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Read & React IDF fears settlers may attack Palestinians in response to freeze Responses: 35 Yossi Sarid / If settlers are our brothers, I have no brother Responses: 44 Americans are tired of handling the world's problems Responses: 27 Goldstone wins human rights award from Sweden NGOs Responses: 31 Ex-PA minister: Dream of the Palestinian state is fading Responses: 10 Previous Editions Select Day 03 dec 02 dec 01 dec 30 nov 29 nov 27 nov 26 nov 25 nov 24 nov 23 nov 22 nov 20 nov

News Activists to intensify protest against settlement freeze with road blocks By Barak Ravid and Chaim Levinson Shalit negotiations / Hamas turns down latest offer on swap By Avi Issacharoff and Jack Khoury U.S., Arab states press Abbas to stay on as president of PA By Akiva Eldar Ministry eyes thermal cameras to prevent spread of swine flu By Dan Even Hair be damned, laureate-to-be Yonath ready for Stockholm awards ceremony By Ofri Ilani U.S. falls short in bid to gain support for Israel's settlement freeze By Barak Ravid Likud members afraid to go rogue By Mazal Mualem and Chaim Levinson Settlers brace for arrival of 'dreaded' building inspectors By Chaim Levinson IDF fears settlers may attack Palestinians in response to freeze By Anshel Pfeffer Police: DNA links IDF guard to attempted rape victim By Yaniv Kubovich Less than half of court-ordered fine paid out to victims By Tomer Zarchin Brothers of slain inmate sue police for NIS 4.5 million By Eli Ashkenazi It may be curtains for director of Jerusalem's Khan Theater By Zipi Shohat Jerusalem & Babylon / Who should be freed and who should rot Anshel Pfeffer News in Brief  Arts & Leisure Dining out / Top-notch tapas Daniel Rogov The Greek pillar of Israeli music By Ben Shalev Danny Lerner's sophomore slump By Uri Klein Shooting off at the mouth By Ben Shalev Funny, in 140 characters or less By Avi Schneebaum Sisyphean cycles Roni Dori Dining Out / A haven in the Galilee Daniel Rogov The pattern in the carpet By Gili Izikovich 'The art of the invisible' By Uri Klein Wine and Spirits / Three of the country's best wineries Daniel Rogov One gastronome show By Michal Palti Soundbox / Mendelssohn of the fields Noam Ben-Zeev Writing Hebrew, living English By Maya Sela Dining Out / Overkill at the hotel restaurant Daniel Rogov Daddy don't work By Limor Gal The composer does it best By Ben Shalev An oud to Nablus By Noam Ben-Zeev In transit to nowhere Esther Zandberg Wine and Spirits / One variety, three wines Daniel Rogov Land of no hop By Sagol 59 Ring of fire By Roni Dori The host with hidden talent By Noya Kohavi When specialized isn't so special By Tamar Rotem End of an era By Noam Dvir Dining Out / Not Irish, but good Daniel Rogov Cover girls By Tsafi Saar Creating with God By Ellie Armon Azoulai Wine and Spirits / Bubbles that go on and on Daniel Rogov Wine and Spirits / Biodynamic wines - logic or New Age nonsense? Daniel Rogov Dining Out / The fall of the Auberge Daniel Rogov A small-scale European drama By Dana Schweppe A shutter onto the world By Yuval Saar Wine and Spirits / The women behind the bubbly Daniel Rogov  Week's End Paradise Sinking By Ben Bohane Hamas may not be moderate, but it's cracking down on extremism By Avi Issacharoff Netanyahu's way out By Aluf Benn Worst of all evils By Yossi Verter No refuge By Dimi Reider and Dana Weiler-Polak A robot run amok By Benny Ziffer What else can we concede? By Ze'ev B. Begin The unfinished state By Shlomo Avineri The show biz of business By Anat Balint The climb to the summit By Anat Balint I exist, therefore I can be privatized By Nurit Wurgaft A single chain of horror By Esther Zandberg And the twain shall meet By Erez Schweitzer Makings of History / Going the way of the kibbutz? Tom