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U.S. aid to Syrian rebels is a signal to Iran
In what was clearly an officially-sanctioned leak, the U.S. sent Iran a clear message just a few days before the next round of Iran-West nuclear talks in Baghdad.
By Anshel Pfeffer | May 16, 2012 | 06:28 PM | 2
Syrian rebels May 12, 2012 (AP)
Jews are gathered at an assembly point in the Kaunas ghetto, Kanusas, Lithuania, October 26, 1943
Lithuania reinstates event to honor Nazi collaborator
The Lithuanian Parliament published on Wednesday an updated schedule of events in honor of the repatriation to Lithuania of...
By Ofer Aderet | 08:36 PM | 2
The temporary rainbow crosswalk in Tel Aviv.
Tel Aviv's rainbow crosswalk draws cheers, then jeers, online
The Tel Aviv municipality provoked public ire this week when, in a bid to advertise Gay Pride Day, it painted a city-center...
By Ilan Lior | 08:58 PM
J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami on stage with William Kristol at the event.
J Street's Ben-Ami: 'U.S. Congressmen live in fear of pro-Israeli intimidation'
Many American senators and congressmen “keep quiet” and refrain from criticizing Israeli policies because they “live in fear”...
By Chemi Shalev | 03:07 PM | 24
Israel Police establishes new West Bank settlement demolition task force
Move to create the task force comes in light of the high number of outpost and settlement demolitions expected to take place by the end of 2012.
By Chaim Levinson | May 16, 2012 | 04:21 PM
Ehud Barak in India 2006 (AP)
India turns down Barak request to make official visit
Defense Minister Ehud Barak sought to visit military expo in New Delhi to symbolize close Israel-India ties; request denied by Indian Defense Ministry due to domestic political sensitivities.
By Barak Ravid | May 16, 2012 | 04:55 PM | 3
The Jewish-Arab Shani Girls’ Choir, at the 'Music For a Better World' concert.
Making dreams come true
Proceeds from the annual benefit of the Diplomatic Spouses' Club support a project that promotes musical education among Jewish and Arab youth.
By Noam Ben-Zeev | May 14, 2012 | 03:41 AM
Former Spain PM: Russia believes Israel will prevent Iran nuclear weapon
Jose Maria Aznar says Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told him in 2000 that Israel must be wiped from the map.
By Amos Harel | May 16, 2012 | 07:02 PM | 2
Middle East
Fayyad - AFP - May 12, 2012
Fayyad replaced as finance minister in Palestinian Authority cabinet reshuffle
Salam Fayyad, a Palestinian leader widely credited by the West with introducing transparency to a corruption-plagued and...
By Reuters | 04:57 PM
Palestinian girls walk past an overflowing garbage container in Kufr Aqab village near Ramallah.
After years of neglect, Palestinians going green
In a society preoccupied with the struggle for independence from Israel, protecting the environment has often been sidelined -...
By The Associated Press | 12:11 PM | 4
Massoud Ali Mohammadi - AP - 14.1.2010
Iran executes alleged Mossad agent for killing nuclear scientist
Iran has hanged a man it said was an agent for Israeli intelligence agency Mossad whom it convicted of killing one of its...
By Reuters | 11:03 AM | 4
IAEA urges Iran to grant access to military site as Vienna talks begin over Islamic Republic's nuclear program
Senior official from UN nuclear watchdog says aim of two-day meeting is to reach agreement with Iran on approach to resolving issues about disputed atomic activities.
By Reuters | May 14, 2012 | 11:41 AM | 29
Syria clashes kill 27; fighting hits Lebanon
Four killed in Lebanon; Syria's Muslim Brotherhood calls for international investigation into Damascus bombings that killed 70.
By DPA | May 13, 2012 | 10:20 PM | 7
New image reportedly depicts Iran's military nuclear testing site
Drawing obtained by Associated Press is said to come from inside the Parchin military base near Tehran, provided by a country tracking the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.
By The Associated Press | May 13, 2012 | 06:50 PM | 103
Diplomacy & Defense
Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Akbar Salehi
ISIS: Iran's foreign minister established clandestine nuclear program in the 90s
Communications from the 1990s suggest Iran's current foreign minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, had knowledge of a program to procure...
By Reuters | 03:58 AM
Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi
Israel's Military Intelligence chief visited U.S. for secret talks on Iran, Syria
Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi made a secret visit two weeks ago to Washington and to UN headquarters in...
By Barak Ravid | 12:41 AM | 9
Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran
Top U.S. think tank warns against Israeli, American strike on Iran
The RAND Corporation, a think tank which advises the Pentagon, warned on Tuesday against an Israeli or American attack on...
By Amir Oren | 12:19 AM | 16
A relatively quiet Nakba Day, thanks to the Palestinian prisoners
Both Israel and the Palestinians had a stake in bringing an end to the hunger strikes, although none of it would have been possible without the help of members of Egyptian intelligence.
By Amos Harel | May 15, 2012 | 10:57 PM
Israel to funnel aid to Palestinians in case of earthquake
Decision comes in the wake of a 5.5-magnitude quake which rattled Israel and the West Bank on Friday.
By Reuters | May 15, 2012 | 08:55 PM | 3
Irish writer Gerard Donovan accuses pro-Palestinian group of 'bullying' him to boycott Israel
Israeli diplomats say Ireland one of the top three countries in Europe in terms of anti-Israel hostility; Irish Justice Minister accuses activists of ‘cyberbullying.’
By Anshel Pfeffer | May 15, 2012 | 07:05 PM | 9
Jewish World
The cover of the Talmud in Arabic that was published in Amman, Jordan.
National Library acquires first Arabic translation of Babylonian Talmud
On a stand at the book fair in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia about two months ago was a sign advertising the first translation in...
