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BREAKING NEWS

7:01 AM
Israel releases Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan from administrative detention (Haaretz)
7:00 AM
70 evacuated as Colima volcano spews ash in western Mexico (AP)
4:54 AM
Libyan parties reach peace deal without Tripoli government (AP)
2:00 AM
Clinton gets key union endorsement as Sanders enjoys groundswell of support (Reuters)
12:24 AM
NAACP board of directors passes emergency resolution ending 15-year S. Carolina boycott (AP)
11:27 PM
Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas to leave Real Madrid for Porto (Reuters)
11:05 PM
Greek PM Tsipras struggles to contain party revolt on bailout (Reuters)
10:04 PM
U.S. airstrikes have destroyed ISIS' top leadership in Afghanistan, says Afghani official (AP)
10:02 PM
Around 200 people protest Israel gas deal at Be'er Sheva rally (Haaretz)
8:58 PM
Latest clashes between Libyan soldiers, Islamists in Benghazi kill 19 (Reuters)
8:06 PM
Iran's Khamenei: Struggle against U.S. will continue even if nuclear deal signed (Haaretz)
7:49 PM
Egyptian PM after Cairo blast: We are at war, world must unite against terrorism (Reuters)
6:36 PM
ISIS claims responsibility for bomb attack on Italian consulate in Cairo (Reuters)
5:55 PM
U.S., allies conduct 34 airstrikes against ISIS targets in Syria, Iraq (Reuters)
5:51 PM
14 killed in suicide attack on market in Chad's capital (AP)

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Pensioners queue outside a Bank of Greece bank branch to collect their pensions, July 9, 2015

Euro zone demands further steps from Greece prior to bailout negotiations

REUTERS - Skeptical euro zone finance ministers demanded on Saturday that Greece go beyond painful austerity measures accepted by...

By Andreas Rinke and Francesco Guarascio | 03:25 AM

In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo, an unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field.

'U.S. strikes have destroyed ISIS' top leadership in Afghanistan'

Afghanistan said Saturday that recent U.S. airstrikes it assisted destroyed the top leadership of a fledging Islamic State (ISIS)...

By The Associated Press | 10:08 PM

Security officials inspect the site following a bomb blast at the Italian Consulate in Cairo.

ISIS claims responsibility for Cairo bomb attack

The Islamic State claimed responsibility Saturday for a bomb attack in front of the Italian consulate in central Cairo earlier in...

By Reuters | 06:22 PM

WATCH: Serbian PM attacked at Srebrenica memorial

Tens of thousands gather to mark 20th anniversary of Europe's only genocide since the Holocaust; Serbian minister calls incident 'an assassination attempt.'

By The Associated Press , Reuters | Jul 11, 2015 | 03:49 PM | 5

Photo purporting to show an Israeli drone that allegedly crashed near Tripoli, July 11, 2011.

Lebanese army claims Israeli drone crashes in sea

Israeli military refuses to confirm reports unmanned aircraft fell into sea off northern city of Tripoli.

By Gili Cohen , Jack Khoury | Jul 11, 2015 | 10:00 AM | 2

Turkish soldiers stand guard near the Mursitpinar border gate as smoke rises in the Syria's KobanI.

Analysis || Who's afraid of a Turkish buffer zone in Syria?

ISIS is the problem, but of course Ankara and Erdogan are obsessed with the Kurds.

By Zvi Bar'el | Jul 11, 2015 | 11:26 AM | 2

Bureaucrats up in arms after Netanyahu taps close aide for top Absorption Ministry job

Perach Lerner, a close aide to the prime minister, has been nominated as ministry directory-general but some say she doesn’t have the required experience.

By Sharon Shpurer | Jul 11, 2015 | 02:13 PM

Diplomacy & Defense

The Mengistu family.

Officials: Fate of Israelis missing in Gaza unconnected to return of IDF soldiers’ bodies

Senior political and defense officials said over the weekend that Israel will not free Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the...

By Amos Harel | 03:15 AM

Lior Lotan visits Avera Mengistu's family in Ashkelon, July 10, 2015.

Despite mistakes, Mengistu affair needs professionals

The prime minister’s coordinator for prisoners-of-war and missing persons has only himself to blame for the things he said to...

