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BREAKING NEWS

13:43
Obama: U.S. committed to the creation of a sovereign state of Palestine (Haaretz)
13:39
Obama: Palestinians deserve a future, a home, a state of their own (Haaretz)
13:37
Abbas: Palestinians ready to implement commitments in order to launch the peace process (Haaretz)
13:36
Abba to Obama: Palestinian people have made a miracle and rose from the Nakba (Haaretz)
13:36
Abbas: Palestinian state with Jerusalem as capital is possible (Haaretz)
13:36
Abbas: Peace impossible under violence and occupation (Haaretz)
13:11
Syria hands over captured Lebanese soldier, state TV reports (AP)
12:31
Syrian rebels have reportedly overrun several towns near the Israeli border (Reuters)
12:18
Report: Ramallah protesters hold up shoes, call Obama to leave Palestine (Haaretz)
11:49
Police arrests Acre resident suspected of smuggling heroin from Lebanon (Haaretz)
11:38
Report: Abbas condemns violence against civilians, including rocket fire (Reuters)
11:15
Obama and Abbas begin meeting in Ramallah (Haaretz)
10:57
Car bomb at Pakistani refugee camp kills 12 (Reuters)
10:57
Obama's Marine One helicopter lands in Ramallah ahead of meeting with Abbas (Haaretz)
10:28
Jailed Kurdish leader Ocalan expected to declare cease-fire with Turkey (AP)

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Diplomania

by Barak Ravid

WATCH: U.S. and Israeli diplomats give Obama's visit a whimsical twist

In an attempt to cast contention aside, the Israeli embassy in Washington and the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv release amusing videos ahead of U.S. president's trip to the Holy Land.

By Barak Ravid | Mar 19, 2013 | 02:57 PM

Screenshot from video released by the Israeli embassy in Washington ahead of Obama's vist

Palestinians cool to Obama visit, but security forces eager to prove mettle
By Jack Khoury | 2
Resurrecting Obama's reputation in the Middle East
By Martin Indyk | 48
Kerry to return to Israel after Obama visit to discuss peace talks with Netanyahu
By Barak Ravid | 30
Jerusalem scrambles to prepare for Obama visit
By Rina Rozenberg, Zohar Blumenkrantz and Moti Bassok

Netanyahu with Avigdor Lieberman in the Knesset.

Israel's foreign ministry will pay the price for Netanyahu's surrender to Lieberman and Likud MKs

With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saving Foreign Ministry for Avigdor Lieberman pending the latter's trial, there will be no full-time Israeli minister handling Israel's contacts with rest of the world for at least several months.

By Barak Ravid | Mar 19, 2013 | 08:41 AM | 8

Barack Obama and Ben Rhodes

WATCH: White House details Obama Israel trip agenda in YouTube video

U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes explains why Barack Obama is coming to the Middle East, who exactly he is going to meet, and what he is going to discuss with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Palestinian Authority, and Jordan.

By Barak Ravid | Mar 16, 2013 | 09:34 PM | 2

U.S. President Barack Obama on March 4, 2013

Analysts on Obama's trip to Israel: low to no expectations

Three different New York Times op-eds express why no one should be holding their breath that the U.S. president's trip to Israel next week will advance Israeli-Palestinian peace.

By Barak Ravid | Mar 13, 2013 | 02:37 PM | 11

Yonit Levy

Obama hoping to reach out to Israelis, but only one lucky TV station will get an interview

Channel 2's Yonit Levi is in Washington preparing for the interview, the station's second with Obama, a fact that drew immense protest from Channel 10.

By Barak Ravid | Mar 13, 2013 | 11:12 AM

Right-wing activists holding placards with the picture of Jonathan Pollard during a protest

U.S. official: Israeli campaign to free Jonathan Pollard makes chances less likely

White House says U.S. position on Israeli spy hasn't changed; Netanyahu and Peres have both jumped on the campaign for Pollard's release.

By Barak Ravid | Mar 10, 2013 | 11:59 AM | 22

Guy Davidi, director of 5 Broken Cameras.

Israel's envoy to Serbia: Israeli filmmakers only use Palestinian issue to win prizes abroad

When Israeli ambassador Yossi Levy took to the stage, before an audience of 3,500, he praised the fact that Israeli cinema 'is doing splendidly at international festivals'. But after the cinema, behind closed doors, the ambassador was singing a different tune.

By Barak Ravid | Mar 7, 2013 | 12:26 PM | 5

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, right, and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Israel silent on Chavez's death, but seeks to reboot relations with Venezuela

Foreign Ministry doesn't expect Jerusalem-Caracas ties to improve in the short term, but Chavez's possible successors are friendlier toward Israel; one has Jewish roots.

By Barak Ravid | Mar 6, 2013 | 02:32 PM

John Kerry and Prince Saud al-Faisal.

Obama’s Middle East team: old problems, new style

The U.S. president's second-term team of secretaries and emissaries - including the major appointment of 'blank slate' Philip Gordon - augurs a new involvement in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking, though not necessarily on the part of Obama himself.

By Barak Ravid | Mar 4, 2013 | 04:06 PM | 6

Saeed Jalili, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council in Almaty

In ice-cold Kazakhstan, world powers try to thaw nuclear talks with Iran

After a months-long break and a new report from the IAEA, world powers and Iran renewed their nuclear talks. Here's a look at what the West is offering and what Iran is demanding.

By Barak Ravid | Feb 26, 2013 | 12:57 PM | 16

'5 Broken Cameras' directors Guy Davidi (left) and Emad Burnat at the Oscars.

The Palestinian uprising was written on Hollywood's red carpet

While neither local documentary won an Oscar this year, the hoopla surrounding the films helped wake Israelis up to the ugly reality of the occupation.

By Barak Ravid | Feb 25, 2013 | 01:26 PM | 25

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