor in launching the American Corner in the library, which is a very interesting activity.
But since you already have much of the infrastructure needed to attract those companies once they see Beersheva, I would say it is probably worth thinking about taking that risk, and establishing some kind of a council or committee that can actually go out and begin to market Beersheva around the world.
It is one thing to come to Beersheva and be polite, and to tell you how nice it is to be invited to your city.
telaviv.usembassy.gov /publish/mission/amb/070704.html   (2901 words)

  
 Torat Emet - Beshalach - Phillistines During the Time of the Torah
While archaeologists claim that Gerar is near Beersheva based on Genesis 21:32, we can see that this is not conclusive at all.
The verse reads, "Thus, they entered into a covenant at Beersheva; Avimelech then arose, with Phichol the general of his legion, and returned to the land of the Phillistines." Quite the opposite.
However, archaeologists need to place Gerar near Beersheva in order for it to be part of the area that later books of the Bible identify as Phillistine territory.
www.aishdas.org /toratemet/en_beshalach.html   (1528 words)

  
 Beersheva Iron Age   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The rest of the house was constructed on walls that went all the way down to bedrock.
This is unlike any other house at Beersheva.
The excavators suggested that the house may have been built on the location of the temple from which the horned altar had been taken.
www.relst.uiuc.edu /Courses/106/IronIISpgs/BeershevaIrII.html   (609 words)

  
 Be'er Sheva
Be'er Sheva of Beersheva, is een levendig stadje met voor toeristen goede uitgaansmogelijkheden.
Het is voor zuidelijke deel van het land het bestuurlijke en economische centrum met naast medische ook culturele en educatieve centra's.
Van Metulla in het hoge noorden tot Be'erSheva in het zuiden is ruim 290 km.
home.wanadoo.nl /maroth/beershtxt.htm   (444 words)

  
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In addition, numerous residents and individuals of Beersheva who will benefit from the services provided by the Rehabilitation Centre were present.
In the presence of a delegation from KH Sweden, a cornerstone ceremony was held in October 2001 to inaugurate the construction of a Nursing Home for the Elderly suffering from mental disabilities, including Alzheimers.
Lidholm has enabled the upgrading and improvement of the school's infrastructure, transforming the Alumot School into one of the finest elementary schools in the country, integrating children from all over the city.
www.kh-uia.org.il /missions/sweeden.html   (550 words)

  
 Remarks by Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer - Inauguration of the American Corner at the Beersheva Library
It is really wonderful to be in Beersheva to launch the first American Corner in a library in this country.
It is not for nothing that we have done this in Beersheva, the capital of the Negev, and probably the most exciting place to be in Israel in the next hundred years, I think.
I am only a little nervous about standing here in front of Mickey Mouse because I am sure the caption in the newspapers tomorrow will be "which one is the real Ambassador?" Mickey Mouse has done a much better job than I over the years in representing the United States.
israel.usembassy.gov /publish/mission/amb/070704b.html   (477 words)

  
 GeoPassage: Israel_Jordan:  Israel, East:  Beersheva
Beersheva, a frontier town in the Negev Desert, is one of Israel's most interesting archaeological treasures.
Other remains from the Roman and Byzantine period include houses, tiled streets, water and drainage systems, which are well preserved.
Beersheva is also a fantastic stop for shopping enthusiasts.
israel.geopassage.com /city.asp?cityID=5   (180 words)

  
 Israel21c
(The name of the first soup kitchen in Beersheva is a word play on the name Beersheva, and translates as "the Well of Fullness.) Initially, Be'er-Sova supplied about 50 meals a day, mainly to drug addicts and the homeless.
Ethiopian families in Beersheva, and sandwich-making supplies to a nearby Beduin elementary school for 250 sandwiches.
In the early days Slonim-Nevo and Sonin would cruise food wholesalers in the Beersheva open market on Friday afternoons, carrying whatever products they were given to the restaurant in their private cars.
www.israel21c.org /bin/en.jsp?enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enDispWho=Articles^l628&enZone=Profiles&enVersion=0&   (1134 words)

