National Barak: Israeli settlement freeze is unprecedented peace move Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service
Defense Min. orders 40 new construction supervisors in West Bank, as settlers vow to defy crackdown.
Tags: Israel news , Likud , settlement freeze
Israel may start importing books published in enemy states Haaretz Service
Bill backed by ministers says content dealing with Holocaust denial, anti-Israel incitement, or promotion of terror may still be censored.
Tags: Israel news , enemy states book
Woman allegedly attacked by IDF officer still in serious condition Noah Kosharek and Yuval Goren, Haaretz Correspondents
Security officer for IDF General Staff attempted to rape the woman, who is now 'starting to get delusional', according to her lawyer.
Tags: IDF Rape , Israel news
Tel Aviv's stray cats no longer have to go hungry Noah Kosharek, Haaretz Correspondent
New SOS campaign aims to distribute organized feeding bowls to end starvation, maintain city hygiene.
Tags: Israel news , Israel stray cats , Tel Aviv
Likud ministers intensify backlash over Netanyahu's settlement freeze Haaretz Service
Likud Minister Moshe Kahlon urges PM to gather Likud members to discuss settlement freeze decision.
Tags: settlement freeze , Israel news , Likud
Jewish Agency, Arkia Airlines strike deal to fly immigrants to Israel Zohar Blumenkrantz, Haaretz Correspondent
Cooperation deal ends El Al's monopoly as single Airline with rights to fly Jewish immigrants to Israel.
Tags: Jewish Agency , Israel news , Arkia Airlines
Government to ask court for more time to evacuate settlement outposts By Chaim Levinson
The government is expected this week to outline its position on three outpost-related High Court petitions.
Tags: Israel settlements , Israel news
Israel is lying to itself about 'united Jerusalem' Gideon Levy
Jerusalem is a capital city not a single country in the world recognizes, but it's 'our eternal capital.'
Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu , Jerusalem
Likudniks blast 'enemy of the Jews' Obama over settlement freeze Chaim Levinson, Haaretz Correspondent
Member of Netanyahu's Likud party: Obama administration is 'worst regime there ever was' for Israel.
Tags: Moshe Ya'alon , Israel settlements
Shas uses new rule to appoint its members to religious councils By Yair Ettinger
Shas says other parties have used religious councils as a means for providing supporters easy jobs.
Tags: Israel news , Shas
Court rejects Galilee woman's suit against PA over terror attack By Eli Ashkenazi
The judge ruled Shula Gaon's arguments did not prove the PA was at fault, and therefore rejected the case.
Tags: Israel news , Palestinian Authority
2,000 protest Haredi religious coercion in Jerusalem Nir Hasson, Haaretz Correspondent, and Reuters
Protest follows demonstrations by ultra-Orthodox against Shabbat opening of parking lots, Intel plant.
Tags: Israel news , Jerusalem secular
Shas to fight bill that would help find women draft dodgers Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondent
Shas is enraged by government backing of a bill that identifies girls who falsely claim to be religious to avoid service.
Tags: Shas , Israel news , IDF women
Tourism Min. pledges to keep developing West Bank sites, despite freeze Haaretz Service
Misezhnikov: Decision to temporarily freeze settlement construction is diplomatic achievement for Israel.
Tags: Israel news , settlement freeze
Why do fewer Arab women have jobs in Israel than in Saudi Arabia? By Himmat Zoabi
Finance Minister Steinitz' remark that Arab women partially to blame for their unemployment proven baseless.
Tags: Arab women , Israel news
God's promise of land to Jews has deep pull on secular Israelis Rachel Elboim-Dror
God in Genesis: I will give unto thee and to thy seed after thee the land of thy sojournings.
Tags: Zionism , Martin Buber , Genesis , Israel news
ANALYSIS / Is Netanyahu positioning himself to be the next Ariel Sharon? Yossi Verter, Haaretz Correspondent
Ministers and confidants describe the PM as a man who hardly recognizes himself in the mirror anymore.
Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu , Gilad Shalit swap
ANALYSIS / Settlers have been working for months to undermine construction freeze Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent
Situation on the ground suggests that there will be nearly no change in settlement construction.
