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Read & React Rabbis at secret meet: Soldiers who refuse orders are 'heroes' Responses: 59 Hamas: Too soon to say Shalit deal is imminent Responses: 51 Analysis / For Obama, the world doesn't revolve around Israel Responses: 49 Why do fewer Arab women have jobs in Israel than Saudi Arabia? Responses: 41 Previous Editions Select Day 23 nov 22 nov 20 nov 19 nov 18 nov 17 nov 16 nov 15 nov 13 nov 12 nov 11 nov 10 nov

News German mediator in Shalit exchange deal to meet Hamas delegation in Cairo today By Barak Ravid, Avi Issacharoff and Jonathan Lis Analysis / Who wins and who loses in Shalit deal? Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff The public knows the price Yossi Melman PM to tout 10-month W. Bank building freeze By Barak Ravid Sheba offering patients medical marijuana By Dan Even 8 kids left alone for 3 weeks in Tiberias By Eli Ashkenazi Shalit family lowers expectations for Gilad's release while lobbying both cabinet and MKs By Jack Khoury Censor denies stifling debate By Amos Harel Foreign Min. DG traveled in secret to Oman By Barak Ravid Gaza families await Hamas list By Avi Issacharoff Bereaved parents battle gov't censorship of exchange deal By Ofra Edelman German FM: We have special responsibility toward Israel DPA IDF chief meets with Moshe Tamir By Amos Harel Neeman may tell cabinet he was unable to find suitable AG By Tomer Zarchin Ehud Barak loses yet another bureau chief By Barak Ravid Canadian oleh sets up Internet portal for Israeli charities By Dana Weiler-Polak Rehovot to elect new mayor today to replace ousted Forer By Noah Kosharek Officers: Hundreds of new olim in combat units despite lacking Hebrew By Anshel Pfeffer Study shows Nefesh B'Nefesh immigrants have added over NIS 800m to economy By Raphael Ahren Municipal workers in 3 Arab towns waiting on paychecks for 9 months By Jack Khoury Mandate-era police fighting for their forgotten heritage Members of the Notrim say they did the 'dirty work' in the pre-state days, but have yet to earn their historical credit By Eli Ashkenazi Tears are a defensive weapon, says evolutionary psychologist By Ofri Ilani IBA threatening cutbacks if journalists don't agree to reforms By Gili Izikovich He didn't know or didn't want to Mideast expert Mati Steinberg predicted the PM would use the Shalit card in a diplomatic crisis Akiva Eldar Funding for Diaspora Jewry in disarray as agencies duel By Nathan Guttman Isabella's prison She is a Romanian Christian who married an Israeli. After they came here he became a drug addict and began to abuse her. Now, after their divorce, she wants to leave Israel with their daughter, but is not allowed to By Orly Vilnai News in Brief  Arts & Leisure 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 / 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 The Netanyahu paradox: All-powerful except in one area By Aluf Benn ANALYSIS / Gaza war brought Israel its quietest year in a decade By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent Pity the prime minister By Yossi Verter What does Israel have against a Palestinian stadium? By Amira Hass Area C By Amira Hass The new golems By Benny Ziffer Catching the sunshine By Yoram Gabison City of magical allure By Avirama Golan Educating Doha By Rutie Zuta 'Everybody is my people' By Natasha Mozgovaya Dordogne idyll By David B. Green Treading toward sanctity By Admiel Kosman Calling all puddle-jumpers! By Shachar Atwan Pen Ultimate / Semantic antics Michael Handelzalts The makings of history / Institutional chaos By Tom Segev Stingy giving By Tom Segev Portion of the Week / Scenes from a marriage By 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 Israeli soldiers from South Africa feel heat of prosecution drive in old country By Raphael Ahren Does the mercenary law apply to conscripts? By Raphael Ahren American-Israeli company closes in on ALS treatment By Raphael Ahren New right-leaning group aims to spur Anglos to civic action By Raphael Ahren Former teenage addict: 'It's too easy to get alcohol here' By Raphael Ahren Rank and File

Editorial & Op-Ed Act and be heard Haaretz Editorial How we became a night unto the nations Yoel Marcus An injustice to inmates Nehemia Shtrasler At the edge of the abyss Shahar Ilan The only female candidate Merav Michaeli  Features Why do fewer Arab women have jobs in Israel than Saudi Arabia? By Himmat Zoabi 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 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 All that glitters isn't green Solar bags and 'green telephones' are just some of the latest gadgets riding the environmental wave. But do they really help save the planet? By Oded Yaron Tracking down a future By Anshel Pfeffer Common thread By Zvi Bar'el The voice of the lost generations of Berlin and Hebron Novelist Naomi Frenkel, who died on Friday at age 91, was a kibbutznik who became an ardent supporter of the settlements By Ofri Ilani Jaffa residents ired over lack of Arab street names By Yuval Azoulay The P-word By Amir Oren  Business Zvika Barinboim buying Industrial Dev. Bank By Eti Aflalo How well have stocks done over 109 years? They say people should invest for the long term. A century qualifies, and shows some surprises By Eli Malki Bill bans ads on TV By Zvi Zrahiya and Ophir Bar-Zohar Banks say, Africa is ours! By Sharon Shpurer Fischer surprises with rate hike for December TheMarker Correspondent and Staff , By Moti Bassok and Tal Levy Housing minister comes under fire over Haredi homes in Beit Shemesh By Ranit Nahum-Halevy Not claiming your tax refund? The government is earning millions from it By Haim Bior Market report / Tower jumps on Asian upgrade contract Vadim Sviderski Tower changes direction By Nir Zalik Teva Pharm on verge of losing patent challenge over launched drug, Famvir By Yoram Gabison Delek Energy eligible for TA-100 index By Yoram Gabison Business in Brief Markets in Brief  Friday Magazine Open door policy Sayed Kashua Down and out in London (after Paris) Doron Rosenblum Chamber music Ariel Hirschfeld Twilight Zone / Mourning uprooted olive trees in West Bank villages Gideon Levy Black, White and Brown By Dalia Karpel Far From the Madding Crowd Anat Balint Israel on location Raphael Zagury-Orly Is that you, Pooh? Neri Livneh Curiouser and Curiouser By Ofri Shoval Accelerating with Celery By Haim Cohen & Eli Landau Family Affair / Yosef Lipsky Avner Avrahami & Reli Avrahami Letters to the Editor  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 Soccer / Haifa arrives in Munich, still seeking first goal By Moshe Harush and Uzi Dann Maccabi Tel Aviv returns to winning ways By David Marouani Basketball / Greens find traction in Herzliya Haaretz Sports Staff Baseball / Mauer wins AL MVP hands down The Associated Press Soccer /Disappearing act Suspicions of betting led to Armenian striker Ilya Yavruyan's benching By David Marouani The Last Word / Shooting is everything Udi Hirsch Sports Shorts

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