By Nir Hasson | 12:41 AM
President Shimon Peres meeting with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook headquarters
Facebook IPO: Good for the Jews?
If the Talmud were written today, would it look like Facebook? First, the rabbis of the Mishnaic period post a Jewish...
By JTA | 11:12 AM
‘Amy’s National Garden of Hope’ shown in full bloom at Brookside Gardens just outside of Washington,
The Jewish calendar’s lesson on life
We are told that Judaism is a life-affirming religion. The national anthem of Israel is called “Hatikvah, or “The Hope,” and...
By Rabbi Micah Peltz / Jewish World blogger | 10:27 AM
Ultra-Orthodox to host mega-rally in U.S. for a more kosher Internet
Campaign uses Twitter and Facebook while condemning nature of the Web.
By Josh Nathan-Kazis | May 16, 2012 | 08:18 AM
Jews, the Left and the rest
How political history shapes today's Jewish narratives.
By Eitan Kensky | May 15, 2012 | 03:00 PM
Lithuanian university calls off memorial for pro-Nazi head of state
In a letter to parliament, university's rector says political events should not take place on university grounds; it is still unclear if the rest of festivities will take place as scheduled.
By Ofer Aderet | May 15, 2012 | 09:58 PM
National
Right and left-wing activists face-off at the Nakba Day event in Tel Aviv University, May 16, 2012.
At last minute, Haifa University cancels Nakba event
The University of Haifa canceled on Wednesday a student-organized public event to commemorate the Nakba, just three hours...
By Talila Nesher, Revital Hovel | 05:23 PM | 5
Kol Barama broadcasting studio.
U.S. Jews, Israeli feminist organizations target broadcast authority for ‘silencing women’
Members of The Second Authority for Television and Radio have received hundreds of e-mails in the last 24 hours demanding an...
By Emilie Grunzweig | 01:13 PM
Eritrean migrants in Tel Aviv.
Israel's Interior Minister: All African migrants should be jailed
Israel's Interior Minister Eli Yishai said on Wednesday that most of the migrants from Africa are engaged in criminal actions...
By Haaretz | 10:35 AM | 14
Four Eritreans arrested in another TA parking lot rape
19-year-old woman raped and robbed by Eritrean asylum seekers while making her way home through southern Tel Aviv.
By Dana Weiler-Polak, Yaniv Kubovich | May 16, 2012 | 12:41 AM
State ordered to pay hazmat engineers overtime for years of night shifts
Labor court orders Environmental Protection Ministry to pay 50 senior engineers NIS 13-15 million in retroactive payments.
By Revital Hovel | May 16, 2012 | 12:41 AM
Class action: Insurers, HMOs refuse coverage for disabled
Plaintiffs charge that Clal, Dikla, Maccabi, Clalit and Leumit, refused them nursing insurance due to their disabilities.
By Dana Weiler-Polak | May 16, 2012 | 12:41 AM
Culture
Lenny Kravitz (AP)
U.S. music star Lenny Kravitz to rock Israel in October
Grammy-winning U.S. music star Lenny Kravitz will travel to Israel this fall and hold a concert in Tel Aviv's Hayarkon Park on...
By Haaretz | 10:17 PM
Shai Goldman
Israeli cinematographer brings poetry to the big screen
In "The Band's Visit," members of an Egyptian band wearing blue uniforms line up against the backdrop of a sprawling desert....
By Nirit Anderman | 05:06 AM
Harpist and composer Renana Neeman releases her first album this summer.
An Israeli harpist with an attitude
When Renana Neeman was a girl, her parents told her that her first name means "the song of angels." "I had a fantasy about...
By Uri Zer Aviv | 05:06 AM
In Israel, the paparazzi prefer Gilad Shalit to Homeland stars
Homeland, the award winning Fox 21 drama thriller, which is filming in Israel this week, is causing a paparazzi commotion in the country.
By Danna Harman | May 16, 2012 | 12:41 AM
Reality meets fiction as Gilad Shalit visits the cast of Homeland on Tel Aviv set
Former IDF soldier, who was in Hamas captivity for more than 5 years, meets the stars of the hit show Homeland, which tells the story of a U.S. marine who returns home after being held by al-Qaida for many years.
By Danna Harman | May 15, 2012 | 06:20 PM
The Fountainheads, a religious Israeli band that could, coming to a synagogue near you
If you like cheerful, cheesy, and yet infuriatingly catchy songs about the Jewish holidays, you will love this band.
By Danna Harman | May 15, 2012 | 04:16 PM
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Designer Mushon Zer-Aviv and artist and illustrator Galia Ofri.
The Israeli couple blazing a new visual trail with 'Illustrated Wikipedia'
As Wikipedia enters its second decade, an Israeli couple are exploring ways to improve and share illustrations on the world's most popular source of info.
By Yuval Saar | Features
In Israel, the paparazzi prefer Gilad Shalit to Homeland stars
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Israel's baby boomers facing rocky retirement
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Haaretz publisher Amos Schocken holds Q&A session with Haaretz readers
By Amos Schocken | Business
Image grab from video of 'Dayenu - Coming Home,' by the Ein Prat Fountainheads.'
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If you like cheerful, cheesy, and yet infuriatingly catchy songs about the Jewish holidays, you will love this band.
By Danna Harman | Arts & Leisure
The theft that changed the Israeli banking system and underworld
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Israeli cinematographer brings poetry to the big screen
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Shooting down a canard: Torah study does boost GDP
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Let's hope Shapira will be independent
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Iran: The Debate
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Israel fears nuclear deal between Iran, world powers as Baghdad talks draw near
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Iran wins release of Turkish journalists captured in Syria, says Turkey FM
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U.S. Elections 2012
Barack Obama
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New poll shows majority of U.S. Jews support Obama's policy toward Israel
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