Tags: Israel news , Israel settlement freeze
Israel okays 28 new settlement buildings, despite freeze By Chaim Levinson, Barak Ravid, Amos Harel and Yanir Yagna
State expected to ask Supreme Court for more time to evacuate illegal West Bank outposts.
Tags: Israel settlements , Israel news , Ehud Barak
Agam painting sells for record-setting $326,500 in New York Avital Burg, Haaretz Editorial
Agam: In my humble opinion, in a few years this work will go for millions of dollars.
Tags: Sotheby's , Israel news , Yaacov Agam
Gag order leads media to shy away from Katsav rape trial coverage By Ofra Edelman, Haaretz Correspondent
Former president standing trial on charges of rape, indecent acts against female employees in his office.
Tags: Israel news , Katsav rape trial , Moshe Katsav
Left-wing radio caller ordered to compensate rightist for on-air insult By Chaim Levinson, Haaretz Correspondent
Court fines defendant NIS 40,000 for calling Bnei Brak man 'bum who did not serve in the army.'
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Nazareth toddler third Israeli to die after receiving swine flu vaccination Dan Even, Haaretz Correspondent
Health Ministry: Out of 10,000 Israelis who have been vaccinated, 43 reported side effects.
Tags: Nazareth , swine flu , swine flu vaccination
The Golan is moving closer to Israel, geologists say By Ofri Ilani, Haaretz Correspondent
'A fault line runs through Kiryat Shmona, and it's impossible to know when a quake will take place.'
Tags: Israel geology , Golan , earthquakes
Likud Min.: We are in the hands of a terrible U.S. government Yanir Yagna, Haaretz Correspondent
Netanyahu denounces comments by Culture and Sports Min. Livnat slamming West Bank settlement freeze.
Tags: Limor Livnat , Israel news
Statistics bureau: Muslim growth rate on the decline in Israel Haaretz Service
Muslim community's growth rate dropped one percent in 2009 from 3.8 percent last year.
Tags: Israel growth rate , Muslim population
2-year-old girl dies after receiving swine flu vaccine Dan Even, Haaretz Correspondent
Infant suffered from chronic hear disease and was treated with dialysis; three people have died after vaccine.
Tags: israel news , N1H1 vaccine , swine flu
23-year-old Israeli backpacker missing in South America Eli Ashkenazi, Haaretz Correspondent
Family of Omri Lahad request help to find their son who has been missing for more than a month.
Tags: Israel travel , Omri Lahad , missing person
Olmert lawyers waive right to preliminary hearing in graft case Nir Hasson, Haaretz Correspondent
Olmert is facing charges of fraud, breach of trust, forging of corporate documents, failure to report income.
Tags: Ehud Olmert , Olmert corruption , Israel news
Israeli doctors in Romania egg-trafficking probe return home Fadi Eyadat, Haaretz Correspondent
Two doctors were arrested in raid at Bucharest clinic heavily patronized by Israeli women.
Tags: Israel news , Israel Romania egg trafficking
Justice Minister taps Yehuda Weinstein as next attorney general Tomer Zarchin, Haaretz Correspondent
Ministry: Yaakov Neeman convinced Weinstein is most suitable candidate to face the challenges of the role.
Tags: Yedidia Stern , Israel attorney general
MK waves basketball during Knesset debate, sparking uproar By Jonathan Lis
MKs Ronit Tirosh and Limor Livnat got into a verbal spat on the Knesset floor yesterday.
Tags: Israel Sports Minister , Israel news
Jerusalem gazelles get guaranteed home after a 10-year battle By Nir Hasson
Jerusalem Council rejected the claim by two kibbutzim over the land and voted to leave it as open parkland.
Tags: Jerusalem gazelles , Israel news
Israel marks elimination of violence against women day By Jonathan Lis
A woman has been the victim of a different sort of cruelty - ongoing financial abuse by her husband.
Tags: Israel news , Israel women abuse
Wanted: Culinary consultants to improve Israeli prisoners' food By Liel Kyzer
The Prison Service: the idea is to improve the cooking and thus the health of the country's prisoners.
Tags: Israel news , Israel prisons
Lieberman demands cabinet take polygraph tests over leak to Haaretz By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent
FM asks Shin Bet chief to summon for interrogation everyone who attended Sunday's security cabinet meeting.
