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Cabrini High School announces West Bank graduates

Cabrini High School has announced its West Bank graduates for 2013. Twenty-six seniors from the West Bank were among the 86 graduates of Cabrini High School awarded diplomas by Ardley R. Hanemann, Jr., president, and Yvonne L. Hrapmann, principal, at the 2013 Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement Ceremony on May 18 at St. Dominic Church.

Morganne E. Lerch, daughter of Fredericka and Judy Lerch of Kenner, was the valedictorian.

The salutatorian was Alexis L. Hepting, the daughter of George and Leslie Hepting of Marrero. She will attend Louisiana State University, and has been accepted into the Honors College where she plans to study biology or kinesiology. She was a goalie on Cabrinis soccer team, a member of the National Honor Society, an Ambassador, Mu Alpha Theta, Quiz Bowl, No Place for Hate, and the Junior Honor Club.

In addition to LSU, Hepting was accepted to Northwestern State Universitys Scholars Science program and the University of South Alabama and received the following scholarship offers: Louisiana State University Academic Scholars Resident Award, Northwestern State University Academic Excellence Scholarship, Northwestern State University Presidential Honors Scholarship, Northwestern State University Presidential Scholarship, University of South Alabama Freshman Laptop Scholarship, University of South Alabama Out of State Scholarship, University of South Alabama Presidential Scholarship, and TOPS Honor Award.

The Principals Leadership Award was presented to Cheron Perkins of Gretna. This award is presented to a graduating senior who has demonstrated the ability to combine academic excellence and exemplary leadership roles in both school and community activities. Candidates must be in the top 20% of their class.

Graduating Summa Cum Laude were Janie M. Golden, Audrey A. Harmon, Alexis L. Hepting, Brenna R. Kennair, Ashlyn B. Murray and Cheron I. Perkins.

Graduating Magna Cum Laude were Morghan F. Hill, Megan E. Kleefisch and Shelby L. Smith.

Completing the college preparatory program were Madison E. Baudy, Arianna A. Calmes, Deominique D. Cleggett, Taylor E. Conaway, Kathren E. Froeba, Lauren N. Guidry, Jena A. Landry, Shelbey L. Leco, Alexis M. Pertuit, Christine L. Reine, Lindsay C. Ruggles, Makaila S. Santiago, Danielle R. Savoie, Samantha Y. Smith, Christa A. Steib, Rachel M. Trahan, and Shelby L. Vasquez.

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5.0 Bedroom House For Sale in West Bank, Port Alfred, South Africa for ZAR R 2 950 000 – Video



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Wollongong event hears Gaza Strip plight

June 3, 2013, 4:06 a.m.

The plight of children and families in the Gaza Strip was highlighted at a luncheon in Wollongong yesterday.

Dr Mona el-Farra, vice-president of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Gaza, is a doctor and human rights advocate at present touring Australia.

Yesterday, Dr el-Farra attended the luncheon organised by the South Coast Labour Council and the Australian People for Health, Education and Development Abroad (APHEDA) South Coast branch.

Dr el-Farra’s blog, From Gaza with Love, has documented the lives of people in Gaza.

She is involved in developing community-based programs that aim to improve health quality in the Gaza Strip, with her focus on the rights of women and children.

Dr el-Farra spoke about how children were increasingly suffering as a result of military assaults and the fear and anger this installed would be a barrier to peace in the region.

She talked about the high dependency on aid people had in the region and the high rate of anaemia.

She also spoke about women, who in many ways took the brunt of the problems that came with occupation, not just the direct impacts but the flow-on effects that poverty had.

Also presenting at yesterday’s lunch were Illawarra residents who were part of an APHEDA tour group to Palestine, Israel and Lebanon earlier this year.

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4.0 Bedroom House For Sale in West Bank, Oudtshoorn, South Africa for ZAR R 1 595 000 – Video



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Tourist tip #241 / Visiting the southern West Bank

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By Marty Friedlander | Feb.13,2013 | 10:02 AM

You won’t find the South Hebron Hills highlighted in any travel guide or advertised by the Tourism Ministry. This area is not even technically part of Israel, though Israelis are free to travel there and a few thousand have settled there. If you are interested in going beyond the headlines and getting a taste of the reality on the ground that virtually no tourists and few Israelis ever see, you can visit the Palestinian communities of the South Hebron Hills.

Located just an hour and a half south of Jerusalem, at the bottom tip of the West Bank, the South Hebron Hills are designated as Area C part of the roughly 60% of the West Bank under full Israeli sovereignty.

