Organizers of the Israel-Sderot Conference on Social Issues said Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Opposition Leader Benjamin Netanyahu, who were all scheduled to take part in the conference on Wednesday, have canceled.
Chairman of the conference, Shai Ben-Yaish told Ynet, "A leader that doesn't appear in a conference as important as this one, even at the price of incitement of a crowd that comes to hear the leader's voice, is a coward." The Foreign Ministry said Livni canceled her appearance at the conference two weeks ago due to schedule obligations.
- 23:48Hungary police disperse far-right protest
- 23:18Peace Now: Settlers' claims false
- 22:44Soldier sustains light wounds near Bethlehem
- 22:23Rafsanjani: No power struggle in Iran
- 22:02Mortar shell fired by Palestinians lands in Gaza
- 21:30Jerusalem: Orthodox rioters torch garbage dumpsters
- 21:15MK Horowitz: Haredi violence test for Israeli democracy
- 20:34Rally on behalf of refugees held in Tel Aviv
- 20:17Man killed in east Jerusalem brawl
- 19:57Yemen says plane wreckage recovered off Comoros
- 19:44Palestinian sources: Settlers attacked family in West Bank
- 19:229 people hurt in road accident
- 19:18Haredim try to breach roadblocks near disputed parking lot
- 18:59Haredim hurl stones at cars in northern Jerusalem
- 18:54Jerusalem: Police detain haredi protestors