Tags: Israel security cabinet , Israel news
Facebook suicide threat sparks massive manhunt in Eilat Revital Levy-Stein, Haaretz Correspondent
44-year-old divorce posts message on Facebook saying he cannot live anymore, before disappearing.
Tags: Israel news , Facebook suicide
Israeli scientists: Solve erectile dysfunction with electric shock Agencies
Low-energy shock waves, unlike drug treatment, can actually reverse the problem, claims Haifa study.
Tags: erectile dysfunction , Viagra , Israel science
Yedidia Stern drops out of race for attorney general Tomer Zarchin and Haaretz Service
Stern says he has withdrawn candidacy due to decision not to split AG's position into two.
Tags: Yedidia Stern , Israel news
Rights group: 69 cases of Palestinian olive trees destroyed, but no prosecutions By Chaim Levinson, Haaretz Correspondent
Yesh Din has reported dozens of incidents in which hundreds of West Bank trees were damaged.
Tags: Yesh Din , Israel news , West Bank
Not refusal at all Avirama Golan
Who are the rabbis who met this week to discuss the 'IDF attack against the hesder yeshivas?'
Tags: hesder yeshivas , Israel news
Israel opposition to Goldstone report reflects layers of denial Daphna Golan
Many wise men, including even our president, have mobilized to explain why the fact-finder is warped.
Tags: Human Rights Watch , Goldstone report
Former Shalit negotiator Amos Gilad expected to resign from Defense Ministry By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent
Barak pressing on with wide-ranging personnel changes among senior ministry staff.
Tags: Israel news , Amos Gilad , Defense Ministry
Study: Israel ranks third worldwide in pedestrian deaths By Yuval Goren, Haaretz Correspondent
Since 2003, there have been 9,849 pedestrian casualties in traffic accidents all over the country.
Tags: traffic accidents , Israel news , pedestrians
Report: Top Hamas officials in Damascus to discuss Shalit swap By Avi Issacharoff, Barak Ravid, Liel Kyzer, Jack Khoury and Jonathan Lis
German FM: Premature talk could jinx Shalit deal; Mediators have made breakthrough, says Al-Hayyat .
Tags: Gilad Shalit Swap , Israel news
Four killed as helicopter crashes near Netanya Yuval Goren and Zohar Blumenkrantz, Haaretz Correspondent
Investigation focuses on technical failure, human error and will continue once craft is drawn from sea.
Tags: Israel air safety , Israel news
UN official: Gilo expansion threatens Middle East peace DPA
UN undersecretary general tells Security Council settlement freeze will enable progress in peace talks.
Tags: Israel news , Settlements , Middle East peace
Education official: Arab students lower standardized test scores Ofri Ilani, Haaretz Correspondent
Growth and effectiveness measures for 2009 show slight improvement in Jewish population education scores.
Tags: Arab- Israeli , Education Ministery
Health Ministry: 90,000 have already received swine flu vaccine Dan Even, Haaretz Correspondent
Fifty-two Israelis have died of the H1N1 virus so far, 6 of which had no previous medical conditions.
Tags: Israel news , swine flu
Study: 79% of single Israeli women harassed at workplace Dana Weiler-Pollak
On Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Israeli poll finds only 3% of women speak out.
Tags: Israel news , Israeli workplace harassment
Former Israeli soccer player shot dead while driving Haaretz Service
Eli Uzan, 49, was found dead in Be'er Sheva at scene of car accident.
Tags: Israeli crime , Israel news
Harel and Issacharoff / Who wins and who loses in Shalit deal? Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff
Israel puts on a unified front, Hamas members meet negotiators and Abbas faces challenges to his position.
Tags: Israel news , Gilad Shalit Swap
Yossi Melman / Israelis know the price of bringing Shalit back Yossi Melman
No matter how difficult, a prisoner swap is the only way to keep Shalit from languishing forever in Gaza.
Tags: Israel news , Gilad Shalit Swap
Bereaved parents to High Court: Shalit deal must be made public Tomer Zarchin and Ofra Edelman, Haaretz Correspondents
'It's not fair that everyone - the enemy, the mediators, the government - knows the details, except the Israeli public.'