A drive down Route 60 from the Gilo checkpoint will take you on a winding road where the incongruent desert landscape becomes immediately evident. Settlements like Carmel, Ma’on and Otniel speckle the hills amid rural communities like Susya, Jinba and Umm el Heir, where Palestinian shepherds and farmers live in tents and tin shacks.

Some Israelis may have heard of the area, where the settlement of Susya arose in 1983, because of the national archaeological site in Jewish Susya established in 1986 after ruins of a synagogue were discovered. (A number of Palestinian families were expelled then to make way for the site and there are eight villages in the area currently under threat of demolition.)

While the area is beautiful and expansive, few visitors go there because it is a flashpoint in the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. Yet it is one of the most informative and important areas for those seeking to gain an understanding of Israeli occupation and the acrimonious dynamic between settlers, soldiers and Palestinians.

If you would like a guided tour, one option is to go there with Breaking the Silence, an organization of veteran IDF combatants who talk about their experiences serving in the West Bank during the Second Intifada. Tours are offered in English around once a month and dates are listed on their website. They usually depart from International Convention Center (Binyanei Hauma), across from the Jerusalem Central Bus Station.

If you are looking to go beyond information and engage in direct action, join the weekly trips that leave from Jerusalem with a political group called Taayush, active in the South Hebron Hills for over a decade. Bear in mind that such a trip may also include tense confrontations between Palestinians, settlers and soldiers.

Every Saturday for over a decade, a small group of Israelis meets with Palestinian residents and accompanies them to their lands in support of their daily humanitarian needs like grazing and farming. Through their presence and documentation, they try to prevent skirmishes by settlers and soldiers. For example, thanks in part to Taayush activists documentation and legal work, the Supreme Court ruled in 2006 that soldiers cannot issue closed military zone orders and evacuate Palestinians from an area because settlers have provoked a confrontation rather they must do everything possible to enable the agricultural work to continue unabated.

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Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office West Bank crime report, May 9

This information reflects initial calls for service reported by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office for the west bank of Jefferson Parish. Locations are approximate due to automated location methods and address inconsistencies, the Sheriff’s Office says. Burglar alarm calls are excluded.

