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BREAKING NEWS

13:11
Syria hands over captured Lebanese soldier, state TV reports (AP)
12:31
Syrian rebels have reportedly overrun several towns near the Israeli border (Reuters)
12:18
Report: Ramallah protesters hold up shoes, call Obama to leave Palestine (Haaretz)
11:49
Police arrests Acre resident suspected of smuggling heroin from Lebanon (Haaretz)
11:38
Report: Abbas condemns violence against civilians, including rocket fire (Reuters)
11:15
Obama and Abbas begin meeting in Ramallah (Haaretz)
10:57
Car bomb at Pakistani refugee camp kills 12 (Reuters)
10:57
Obama's Marine One helicopter lands in Ramallah ahead of meeting with Abbas (Haaretz)
10:28
Jailed Kurdish leader Ocalan expected to declare cease-fire with Turkey (AP)
10:06
Kiryat Malakhi mayor Moti Malka resigns after convicted of two counts of sexual harassment (Haaretz)
07:40
Second Gaza rocket explodes in open area in southern city of Sderot (Haaretz)
07:37
Gaza rocket explodes in backyard of Sderot home, no casualties reported (Haaretz)
07:23
Rocket sirens sound in southern city of Sderot (Haaretz)
04:16
North Korea threatens to attack U.S. navy bases in Asia if provoked (Reuters)
04:09
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir says he will step down in 2015 (AP)

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Obama's second day in Israel

Gaza rockets slam southern Israel during Obama visit

Sirens sound across southern Israel; one rocket damages the backyard of a home in southern Israeli town of Sderot, second rocket hits open area near town; no casualties were reported; Abbas: We condemn all violence against civilians.

By Amos Harel, Barak Ravid | Mar 21, 2013 | 09:50 AM | 38

Gaza rocket explodes in Sderot.

Diplomacy & Defense

U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at their joint news conference

Full transcript of Obama-Netanyahu joint press conference

Prime Minister Netanyahu: Mr. President, Barack, it's a great pleasure to host you here in Jerusalem. You've graciously hosted me...

By Haaretz | 11:00 PM | 3

U.S. President Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu speak at a news conference in Jerusalem, March 2

LIVE BLOG: Barack Obama visits Israel: Day one

U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Wednesday evening in Jerusalem for the first talks of their...

By Haaretz | 09:41 PM | 150

Protesters at the tent camp erected in E-1 area.

As Obama arrives, Palestinians erect protest camp in E-1 area

Palestinian activists set up a protest camp on Wednesday in the West Bank's E-1 corridor, close to where Israel wants to build a...

By Jack Khoury | 05:55 PM | 19

Middle East

Golan Heights - AP

Syria rebels overrun towns near border with Israel, monitoring group says

Syrian rebels have overrun several towns near the Israeli Golan Heights in the past 24 hours, rebels and a monitoring group said...

By Reuters | 12:44 PM

Medics and other masked people attend to a man at a hospital in Khan al-Assal, Aleppo, Syria.

U.S. ambassador to Syria: No evidence to back reports chemical weapons used

Robert Ford, the U.S. ambassador to Syria, said on Wednesday there is so far no evidence to back reports that chemical weapons...

By Eli Ashkenazi, Reuters, The Associated Press | 05:42 PM | 9

IDF soldiers walk in front of wind turbines near Alonei Habashan close to the Israeli-Syrian border.

IDF treats four wounded Syrians found near border with Israel

Four wounded Syrians were treated by the Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday.The four approached the border with Israel and were...

By Jack Khoury, Eli Ashkenazi | 12:02 PM | 9

National

Ramat Gan mayor Zvi Bar.

Justice Danziger recuses himself in Ramat Gan mayor bribery case

Supreme Court Justice Yoram Danziger recused himself yesterday from hearing a petition involving Ramat Gan Mayor Zvi Bar, who has...

By Revital Hovel | 11:26 AM

Operating room in Ichilov Hospital

Israeli woman dies during routine hernia operation, Health Ministry investigating

Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv is investigating the case of a 40-year-old woman who died Wednesday during surgery to repair a...

By Dan Even | 06:23 AM

A trash separation site ahead of recycling.

Israel pushes settlers and Palestinians to cooperate on recycling

Local Jewish and Arab leaders in the Nazareth region and Jezreel Valley said this week they intend to work together to protect...

By Zafrir Rinat | 02:30 AM | 3

| Mar 21, 2013 | 06:33 AM

Features

eternity

Word of the Day / Lanetzah

By Shoshana Kordova | 10:23 AM

Rabbis Orthodox Jews

This day in Jewish history / The rebbe who met with Freud

By David B. Green | 09:35 AM

Yair Lapid, leader of the Yesh Atid party, center.

David's Harp / Yair Lapid: New politics, or just born yesterday?

By David Rosenberg | 08:54 PM

The Iran Debate

Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran

Poll: 64% of Americans would support U.S. strike to prevent Iran's nuclear program

By Chemi Shalev | 06:28 PM | 21

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi in Tehran, Iran.

Iran will promise UN not to seek nuclear bomb, semi-official agency reports

By The Associated Press | 05:53 PM | 21

Obama

Obama to U.S. Jews: Still room for Iran diplomacy, no point in 'chest beating'

By Chemi Shalev, Barak Ravid | 11:37 PM | 44

World

Omar al-Bashir speaking in Sudan

Sudan's president says he will quit in 2015, after over 20 years in power

By The Associated Press | 04:20 AM

Pope Francis urges 'a poor church and a church for the poor'

By The Associated Press | 02:15 AM | 2

Holocaust survivor searches for long-lost twin on Facebook

By Ofer Aderet | 02:40 AM

Sports

Handball - AP - May 15, 2012

Would-be Israeli handball star falls victim to the authorities' apathy

By Tom Preiss | 10:47 AM

Israel striker Hemed gears up for Ronaldo and Portugal in World Cup qualifier

By Moshe Boker | 03:56 PM

Paulo Bento: creator of new memories

By Uzi Dann | 05:16 AM

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