  
 Comings and Goings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Alternative suggestions for a resolution of the question of the point of departure to the Akaida strengthen the connection between the Akaida and Sarah's death: The Netziv (23:2) is of the opinion that Avraham and Yitzchak did, indeed, embark from Beersheva, leaving Sarah behind.
Perhaps Sarah sensed that this was the place to die and be buried; after all, Avraham and Sarah are the two who redirect humanity, steering history back to the proper course from which it had been derailed by the sin in Eden.
The Ramban goes one step further and suggests that according to the Targum this well was in Beersheva - and this is the same place as the eshel (inn) of Avraham - and for this reason it is such a special place for prayer.
www.aish.com /torahportion/moray/Comings_and_Goings.asp   (3352 words)

  
 Nat' Academies Press, Community Oriented Primary Care: New Directions for Health Services Delivery (1983)
The Beersheva Experience in COPC 273 Central to the process of curriculum development in Beersheva is a specification of competencies needed by practitioners in Israel to function effectively in each of the four domains of primary care.
At the beginning of this presentation the goals of what has come to be known as the "Beersheva Experiment" were described; recruitment and training of physicians in primary care and acquisition by all physicians, irrespective of career choice, of basic attitudes and skills related to com- munity oriented primary care.
As increasing numbers of students complete successive stages of professional education in Beersheva, it will be possible to assess the extent to which these goals are met.
books.nap.edu /books/030903339X/html/272.html   (1851 words)

  
 Arutz Sheva - Israel National News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
More details on the thwarted suicide attack in Beersheva on which we reported yesterday have now been learned.
Police said that the arrests prevented a major suicide attack that was to be carried out in Beersheva, “capital of the Negev,” during the coming days.
Beersheva has been on high alert over the past days in anticipation of just such an intended terrorist attack.
www.israelnationalnews.com /news.php3?id=8899&PHPSESSID=ce391a01f045509dd18a6362cacec22f   (194 words)

  
 FORWARD : Forward Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Within two months, I had returned to Berkeley, packed up my life into 37 cardboard boxes and was on my way to Beersheva — an urban pit in the middle of the Negev Desert in southern Israel.
Here in Beersheva, on the contrary, I am surrounded by Jews indigenous to Africa and the Middle East —; from countries including Morocco, Ethiopia and Iran.
It is such a relief to see the core of my identity, cultural values and historical narrative reflected in the people around me. Amid the ugly, dilapidated buildings and piles of trash, I find more energy, warmth, closeness and belonging than I found anywhere I lived in the United States.
www.forward.com /issues/2003/03.01.03/oped2.html   (698 words)

  
 Canadian Jewish News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The buses were travelling very close to each other when the bombs were detonated seconds after each other.
It is understood that the two buses had left Beersheva’s central bus station each with a suicide bomber on board.
The scene following the bombing was described as ‘sheer carnage’ with many people having had their limbs torn off in the blast.
www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=4226   (235 words)

  
 IsraelFaxx.com newsletter: 5fax0323.txt
For the first time, an Israeli women's hairdresser, Sami Daluya from Beersheva, is entering an international hairdressing contest in Jordan later this month.
The decisions to put off the meetings come in the aftermath of Sunday's terrorist attack in Hebron in which two Israelis were killed, and the arrest near Beersheva of two Palestinians from the Gaza Strip who were driving a truck laden with explosives.
The two Palestinian terrorists were captured Tuesday near a mosque in the Bedouin settlement of Tel Sheva, outside of Beersheva.
www.israelfaxx.com /webarchive/1995/03/5fax0323.html   (710 words)

  
 Israel Warns PA, Hizballah, Syria Against Supporting Terrorism -- 09/01/2004
Sixteen people were killed and more than 100 wounded in the mid-afternoon attack -- the first terror attack of this magnitude in the city known as the "capital of the Negev" (southern Israel) in four years.
Police spokesman Gil Kleiman said that while the police did not have any specific warnings of a pending terror attack in Beersheva, in recent months they had noticed terrorists moving southward where Israel's security barrier is not yet complete.
Despite funerals for the bus bombing victims in Beersheva, more than 1,700,000 Israeli children returned to school on Wednesday after the summer holiday with security forces on high alert throughout the country.
www.cnsnews.com /ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=\ForeignBureaus\archive\200409\FOR20040901c.html   (974 words)

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