4600 block of 10th Street – May 9, 6:35 p.m., suspicious person. 1500 block of 4th Street – May 9, 6:30 a.m., robbery. 8th Street and 5th Avenue – May 9, 9:09 p.m., suspicious person. 8th Street and Avenue H – May 9, 12:07 p.m., suspicious person. Ames Boulevard and Lapalco Boulevard – May 9, 6:23 p.m., vehicle wreck. Ames Boulevard and Mt Kennedy Drive – May 9, 7:30 a.m., vehicle wreck. Ames Boulevard and Wabash Drive – May 9, 2:52 p.m., suspicious person. Ames Boulevard and Westbank Exp – May 9, 9:06 p.m., suspicious person. Apollo Avenue and Lapalco Boulevard – May 9, 12:01 a.m., suspicious person. 4100 block of Aubrey Place – May 9, 6:30 p.m., disturbing the peace. 800 block of Avenue B – May 9, 12:06 p.m., disturbing the peace. Avenue C and 6th Street – May 9, 3:56 p.m., vehicle wreck. 400 block of Avenue L – May 9, 2:40 p.m., disturbing the peace. 900 block of Beechgrove Boulevard – May 9, 1:17 a.m., criminal damage. 900 block of Beechgrove Boulevard – May 9, 6:36 p.m., suspicious person. Behrman Highway and Carol Sue Avenue – May 9, 8:58 a.m., vehicle wreck. Behrman Highway and Holmes Boulevard – May 9, 9:47 p.m., suspicious person. 600 block of Bellemeade Boulevard – May 9, 5:11 p.m., suspicious person. 600 block of Bellemeade Boulevard – May 9, 5:55 p.m., suspicious person. 600 block of Bertucci Street – May 9, 1:59 p.m., theft. 2700 block of Blk Belle Chasse Highway – May 9, 4:16 a.m., suspicious person. 2900 block of Blk Brookwood Drive – May 9, 9:39 a.m., suspicious person. 1900 block of Blk Carol Sue Avenue – May 9, 3:48 a.m., suspicious person. 1600 block of Blk Cooper Road – May 9, 6:52 p.m., disturbing the peace. 800 block of Blk Lamar Avenue – May 9, 8:17 p.m., suspicious person. 11000 block of Blk Lapalco Boulevard – May 9, 10:00 p.m., suspicious person. 3300 block of Blk River Road – May 9, 12:48 a.m., suspicious person. 5900 block of Blk U South 90 Highway – May 9, 3:08 a.m., suspicious person. 400 block of Blk Westwood Drive – May 9, 9:01 a.m., burglary. Bridge City Avenue and 8th Street – May 9, 4:28 p.m., vehicle wreck. 300 block of Buttercup Drive – May 9, 3:59 p.m., disturbing the peace. 1900 block of Charleston Drive – May 9, 12:27 p.m., suspicious person. 3200 block of Chimney Lane – May 9, 10:48 p.m., criminal damage. 5200 block of Clementine Lane – May 9, 6:05 p.m., suspicious person. 2500 block of Colorado Drive – May 9, 5:54 a.m., auto theft. Crape Myrtle Lane and Green Leaf Drive – May 9, 1:43 a.m., suspicious person. Curtis Street and 13th Street – May 9, 4:50 p.m., suspicious person. 600 block of Deerfield Road – May 9, 1:47 p.m., battery. Deerfield Road and Emerson Street – May 9, 10:57 p.m., suspicious person. 1700 block of Destrehan Avenue – May 9, 10:01 a.m., drug law violation. 100 block of Dillard Drive – May 9, 3:09 p.m., suspicious person. Dunbar Place and Daniels Road – May 9, 6:30 p.m., disturbing the peace. 2300 block of Eastmere Street – May 9, 5:55 p.m., residence burglary. 5200 block of Eden Roc Drive – May 9, 12:09 a.m., auto theft. 1800 block of Esther Street – May 9, 12:22 p.m., disturbing the peace. 500 block of Fairlawn Drive – May 9, 12:51 a.m., disturbing the peace. 6000 block of Field Street – May 9, 8:08 p.m., disturbing the peace. 1600 block of Gary Court – May 9, 8:10 a.m., disturbing the peace. 500 block of George Street – May 9, 9:33 a.m., disturbing the peace. 500 block of George Street – May 9, 10:24 a.m., disturbing the peace. Green Leaf Drive and Crape Myrtle Lane – May 9, 1:58 a.m., suspicious person. 400 block of Helis Drive – May 9, 8:14 p.m., drug law violation. Helis Drive and Davenport Street – May 9, 7:05 p.m., illegal discharge of weapon. 200 block of Holmes Boulevard – May 9, 5:20 p.m., vehicle wreck. 2000 block of James Drive – May 9, 12:09 p.m., suspicious person. 300 block of Jeffer Drive – May 9, 5:09 p.m., drug law violation. 1600 block of Julie Street – May 9, 12:32 p.m., suspicious person. 1600 block of Julie Street – May 9, 12:55 p.m., drug law violation. 1500 block of Lapalco Boulevard – May 9, 9:43 a.m., suspicious person. 2200 block of Lapalco Boulevard – May 9, 2:03 p.m., vehicle wreck. 3600 block of Lapalco Boulevard – May 9, 2:50 p.m., battery. 4600 block of Lapalco Boulevard – May 9, 10:51 a.m., theft. 4800 block of Lapalco Boulevard – May 9, 1:30 p.m., theft. 500 block of Lapalco Boulevard – May 9, 1:55 p.m., vehicle wreck. 5100 block of Lapalco Boulevard – May 9, 3:23 p.m., disturbing the peace. 7200 block of Lapalco Boulevard – May 9, 5:25 p.m., suspicious person. Lapalco Boulevard and Manhattan Boulevard – May 9, 5:14 p.m., vehicle wreck. Lapalco Boulevard and Wall Boulevard – May 9, 1:58 p.m., vehicle wreck. Lapalco Boulevard and Wall Boulevard – May 9, 2:57 p.m., criminal damage. Live Oak Manor Drive and River Road – May 9, 12:36 a.m., suspicious person. 3700 block of Longleaf Lane – May 9, 2:59 p.m., residence burglary. 1500 block of Manhattan Boulevard – May 9, 4:30 p.m., theft. 1500 block of Manhattan Boulevard – May 9, 7:48 p.m., theft. 1700 block of Manhattan Boulevard – May 9, 2:11 p.m., vehicle wreck. Manhattan Boulevard and Gretna Boulevard – May 9, 9:51 a.m., vehicle wreck. 100 block of Marie Drive – May 9, 7:31 p.m., residence burglary. 700 block of Morningside Drive – May 9, 1:00 p.m., battery. Morningside Drive and Mink Street – May 9, 7:02 a.m., disturbing the peace. Mt Laurel Drive and Wall Boulevard – May 9, 3:30 p.m., suspicious person. Oak Alley Boulevard and Barataria Boulevard – May 9, 8:12 a.m., vehicle wreck. Orange Blossom Lane and Pygmalion Drive – May 9, 1:47 a.m., suspicious person. 2400 block of Paige Janette Drive – May 9, 2:34 a.m., suspicious person. 1000 block of Pailet Avenue – May 9, 9:12 a.m., criminal damage. 4300 block of Patriot Street – May 9, 2:52 p.m., vehicle wreck. 4300 block of Patriot Street – May 9, 3:45 p.m., vehicle wreck. 900 block of Patton Lane – May 9, 2:38 p.m., theft. 1200 block of Peters Road – May 9, 8:03 p.m., auto theft. 2200 block of Peters Road – May 9, 8:31 a.m., vehicle burglary. 200 block of Prairie View Court – May 9, 3:24 p.m., disturbing the peace. 5200 block of Sharpe Road – May 9, 12:07 a.m., suspicious person. 5200 block of Sharpe Road – May 9, 10:30 a.m., suspicious person. Silver Lily Lane and Westbank Exp – May 9, 2:22 a.m., vehicle wreck. 1500 block of Stonebridge Drive – May 9, 11:59 a.m., theft. 600 block of Street Joseph Lane – May 9, 4:37 p.m., suspicious person. Stumpf Boulevard and Terry Parkway – May 9, 8:44 p.m., suspicious person. Tallow Tree Lane and Crape Myrtle Lane – May 9, 1:23 a.m., suspicious person. 700 block of Terry Parkway – May 9, 4:27 p.m., criminal damage. 3000 block of U South 90 Highway – May 9, 10:10 a.m., suspicious person. U South 90 Highway and South Jamie Boulevard – May 9, 7:11 a.m., vehicle wreck. U South 90 Highway and South Jamie Boulevard – May 9, 8:18 p.m., suspicious person. U South 90 Highway and West Nine Mile Point Road – May 9, 8:50 p.m., suspicious person. U South 90 Highway and West Nine Mile Point Road – May 9, 9:33 p.m., vehicle wreck. 500 block of Wall Boulevard – May 9, 9:55 p.m., suspicious person. Wall Boulevard and Cameron Drive – May 9, 4:48 p.m., vehicle wreck. 100 block of Westbank Exp – May 9, 8:38 p.m., theft. 2200 block of Westbank Exp – May 9, 8:32 a.m., business burglary. 3700 block of Westbank Exp – May 9, 12:48 a.m., disturbing the peace. Westbank Exp and North Claiborne Parkway – May 9, 10:43 p.m., suspicious person. Westbank Exp and Segnette Boulevard – May 9, 7:30 p.m., suspicious person. Westbank Exp and Silver Lily Lane – May 9, 1:24 p.m., drug law violation. Westbank Exp and Westwood Drive – May 9, 7:12 p.m., suspicious person. Westbank Exp and Whitney Avenue – May 9, 3:16 p.m., suspicious person. Woodmere Boulevard and Post Drive – May 9, 12:23 p.m., suspicious person.