Segev Pen Ultimate / Antics of the fathers Michael Handelzalts Portion of the Week / Brotherly love - and hate Benjamin Lau  Books The Israel Effect By Ruth Schuster Born into a punch line By Gerald Sorin The art of succinct statements By Zvia Walden Rebel, with pause By Omri Herzog Two men fleeing from tidings By Efrat Esquira Real Jews don't vote Democratic By David B. Green Broken dreams, broken promises By Mark Jay Mirsky Thirteen gates to infinity By Hananel Mack Questions & Answers: A conversation with Michael Wex By David B. Green Letters: November 2009 The fierce urgency of then Jeremy Dauber Arab-Israeli Conflict / The lesser evil Alex Stein Between Iraq and a hard place By Steven Silber What makes a song Jewish? By Michael Handelzalts Military History / Mountain out of a molehill? By Yechiam Weitz Psychoanalysis / The maze of Moses By Yitzhak Laor Fiction / Radio killed the folktale star By Ayman Sikseck Ancient history / The Hittites' thousand gods By Irit Ziffer Film studies / Palestine photo op By Yoav Melamed Jewish thought / Medieval multi-tasker By Yair Sheleg Cooking / Recipes to keep the vampires at bay By Oren Kenner Questions & Answers / A conversation with Reuven Miran Jewish history / Circle tour By Josh Nathan-Kazis To be is to be a wound By Avraham Balaban Israel history / Would the real Harry Truman please stand up? By Rafael Medoff Fiction / The ghostbuster of Anatot By Yael Unterman Jewish Thought / For the love of God By Yizhak Ahren World History / A war of choice? By Eli Shaltiel Hebrew Fiction / 'When was your life split in two?' By Ilana Weiser-Senesh Biography / Settling accounts By Amos Harel Legal studies / Justice, justice did she pursue By Moshe Negbi Literary Essays / Hopeful despite the odds By Gerald Sorin , By Gerald Sorin Fiction / The pearls of Hoffmann By Benjamin Balint Questions & Answers / A conversation with Rebecca Solnit David B. Green Fatherhood 101 Matt Beynon Rees We're here to have fun Dorit Eldar-Avidan Religion / The eyes of the beholder Sarah Ozacky-Lazar Memoir / Never forgive, never forget Anat Feinberg Business / Culturally challenged Yishai Fraenkel Cooking / Not by jahnun alone Oren Kenner Questions & Answers / A conversation with Haggai Carmon David B. Green  Real Estate Hell no, we won't stay By Ranit Nahum-Halevy Shooting and buying By Raz Smolsky Should Africa Israel be liquidated? By Nurit Roth and Ido Baum Was your land seized? Too bad By Ranit Nahum-Halevy 'Affordable housing?' Not a word about it in Torah By Arik Mirovsky Be'er Sheva: Hot spot of the Negev By Ziv R. Maor Tel Aviv rents have never been so costly By Arik Mirovsky, TheMarker Pisgat Ze'ev to stretch out after all By Guy Liberman Deal Analysis / NIS 2.7 million for a six-room penthouse yet to go under construction in Kfar Sava Guy Liberman Farmers to get paid for land taken to build Route 6 interchanges By Ranit Nahum-Halevy How the ILA jacked up housing prices By Arik Mirovsky Hard look / The most hated government body in the land By Arik Mirovsky Reforming the ILA. You may be wondering: Deal Analysis / Kiryat Motzkin at a 17% premium By Guy Liberman  Anglo File Threat of suit pressures Rabbinate to reopen conversion annulment issue By Cnaan Liphshiz Never mind the rabbis, here's the chuppah Cnaan Liphshiz German Colony residents fight to keep eatery off their street By Raphael Ahren Cinematheques to screen film intended for women only By Raphael Ahren BGU lands reggae star for Africa Center opening By Cnaan Liphshiz Anglo opts to run rather than eat her way to help charity By Raphael Ahren Rank and File

