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Read & React UN expert: Israeli seizure of Gaza-bound aid ship is 'criminal' Responses: 112 Are we still afraid the Jewish state won't last? Responses: 100 Netanyahu gets barely passing grade for first 100 days Responses: 54 Report: Israel is considering easing Gaza siege Responses: 47 Previous Editions Select Day 03 jul 02 jul 01 jul 30 jun 29 jun 28 jun 26 jun 25 jun 24 jun 23 jun 22 jun 21 jun

News Netanyahu gets barely passing grade for first 100 days By Yossi Verter Calls for ouster over IDF rabbi's 'sexist' comments By Anshel Pfeffer and Yuval Azoulay For some Israeli Bedouin, border smuggling is a way of life By Yoav Stern National lotto revokes Sapir Prize due to conflict of interest By Maya Sela My full disclosure Yossi Sarid How much are we paying for Netanyahu's bloated cabinet? By Zvi Zrahiya ANALYSIS / Netanyahu acted wisely to preserve coalition By Mazal Mualem PA: Arrested Hamas activists planned to assassinate Abbas By Avi Issacharoff After fires in north, everything is black By Eli Ashkenazi Treasury freezes Israel Broadcasting Authority reforms By Gili Izikovich The cheek of it all Anshel Pfeffer News in Brief  Arts & Leisure Turning the tables By Michal Palti The bank job By Ellie Armon Azoulay A tale of two Golems By Hagai Hitron Surroundings / Shutter, stop sobbing Esther Zandberg Wine and Spirits / They come from a land down under Daniel Rogov The Stage / A dip into other worlds Michael Handelzalts 7 great events around Israel not to be missed Haaretz Staff Yoni and David meet a rabbit By Ben Shalev Dining Out / Japanese fusion at its finest Daniel Rogov A poet must know how to kick By Eli Eliahu Soul in a bowl / Chicken stuffed with dried cherry tomatoes Doram Gaunt Israel's 'Project Runway' focuses more on people, less on clothing By Ruta Kupfer Fans' favorite By Ben Shalev Hot on the small screen By Gili Izikovich No business like monkey business By Tamar Rotem On the road again (for the first time) By Noya Kohavi Jackpot in Monte Carlo By Roni Dori Tenderfeet on the dance floor By Roni Dori Race to the mall By Shahar Atwan Everything new is old By Yuval Saar Dining Out / Eating with the fishes Daniel Rogov Israel's most expensive wine By Daniel Rogov Flying south for theater By Tahel Frosh Stage animal / Theater enters the frame By Michael Handelzalts Why we travel / Something from the oven By Moshe Gilad Dining Out / A pleasant mass-market meal By Daniel Rogov Culture war By Michal Palti Soul in a bowl /Pasta with cabbage Doram Gaunt  Week's End Kiss kiss, big bang, bye-bye By Aluf Benn One hundred and counting By Yossi Verter Death of a brother By Benny Ziffer Mediocre, at best By Yossi Verter Jewish heritage does not begin and end in the synagogue By Akiva Eldar Israel's 'angel of destruction' is gambling on Iran By Amir Oren When house calls are the only option By Vered Lee The whole world's a delivery room By Naomi Darom and Roni Linder-Ganz Best friends By Zipi Shohat He opened Israeli ears to Mizrahi songs By Ben Shalev Psychiatry and the Final Solution By Zeev Avrahami Pen Ultimate / Getting to know you, again Michael Handelzalts The Makings of History Tom Segev Portion of the Week / A 70-year-old dream Benjamin Lau  Books Hebrew Fiction / Dueling narratives By Ruth Margalit Middle East / Report from the wrong side of history Oren Kessler Zionism / What are we doing here? By Daniel Orenstein Literary Biography / The bard of Bir el-Amir By Carol Cook Holocaust / 'Do not cry over me' By Gaby Levin Photography / Mirror image By Reuven Miran Yiddish / Can't make a shtreimel from a pig's tail Benny Mer Economics / The games By Addie Markuze-Haas Film / A different light By Michal Lando Film / Why did he have to make it so well? By Ina Friedman Film / To cut or not to cut David B. Green Military Affairs / State of emergency Reuven Pedatzur Children's Books / The eagle has landed By Shoham Smith Food / An epitaph for eateries By Haim Baram Questions & Answers / A conversation with Danya Ruttenberg David B. Green  Real Estate Protesting Haifa Port workers burst in on board By Avi Bar-Eli Check toxins before building, court says By Zafrir Rinat The ideology is dead. Long live the deal By Amiram Cohen Kibbutz Givat Haim Ihud sees windfall from Prigat sale By Amiram Cohen Market still brisk on Tel Aviv's quiet streets By Arik Mirovsky Militant environmentalism By Zafrir Rinat Planning Paris By Shani Shiloh Court rejects petition of Herzliya residents against Kibbutz Glil Yam By Amiram Cohen Supreme Court: Four Seasons' land purchase in Jerusalem rendered 'illegal' due to lack of tender By Raz Smolsky Expecting an earthquake in Herzliya Guy Liberman Behind the Israeli real estate tiger By Arik Mirovsky Landing an unusual verdict By Arik Mirovsky I'll repay every cent, Eli Barashi promises By Ranit Nahum-Halevy Building a case against illegal construction By Zafrir Rinat To have and to let By Arik Mirovsky and Guy Lieberman Don't believe everything you read By Guy Liberman  Anglo File Foreign workers head: 'Sending our kids to Africa is sending them to their graves' By Cnaan Liphshiz Prayer ala carte By Raphael Ahren Whither goest PresenTense projects? Holocaust scholar says Yad Vashem divided over commemorating Bergson Group By Cnaan Liphshiz

