Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey calls shipment of anti-ship missiles 'ill-timed and very unfortunate.' Rights group says obtained evidence of arbitrary detention and torture by Assad's forces.
by Reuters and DPA 28 comments
Psychoactive, a group of Israeli mental health professionals, seeks to increase awareness around topics that are often seen as taboo, such as the mental health effects of occupation on Israeli soldiers and the psychological barriers to peace.
by Mira Sucharov 0 comments
Guido Westerwelle meets President Peres in Jerusalem, voices support for Secretary of State Kerry's effort to renew Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
by Haaretz 20 comments
While its noble aim was to honor felled reporters, the Newseum wound up walking into a minefield when it included then deleted from its list of honorees two Gazans who were killed in an Israeli airstrike while working for Al-Aqsa TV.
by Ilene Prusher 1 comments
The budget cuts will be offset by a significant rise in future funding – a rise necessitate by the shifting strategic framework, the need for new technology and growing problems with filling the reserve officer posts.
by Amos Harel 0 comments
Some 30,000 took part in Jerusalem rally against military conscription of yeshiva students; eight demonstrators to be charged with assaulting police and disturbing the peace.
by Yair Ettinger and Nir Hasson 3 comments
Turkey has accused Syria of involvement in the two bombings last weekend in the town of Reyhanli.
by Reuters 3 comments
As a Haaretz-Dialog poll taken earlier this week demonstrates, the finance minister's only ray of light is that his party, Yesh Atid, would score the same number of seats if the elections were held today.
by Yossi Verter 1 comments
With these words, God praises the Jewish people for its beauty, which is revealed when it displays its desire to voluntarily offer a gift for the Tabernacle.
by Yakov Meir 0 comments
Roni Halpern loves her children but is not sure she would have had them if she'd known then what she knows now and has written about in her new book, 'Body and its Discontents.'
by Maya Sela 0 comments
Officers lock gates at border crossing in response to the abduction of seven members of the Egyptian security forces by Islamist gunmen; meanwhile hundreds of Palestinians stranded on both sides.
by Reuters 4 comments
Did a skeleton discovered in an ancient cave belong to a powerful fighter and leader? A delicately built shaman? Experts differ, but meanwhile, a new TV series literally put a face to the person.
by Nir Hasson 1 comments
The Galilee town of Sakhnin has become the first Arab municipality to assign a name to every one of its streets, and a number to every house.
by Or Kashti 4 comments
Once they finished venting and lambasting Finance Minister Yair Lapid over the austerity measures, middle class Israelis poured into the streets for peaceful rallies. In a month, Facebook and cardboard signs may no longer be enough.
by Yossi Klein 0 comments
A Middle Eastern cover of a Radiohead hit has taken YouTube by storm. Singer Rotem Shefy hopes it will herald a big break for her and her music.
by Ben Shalev 0 comments
