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ISRAEL NEWS

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)

More Breaking News

Focus U.S.A.

by Natasha Mozgovaya

In clash with U.S., Russia isn't above using its own orphans as pawns

Russian Parliament approves bill to ban adoption of Russian children by American parents in response to the American Magnitsky Act barring Russian human rights violators and their capital from the U.S..

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Dec 27, 2012 | 06:37 PM

Orphan children play in their bedroom at an orphanage in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.

An Israeli man waves a Palestinian flag during a rally in Tel Aviv, supporting Palestinian statehood

Peace process may be on ice, but it's still a hot-button issue

How do the people with the most at stake feel about the conflict at this point? A new survey sheds some light.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Dec 21, 2012 | 02:49 PM

John Kerry, Susan Rice and Chuck Hagel

Would a Hagel nomination really be a slap in Israel's face?

Israel supporters have come out against the possible nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel for the Secretary of Defense post – and this isn’t a first.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Dec 18, 2012 | 12:07 PM | 20

Israeli settlement Sept. 25, 2002 (AP)

Making Israeli settlements 'hasbarable'

The divide among American Jewish organizations is clear as evident from different reactions to Israel's announcement of further settlement construction.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Dec 12, 2012 | 06:14 AM | 20

March on Washington 25th anniversary Dec 6, 2012

Congress tries to punish Palestinians; U.S. Jews 'march' on Washington

The American Jewish community commemorates the 1987 March on Washington that brought 250,000 people to demonstrate in support of Soviet Jewry, while the Palestinians are enjoying international support.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Dec 7, 2012 | 03:33 AM | 8

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman makes remarks during the 2012 Saban Forum

At Saban Forum, Lieberman accuses Abbas of Palestinian disunity

In pictures: Avigdor Lieberman, Ehud Barak, and Tzipi Livni schmooze at Washington gathering.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Dec 1, 2012 | 02:29 AM | 9

Clinton Obama- AP

In wake of Gaza truce, Washington pundits return to debating Israel-Palestine peace

Contributors to a new book on the peace process weigh in on prospects for the region following recent escalation in the Gaza Strip, and a reelected President Obama.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Nov 26, 2012 | 10:45 PM

Tel Aviv residents bracing themselves as rocket alarm sirens sound.

Now and then: Comparing two Israeli wars that sent Tel Aviv residents to bomb shelters

Nachman Shai, who was the IDF Spokesman during the first Gulf War and is now running for Knesset with the Labor Party, describes Israel's 'passive' and active roles in war, and how it impacts internal politics and international relations.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Nov 19, 2012 | 09:36 PM

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach campaigning − unsuccessfully − in New Jersey

After celebrations, U.S. Jews' thoughts turn to ties with Israel

While President Obama's supporters are contented, the results show a divided nation and a serious erosion of the Jewish Democratic vote.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Nov 8, 2012 | 07:31 AM | 14

U.S. President Barack Obama waves to supporters during a campaign rally at Mentor High School in Men

Bombarded with ads, Ohioans are waiting for the U.S. elections to end

Both the Romney and Obama campaigns struggle for the hearts and minds of eight million of Ohio's registered voters that will decide the presidential race.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Nov 3, 2012 | 09:53 PM

President Barack Obama, center, talks with a local resident

One eye on Sandy, one eye on Election Day

Megastorm turns American politics a little bit schizophrenic.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Nov 1, 2012 | 02:33 AM

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Natasha Mozgovaya is the chief U.S. correspondent for Haaretz, based in Washington D.C. Through Focus U.S.A., Mozgovaya presents additional insight to the people and politics of he United States, and how they affect Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. Follow Natasha on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/mozgovaya

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Black trailblazers Obama and beauty queen Aynaw to talk about ... Pollard?

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