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Disarray among Syrian rebels plays into Assad's hands

As if the civil war itself weren’t enough, there’s another battle being fought among Syrian rebels. The interim government is isolated in Turkey, its coffers are empty and conflicting interests prevent...

By Zvi Bar'el | Jul 25, 2015 | 04:00 AM
Report: U.S. preparing to release Jonathan Pollard

The Justice Department denied the Wall Street Journal report, saying it continues to maintain that the Israeli spy should serve his full sentence.

By Barak Ravid | Jul 24, 2015 | 11:34 PM
The worst lies Israel told itself this week

From a Haaretz journalist's veneration of Netanyahu's refined tastes to Yair Lapid's donning a prayer shawl, these were the highlights of this week's masquerade ball.

By Carolina Landsmann | Jul 25, 2015 | 04:00 AM
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A vegetarian meal to prepare for the Tisha B’Av fast

Jews are going through a period of mourning, and naturally many of the rituals have to do with food.

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John Kerry speaks on the Iran nuclear deal at the Council on Foreign Relations. July 24, 2015.

Kerry has 'intense exchange' with Jewish leaders over Iran deal

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addressed influential American Jewish leaders on the nuclear deal with Iran on Friday, in what...

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WATCH: Jon Stewart's greatest Jewish moments

JTA - For years, it has been written about and on Thursday night it was sealed: Jon Stewart is proud to be Jewish. With just...

By Gabe Friedman | 02:14 AM

Obama: Iran will fund Hezbollah with or without sanctions

U.S. President Barack Obama said that Iran is determined to finance the Hezbollah even under sanctions. Obama was...

By JTA | 12:45 AM

Major forest fire near Jerusalem partially contained

Authorities mull evacuating communities near Beit Shemesh as 12 planes, 40 firefighting crews fight rapidly-growing blaze.

By Nir Hasson | Jul 24, 2015 | 08:32 PM

'Israel will be blamed if Congress rejects Iran deal'

U.S. Secretary of State Kerry also says it would be 'enormous mistake' for Israel to take unilateral military action against Iran.

By Barak Ravid | Jul 24, 2015 | 05:12 PM | 20

Republican presidential candidate New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. July 17, 2015.

Chris Christie says Obama 'lying to American people' over Iran deal

Republican presidential-hopeful blasts US president in new television ad: 'I would have walked away from the table.'

By Jacob Kornbluh | Jul 24, 2015 | 06:03 PM | 4

Former IDF intel chief briefly held up at London airport, report says

Amos Yadlin, head of the Institute for National Security Studies, was held up for ten minutes on Tuesday, Channel 2 reports.

By Haaretz | Jul 24, 2015 | 08:25 PM

Diplomacy & Defense

Who is Jonathan Pollard?

Who is Jonathan Pollard? Jonathan Jay Pollard was born on August 7, 1954 in Galveston, Texas to Jewish parents. Pollard...

By Haaretz | 12:56 AM | 15

Obama: Iran will fund Hezbollah with or without sanctions

U.S. President Barack Obama said that Iran is determined to finance the Hezbollah even under sanctions. Obama was...

By JTA | 12:45 AM

Jonathan Pollard during an interview, May 15, 1998.

Report: Obama administration preparing to release Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard

The Obama administration is preparing to release jailed Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, senior American officials told the Wall...

By Barak Ravid | 11:34 PM

Middle East

Analysis / Lack of unity among rebels helping Assad in Syria

The words on the banner at a meeting in the Turkish city of Antakya this week were squeezed together to fit on the cloth:...

By Zvi Bar'el | 04:00 AM

Photo of man accused of being gay being thrown off a building by an ISIS member, in Palmyra, Syria.

ISIS executes two 'gay' men in ancient Syrian city of Palmyra

Two Syrian men accused of being gay have been executed by Islamic State militants in the ancient city of Palmyra, according to...

By Haaretz | 08:49 PM

Syria continues to develop chemical weapons, officials tell WSJ

Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime continues to operate chemical weapons production facilities and is even developing new...

