Erekat to Haaretz: Palestinians gave Obama peace offer to end conflict with Israel

Chief PA negotiator says peace proposal is more generous to Israel than the demands presented by Mahmoud Abbas to former prime minister Ehud Olmert.

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IAF strikes Gaza smuggling tunnels after Qassam hits Negev

Israel strikes Gaza targets for second time, after Gaza militants fire two rockets in 36 hours; Hamas vows revenge over militant's death in earlier strike.

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Israeli forces approaching Gaza flotilla
Israel considers accepting UN probe into Gaza flotilla raid

Netanyahu could become the first Israeli prime minister to agree to a UN investigation into an Israel Defense Forces operation.

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and U.S. President Barack Obama
U.S.: PLO claim of threat to cut PA ties borders on 'absurdity'

Senior PLO official Hanan Ashrawi says Obama administration threatened to cut PA ties if direct negotiations with Netanayhu don't resume, Arab media reports.

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ADL Executive Director Abe Foxman
Anti-Defamation League rebuked for opposition to planned mosque at N.Y.'s Ground Zero

ADL press release calls mosque location insensitive to 9/11 victims' families, while other Jewish leaders urge tolerance.

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Children at  “Camp Palmach,” near Kfar Tavor.
At 'Camp Palmach,' kids relive underground militia's glory days

The activities centered on the experiences of the fighters of the Palmach, who struggled against the British to found the State of Israel.

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Sunbathers this week at Achziv Beach on the northern coast.
No relief in sight as heat wave expected to continue across Israel

The mercury is not only two to four degrees above normal, but the heat is combined with high levels of humidity, creating particularly high heat stress.

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Diplomacy & Defense

Noam and Aviva Shalit

Noam Shalit appeals to Palestinian public for Shalit deal

Father of abducted IDF soldier Gilad Shalit to hold East Jerusalem press conference urging parents of Palestinian prisoners to pressure Hamas into exchange deal.

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Report: U.S. companies transferred funds to suspects in Dubai hit

Assassins of Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh may have exploited U.S. internet firms to mask funding for hit, Wall Street Journal reports.

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Hamas vows revenge after Israel kills commander in Gaza strike

Palestinian witnesses report one dead and 13 injured in heaviest strike on Hamas-linked targets since Operation Cast Lead, as Israel retaliates for rocket attack on Ashkelon.

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Israel believes Abbas will bide time on direct talks until settlement freeze nears end

Arab League gives green light, but leaves ultimate decision up to Palestinian president; U.S. welcomes approval as encouraging.

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Blogs

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MESS Report / The media have blown the Romania helicopter crash out of proportion

Despite the horror of the helicopter crash, the IDF will not put the Yasur out to pasture, nor will it - or should it - end joint training exercises with foreign armies.

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Strenger than Fiction / Psychoanalysis and Jewish thought - an evolving relationship

A look at a timely and welcome collection of essays by Jewish psychoanalysts exemplifying the whole range of Jewish denominations including ultra-Orthodoxy.

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MESS Report / Romania crash raises questions about IAF's ageing helicopter fleet

Decisions to replace helicopters, like the CH-53 that crashed in Romania on Monday, are complex, involve heavy costs and take a long time.

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Focus U.S.A / Whatever happens, Israel can always count on U.S. evangelicals

Thousands of Christian activists descended on Washington this week in a show of strength by America's pro-Israel Christians.

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National

Tel Aviv gay youth center after deadly attack July 2009.

Thousands mark one-year anniversary of gay youth center killings

March leads to Gan Meir where a rally is being held with the families of the victims, Nir Katz 26, and Liz Trobishi, 16.

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Thousands head to beaches to escape the heat

The high temperatures and heavy humidity are expected to continue until Tuesday at least. The Electric Company is calling upon the public to reduce their consumption during peak hours.

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Israeli paraglider killed in Peru

Doron Lugassi, 39, dies in accident during competition in city of Huancayo.

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Business

The shore of Lake Kinneret in 2008.

The Shekel Drops / Water, hypocrisy and politics

It has been the worst uninterrupted period of aridity for 80 years. Yet does anybody really care?

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What the electric company doesn't want you to know

If major improvements are not made to the country's energy economy, its only a matter of time until its collapse.

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Higher Education Council to oversee budgets of teacher training colleges

The Education Ministry allocates about NIS 520 million a year to teacher training and NIS 30 million annually to the teacher training colleges for development and computerization.

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International

Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky

Chelsea Clinton weds longtime boyfriend at exclusive N.Y. ceremony

Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton announced in a statement that their daughter wed Jewish investment banker Marc Mezvinsky after weeks of secrecy.

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Merkel attends memorial for 21 Love Parade victims

Twenty-one people were killed last week, and more than 500 injured when hordes of youngsters pushed through a tunnel into a techno festival area at a former freight rail yard in Germany.

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Quake in northeast Iran injures 274

Tremor hit the city of Torbat-e Heydariyeh, 700 km east of Tehran, on Friday evening.

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Culture

Artist Sivan Hurvitz

Artist illustrates the 'end of Israeli democracy'

Another graduating graphic designer sees her country heading down a slippery slope towards fascism.

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The lies that blur lines

The rape conviction of an Arab who posed as a Jew not only reeks of racism, it poses a danger to the distinction between sex and sexual violence. And: How can you measure Hollywood's testosterone level?

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The designer's soft spots

Ehud Joseph's clothing collections have been inspired by the summer camps of his childhood in Israel. More important than the garments themselves, he says, is the story behind them

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Sports

Danielle Frankel clearing 1.92 meters to qualify for the final of the high jump at Barcelona.

Flawless Frankel flies into final

Danielle Frankel qualified for the final of the high jump at the European Championships in Barcelona's Olympic Stadium with a jump of 1.92 meters.

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Sprinter Ottey makes history at 50

Ottey, a naturalized Slovenian of Jamaican origin, surpassed the record previously held by 47-year-old French marathon runner Nicole Brakebusch-Leveque.

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Soccer / Hapoel Tel Aviv trip up in domestic season's opener

The Israeli soccer season got underway in earnest Saturday, with six games in the Toto Cup.

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