Tags: Israel news , Gilad Shalit deal
Study: Nefesh B'Nefesh immigrants have added NIS 800m to economy By Raphael Ahren
Nefesh B'Nefesh's 23,000 immigrants generated government revenues of NIS 989 million, while costing the state an estimated NIS 528 million.
Tags: immigrants , Nefesh B'Nefesh , Israel news
IDF censor slams 'outrageous' claims on Shalit deal By Amos Harel
The chief military censor, Col. Sima Vaknin-Gil, has defended the censorship regarding the deal to release captive soldier Gilad Shalit.
Tags: Israel news , Gilad Shalit Swap
Netanyahu may tell cabinet he couldn't find suitable AG By Tomer Zarchin
Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman has set himself a mid-December deadline for completing the process of appointing a new attorney general.
Tags: Israel news , Attorney General
IDF: Hundreds of immigrants without Hebrew in combat units By Anshel Pfeffer
Commander cites safety issues, including failing to cease fire following an order due to misunderstanding.
Tags: immigrants , Israel Defense Forces
Pre-state Jewish police force fights for its heritage By Eli Ashkenazi
Members of the Notrim say they did the 'dirty work' in pre-state days, but have yet to earn their historical credit.
Tags: British mandate , Israel news
MKs pass bill to allow IDF widows to remarry, keep pensions Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondent
More than 50 percent of widows do not remarry due to the loss of their husbands' pension.
Tags: IDF widows , Israel news , IDF pension
Key Barak aide quits post in surprise move Barak Ravid and Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondents, and News Agencies
Kital asked to leave his position; it is not clear whether decision stemmed from disagreements with Barak.
Tags: Israel Defense Ministry , Israel news
Study: Less than 50% of Israeli teens eligible to graduate in 2008 Or Kashti, Haaretz Correspondent
Eligibility rate differed according to socioeconomics; only 32.4% of Arab students and 26.6% eligible.
Tags: Israel news , Israel matriculation exams
T.A. gay community says city trying to evict them from cruising site By Ofri Ilani
Community members accuse city of installing stronger lighting, getting rid of bushes and trees, and increasing harassment by municipal patrols.
Tags: Israel gay community , Israel news
Educators to Hebrew U.: Don't let Disney use Einstein's name By Natasha Mozgovaya and Ofri Ilani
Some argue Disney's Baby Einstein children's videos harm cognitive development and concentration.
Tags: Israel news , Disney , Baby Einstein
Tel Aviv students: Rent here is twice as much as tuition By Or Kashti
Tel Aviv Student Union position paper: Tel Aviv students spend more on accommodation than students in 12 EU countries.
Tags: Tel Aviv University , Israel news
Israeli study: Men exposed to pesticide more likely to have girls By Dan Even
Study examines men who worked at Bromine Compounds factory in the 1970s, were exposed to a pesticide found to cause male sterility.
Tags: Israel news , fertility , Israel science
Catholics beatify late Palestinian nun who educated Arab girls The Associated Press
Sister Maria Alfonsina Danil Ghattas, who died in 1927, founded the Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary.
Tags: Arab Catholics
The financial crisis is over, at least for Israel's top officials Zvi Zrahiya, Haaretz Correspondent
Hundreds of ministers to receive salary raises, despite dire economic situation of Israel and world.
Tags: Israel news , Israel economic crisis
Drug addict suspected of stabbing man, 87, in Rishon Letzion Yuval Goren
The drug addict, who turned himself into police, tried to rob the man after hearing he had a lot of money.
Tags: Israel crime , Israel news
Attorney Yehuda Weinstein thought to be leading AG candidate By Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondent
Netanyahu expected to announce choice for attorney general at Sunday morning's cabinet meeting.
Tags: Attorney General , Israel news
Bill would allow Israeli women in shelters to receive social security By Dana Weiler-Polak
Bill designed to let battered women provide for themselves without having to rely on abusive husbands or domestic partners.
Tags: Israel women , Israel news
Israeli heir: More Kafka works stashed in Swiss vault By Ofer Aderet
New information likely to affect ongoing suit over Kafka archives by the National Library in Jerusalem.
Tags: Israel news , Kafka