By Amos Harel | 01:29 AM

Photo purporting to show an Israeli drone that allegedly crashed near Tripoli, July 11, 2011.

Lebanese army claims Israeli drone crashes in sea

Lebanon's army said an Israeli drone crashed into the sea off the port of the northern coastal city of Tripoli on Saturday. A...

By Gili Cohen , Jack Khoury | 10:00 AM | 2

Middle East

Iranian demonstrators burn a representation of the U.S. flag reading "down with America"

Iran's Khamenei: Struggle against U.S. will continue even if nuclear deal signed

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said at a meeting with students in Tehran that the struggle against the United States will...

By Barak Ravid | 09:01 PM

Security officials inspect the site following a bomb blast at the Italian Consulate in Cairo.

ISIS claims responsibility for bomb attack on Italian consulate in Cairo

The Islamic State claimed responsibility Saturday for a bomb attack in front of the Italian consulate in central Cairo earlier in...

By Reuters | 06:22 PM

Riot police use pepper spray to push back a group of Uighur protesters

Turkey accepts 8 more Uighur refugees from Thailand

Officials say Thailand has sent eight more ethnic Uighurs to Turkey, days after the Thais came under intense criticism for...

By The Associated Press | 05:09 PM

Jewish World

A kashrut certificate on display.

Kashrut certification fight about to get very tasty

Jerusalem’s Beit Yisrael Street never sleeps. In the past, it was the site of Jerusalem’s carpentry market. In recent years,...

By Yair Ettinger | 06:01 AM

A Holocaust survivor shows her number tattoo.

Fraud at Holocaust-victim fund likely more than $57 million reported, fired investigator says

JTA - When the board of directors of the Claims Conference — which handles German compensation for Nazi atrocities against Jews —...

By Uriel Heilman | 04:40 AM

Jarryd Hayne

‘Jews killed Jesus,’ tweets Aussie rugby star turned NFL player

JTA - Jarryd Hayne is an Australian rugby star trying to make an unusual transition to the NFL as a potential member of the San...

By Gabe Friedman | 04:17 PM | 2

Israel

Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein at Herzliya Conference. June 2015.

Israel's attorney general expected to oppose introduction of death penalty for terrorists

Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein is on Sunday expected to oppose a bill calling for the death penalty for terrorists, citing...

By Jonathan Lis | 06:21 AM

Gymnasia High School.

Tuition at Israeli public magnet schools in court spotlight

High Court Justices Elyakim Rubinstein, Yoram Danziger and Noam Sohlberg will Monday hear petitions filed against the Education...

By Yarden Skop | 01:56 AM

Women Wage Peace at the fast outside the prime minister's residence, July 10, 2015

Hungering for peace, women's movement launches protest fast

Nearly 60 women from the Women Wage Peace movement held a Kabbalat Shabbat ceremony Friday night outside the prime minister’s...

By Eetta Prince-Gibson | 01:47 AM

Life

Engraving by Ephraim Moshe Lilien

Why is religion awakening in secular Israel, India and Algeria?

“The Paradox of Liberation: Secular Revolutions and Religious Counterrevolutions,” by Michael Walzer, Yale University Press,...

By Tomer Persico | 03:17 PM | 2

Beitar Jerusalem fans at the club's Teddy Stadium, May 2015

Until an Arab plays for Beitar Jerusalem...

Few know it but Beitar Jerusalem once had an Arab player on its books, someone who trained with the soccer club for a year or...

By Yoav Borowitz | 09:28 PM

Omar Sharif.

Omar Sharif, actor known for 'Lawrence of Arabia' and 'Doctor Zhivago' roles, dies at 83

REUTERS - Actor Omar Sharif, best known for his title role as Doctor Zhivago in the Oscar-winning film, has died, Egyptian state...

By Reuters | 06:01 PM

World

Pensioners queue outside a Bank of Greece bank branch to collect their pensions, July 9, 2015

Euro zone demands further steps from Greece prior to bailout negotiations

REUTERS - Skeptical euro zone finance ministers demanded on Saturday that Greece go beyond painful austerity measures accepted by...

By Andreas Rinke and Francesco Guarascio | 03:25 AM

In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo, an unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field.

U.S. airstrikes have destroyed ISIS' top leadership in Afghanistan, says official

Afghanistan said Saturday that recent U.S. airstrikes it assisted destroyed the top leadership of a fledging Islamic State (ISIS)...

