UN Security Council discusses violence in Syria

Arab and European members of council trying to apply more diplomatic pressure on Bashar Assad's regime.

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Barak at Davos - AP - January 27, 2012.
Barak: World must act against Iran before it's too late

Defense Minister says Iran is soon reaching a point where even a 'surgical' military strike could not block it from acquiring nuclear arms.

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Syria - AP - January 27, 2012
More than 100 people killed by security forces across Syria

Surge in violence comes as United Nations Security Council prepares for meeting to discuss escalating crisis.

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Ashkenazi - Milrod - 1.2012
Amos Harel / The battle facing former IDF chief

The state comptroller's draft report on the Harpaz affair - and the media's response - will go a long way toward determining Gabi Ashkenazi's political future.

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President Obama's State of the Union address - AFP -  January 24, 2012
Chemi Shalev / Holding out for a hero: Yoni Netanyahu, Navy SEALS and the State of the Union

In his speech before Congress this week, President Obama extolled military mores and values that were once the bedrock of Israel’s existence.

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Bericha - Moreshet Archive - Jan 2012
Following the paths of the Jews in post-Holocaust Europe

A new project will film eight Israeli teenagers setting out on the routes the Bericha movement used to spirit Jews out of post-Holocaust Europe.

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Muslim Brotherhood - Reuters - Jan 2012
Avi Issacharoff / Egypt's new face is not a source of optimism for average Israeli

The Egyptian revolution that would see Mubarak resign was begun without the help of the Muslim Brotherhood, but now that Egypt has gone to the polls, the Islamist group is coming out the big winner.

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Middle East

Syria - Reuters - Jan 27, 2012

Syrian tanks storm restive city of Hama, at least 44 killed

Firing at random, tanks surround restive city from four directions.

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Syrian rebels claim they captured Iranian soldiers

'Free Syria Army' posts video featuring who they claim are soldiers from the Revolutionary Guards, who call on Ayatollah Khamanei to pull back Iran forces from Syria.

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Arab League observers resume work amid Syria violence

Security forces deployed across the Damascus suburb of Duma on Thursday, after the suburb was rocked by loud explosions overnight

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Diplomacy & Defense

Iran Navy Jan. 3, 2012 (Reuters)

Israeli officials think Iran retaliation threat is a bluff, NYT reports

New York Times says some officials think estimates that a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities would cause catastrophe are 'partly a bluff,' and that this is accepted at top government levels.

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Dennis Ross still advising Obama on regular basis, despite stepping down

Ross's work as a Middle East aide in the Obama administration was burdened by tension with special envoy George Mitchell, to the point that Ross and Mitchell sometimes refused to speak to one another.

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'Senior IDF officer told cabinet Israel cannot stop Iran's nuclear program'

Time Magazine quotes Israeli defense official as saying that Israel can only delay Tehran's nuclear program by several months, at most a year.

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Pro-Palestinian hackers apologize for bringing down Haaretz's Hebrew website

Twitter user who had taken responsibility for the attack says, 'we are sorry, we didn't know that haaretz is a good newspaper.'

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Anti-racism protesters must compete for Israelis' attention

Israelis of Ethiopian origin have been protesting racism in Israeli society for three weeks; but they are not the only ones fighting for a cause these days.

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Netanyahu says PMO will await the results of examination into Eshel affair

PM responds for the first to allegations that the head of his office had harassed a female coworker.

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employment fair for the Haredi community - Hagai Fried - 27012012

Measures on Haredim vanish from labor reform

Currently, 37% of Haredi men and 49% of Haredi women work.

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Trajtenberg: New affordable housing requirements are unjust

Sharp attack directed at Housing and Construction Minister Ariel Atias, coming in wake of the publication of new criteria for affordable housing eligibility.

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No fast-tracking dairy reforms, rules attorney general

Finance Ministry and Industry, Trade and Labor Ministry wants to push through plans to give the local dairy industry competition by increasing imports.

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Culture

The Green Man - 26012012

Israeli environmental show pulled off air after questions over business ethics

'The Green Man' Show sponsored by Israel Chemicals, portrays the company in positive light, though it is considered one of Israel's biggest polluters.

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Istanbul, corner Dizengoff

Turkish musician Cem Mansur, who is conducting the Haifa Symphony Orchestra this week, talks about his Tel Aviv roots and classical music in Turkey.

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A touch of neon to banish the winter blues

Retail giant H&M tackles the gloomy weather with dazzling white and vibrant orange in its women's spring collection.

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Sports

Devin Smith -  Nir Keidar - 27012012

Basketball / Euroleague / Maccabi Tel Aviv falls late to Barcelona

Game is easily Maccabi's lowest scoring performance in Euroleague play this season, as Barcelona took sole possession of first place after two rounds.

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Basketball / Super League / Maccabi Haifa bets on the farm team coach

Offer Rahimi will remain on the staff as assistant coach.

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Cricket / Local association bowls over Europeans with award-winning peace initiative

Initiative involves boys and girls from four separate playing centers in Israel and the Palestinian Authority being introduced to cricket for the first time, bringing communities together.

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