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ISRAEL NEWS

BREAKING NEWS

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)
11:38
Report: Abbas condemns violence against civilians, including rocket fire (Reuters)

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Diplomacy & Defense

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 | 44

Gaza rocket explodes in Sderot.

Syrian troops near Aleppo

Al-Qaida is not yet at Syria’s gates

Claims that al-Qaida has taken control of the border zone between Syria and Israel are a bit exaggerated; meanwhile, Assad and the rebels are locked in a stalemate.

By Amos Harel | Mar 8, 2013 | 03:06 AM | 5

British Labor Party leader Ed Miliband U.K.

The man who could be U.K.'s first Jewish PM says he is a Zionist

Labor Party leader Ed Miliband establishes his pro-Israel credentials like never before by stating that while he doesn't always agree with its government, he is 'intolerant of those who question Israel's right to exist.'

By Anshel Pfeffer | Mar 8, 2013 | 01:36 AM | 52

Obama

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

In meeting with Jewish leaders ahead of Israel visit, the U.S. president reiterates opposition to nuclear Iran, but quotes Chinese saying: Build a golden bridge for your opponent to retreat upon.

By Chemi Shalev, Barak Ravid | Mar 7, 2013 | 11:37 PM | 44

An Israeli soldier takes aim during clashes in the West Bank city of Hebron

IDF asks: Who is a fighter?

The Israeli army has yet to resolve whether a UAV or Iron Dome operator should be classified as a front-line soldier.

By Gili Cohen | Mar 7, 2013 | 11:04 PM | 8

A grocery store in the Netherlands.

Netherlands calls on stores to label products from Israeli settlements

Dutch follow British lead, but emphasize it is not illegal to import goods from territories. Other European countries expected to follow suit in coming weeks.

By Barak Ravid | Mar 7, 2013 | 09:00 PM | 71

Soldiers defend the settlement of Nachliel.

IDF soldiers may face indictment over death of Palestinian laborer

Military Police probe into Uday Darwish's death in January found that IDF soldiers violated orders when they shot at group of Palestinians trying to get through a gap in the West Bank separation fence.

By Gili Cohen | Mar 7, 2013 | 08:08 PM | 9

Yusur Asfour, Mohammed Asfour's mother, mourning at her home in the West Bank village of Abud

Palestinian, 23, dies of wounds sustained in clashes with IDF soldiers

Mohammed Asfour, 23, was shot in the head during protests in support of a hunger strike by four Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails; he was initially treated in a Palestinian hospital and then transferred to Tel Aviv, where he died.

By Chaim Levinson | Mar 7, 2013 | 02:24 PM | 10

Syrian Rebels in Golan Heights

Israel won't intervene for release of UN peacekeepers seized by Syrian rebels in Golan, says defense official

Amos Gilad says the Israel Defense Forces taking a 'low profile' but following events in Syria closely, confident UN will secure their release; Philippines says talks underway.

By Reuters | Mar 7, 2013 | 02:20 PM

President Shimon Peres holds joint news conference with European Commission President

Peres: Iran sanctions helping, but not enough

At a joint press conference with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in Brussels, Shimon Peres also says Iran at center of human rights violations and international terrorism.

By DPA | Mar 7, 2013 | 02:12 PM | 4

Devices that appear like rocks were found in Syria’s coastal region

Syria claims to uncover Israeli spy equipment monitoring 'sensitive site'

State television showed pictures of what it said was a camera, six large batteries and transmission gear allegedly monitoring area on coast; Israel refuses to comment, says won't get dragged into 'propaganda or battlefield' of Syrian civil war.

By Reuters | Mar 7, 2013 | 01:54 PM | 23

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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

Golan Heights - AP

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

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

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

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

Iran's Ahmadinejad to attend Chavez funeral

By The Associated Press | 04:58 PM

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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