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From S-300 to Yakhonts: Burning questions and answers on Russian military aid to Syria

What are the new missile systems Russia is supplying to the Assad regime and how will they affect the region? Anshel Pfeffer breaks it down.

By Anshel Pfeffer | May 19, 2013 | 01:16 PM | 3

Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system

Netanyahu: Israel will continue to prevent transfer of arms from Syria to Hezbollah
By Barak Ravid

Russian military aid to Syria: Burning questions and answers 01:35 PM
Netanyahu: Israel will continue to prevent transfer of arms from Syria to Hezbollah 11:53 AM
AG tells state to remove empty structures at West Bank outpost of Migron 10:55 AM
After U.S. request, EU delays decision to label products from Israeli settlements 10:10 AM
Report: Assad preparing missile strike against Tel Aviv in case attacked again 05:13 AM
Israel caught in the middle as U.S. and Russia clash over Syria's future 02:01 AM

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The Reagan plan: IDF soldiers to operate ports if workers strike

The Economy Ministry is planning to counteract any strike by Israeli port workers by bringing in soldiers to operate the...

By Avi Bar-Eli, Ora Coren | 11:26 AM

AG tells state to remove empty structures at West Bank outpost of Migron

Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein told the state last week to remove the empty structures at the evacuated Migron outpost in the...

By Chaim Levinson | 02:15 PM

Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar (seated) weds journalist Geula Even in Tel Aviv.

Interior minister's intimate wedding held at powerful Israeli lobbyist's home

The small, private wedding of Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar and Channel 1 news presenter Geula Even on Thursday night may have...

By Tali Heruti-Sover | 11:02 AM

Iran hangs two spies allegedly working for Israel and U.S., local media reports

Mohammed Heidari and Kourush Ahmadi were accused of passing classified Iranian information to Israeli Mossad agents and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in exchange for money.

By Reuters | May 19, 2013 | 11:23 AM

After U.S. request, EU delays decision to label products from Israeli settlement

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry asked his EU counterpart Catherine Ashton to put off the move as he tries to restart Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.

By Barak Ravid | May 19, 2013 | 08:15 AM | 5

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat launches reelection campaign

With no challenger to face, latest polls show that only a major drama could threaten Barkat's reelection.

By Nir Hasson | May 19, 2013 | 04:37 AM

Israeli economy unsustainable if Haredim, Arabs don't join workforce, experts warn

National Economic Council presents cabinet both internal and external threats that Israel's economy is expected to face until 2050.

By Meirav Arlosoroff | May 19, 2013 | 02:00 AM | 2

Diplomacy & Defense

France in talks with U.S. and Israel to buy drones, French defense minister says

France is in talks with the United States and Israel to buy intelligence-gathering drones to build up a modern fleet, Defense...

By Reuters | 01:44 PM

Netanyahu: Israel will continue to prevent transfer of arms from Syria to Hezbollah

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a government meeting on Sunday that Israel will prevent advanced weapons from being...

By Barak Ravid | 11:15 AM

Assad accuses Israel of giving intel to Syrian rebel groups

Syrian President Bashar Assad yesterday accused Israel of aiding Syrian rebel groups by giving them logistical support and...

By Jack Khoury, News Agencies | 07:56 AM

Middle East

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First Saudi woman climbs Mount Everest

A 25-year-old university graduate has become the first woman from Saudi Arabia to climb Mt Everest, authorities in Nepal...

By DPA | 07:44 PM | 6

Egypt's opposition attacks Muslim Brotherhood-backed NGO draft law

Egypt's main opposition bloc said on Saturday that a Muslim Brotherhood-backed bill to regulate human rights groups and other...

By Reuters | 06:50 PM

Palestinians walking toward the Egyptian border crossing with Gaza in Rafah, Egypt

Egypt blocks Gaza border, Hamas calls continued closure 'unjustified'

Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again...

By Reuters | 04:59 PM | 31

Jewish World

The Jewish birthday blessing that teaches us to count

I recently celebrated a birthday. It wasn’t a milestone birthday just a day marking another year. Over the course of the day, a...

By Rabbi Micah Peltz / Jewish World blogger | 12:01 PM

Hungary for Jewish identity

BUDAPEST Each person in turn describes his or hers as "the classic Hungarian Jewish story."Their grandparents lived through the...

By Judy Maltz | 09:37 PM

Students comfort each other at the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school

France detains suspect in Toulouse killings investigation

French anti-terror judges ordered the detention on Saturday of a man on suspicion he aided an Al-Qaida-inspired gunman prepare...

By Reuters | 10:40 PM

A new form of authority / Parashat Nasso

With these words, God praises the Jewish people for its beauty, which is revealed when it displays its desire to voluntarily offer a gift for the Tabernacle.

By Yakov Meir | May 17, 2013 | 12:58 PM

Angelina Jolie's 'Jewish genetic mutation'

A study of 5,405 U.S. women with the common Ashkenazi Jewish mutation that increases carriers' risk of breast cancer, who were treated at the Mayo Clinic during the 1990s, found 45 percent chose prophylactic mastectomy, like Angelina Jolie.

By Dan Even | May 16, 2013 | 03:50 PM | 10

In Budapest, a revival of Jewish studies - and not just among Jews

The Central European University, established by Hungarian-born Jewish financier George Soros, offers a graduate program attracting students from as far afield as the U.S. and Mongolia.

By Judy Maltz | May 17, 2013 | 01:02 AM

Jordan River to drink up Kinneret water

The southern Jordan River.
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Yaron Kaminsky
The southern Jordan River.
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Yaron Kaminsky
The southern Jordan River.
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Yaron Kaminsky
The southern Jordan River.
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Gil Eliahu
The southern Jordan River.
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Yaron Kaminsky
The southern Jordan River.
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Yaron Kaminsky