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>JN Feb. 11, 1999, Vol. 7, No. 29
Nearly 3 Million Israelis Traveled Abroad in 1998
By IsraelWire
The Central Bureau of Statistics reports 2.9 million Israelis traveled abroad in 1998, an 8% increase over 1997. Israel has a population of about 6 million people. That continued an upward trend that began in 1986 when 700,000 Israelis went overseas. There was a decline in trips abroad to nearby destinations (Turkey, Cyprus), while distant destination in Europe, America and the Far East increased.
Study: Children Affected by Divorce
By Ross Dunn (VOA-Jerusalem)
In Israel, a new study indicates that young children whose parents
divorce are more likely to suffer mental health problems when they
reach adulthood.
The research focuses on hundreds of mental health patients who had,
at age 17 or younger, suffered the permanent absence of one parent
from the home -- either through death or divorce. But the
researchers found most noteworthy the impact divorce has on
pre-adolescent youths.
The patients in the study suffered from clinical depression, manic
depression or schizophrenia. They were compared with others who
never suffered psychological disorders. The two groups were
matched exactly by age, sex, education and ethnic background.
The research was conducted by Dr. Ofer Agid and Prof. Binyamin
Lerer of the Psychiatric Department of Hadassah Hospital at
jerusalem's Ein Kerem Hospital. It found that the chances of
developing clinical depression as an adult are up to four times
higher among children who are no more than nine years old when
their parents divorce.
However, the researchers are quick to stress that 70 percent of
all patients who suffer from depression do not come from broken
homes. In fact, there are clearly many other causes of depression.
The doctors say parental loss -- particularly in early childhood
and from divorce -- "may," in their words "be an important link
in the factors that render an individual susceptible to major
psychiatric disorders, particularly depression."
The study also made a significant finding about the children of
divorced parents who did not develop depression as adults. It
found that their risk of divorcing, smoking or having a low income
and suffering from physical disease was much higher than for
children raised in two-parent families.
Mother and 6 Children Forced Out of Community
By IsraelWire
Amira Dagmoosh is the daughter of a Jewish mother and an Arab
father. When Amira was 3 years old, her father killed her mother.
The father was sent to prison, but upon his release, he returned
and raped Amira, when she was 12-years-old.
Amira ran away from home, and at age 17 she married an Arab from
Gaza who already had two wives. She had 7 children with him, but
recently divorced him because of his violent behavior. He kept
their youngest daughter and sent Amira away with the other 6
children.
For a short time Amira lived on her own in Michmoret, and then
brought her children and continued living there for a year.
However, residents there accused her of hanging around with Arabs,
whom they suspected of break-ins in the area. As a result, she left
Michmoret and moved into a tiny apartment near Hadera.
Now Amira fears that she will not be able to pay the rent and will
be thrown out of her apartment. She claims she is sick and cannot
work. She supports herself and her children from her National
Insurance allotment.
Ethiopian Immigrants Appeal Eviction Order
By IsraelWire
Thirty members of the Ethiopian community have petitioned the High
Court of Justice to reverse an eviction order from their homes in
a Netanya hostel. The families were ordered to move out to make
space for new immigrants.
In their petition to the court, the immigrants stated they are not being provided with alternative housing in the area, but were told they would be relocated to areas in southern Israel within 45-days, a move they do not wish to accept. The petitioners lawyers explained that a move to another area in Israel would compel the immigrants to seek employment once again, a most difficult and unreasonable task at this time considering the current economical and employment situation nationwide.
Web Site of the Week
Israel Faxx Staff Report
Beer Sheva http://www.beersheva.com/
Beer Sheva, the Biblical city of our ancestors, is rapidly changing. One of the oldest cities in the world has a vibrant website. Some historical tidbits about the capitol of the Negev:
* At the beginning of the 2000 BCE, Abraham arrived in Beer Sheva where he dug wells, fought and made peace treaties with local rulers.
* Beer Sheva was the first city in Israel captured by the British in World War I (1917).
* Following the declaration of the State of Israel, the Egyptian army invaded the city, and the city was held by the Egyptians until the city was liberated by the Negev Brigade in "Operation Moshe" (October 1948).
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