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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.

Palestinian protest UN - AP - 22.9.2011

Israel mistreats Palestinian children in custody, UNICEF reports

The United Nations Children Fund estimated that 700 Palestinian children aged 12-17, most of them boys, are arrested, interrogated and detained by the Israeli military, police and security agents every year in the West Bank.

By Reuters | Mar 6, 2013 | 11:58 AM | 20

Ehud Barak and Chuck Hagel embrace ahead of meetin at Pentagon

Hagel tells Barak: U.S. will continue aiding Israel's defense despite fiscal uncertainty

U.S. defense chief welcomes Israeli counterpart with particular warmth and friendliness, says all options on the table regarding nuclear Iran.

By Barak Ravid | Mar 5, 2013 | 10:13 PM | 14

Singers Rita Bachar

Iranian-born Israeli pop star Rita to sing at UN General Assembly event

Iranian and Jewish community leaders among those who will attend the event, hosted by Israeli delegation to the United Nations; Rita will sing greatest hits in Hebrew, English as well as songs in Farsi from her latest album.

By Haaretz | Mar 5, 2013 | 10:09 PM | 3

Palestinians students mob British Consul-General Sir Vincent Fean at Birzeit University

Palestinian students force British envoy out of West Bank university

In protest against U.K.'s support for Israel's policies, dozens of students at Birzeit University heckle British consul-general and attack his car, preventing him from speaking on campus.

By Reuters | Mar 5, 2013 | 05:44 PM | 9

President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

U.S. Republican, Democrat introduce bill to make Israel 'major strategic ally'

Legislation introduced in time for annual AIPAC conference would give Israel one-of-a-kind status; bill also calls for Israel to join visa waiver program for select nationals entering U.S.

By JTA | Mar 5, 2013 | 08:14 AM | 43

Ofer Prison

Palestinian attacks in West Bank and Jerusalem surged last month

Shin Bet releases data showing sharp increase in Molotov cocktail attacks and other violent incidents in February

By Gili Cohen | Mar 5, 2013 | 02:05 AM | 11

The anti-AIPAC posters that are posted across Washington D.C.

Anti-AIPAC posters in downtown Washington greet conference delegates

Sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace and the Avaaz global advocacy group, billboards read: 'AIPAC does not speak for me. Most Jewish Americans are propeace. AIPAC is not.'

By Haaretz | Mar 4, 2013 | 09:08 PM | 61

Palestinian gunmen drag the body of a suspected collaborator through Gaza City last year.

Hamas offers Israel collaborators temporary amnesty

Week-long campaign offers reprieve from typically harsh punishment for working with Israel in exchange for apology and information.

By Jack Khoury | Mar 4, 2013 | 07:42 PM | 6

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu to AIPAC: Only credible military threat will stop Iran

Netanyahu speaks via satellite to the pro-Israel lobby and says that Iran is getting closer to crossing the red line; Biden, speaking earlier, says Obama is not bluffing on Iran.

By Chemi Shalev, Reuters | Mar 4, 2013 | 06:37 PM | 27

Jonathan Pollard during an interview, May 15, 1998.

Netanyahu to request Jonathan Pollard's release during Obama visit

Prime minister makes remarks at meeting with Esther Pollard, wife of the Israeli-American spy; Israelis circulate petition, already signed by tens of thousands, asking Obama to commute sentence of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard.

By Barak Ravid | Mar 4, 2013 | 06:30 PM | 16

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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

Obama wins in Florida, besting Romney in final vote count

By The Associated Press | 09:02 PM | 4

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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