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Two rockets hit Hezbollah-controlled district in Lebanon

Residents say several people wounded; Attack may have been response to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's weekend speech in support of Assad.

By Reuters | May 26, 2013 | 08:32 AM

Two men inspect their damage house after two rockets hit their area in a Beirut suburbs, May 26

Two rockets hit Hezbollah-controlled district in Lebanon 08:35 AM
Settlers sling accusations at IDF as stone-throwing increases in West Bank 08:27 AM
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Settlers sling accusations at IDF as stone-throwing increases in West Bank

Settlers driving on roads in the West Bank have encountered a genuine problem in recent months: a steep increase in the number of...

By Amos Harel, Chaim Levinson | 03:01 AM | 5

Kerry’s gamble: A resounding first victory or political humiliation

Secretary of State John Kerry tried to explain at a press conference at Ben-Gurion International Airport why he had been...

By Barak Ravid | 10:25 PM | 7

Habayit Hayehudi MK Uri Ariel, center, meeting with representatives of ultra-Orthodox factions

Rightists demand Arabs be part of IDF draft reform

Habayit Hayehudi and Yisrael Beiteinu have coordinated a demand that legislation to draft ultra-Orthodox Jews into the Israel...

By Jonathan Lis | 01:41 AM

Development agencies slam EU's inaction over Israel's Area C policies

Association of International Development Agencies says the EU governments have not launched coordinated, effective diplomatic efforts vis-a-vis Israel's policies in Area C.

By Amira Hass | May 26, 2013 | 02:12 AM

This Friday, May 10, 2013 photo shows damaged fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Jerusalem.

Little bits of the Dead Sea Scrolls put up for sale

This angers Israel's government antiquities authority, which holds most of the scrolls, claims that every last scrap should be recognized as Israeli cultural property, and threatens to seize any more pieces that hit the market.

By The Associated Press | May 25, 2013 | 09:32 PM

Israelis protesting plans to export natural gas.

Hundreds of Israelis demonstrate in protest of plan to export natural gas

At previous demonstrations, protesters clashed with police, but a large police presence kept the demonstrators in check on Saturday night.

By Eran Azran | May 26, 2013 | 01:02 AM

UEFA meet hit by anti-Israel protests

Guests at the event - including David Beckham and Sir Alex Ferguson - were stunned as one protester jumped on the stage and started shouting slogans.

By Moshe Boker, Agencies | May 26, 2013 | 01:41 AM

Diplomacy & Defense

Ex-General denies statements regarding Syrian cyber attack

Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel, a former cyber-security adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, denied statements attributed to him...

By Yanir Yagna | 03:26 AM

If Syria falls, so will Palestine, Hezbollah's Nasrallah warns in speech

Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah opened a front against al-Qaida and its affiliated groups, especially in Syria, stressing on...

By Jack Khoury | 09:10 PM | 5

Mobile homes being transported from the site of Migron

Yesh Atid minister: Isolated settlements should be dismantled

Social Affairs Minister Meir Cohen (Yesh Atid) said on Saturday that isolated settlements should be unilaterally evacuated as...

By Jonathan Lis | 06:50 PM | 5

Middle East

Hezbollah, Syrian government launch artillery campaign on rebel stronghold

Syrian government forces and the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah launched a fierce campaign to seize more rebel territory in...

By Reuters | 07:01 PM

Report: Wave of cyberattacks on U.S. energy firms tracked back to Iran

A series of potentially destructive cyberattacks seeking to sabotage corporations in the U.S. has been tracked back to Iran, the...

By Haaretz | 11:33 AM | 2

Demonstrators protest against Syrian President Assad in Istanbul

Syrian opposition talks face collapse as Assad's foes fail to cut a unity deal

Syrian opposition talks aimed at presenting a coherent front at an international peace conference to end the civil war faced the...

By Reuters | 06:00 AM

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An FBI agent at the scene of the house where Ibragim Todashev was shot and killed.

Police backtrack on motive for killing Jewish triple murder suspect with Boston bomber ties

Law enforcement officials are now unsure of what spurred the killing of Ibragim Todashev, or if he was ready to confess to his...

By The Forward | 01:40 PM

"The Gathering of the Manna," by James Tissot

Freed of fantasies / Parashat Beha'alotcha

Midway through this week’s Torah reading, the Israelites embark on their journey through the wilderness toward the Promised Land....

By Yakov Meir | 12:23 PM

Monument to the heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto.

Vandalism at Poland's Blonie cemetery destroys last traces of a Jewish past

WARSAW - The Jewish cemetery in the Polish town of Blonie, one of the smallest and most ancient in the country, was, to all...

By Roman Frister | 02:03 PM

Adelsons donate $40 million to Birthright

The latest gift by casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam brings the couple’s overall donations to the program to $180 million.

By JTA | May 23, 2013 | 07:39 PM | 2

U.S. Jews need to decide if they are tourists in Israel, or extended family

The conference of Jewish Presidents has urged Yair Lapid to rethink plans to charge tourists VAT. If the U.S. Jewish connection to Israel is merely linked to how cheap it is for tourists, however, then we are in serious trouble.

By Joel Braunold / Jewish World blogger | May 23, 2013 | 11:14 AM | 4

In the Orthodox world, a rare dance and an historic gesture

At the Belzer wedding in Jerusalem, attended by thousands of people, the rabbi had a special dance not just with the bride, but with Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. Such warmth between ultra-Orthodox Ashkenazi and Sephardi rabbis is not an everyday occurrence.

By Yair Ettinger | May 23, 2013 | 01:34 AM | 5

Israel's motley mosaics

One of many stunning mosaics found in Tzippori.
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Moshe Gilad
Fruit basket at the Inn of the Good Samaritan
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Cross at Mamshit from the period before the Church banned such images on church floor...
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Geometric pattern at Inn of the Good Samaritan
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Bird at Mamshit.
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