By Haaretz | 12:20 PM | 2

Jewish World

WATCH: Jon Stewart's greatest Jewish moments

JTA - For years, it has been written about and on Thursday night it was sealed: Jon Stewart is proud to be Jewish. With just...

By Gabe Friedman | 02:14 AM

Kerry has 'intense exchange' with Jewish leaders over Iran deal

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addressed influential American Jewish leaders on the nuclear deal with Iran on Friday, in what...

By Haaretz | 12:10 AM

A 1943 file photo showing Polish Jews being deported by German SS soldiers.

Germany to establish its first professorship dedicated to Holocaust study

Goethe University in Frankfurt is to establish a long-term professorship devoted to the study of the Holocaust, the first such...

By Haaretz | 07:30 PM

Israel

Smoke from the forest fire, as soon from Beit Shemesh.

Massive forest fire rages in Jerusalem area

An extensive forest fire broke out Friday afternoon in the Beit Shemesh area, about 30 kilometers east of Jerusalem. By the late...

By Nir Hasson | 08:32 PM

Just like his hero, this asylum seeker has a dream

Mutasim Ali was not jumping for joy earlier this month when he was released from the detention facility that holds hundreds of...

By Vered Lee | 07:34 PM

Joint List's MK Odeh with MK Yacimovich and Meretz MK Galon at Peace Now conference. July 2015.

Israeli Arab leader: Right says 'death to Arabs', but the left will be the death of us

Joint List chairman MK Ayman Odeh slammed Isaac Herzog on Friday, following the Zionist Union leader’s comments earlier this...

By Ofra Edelman | 05:31 PM

Life

Screenshot from YouTube clip of Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda.'

Israeli city bans Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda,' 13 other songs from summer teen event

Israel's northernmost coastal city, Nahariya, has issued a directive banning 14 songs from being played at a major city-sponsored...

By Noa Shpigel | 03:01 PM

Technology could soon make this delicious hamburger as kosher as your mother's latkes.

Is test-tube meat kosher?

Technological advances are bringing us to ask a pressing question: Does Judaism consider meat created in a laboratory to be...

By Haaretz | 10:30 AM

Haifa offensive player Justin Diamond charging toward the Netanya goal

Lacrosse / Netanya deals Haifa first loss of season

Andrew Copeland stepped in for Barak Netanya and helped the “Bolts” deliver Haifa its first loss of the season with a 6-5...

By Jacob Farrell | 02:05 AM

World

Combination of images of Pluto captured by the New Horizons spacecraft. July 24, 2015.

NASA reveals new composite images of Pluto - in color

Pluto is hazier than scientists expected and appears to be covered with flowing ice. The team responsible for the New Horizons...

By The Associated Press | 10:51 PM

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Obama makes historic first presidential visit to Kenya, his father's homeland

REUTERS - U.S. President Barack Obama flew into Kenya late on Friday for his first presidential visit to his father's homeland,...

By Jeff Mason | 09:15 PM

Ilya Goryachev, leader of neo-nazi gang 'Militant Organization of Russian Nationalists. July 24 2015

Leader of Russian neo-Nazi gang sentenced to life in prison

Moscow's highest court has sentenced a leader of a militant neo-Nazi group to life in prison after he was convicted of ordering...

By The Associated Press | 08:59 PM

Business

New MK promoting pirate-radio bill gets mixed reception in Knesset

With astonishing alacrity, right before the Knesset adjourned for summer recess, a private members’ bill was put forward with...

By Zvi Zrahiya , Nati Tucker | 08:43 PM

Mega to seek protection from creditors for Dr. Baby unit

Dr. Baby, the baby supplies chain of the embattled retailer Mega, will seek court protection from creditors, making it the...

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Locker does less to trim army spending than it seems

Notwithstanding the blitzkrieg of criticism that came from the army, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon in particular, the army...

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Travel In Israel

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IN PHOTOS: A look inside Jewish Marakech

Searching for Jewish heritage in Marakech, once the heartland of Moroccan Jewish life, can be challenging. The Mellah, or the...

By Harry D. Wall and Jewish Discoveries | 10:47 AM

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