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Before confronting Syria, Israel should consider saving its energy for Iran

Israel will have to tread very carefully if it wants to avoid confrontation with Syria and Hezbollah, particularly as as global forces begin to intervene, and as Iran elections approach.

By Amos Harel | May 19, 2013 | 11:28 PM

Russian military aid to Syria: Burning questions and answers
By Anshel Pfeffer | 7

Before confronting Syria, Israel should consider saving its energy for Iran 01:16 AM

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Palestinian boy ‘killed’ by Israel at start of intifada wasn’t shot, didn’t die

Thirteen years after an exchange of fire in Gaza appeared to have resulted in the death of a Palestinian boy at the start of the...

By Barak Ravid | 08:40 PM | 14

The Israeli app that said no to iPhone

Apps are booted out of the iPhone store all the time. But when did you last hear of a firm that opted to withdraw its application...

By Johnny Zilber | 12:05 AM

The separation fence east of the West Bank settlement of Alfei Menashe.

Israel effectively barring tourists from West Bank by neglecting to explain mandatory permit

Since the beginning of 2013, Israel has forbidden tourists from the United States and other countries to enter the territories...

By Amira Hass | 06:04 PM

'Death to Jews’ tattoo costs Hungarian martial artist Prague gig

Attila Petrovszki's agent assured event organizers the fighter was no longer an active neo-Nazi, but his appearance was reportedly canceled due to 'media pressure.'

By JTA | May 19, 2013 | 08:30 PM

Peres sends condolences to Turkey following May 11 terror attack

Message is first high-level expression of sympathy; Netanyahu had refrained from contacting Turkish PM after the bombings near the Syrian border.

By Barak Ravid | May 19, 2013 | 06:00 PM

From Poland to Azerbaijan: Israel is world's largest exporter of drones

In eight years Israel exported $4.6 billion worth of UAVs, to countries ranging from Britain to India and Uganda.

By Gili Cohen | May 19, 2013 | 04:32 PM | 9

Holyland builder denies corruption charges, accuses Israel Police of leaking info

In his testimony, Hillel Cherney claims knowledge of Dechner turning state's witness originated in a leak.

By Revital Hovel | May 19, 2013 | 11:30 PM

Diplomacy & Defense

Netanyahu: Not true that Israel prefers Assad to rebels

A Friday report in the Times of London, according to which Israel prefers the regime of Bashar Assad than see a takeover of the...

By Barak Ravid | 03:22 PM | 2

AG tells state to remove empty structures at West Bank outpost of Migron

Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein told the state last week to remove the empty structures at the evacuated Migron outpost in the...

By Chaim Levinson | 02:15 PM

France in talks with U.S. and Israel to buy drones

France is in talks with the United States and Israel to buy intelligence-gathering drones to build up a modern fleet, Defense...

By Reuters | 01:44 PM | 3

Middle East

Syrian troops backed by Hezbollah try to retake rebel town near Lebanon border

Lebanese Hezbollah militants attacked a Syrian rebel-held town alongside Syrian troops on Sunday and Israel threatened more...

By Reuters | 09:05 PM

Egyptian police blocking Rafah crossing into Gaza, May 18, 2013.

Egyptian police block Israel border crossing in fury at kidnapping

Egyptian police enraged by the kidnapping of seven of their colleagues by Islamist gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula blocked a...

By Reuters | 02:57 PM | 2

Memebers ofIran's Revolutionary Guard and a clergyman walk on U.S. and Israel flags, iran

Iran hangs two spies allegedly working for Israel and U.S., local media reports

Iranian authorities executed two men on Sunday convicted of working for Israeli and U.S. spy agencies, Iran's Fars news agency...

By Reuters | 11:23 AM | 2

Jewish World

Hungary for Jewish identity

BUDAPEST Each person in turn describes his or hers as "the classic Hungarian Jewish story."Their grandparents lived through the...

By Judy Maltz | 09:37 PM

The Jewish birthday blessing that teaches us to count

I recently celebrated a birthday. It wasn’t a milestone birthday just a day marking another year. Over the course of the day, a...

By Rabbi Micah Peltz / Jewish World blogger | 12:01 PM

A screen grab from a YouTube video of Attila Petrovszki.

'Death to Jews’ tattoo costs Hungarian martial artist Prague gig

A Hungarian martial arts fighter was disinvited from a tournament in Prague because of his Nazi tattoos, including one reading...

By JTA | 08:30 PM

France detains suspect in Toulouse killings investigation

Man detained on suspicion he aided Mohamed Merah, who killed four Jews and three soldiers in and around the southern city of Toulouse in March 2012.

By Reuters | May 18, 2013 | 10:40 PM

Angelina Jolie's 'Jewish genetic mutation'

A study of 5,405 U.S. women with the common Ashkenazi Jewish mutation that increases carriers' risk of breast cancer, who were treated at the Mayo Clinic during the 1990s, found 45 percent chose prophylactic mastectomy, like Angelina Jolie.

By Dan Even | May 16, 2013 | 03:50 PM | 10

A new form of authority / Parashat Nasso

With these words, God praises the Jewish people for its beauty, which is revealed when it displays its desire to voluntarily offer a gift for the Tabernacle.

By Yakov Meir | May 17, 2013 | 12:58 PM

Jordan River to drink up Kinneret water

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Yaron Kaminsky
The southern Jordan River.
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Yaron Kaminsky
The southern Jordan River.
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Yaron Kaminsky
The southern Jordan River.
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Gil Eliahu
The southern Jordan River.
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Yaron Kaminsky
The southern Jordan River.
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Yaron Kaminsky