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BREAKING NEWS

15:25
Khamenei: Iran will raze Tel Aviv and Haifa if attacked (Reuters)
13:54
Obama: We must push through the 'breaches of faith' on both sides (Haaretz)
13:52
Obama: Settlement activity not appropriate or constructive to advancing peace (Haaretz)
13:51
Obama: Two-state solution still possible, only chance for peace and success (Haaretz)
13:51
Obama: Israel and Palestinians must make this leap together (Haaretz)
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)

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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

Hamas leader Khaled Meshal, right

Palestinian ambassador tells Israeli counterpart: Hamas must go

Palestinian from Gaza tells Israeli that the offices destroyed by IDF operation are not important. 'The real offices are the mosques which are connected to a widespread network of tunnels. Everything happens underground.'

By Barak Ravid | Nov 21, 2012 | 08:13 PM | 25

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Gaza crisis highlights Netanyahu's failure to reconcile with Turkey

Netanyahu squandered more than two years since the Gaza flotilla debacle, during which time he could have secured a powerful Muslim ally.

By Barak Ravid | Nov 18, 2012 | 06:31 PM | 50

Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama - AP - March 5, 2012.

Obama works to avert Israel-Egypt break as Gaza violence persists

In conversation with Egypt's Morsi, American president condemns rocket fire from Strip, defends Israel's right to self-defense; Egyptian FM to Clinton: Stop Israeli aggression.

By Barak Ravid | Nov 15, 2012 | 01:27 PM | 23

Israeli strike on Ahmed Jabari - AFP - Nov. 14, 2012

Ahead of Gaza offensive, Netanyahu's Israel did its best to lull Hamas to sleep

Israel's goal was to lull Hamas and other terror organizations in Gaza into a false sense of security, in the hope that they would lower their level of preparedness.

By Barak Ravid | Nov 15, 2012 | 10:12 AM | 10

Khaled Meshal, bottom left, with Ahmed Jabari, bottom right

Ahmed Jabari is Netanyahu's Osama bin Laden

Just as the assassination of Osama bin Laden turned into a tremendous electoral asset for the U.S. president, closing accounts with Jabari, the abductor of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, will be a key point in the campaign of Netanyahu and Barak.

By Barak Ravid | Nov 14, 2012 | 07:54 PM | 6

Sheldon and Miriam Adelson stand with Netanyahu.

Adelson responds to Olmert: Netanyahu is not my puppet

In an op-ed published in his own daily, Jewish billionaire Sheldon Adelson responds to Ehud Olmert's accusation that the prime minister interfered in the U.S. election, labeling it an 'absurd conspiracy theory.'

By Barak Ravid | Nov 11, 2012 | 12:10 PM | 7

Eamon Gilmore, Foreign Minister of Ireland.

Ireland looks to advance EU ban on West Bank settlement products

According to Irish FM's assessment, move will fail due to opposition from a few EU member nations.

By Barak Ravid | Nov 9, 2012 | 10:31 AM | 7

The morning after

Five thoughts from Israel on Obama’s re-election

For Israeli leaders, the results of the U.S. election are just a precursor to the vote set to happen here in January.

By Barak Ravid | Nov 7, 2012 | 12:11 PM | 37

Knesset hug – 31/10/11 - Reuters

How Israel and China got into a diplomatic row over Knesset members and organ harvesting

Chinese embassy demands clarifications from Jerusalem after report on the settler radio station with the headline 'Israeli MKs to the UN: Investigate China’s organ harvest.'

By Barak Ravid | Nov 5, 2012 | 10:24 PM | 2

Turkish Independence Day - AFP

The latest casualty of strained Turkish-Israeli relations: Independence Day ceremonies

A mutual boycott of ceremonies and receptions attest to the further deterioration in Jerusalem-Ankara ties; some Turkish diplomats, however, welcome their counterparts despite government instructions.

By Barak Ravid | Nov 1, 2012 | 07:09 PM

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