Editorial & Op-Ed Send the IDF chief rabbi home Haaretz Editorial Madame, start fighting Yoel Marcus Are we still afraid the Jewish state won't last? Yehezkel Dror The High Court as a straw man Yossi Sarid The Mossad chief as fighter pilot Amir Oren Netanyahu's economy: 'The third phase' Daniel Gutwein Building and weeping Shlomy Zachary With friends like these Daniel Levy Who is to blame? Harold James  Features Arab world bloggers more wary of their leaders than of Israel By Oded Yaron Are Hamas and Islamic Jihad planning a merger? Zvi Bar'el Letter from the law By Akiva Eldar Five up By Anshel Pfeffer Painting while Iran burns By Yossi Melman ANALYSIS / Maybe Netanyahu really does understand Arabs Zvi Bar'el Iran turmoil emboldens opponents of dialog By Nathan Guttman Israel won't let Gaza boy see his only parent Akiva Eldar Collecting on Yaakov's calls By Orly Vilnai A burning ship on Jerusalem Beach By Meir Zamir A blast from the past By Orly Vilnai Septuagenarian survivors still awaiting reparations By Dana Weiler-Polak When gray isn't green By Rachel Talshir Mousavi would shun nuclear weapons, says Iran scholar By Amira Hass, Haaretz Correspondent Closing the holes and the loopholes By Nurit Wurgaft Closing the holes and the loopholes By Nurit Wurgaft Detained leaving Gaza By Maya Sela Where has ex-Iran president Rafsanjani vanished to? By Zvi Bar'el , Haaretz Correspondent Of illegals and refugees By Nurit Wurgaft Return of the Nativ By Yossi Melman It's more than Tamir By Amir Oren ANALYSIS / Assad no longer stands in his father's shadow By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent  Business Public to pay NIS 10b more in taxes? By Zvi Zrahiya? TA-25 down 1.1% for the day, ?but still up 1.9% for the week? Yael Halak Summer's here and the gouging is easy By Rina Rozenberg Shrem, Fudim offer investors 20% of Leader in lieu of cash? By Michael Rochvarger? Eli Reifman ordered to hand over Emblaze shares? By Amit Benaroia? Business in Brief Markets in Brief  Friday Magazine Ace of diamonds By Gidi Weitz, Uri Blau and Yotam Feldman A generation of Israeli Arabs nurtured on Jewish chutzpah By Doron Halutz Breathless By Ariela Bankier Funny girl By Rita Kupfer Happy landings Sayed Kashua A linguistic key Doron Rosenblum Freedom for a building Ariel Hirschfeld Twilight zone / Herding the shepherds Gideon Levy Dishing it up / Just peachy By Haim Cohen and Eli Landau Family affair / The Boublils, Gan Yavneh By Avner and Reli Avrahami Letters to the Editor  Food & Wine Wine from the Rhine Daniel Rogov Dining Out / Redeeming qualities Daniel Rogov Soul in a bowl / Chicken and gnocchi in beer Doram Gaunt Dining Out / Real Czech food, and no kitsch Daniel Rogov Wine and Spirits / New guys in town Daniel Rogov Soul in a bowl / Mashed potatoes with peanut butter Doram Gaunt Dining Out / A Basque revival Daniel Rogov Wine and Spirits / Italian newcomers Daniel Rogov Wine and Spirits / Local rubies Daniel Rogov Soul in a Bowl / Baked chicken on a bed of beets Doram Gaunt Dining Out / An unfugettable Italian mainstay Daniel Rogov Dining Out / From the Russian kitchen with love Daniel Rogov Dining Out / Fine dining without breaking the bank Daniel Rogov Wine and Spirits / Vintage on the Golan Daniel Rogov Soul in a Bowl / Chocolate cornflake clusters with dried mango Doram Gaunt Wine and Spirits / Fun, frivolous and frizzante Daniel Rogov  Sports Sela sinks like a rock against Serb Haaretz Correspondent and Reuters , By Nir Wolf Israel's Dudi Sela out to make history at Wimbledon By Nir Wolf Alex Averbukh embarks on farewell tour By Eli Shvidler Windsurfing / Zubari returns to Israeli reality By Uri Talshir and Rami Hipsh Softball / Penticon sweeps Ziontours place in final vs. Dimona By Dan Aronovic and Micah Winston Peer puts Dubai fiasco behind her Reuters Analysis / On opportunity and faith Lior Mor Wimbledon / Sela upsets 18th seed to reach third round for first time By Rami