Editorial & Op-Ed A warning and an opportunity Haaretz Editorial The big wink Yoel Marcus Give the nerd a chance Adar Primor I have no brother Yossi Sarid An end to vagueness Zeev Sternhell The Bedouin are not to blame Clinton Bailey Hezbollah's delusions Jonathan Spyer Slowly but surely Oded Eran The fruits of chronic mistakes Ziad AbuZayyad  Features How ElBaradei misled the world about Iran's nuclear program Yossi Melman A kibbutz grows in Venice By Esther Zandberg The battle over the salt of the earth By Zafrir Rinat Speaking up about Sobibor By Assaf Uni Warnings of war By Amir Oren Why do fewer Arab women have jobs in Israel than in Saudi Arabia? By Himmat Zoabi Was Swede who abandoned his family a secret Mossad agent? Yossi Melman Israel marks elimination of violence against women day By Jonathan Lis Inside Intel / Anywhere but Africa Yossi Melman With all eyes on Iran, who's watching Pakistan's nuclear arsenal? Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz Correspondent The oasis of Mount Trashmore By Noam Dvir For Obama, the world doesn't revolve around Israel Yossi Melman Democracy, Rehovot style By Yuval Azoulay Ready and able By Amir Oren Tracking the state of Israil By Ofra Edelman 'Egyptians should read in Hebrew, to know what the enemy is plotting' Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz Correspondent Hagigat derivatives are not all fun and games Dan Even Life's a party for the Teflon pill dealers By Yuval Goren Neighbors / Want to divorce? In Cairo, the radio offers women help Zvi Bar'el Saudis go high-tech to protect hajj pilgrims from swine flu By Zvi Bar'el Why is Israel laying claim to an Arab home in Jaffa? By Dana Weiler-Polak Who is funding the rabbi who endorses killing gentile babies? Akiva Eldar Staying in school is no easy feat By Orly Vilnai Habima, the next generation By Zipi Shohat Microfinanced art By Dana Schweppe All that glitters isn't green By Oded Yaron Tracking down a future By Anshel Pfeffer Common thread By Zvi Bar'el Still shining at 60 By Ben Shalev The voice of the lost generations of Berlin and Hebron By Ofri Ilani Jaffa residents ired over lack of Arab street names By Yuval Azoulay The P-word By Amir Oren Letters ot the Editor  Business Banks cut off credit to Tefron By Yoram Gabison Fischer says the world must learn to accept a weaker dollar Reuters Market Report /TA-25 up 3.5% for the week Lior Zano Fishman's Darban lowers sights as investors fail to hare for bonds By Sharon Shpurer Might Leviev sell AFI Development? By Hagai Amit Check Point suing SofaWare founders for NIS 16 million By Hila Raz Phony promises from cell providers? By Barr Hayoun Tips for buying a phone By Bar Hayoun Business in Brief Markets in Brief  Friday Magazine Pleasure hunting / Spanish, Christian, Marrano - and Mediterranean By Ronit Vered Letters to the editors Talking heads By Ariel Hirschfeld A text and its interpretation By Doron Rosenblum Never Forget By Ofer Aderet Profile of an extremist By Chaim Levinson Twilight Zone /The third blow By Gideon Levy The Ice Man, melting By Esti Ahronovitz Art or artifice? By Aviva Lori Amid a sea of hypochondriacs By Neri Livneh Family Affair By Avner Avrahami and Reli Avrahami Dishing it up / Leaves of class By Haim Cohen & Eli Landau  Food & Wine Dining Out / Fish without pretenses Daniel Rogov Wine and Spirits / The French collection Daniel Rogov 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  Sports Basketball / Maccabi survives early scare in Slovenia to stay group leader By Oren Kessler On the Couch / Beating the money game Jerrold Kessel Tennis / Ill with swine flu, Sela and Levy check out of Salzburg tourney Haaretz Sports Staff and Reuters Australian rules football / Film following Palestinian-Israeli 'peace team' vies for top award By Cnaan Liphshiz Lawn bowls /Ramat Gan sides put on strong show By Norman Spiro Sports Shorts Sports Shorts

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