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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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West of Eden

by Chemi Shalev

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 | 14

Obama Peres children

Yaacov Agam

Netanyahu’s new Yaacov Agam government: what you see depends on where you stand

Is it an inward-looking, reform-minded coalition, a popular front of the well-to-do, or a government of the settlers, by the settlers and for the settlers? Only Mahmoud Abbas can know for sure.

By Chemi Shalev | Mar 19, 2013 | 11:16 AM | 3

NYT Pro-Palestinian cover

Days before Obama visit, NYT publishes pro-Palestinian manifesto

Journalist and author Ben Ehrenreich portrays one village’s struggle against IDF oppression. In 2009, Ehrenreich castigated Zionism and called for a secular state.

By Chemi Shalev | Mar 16, 2013 | 09:31 PM | 53

President Barack Obama pause as he speaks to reporters in the White House briefing room

The presidential visit: Mr. Obama comes a-courtin’

Obama’s visit is a soap opera: he wants to proclaim his love, persuade Israelis to let bygones be bygones and entice them over to his side. It is a mirror image of his recent political tactics in the U.S. as well.

By Chemi Shalev | Mar 15, 2013 | 01:04 AM | 6

N.Y. Yankees

Randy Levine: president of the Bronx Bombers, patron of IDF soldiers (and their dogs)

The head of baseball’s hugely successful N.Y. Yankees – a.k.a “the Evil Empire” – supports Friends of the IDF and loves the elite 'Oketz' canine unit. He talks to Haaretz about Jews, baseball and winning.

By Chemi Shalev | Mar 12, 2013 | 07:25 PM | 6

Barack Obama with Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas

An Ode to Joy: President Obama has no peace plan!

Most Israelis and Jews were relieved to hear that Obama has no intention of upsetting the status quo. After all, “We’ve never had it so good”, as Golda Meir told Richard Nixon in 1973.

By Chemi Shalev | Mar 10, 2013 | 09:49 PM | 42

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden addresses the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2013

AIPAC is an awe-inspiring organization, but the right-wing tilt is in its DNA

Like a good defense lawyer, AIPAC highlights facts that promote its client while repressing evidence to the contrary. The Israeli right is expert at that.

By Chemi Shalev | Mar 6, 2013 | 10:00 PM | 14

Rita at UN

Israeli singer Rita a hit at UN General Assembly

UN Ambassador Prosor has pulled off one of the most unusual diplomatic achievements ever: a full-fledged UN-sponsored Farsi-Hebrew musical event full of goodwill and sympathy towards Israel.

By Chemi Shalev | Mar 6, 2013 | 09:50 AM | 4

Chuck Hagel at Senate hearing

Hagel’s zealous detractors ultimately guaranteed his confirmation as U.S. defense secretary

The former Nebraska senator owes his appointment to Ambassador Rice, Democratic Senator Schumer and the packs of Israel-swearing critics who hounded him from the start.

By Chemi Shalev | Feb 27, 2013 | 02:33 AM | 23

Australian newspapers lead their front pages in Australia on February 14, 2013, with the story of Be

For Australian Jews, the Zygier affair is the nightmare that occurs when two worlds collide

They love Israel and they adore Australia, and usually there is no contradiction between the two. Suddenly, their dual loyalties have turned into dueling loyalties.

By Chemi Shalev | Feb 19, 2013 | 12:28 AM | 28

Ireland-Palestine Solidarity protesters call for a boycott of Israel

The Brooklyn College BDS debacle highlights the perils of pro-Israeli overkill

Overzealous Israel defenders used a five-megaton bomb to swat a fly, and it blew up in our faces. But Brooklyn is only a harbinger of nasty things to come.

By Chemi Shalev | Feb 9, 2013 | 12:45 AM | 52

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