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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.

Egyptian protesters burn the U.S. flag in a demonstration against a film deemed offensive to Islam

What if the U.S. had invested in promoting religious tolerance as much as it did in military aid?

Riots from Marrakech to Bangladesh have forced the United States to rejig its relationship with the Muslim world.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Sep 20, 2012 | 01:51 AM | 12

Obama speaks at White House - Reuters - August 20, 2012

Red lines and deadlines

With so much on his plate, Obama still found time to call Netanyahu in an effort to smooth his ruffled feathers.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Sep 13, 2012 | 01:51 AM

Republican Jewish Coalition members campaigning in Pennsylvania.

After Jerusalem debacle at Democratic convention, Republican Jews descend on swing states

Hundreds of Republican Jewish Coalition volunteers from all over the country, descended over the weekend on three of the swing states - Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Sep 11, 2012 | 07:31 AM | 4

Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel addresses delegates at the 2012 Democratic National Convention

Rahm Emanuel: Obama tackles crises; Julián Castro: Romney 'doesn't get it'

U.S. Democrats talk Israel, dreams, family life and the economy at the first session of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Sep 5, 2012 | 06:17 AM

Mitt Romney at the Republican National Convention, August 31, 2012.

In his RNC speech, Romney says Obama 'throwing allies like Israel under the bus'

While Clint Eastwood set the blogosphere on fire with his speech, the Republican presidential candidate didn't pull many punches, with criticism of Obama's foreign policy, and promises of a brighter future.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Aug 31, 2012 | 08:03 AM

Romney cutout

Romney's GOP: American exceptionalism, while looking beyond borders

How one Arab American RNC delegate interprets Mitt Romney's policy on the Middle East.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Aug 30, 2012 | 08:29 AM

President Barack Obama

Does a good Jew vote for Obama?

Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb explains why she joined "Rabbis for Obama" and why Obama's campaign isn't at fault for including her on the list.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Aug 24, 2012 | 02:12 AM | 13

Mitt Romney, left, and Paul Ryan on the campaign trail in August 2012.

Will Romney speak about his faith during the GOP convention?

In sharp contrast to the 2008 elections, issues of faith and religion have played a minor role during the current campaigns, despite the fact that Romney’s faith, Mormonism, is clouded by ‘misinformation,’ according to a rabbi promoting Jewish-Mormon relations.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Aug 23, 2012 | 03:40 AM

Sandra Fluke campaigning for Barack Obama.

As women’s issues could tip scales of election, GOP struggles to close gap

Republican state senate candidate’s comments regarding ‘legitimate’ rape have provided democrats with easy campaign fodder.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Aug 22, 2012 | 06:50 PM

Israel and U.S. flags

Israel returns to U.S. elections

Ahmadinejad's comments in Iran set a chain reaction that put Israel back in the lime light.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Aug 18, 2012 | 12:25 AM | 7

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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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