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Obama’s counter-terrorism speech may alarm Israeli policy makers

After 12 years in the trenches of the 'war on terror', the American president tells Israel the U.S. is pulling out, symbolically at least. And that he intends to pursue peace with the Palestinians.

By Chemi Shalev | May 25, 2013 | 12:20 AM

President Barack Obama spaeking the National Defense University

Obama limits use of U.S. drone strikes, offers steps to close Guantanamo
By Reuters and The Associated Press | 2

Obama’s counter-terrorism speech may alarm Israeli policy makers 12:45 AM

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Although local environmental organizations have been critical of the support extended by government agencies to real-estate...

By Zafrir Rinat | 08:58 PM

Facebook, instagram and the IDF: Israel's version of the millennials

Tom Baum was barely 19 when he interviewed for a job as editor and director of digital media at MTV, following a recommendation...

By Naomi Darom | 05:50 PM

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a news conference in Tel Aviv

Kerry departs, urges Israel and Palestinians to 'make hard decisions'

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry left Israel early Friday afternoon following an additional round of talks with Prime Minister...

By Barak Ravid | 04:34 PM

Murdered Bedouin sisters laid to rest in shared grave

Dozens of family members and mourners attend funeral of sisters Asinad, 2, and Ramais, 3.5, in West Bank; Arad police officers dismissed for mishandling the case.

By Jack Khoury, Yanir Yagna | May 25, 2013 | 01:19 AM

Israeli electric car venture may have reached the end of the road

Israel Corporation might pull the plug on the electric car company Better Place in the coming days, as the company suffers significant losses.

By Yoram Gabison | May 24, 2013 | 10:40 PM

A police officer carries an evidence bag containing a knife near the scene of the killing

WATCH: Video shows Woolwich attack suspects being shot by police

Two men suspected of killing a British soldier were filmed from a neighboring building trying to attack police at the scene.

By Haaretz | May 24, 2013 | 03:33 PM

Iranian filmmaker premiers film about state oppression at Cannes

Director Mohammed Rasoulof has been arrested in the past for creating 'actions and propaganda against the system.'

By Reuters | May 24, 2013 | 08:10 PM

Diplomacy & Defense

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Did John F. Kennedy admire Hitler?

John F. Kennedy admired Hitler as a young man and felt fascism was right for Germany, according to a new book in German that...

By Ofer Aderet | 02:39 PM

Scene of stabbing attack at Tapuach Junction

Settlers demand IDF ease rules of engagement in West Bank

Tensions in the West Bank are expected to increase on Friday as settler leaders plan protest marches to take place in support of...

By Chaim Levinson | 08:51 AM | 6

Companies in Israeli settlement challenge fee for employing Palestinians

The municipality of the West Bank settlement of Betar Ilit has begun to charge a special security fee from contractors that...

By Nir Hasson | 03:09 AM

Middle East

Iran denies it has forces supporting Assad in Syria

Iran on Friday denied it has forces in Syria supporting President Bashar Assad's army, one day after foreign backers of the...

By Reuters | 01:36 PM

Turkey bans alcohol advertisement, restricts sales

Turkey banned on Friday alcohol advertising and increased restrictions on alcohol sales in a move likely to anger secularist...

By Reuters | 12:39 PM

A man wrapped in a Syrian flag with a portrait of Assad

Syria opposition leader tells Assad on Facebook: Step down and go into exile

A Syrian opposition leader urged President Bashar Assad through his Facebook page Thursday to hand power to his deputy or his...

By Reuters | 03:19 PM | 5

Jewish World

Sheldon and Miriam Adelson stand with Netanyahu.

Adelsons donate $40 million to Birthright

Casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, donated $40 million to the Birthright Israel Foundation.Their latest gift...

By JTA | 07:39 PM

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

Before parting, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and the Admor (Master, Teacher and Rabbi) of the Belz Hassidim rose, stretching their hands...

By Yair Ettinger | 01:34 AM | 4

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

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

Boston bomber's friend, slain in Florida, eyed in Jewish murders

Chechen friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev killed by FBI agents after becoming enraged over questioning about possible involvement in murder of two Jewish men in 2011.

By The Forward | May 23, 2013 | 03:26 AM | 3

Videla and the Jews of Argentina: The closing of a painful circle

With the death of dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who headed the military junta that took power in Argentina in 1976, comes the closure of a bloody account with the local Jewish community.

By Shlomo Papirblat | May 22, 2013 | 11:25 PM | 7

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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Miriam Feinberg Vamosh
Cross at Mamshit from the period before the Church banned such images on church floor...
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Miriam Feinberg Vamosh
Geometric pattern at Inn of the Good Samaritan
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Bird at Mamshit.
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Miriam Feinberg Vamosh