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Uruguay lawmakers vote to legalise gay marriage

Uruguayan lawmakers have voted to legalise gay marriage, making the South American country the third in the Americas to do so.Supporters of the law, who had filled the public seats in the legislative building, erupted in celebration…

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South Africa to soften labeling language on West Bank products

April 11, 2013

PRETORIA, South Africa (JTA) — The South African Trade Ministry in new regulations requiring the labeling of imported goods from West Bank settlements will soften the language used on the labels.

The new regulations will be consistent with the compromise reached last month between the Trade Ministry and the Jewish community of South Africa, Jewish groups said Wednesday.

According to a letter received April 9 by the South African Jewish Board of Deputies, products from Israeli settlements in the West Bank andeastern Jerusalem must be identified as ”West Bank: Israeli goods” or ”East Jerusalem: Israeli goods.”

Trade Minister Rob Davies issued a notice nearly one year ago saying that products from the West Bank would be required to be labeled as originating from “the Occupied Palestinian territories.”

The new regulation was approved by the South African Cabinet, and a new binding notice is expected to be issued by the end of the week.

Mary Kluk, chair of the Board of Deputies, told JTA that the decision is ”balanced and sensible.”

The decision to change the policy on labeling was reached after lengthy deliberations among the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Jewish organizations and representatives of pro-Palestinian lobbies.

The Board of Deputies and the South African Zionist Federation issued a statement Wednesday saying that ”this decision fully complies with internationally recognized technical trade requirements pertaining to place of origin. Unlike earlier proposed versions of the legislation, it does not make use of politically charged and biased language, but rather uses terms that are essentially neutral and descriptive without the addition of politically motivated aspects that can only cause division and alienation within the South African population.”

The original notice had stirred objections from the South African Jewish community, backed by the African Christian Democratic Party, which held a first-of-its-kind demonstration in front of the Ministry of Trade building. The Israeli Embassy in Pretoria conveyed its objection to the South African Foreign Ministry, qualifying the decision as ”singling out Israel.”

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