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ISRAEL NEWS

BREAKING NEWS

15:25
Khamenei: Iran will raze Tel Aviv and Haifa if attacked (Reuters)
13:54
Obama: We must push through the 'breaches of faith' on both sides (Haaretz)
13:52
Obama: Settlement activity not appropriate or constructive to advancing peace (Haaretz)
13:51
Obama: Two-state solution still possible, only chance for peace and success (Haaretz)
13:51
Obama: Israel and Palestinians must make this leap together (Haaretz)
13:43
Obama: U.S. committed to the creation of a sovereign state of Palestine (Haaretz)
13:39
Obama: Palestinians deserve a future, a home, a state of their own (Haaretz)
13:37
Abbas: Palestinians ready to implement commitments in order to launch the peace process (Haaretz)
13:36
Abba to Obama: Palestinian people have made a miracle and rose from the Nakba (Haaretz)
13:36
Abbas: Palestinian state with Jerusalem as capital is possible (Haaretz)
13:36
Abbas: Peace impossible under violence and occupation (Haaretz)
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)

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Diplomacy & Defense

Obama: Israeli settlements hinder chance of deal with Palestinians

U.S. President Obama meets Palestinian President Abbas in Ramallah, day after holding first round of talks with Israeli PM Netanyahu in Jerusalem; says goal is viable and sovereign Palestinian state alongside secure Jewish State of Israel.

By Reuters | Mar 21, 2013 | 03:28 PM

Obama, Abbas reviewing honor guard.

BBC employee in Gaza, carries body of his 11-month-old son, killed during 2012 Gaza war

UN: Palestinian rocket, not Israeli strike, killed baby during Gaza war

Previous reports indicated that the baby of a BBC reporter in Gaza was killed in an Israeli airstrike; UN office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights says in new report that incident likely caused by errant Palestinian rocket.

By The Associated Press | Mar 11, 2013 | 04:44 PM | 32

George W. Bush and Tzipi Livni in 2008 - GPO

'Bush advised Livni to use Olmert's peace plan to beat Netanyahu in election'

The New Republic's latest cover story on the dwindling prospects for a two-state solution contains several revelations about major players in the peace process.

By Barak Ravid | Mar 11, 2013 | 04:36 PM

Inside the Church of Nativity, Daniel Bar-On

Obama to visit Church of Nativity, Iron Dome to be moved to airport for photo-op

Bethlehem church recently recognized by UN as Palestinian World Heritage site; about 50 people, including diplomats, security personnel and White House Representatives, landed in Israel on Sunday evening ahead of the U.S. president's arrival on March 20, met top-ranking Israeli officials to prep for visit.

By Barak Ravid | Mar 11, 2013 | 03:01 PM | 42

Majdi Rimawi appears in a Jerusalem court in 2008.

French town fetes Palestinian planner of Israeli minister's assassination

The Bezons municipality grants honorary citizenship to Palestinian Majdi Rimawi, who is imprisoned in Israel for planning the assassination of an Israeli minister; says Rimawi's 'only crime is defending his city and homeland.'

By Haaretz Staff | Mar 10, 2013 | 08:51 PM | 29

Screenshot of the U.S. embassy's Facebook page advertising the giveaway.

U.S. scouts for invitees to Obama's Jerusalem speech on Facebook

Embassy invites Facebook users to win one of 20 places at Obama's speech, during his first visit to Israel as president.

By Haaretz | Mar 10, 2013 | 08:31 PM | 2

The Eitan drone at an air base - Olivier Fitoussi

Where does the U.S. draw the line on drone strikes?

With the Obama administration's use of drone strikes on the rise again, questions arise as to his policy on using such weapons on American soil. In Israel, no such debate exists.

By Asaf Ronel | Mar 10, 2013 | 06:50 PM

J Street, Jeremy Ben-Ami

Progressive U.S. pro-Israel group J Street claims Hagel fight as a victory

Conservatives denounce as spin claims made that Hagel's confirmation is a demonstration of the new-found influence of the progressive U.S. pro-Israel group.

By Reuters | Mar 10, 2013 | 02:26 PM | 11

Sari Bashi

Tissue test requirement for Israelis living in Gaza goes back to court

The state is demanding three sisters who want to visit Israel to provide tissue samples, though testing can be inconclusive, says NGO representing them; Israeli judge: Request for genetic testing inappropriate in response to petition.

By Amira Hass | Mar 10, 2013 | 11:29 AM | 2

The IDF’s main draft center, in Tel Hashomer.

IDF conscripts' willingness to serve in combat roles continues to drop

Only 71.6 percent of youth who will be drafted into combat units this March requested to serve as combat soldiers.

By Gili Cohen | Mar 10, 2013 | 02:00 AM | 4

Palestinian farmers trying to enter the West Bank settlement of Ofra to work their lands.

IDF orders fences around 2 settlements taken down, 3 months after court deadline

IDF told the High Court that the fences would be destroyed by the end of 2012 and new ones would be built, but didn't pull through.

By Chaim Levinson | Mar 10, 2013 | 01:44 AM

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Middle East

Demonstrators shout nationalist slogans during a protest against PKK.

Jailed Kurdish leader Ocalan calls for cease-fire with Turkey

By The Associated Press | 02:20 PM

Palestinians demonstrate against the upcoming visit of U.S. President Barack Obama

Palestinians protest Obama visit: We want RPGs, not CIA collaboration

By Reuters | 02:02 PM | 4

Golan Heights - AP

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

By Reuters | 12:44 PM

National

Ramat Gan mayor Zvi Bar.

Justice Danziger recuses himself in Ramat Gan mayor bribery case

By Revital Hovel | 11:26 AM

Light bulb

Israel's electric grid may not have the power to meet consumer demands

By Itai Trilnick | 08:04 AM | 3

Operating room in Ichilov Hospital

Israeli woman dies during routine hernia operation, Health Ministry investigating

By Dan Even | 06:23 AM

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

U.S. Elections 2012

Inauguration

Americans in Israel toast to four more years of Obama

By Andrew Esensten | 06:04 PM

President Barack Obama holds up a pen as he speaks about the economy and the deficit, November 9, 20

Obama wins in Florida, besting Romney in final vote count

By The Associated Press | 09:02 PM | 4

Americans young and old gathering for a post-election party at Jerusalem’s Coffee Bean Wednesday.

Far from home, Obama supporters living in Israel rejoice

By Mordechai I. Twersky | 03:48 AM | 5

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

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

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