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Israeli officials: More EU states backing move to list Hezbollah as terror group

Aid Hezbollah is giving to Assad spurring EU support for the move; U.K. has formally requested EU blacklist the group; Berlin sources to Haaretz: Germany supports move if request is based on sufficient evidence.

By Barak Ravid | May 21, 2013 | 11:00 PM | 3

A pro-Hezbollah rally in southern Lebanon.

Bulgaria tells EU: Hezbollah must face consequences to stop future terror attacks
By Barak Ravid | 6

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Soldiers searching for remains of fellow soldier in minefield .

Israeli soldier killed during land mine clearing near Syrian border

An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed Tuesday afternoon during a training course while removing a land mine in the Golan...

By Gili Cohen | 09:58 PM | 2

Bodies of two girls aged three and five found in southern Bedouin town

The bodies of two girls, aged three and five, were on Tuesday in a house near the Bedouin town of Al-Fura in southern Israel....

By Yanir Yagna, Jack Khoury | 09:33 PM

Tens of thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Belz Hasidic Dynasty watch the wedding ceremony of R

Tens of thousands attend Jerusalem wedding of Hasidic dynasty

Some 25,000 people took part Tuesday night in the wedding in Jerusalem of the eldest grandson of the amdor, or leader, of the...

By Yair Ettinger | 11:20 PM

IDF chief: Assad will 'bear consequences' of further attacks on Israel

Syria troops, IDF exchange fire for third time this week; for first time, Assad regime claims responsibility for firing at Israeli forces.

By Gili Cohen | May 21, 2013 | 06:44 PM | 27

Gil Eliahu Defense Minister Ya’alon visiting an IDF outpost in the Golan earlier this year.

Ya'alon defends al-Dura panel, calls second intifada incident 'a blood libel'

Israel's Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon says a French militant used the al-Dura affair to justify the killing of Jews, though the special committee's report says otherwise.

By Chaim Levinson | May 21, 2013 | 09:13 PM

In ice cream wars, Israelis scream for Ben & Jerry's

In TheMarker's blind taste test, the Vermont ice cream-making duo wins tops mark for both price and taste.

By Gabriela Davidovich-Weisberg | May 21, 2013 | 05:51 PM

Report: Iran bars ex-President Rafsanjani from participating in election

The exclusion of Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, a former chief of staff to Ahmadinejad detested by the clerical establishment, would leave the presidential race dominated by hardline conservatives close to Supreme Leader Khamenei.

By Reuters | May 21, 2013 | 07:13 PM

Diplomacy & Defense

An IDF soldier in front of a mural depicting the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat

Palestinian hurt by live IDF fire at West Bank demonstration

A Palestinian was hurt by live IDF fire during a West Bank demonstration on Tuesday. During the demonstration on Tuesday...

By Gili Cohen | 07:45 PM | 2

Israel expands territorial limit for fishing off Gaza coast

Gaza fishermen will now be able to sail for up to six miles from the Gaza coast, the IDF announced on Tuesday.The new range is an...

By Gili Cohen | 05:03 PM | 7

Strapped for cash, Defense Ministry looks to banks to fund projects

With planned budget cuts looming, the Defense Ministry is hoping to circumvent the pinch by borrowing from Israel's banks, and...

By Sivan Aizescu | 02:15 PM

Middle East

UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi (C) before a meeting on January 11, 2013 at the UN.

Syrian government, rebels planning to attend peace conference, says UN envoy

The Syrian opposition and the government were preparing to take part in a peace conference in Geneva, UN and Arab League envoy to...

By Jack Khoury | 09:48 PM

Lebanese Sunni gunmen ride on motorcycles during the funeral of one of their colleagues

Three killed during Syria-related clashes in Lebanese city

Three people were killed in further sectarian fighting in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Tuesday, security sources...

By Reuters | 06:59 PM

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia welcomes the Gulf Arab leaders in Riyadh, May 14, 2012.

Saudi Arabia executes five Yemenis and displays corpses

Saudi Arabia executed five Yemenis on Tuesday for robbery and murder, then put their bodies on public display as a further...

By Reuters | 06:13 PM | 2

Jewish World

Warsaw ghetto insurgent Boruch Spiegel dies at 93

Boruch Spiegel, one of the last remaining survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising by poorly armed Jewish insurgents against...

By Reuters | 09:04 PM

Producer Mel Brooks poses for a portrait in his office at The Culver Studios in California.

Mel Brooks’ top 10 'Jewy Jewish' scenes

Monday night marks the national premier broadcast of the American Masters installment on Mel Brooks. To mark the occasion, we’ve...

By JTA | 07:45 PM

Glenn Beck at the Zionist Organization of America fundraiser last year.

Zionist Organization of America regains tax-exempt status

The Zionist Organization of America has regained its tax exemption more than a year after its failure to file financial...

By The Forward | 10:34 AM | 4

State Department notes anti-Semitism spike, Israel’s limits on religious pluralism

The U.S. religious freedoms report highlights continued 'flourishing' of the Passover blood libel as well as Holocaust denial.

By JTA | May 21, 2013 | 04:38 PM | 2

U.K. program targets 'Jewish' cancer gene with DNA analysis

New British research program tries out new model which would give cancer patients the kind of genetic analysis that led Angelina Jolie to decide to undergo a preventive double mastectomy.

By Reuters | May 20, 2013 | 06:39 PM

The Moroccan Jewish pig farmer preaching peace in Israel

Bruno Frydman's family endured the Inquisition and the Holocaust; his unique background shapes his approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

By Danna Harman | May 19, 2013 | 12:20 PM | 2

Fresh Paint art

Natalia Zorbov, "Esther in the garden (Jaffa)", 2013.
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Elham Rokni, from the series "Sisters Khalili," 2013.
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‏Jennifer Abessira, July, Photography, 30/40, 2012.
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Gustavo Sagorsky, Souvenir, Photography, 35x46, 2012.
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Diamond Woods
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Skyless Moon
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Happy Backgammon by the Halili Sisters
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