By The Associated Press | 10:08 PM

This undated photo shows nine-year-old homeless boy Daniel Cabrera (C) doing his homework

Homeless Filipino boy gets scholarship after photo of him studying on street goes viral

A homeless Filipino boy has been inundated with aid after a photo of him doing his homework on a street corner under the dim...

By Haaretz | 06:19 PM

Business

Members of the gas monopoly, including Noble Energy's Bini Zomer

Digging into the lobbying efforts of natural gas partner Noble Energy

Until recently, Houston-based Noble Energy preferred to be the Delek Group’s silent partner in the two natural gas sites off...

By Shuki Sadeh | 11:18 AM

Sergey Brin and Waze

Everything you need to know about the new ridesharing app from Waze and Google

The new ridesharing service RideWith, which had its worldwide launch in Israel this week, will allow drivers to link up with...

By Inbal Orpaz | 08:00 PM

A Zappa production of a Fortisakharof show featuring Berry Sakharof

How the Zappa chain became a big noise on the Israeli music scene

Herzliya’s Camelot Club closed its doors in 2006. In 2009, the Barby in Kfar Sava fell. Israeli music lovers still mourn the...

By Hagai Amit | 04:18 PM

Travel In Israel

Chinese tourists in Israel. 2015.

107 million Chinese globetrotters,  but a mere 18,700 make it to Israel

The Chinese have a long-standing love affair with the Dead Sea. They learn about the lowest spot on Earth in school, for...

By Rina Rozenberg | 05:44 AM

Jerusalem’s Safra Sqaure turns into an enormous basketball court for its annual 3x3 StreetBall

Things to do around Israel, July 10-16, 2015

TEL AVIV AND CENTER Star Festival (Tanabata) Take in Japanese culture, art, architecture and cuisine with the annual...

By Haaretz | 11:40 AM

Entrance to the Emek Refaim community center that houses the Shira Hadasha Synagogue.

Feminism and mixed minyans at Shira Hadasha Synagogue, Jerusalem

The Shira Hadasha (“a new song) group in Jerusalem is less a synagogue, perhaps, than a breakthrough movement within Orthodox...

By Jacob Solomon | 09:00 AM

NEWSCAST FROM JERUSALEM ONLINE

Haaretz Select

Engraving by Ephraim Moshe Lilien

Why is religion awakening in secular Israel, India and Algeria?

In a new book, political theorist Michael Walzer suggests that the reason lies in these countries' founding fathers’ derision of ancient tradition. But there’s another possibility, too.

By Tomer Persico | Books | 2

Sami Kosba adds the picture of a third son killed by the IDF to his wall

By Gideon Levy , Alex Levac | Twilight Zone | 5

Participants splash water during a water fight in Tel Aviv, July 10, 2015.

IN PHOTOS: Annual water fight makes a splash in Tel Aviv

Hundreds of water-gun toting youths get drenched in water war, despite event's cancellation.

By Haaretz | Israel

Netanyahu's thinly-veiled threat to the High Court

By Yossi Verter | Diplomacy and Defense

‘I’m an icon in the Haredi world’

By Ayelett Shani | Features

Why I lambasted Israel's medical system

By Eva Illouz | Features

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Approving death penalty for terrorists would be a stain on Israeli law

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Archaeology

Megiddo

Roman legion camp from 2nd century C.E. found at Megiddo

By Noa Shpigel | 10:22 PM

Second Temple-era catacombs for Jewish leaders, carved out of the soft bedrock at Beit She'arim.

Second Temple-era catacomb Beit She'arim declared UNESCO World Heritage site

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Stone flake with ochre stains, dated to 49,000 years ago (Univ. Colorado)

Cavemen used milk used to bind ochre paint 49,000 years ago

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Video

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WATCH: Activist trolls Iranian diplomats negotiating nuclear deal in Vienna

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North Korea

WATCH: CNN's exclusive look inside North Korea's brand new airport terminal

By The Associated Press | 01:40 PM

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron bows.

WATCH: Britain marks ten years since 7/7 bombings with moment of silence

By Reuters | 11:40 AM

Books

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Illustration from “The Jewish Brigade” series of comic books.

The return of the Jewish Brigade - in comic books

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