Uri Bar-Lev appeal the desicion to fire him at the supreme court today, December 15 2008. Bar-Lev, was the Southern District chief. He was summarily dismissed by Israel Police Inspector David Cohen in late August, after Bar-Lev turned down Cohen's offer of a study leave. Bar-Lev replaced Cohen at the head of the Southern District just four months before the disengagement from Gaza, and therefore reaped all the praise for its successful implementation. In addition, when Cohen became police commissioner, he declared war on leaks from internal police meetings, and Bar-Lev, due to his close connections with journalists, was a prime suspect. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90

Uri Bar-Lev appeal the desicion to fire him at the supreme court today, December 15 2008. Bar-Lev, was the Southern District chief. He was summarily dismissed by Israel Police Inspector David Cohen in late August, after Bar-Lev turned down Cohen's offer of a study leave. Bar-Lev replaced Cohen at the head of the Southern District just four months before the disengagement from Gaza, and therefore reaped all the praise for its successful implementation. In addition, when Cohen became police commissioner, he declared war on leaks from internal police meetings, and Bar-Lev, due to his close connections with journalists, was a prime suspect. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90

Uri Bar-Lev appeal the desicion to fire him at the supreme court today, December 15 2008. Bar-Lev, was the Southern District chief. He was summarily dismissed by Israel Police Inspector David Cohen in late August, after Bar-Lev turned down Cohen's offer of a study leave. Bar-Lev replaced Cohen at the head of the Southern District just four months before the disengagement from Gaza, and therefore reaped all the praise for its successful implementation. In addition, when Cohen became police commissioner, he declared war on leaks from internal police meetings, and Bar-Lev, due to his close connections with journalists, was a prime suspect. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90

White Butterflies enjoy the clear fall day, December 15 2008. Photo by Yossi Zamir/ Flash90 .

Cabbage growing in a vegetable field in Kfar Yehoshua, Emek Israel. December 15 2008. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90

Vegetable field in Kfar Yehoshua, Emek Israel. Kfar Yehoshua is a moshav in northern Israel. Located between Carmel City and Nazareth. The moshav was founded in 1927 and was named after Yehoshua Hankin, was responsible for most of the major land purchases of the World Zionist Organization in Ottoman Palestine. December 15 2008. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90

Wheat field in Kfar Yehoshua, Emek Israel. Kfar Yehoshua is a moshav in northern Israel. Located between Carmel City and Nazareth. The moshav was founded in 1927 and was named after Yehoshua Hankin, was responsible for most of the major land purchases of the World Zionist Organization in Ottoman Palestine. December 15 2008. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90

View of far Yehoshua, Emek Israel. Kfar Yehoshua is a moshav in northern Israel. Located between Carmel City and Nazareth. The moshav was founded in 1927 and was named after Yehoshua Hankin, was responsible for most of the major land purchases of the World Zionist Organization in Ottoman Palestine. December 15 2008. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90

White Butterflies enjoy the clear fall day, December 15 2008. Photo by Yossi Zamir/ Flash90 .

The President of Austria, Heinz Fischer and his wife Margit Fischer, will visit Yad Vashem accompanied by President Shimon Peres and Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev.  The President leads a large delegation including Austrian Foreign Minister Dr. Michael Spindelegger, Defense Minister Mag. Norberg Darabos, and Minister of Education, Art and Culture, Dr. Claudia Schmeid. The Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Vienna Rabbi Paul Chaim Eisenberg recited El Maleh Rahamim, a prayer for the souls of the Jews killed in the Holocaust, during the Memorial Ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance. December 15, 2008. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90

The President of Austria, Heinz Fischer and his wife Margit Fischer, visited Yad Vashem accompanied by President Shimon Peres and Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev.  The President will lead a large delegation including Austrian Foreign Minister Dr. Michael Spindelegger, Defense Minister Mag. Norberg Darabos, and Minister of Education, Art and Culture, Dr. Claudia Schmeid. The Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Vienna Rabbi Paul Chaim Eisenberg recited El Maleh Rahamim, a prayer for the souls of the Jews killed in the Holocaust, during the Memorial Ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance. At the conclusion of the visit, the President greeted Austrian students who are volunteering in Israel.  on December 15, 2008. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90

The President of Austria, Heinz Fischer and his wife Margit Fischer, visited Yad Vashem accompanied by President Shimon Peres and Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev.  The President will lead a large delegation including Austrian Foreign Minister Dr. Michael Spindelegger, Defense Minister Mag. Norberg Darabos, and Minister of Education, Art and Culture, Dr. Claudia Schmeid. The Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Vienna Rabbi Paul Chaim Eisenberg recited El Maleh Rahamim, a prayer for the souls of the Jews killed in the Holocaust, during the Memorial Ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance. At the conclusion of the visit, the President greeted Austrian students who are volunteering in Israel.  on December 15, 2008. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90

The President of Austria, Heinz Fischer and his wife Margit Fischer, visit Yad Vashem accompanied by President Shimon Peres and Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev.  The President will lead a large delegation including Austrian Foreign Minister Dr. Michael Spindelegger, Defense Minister Mag. Norberg Darabos, and Minister of Education, Art and Culture, Dr. Claudia Schmeid. The Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Vienna Rabbi Paul Chaim Eisenberg recited El Maleh Rahamim, a prayer for the souls of the Jews killed in the Holocaust, during the Memorial Ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance. At the conclusion of the visit, the President greeted Austrian students who are volunteering in Israel.  on December 15, 2008. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90

The President of Austria, Heinz Fischer and his wife Margit Fischer, visit Yad Vashem accompanied by President Shimon Peres and Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev.  The President will lead a large delegation including Austrian Foreign Minister Dr. Michael Spindelegger, Defense Minister Mag. Norberg Darabos, and Minister of Education, Art and Culture, Dr. Claudia Schmeid. T. At the conclusion of the visit, the President greeted Austrian students who are volunteering in Israel.  on December 15, 2008. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90

Lawyers from universities all over Israel gather at the Jerusalem congress center for their graduation ceremony on December 15, 2008. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90

Lawyers from universities all over Israel gather at the Jerusalem congress center for their graduation ceremony on December 15, 2008. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90