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BREAKING NEWS

14:47
Syria names negotiating team for peace talks with opposition (Reuters)
12:21
Syria says it destroyed Israeli vehicle which crossed ceasefire line (Reuters)
11:56
3 Hezbollah fighters die of wounds from Syria (AP)
10:39
Labor leader Yacimovich: inappropriate to link Be'er Sheva shooting to economic situation (Haaretz)
09:54
Permitted fishing zone off Gaza shore expanded from 3 to 6 miles (Haaretz)
09:45
U.S. tornado death toll expected to rise to 91 (Reuters)
09:15
Guatemala top court overturns genocide conviction of former dictator (AP)
06:55
Obama declares major disaster in Oklahoma after deadly tornadoes (Reuters)
06:30
IDF base in Golan Heights comes under fire near Syria border; IDF returns fire (Haaretz)
05:12
Oklahoma tornado death toll at 51; many of them children (Reuters)
03:59
At least 37 dead in Oklahoma; scores hospitalized. Officials say numbers expected to rise (AP)
03:17
Oklahoma tornado rated EF4, second strongest level, U.S. gov't agency says (Reuters)
03:03
Powerful storms ravage Oklahoma City suburbs; dozens of casualties reported (AP)
01:42
Obama to meet next month with Chinese President Xi Jinping in California (DPA)
00:18
Appointment of Daniel Hershkowitz, ex-minister of science, to head Bar-Ilan Uni. approved (Haaretz)

More Breaking News

by Chemi Shalev

Analysis

Stephen Hawking is now the academic boycott movement’s unlikely poster boy

Israel is no South Africa, but boycotts spark similar public reactions. The more Hawking is condemned, the more severe the repercussions will be.

By Chemi Shalev | May 8, 2013 | 09:30 PM | 69

Ireland-Palestine Solidarity protesters call for a boycott of Israel

Israeli Peace Now activists protesting in Jerusalem

Of course Israelis want peace, but now's not a good time. Can you come back later?

The Middle East is boiling, Israelis are otherwise engaged and the recent Arab League formula proves that time is on our side anyway.

By Chemi Shalev | May 6, 2013 | 06:40 PM | 19

A man treated in Aleppo

Former Bush administration official: Israel may be behind use of chemical arms in Syria

Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, says Israel may have conducted 'false flag' operation. Describes its government as inept and Netanyahu as 'clueless.'

By Chemi Shalev | May 4, 2013 | 07:17 PM | 57

Syrian fire fighters extinguishing burning cars after a car bomb exploded

Beware of people who know exactly what to do about Syria (and be glad you're not Obama)

The Law of Unintended Consequences reigns supreme in the Middle East, and usually for the worse. An attack on Syria might be the wrong thing to do for the right reasons.

By Chemi Shalev | Apr 29, 2013 | 10:38 PM | 9

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (middle) during helicopter tour of Golan

Pro-Israeli patriots won’t be fooled by Chuck Hagel’s fiendish psychological warfare

If the U.S. secretary of defense isn’t an enemy of Israel who reeks of anti-Semitism after all, his critics would have apologized by now, no?

By Chemi Shalev | Apr 22, 2013 | 11:18 PM | 28

SWAT team conducts house to house search for Boston Marathon bombing suspect in Watertown, Mass.

The Boston bombers have already scored a tremendous victory for terror

The whole world is watching the gripping drama of U.S. security forces invading an American metropolis and shutting it down. Terrorists around the world couldn't ask for anything more.

By Chemi Shalev | Apr 19, 2013 | 08:40 PM | 61

Medical workers aid injured people at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon

Boston bombings kindle haunting deja vu of Twin Towers and Tel Aviv

America tries to shore up public morale in wake of Boston carnage and against fear, which Israelis know well, that atrocities might be repeated.

By Chemi Shalev | Apr 16, 2013 | 11:51 PM | 13

Soldiers evacuating an injured comrade during the Yom Kippur War in 1973.

40 years have gone by and I still can’t look into his mother’s haunting eyes

My friend Raanan Kolar was killed in the Sinai in the Yom Kippur War. He was a hero, one of his comrades told me, though I couldn’t care less

By Chemi Shalev | Apr 15, 2013 | 02:10 PM | 5

Protest in support of gay rights - AP

Israel’s great challenge: gun-hating, gay-backing, grass-smoking young Americans

Support for Israel is lowest among the very same demographic groups that are increasingly winning American hearts and minds on domestic and social issues.

By Chemi Shalev | Apr 5, 2013 | 08:25 PM | 92

Obama speaks in the Convention Center in Jerusalem

U.S.-Israel solidarity, Obama-Netanyahu honeymoon play prominently on America’s front pages

'United Front,' 'Mideast Thaw' and 'Unusual Solidarity' reflect the kind of positive headlines that the presidential visit is receiving.

By Chemi Shalev | Mar 21, 2013 | 04:01 PM | 3

Obama Peres children

Obama's all-out, guns blazing, no-holds-barred charm offensive on Israel's unsuspecting public

Obama’s speech was so pro-Israeli that even AIPAC maidens blushed. The president didn’t miss a trick, used every PR shtick in the book and invented some ploys of his own.

By Chemi Shalev | Mar 20, 2013 | 08:05 PM | 15

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