Hipsh Breaking the Waves / Looking beyond Tel Aviv Gur Steinberg Baseball / Ra'anana, Modi'in swap dominating performances to set up final showdown Haaretz Sports Staff Teenager Ishikawa thrilled to secure Open spot Reuters Basketball / Kings signal to Casspi they are serious about him By Yaniv Orgad Soccer / U.S. shocks Spain, gets into final Reuters Golf / Splendid eagle puts Barnes in elite below-par company Reuters Golf / A dozen Israeli pairs qualify for next stage of prestigious Scotland tournament By Gili Peleg Chelsea appeals 'harsh' UEFA bans Reuters Softball / National team sets out with higher goals By Steve Klein Boxing / Yuri Foreman aims to be both rabbi and world champ Reuters Handball / Dedicated to the bitter end By Aviad Segal Windsurfing / Zubari on verge of gold medal By Rami Hipsh U.S. Supreme Court agrees to take on NFL antitrust case The Associated Press 40 Israelis join cyclists pretending to be Lance Armstrong for a week By Aviad Segal Sports Shorts On the couch / Attention deficit athletics Jerrold Kessel Hapoel TA yet to nail down deals with top acquisitions By Yaniv Kubovich Soccer / Young guns the key to top teams' survival By David Marouani and Yaniv Kubovich 'I've done things no other coach has done' By Tomer Ratman Sports Shorts 73rd Israel Athletics Championships / Profile / At just 16, high jumper already has full-grown Olympic dreams By Uri Talshir Basketball / Kings pick Maccabi TA player in first round / Casspi set to become first Israeli in NBA By Doron Tamari Windsurfing / 2009 RS:X European championships / Zubari wins gold on home turf By Uri Talshir and Rami Hipsh Israel Athletics Championships / All change at top, but no records? By Rami Hipsh? All eyes on the floor By Rami Hipsh Shooting for gold: The business of sports By Uzi Dann Rugby / State Cup / Kibbutz Yizre'el claims 5th treble By Uri Talshir Soccer / Beitar late than never: Gaydamak decides to bankroll J'lem after all By Moshe Boker Soccer / Viva Espanol! Ben Sahar starting anew in Spain By Moshe Harush Windsurfing / 2009 RS:X European Championships in Tel Aviv / With wind at his back, Mashiah is confident he can win over Europe By Rami Hipsh Basketball / NBA Draft / Moment of truth approaches in Casspi's Israel-to-NBA saga By Jerry Mittleman Off the couch ?and into the melting pot? Soccer / In the army now / IDF offers Sahar choice: Green uniform or blue By Moshe Harush and Moshe Boker Israel promises not to use SAP software to manufacture nonconventional weapons By Guy Grimland Tennis / Wimbledon / Israelis in stands cheer as Sela reaches 4th round Reuters Soccer / Confederations Cup / Bafana beaten by Brazilian thunderbolt The Associated Press Rugby / Lions tour / Lions denied victory by late Boks kick Reuters Sports Shorts Tennis / Davis Cup / Semifinal beckons? By Nir Woolf? Banks climb 3.9% and pull TASE up By Tal Levy Field of dreams / Timing was key for draft selection By Yaniv Orgad Soccer / Off season / Financial crisis hits Maccabi Haifa players By Moshe Harush Rugby / Fijian coach says he'll take local game a step higher By Uri Talshir Basketball / Maccabi Tel Aviv / Bluthenthal?s third coming? By Vered Cohen? Promising talent turns into real pro By Lior Mor Tennis / Wimbledon / Sela gets ready for Robredo with drama in doubles By Simon Spungin Soccer / Interview / 'Anywhere we play, we will compete' By Tomer Ratman Soccer / Confederations Cup / Moonwalk not in America's plan in match vs. Brazil The Associated Press Of screams, names and parental madness Teenager upsets Jankovic The Associated Press Sports Shorts Soccer / Shnaider courts partner for Mac. TA By Moshe Boker Lawn bowls / Annual mixed pairs final?Title comes down to last bowl of the match? By Norman Spiro? Baseball / IAB Senior League / Late, late barrage earns championship for Modi'in By Alex Bentley Softball / Junior European Championship? / Israel struggles with fast pitching by Czechs and Danes after crushing Croatia? By Micah Winston? Softball / Men's Fastpitch League / Penticon dominates to earn threepeat By Dan Aronovic Golf / International Pairs tournament? / Teens lead field vying for Carnoustie? By Shmulik Futeran? Softball / Women's league / Tel Aviv mauls Tigers, romps toward title By Revital Ofir Sports Shorts Sports Shorts Basketball / 'They always focus on the negative' By Vered Cohen Wimbledon / Last Israeli falls in England By Rami Hipsh Improved stadium to help bids for new local track records By Rami Hipsh Soccer / Hapoel Haifa backs off in contract crisis with rising star By Moshe Harush Sports Shorts

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