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ISRAEL NEWS

BREAKING NEWS

19:02
Tzipi Livni: No peace agreement can be reached with the Palestinians (Army Radio)
19:00
A brawl in Taybe ends in a 5 wounded persons, one with a gunshot wound in his chest (Haaretz)
18:48
Egypt's opposition attacks Brotherhood-backed NGO draft law (Reuters)
18:37
Syria's Assad tells the Argentine daily Clarin: We cannot negotiate with fragmented rebels (Haaretz)
18:21
Police arrest two in a violent demonstration in Jerusalem involving rock throwing (Haaretz)
17:21
Armed groups bomb Libyan military posts in Benghazi (Reuters)
16:58
Egypt blocks Gaza border, Hamas calls continued closure 'unjustified' (Reuters)
16:14
Syria rebels capture several pro-Assad villages in center of country (DPA)
15:19
Eight killed, ten policemen kidnapped in Iraq (Reuters)
14:19
Pakistan court extends former military ruler Musharraf's detention (DPA)
13:03
Israel Nature and Parks Authority official attacked trying to stop illegal hunting (Army Radio)
11:17
North Korea fires three short-range missiles into Japan territorial waters (Reuters)
11:06
France's President Hollande signs gay marriage bill into law (Reuters)
10:41
Bomb, insurgent attack kill four Afghan soldiers and police chief (DPA)
09:50
5-year-old hospitalized in Be'er Sheva with head injury from fallen object (Haaretz)

More Breaking News

Diplomacy & Defense

Syrian rebels claim Assad forces used chemical weapons again

Four Iranians are also reportedly dead after rebels forces fired at two vehicles belonging to the Syria regime near Homs.

By Jack Khoury | May 18, 2013 | 01:48 PM | 11

Syrian rebels in Aleppo.

Israel's MI chief accompanied Netanyahu to Putin meet, gave fresh intel on Syria
By Barak Ravid | 6
U.S. warns Russian missiles may embolden Syria's Assad, prolong conflict
By Reuters and DPA | 51
Israeli official: Assad preferable to extremist rebels, The Times of London reports
By Haaretz | 19

IDF soldiers in the Golan

Juxtaposition of Israeli action and U.S. inaction on Syria puts more pressure on Obama

Damascus bombings highlight perception that Obama is walking away from red line that he drew in the Syrian sand. But if he acts and things go wrong, Israel will share the blame.

By Chemi Shalev | May 5, 2013 | 10:17 PM | 27

A photo released by Syria's state news agency allegedly showing the damage caused by Israel's airstr

Assad's dilemma: Blame Israeli strike on rebels or retaliate and risk open war

Other options also don't bode well: Retaliating through Hezbollah wouldn’t stop the Syrian uprising and is liable to expose Iran’s limited ability to help its Lebanese ally now that Syria can't serve as a logistical base.

By Zvi Bar'el | May 5, 2013 | 09:50 PM | 3

Israeli strikes in Syria - According to foreign media reports

Israel launches second Syria strike in two days, sources say

Only a few days after an alleged Israeli strike, Syrian media reports IAF struck a military research center; Western intel sources say target was a Fateh-110 surface-to-surface missile shipment; Israel declines to comment; Syria state TV: Israeli strike a desperate attempt to raise rebels' morale.

By Haaretz | May 5, 2013 | 09:45 PM | 182

The controversial SA-17 missiles during a Syrian military exercise in 2011.

Report: Syria stations missiles aimed at Israel

Senior Iranian officer says 'resistance' forces will retaliate against Israeli aggression.

By Jack Khoury | May 5, 2013 | 08:44 PM | 3

Mavi Marmara IDF - Archive - 5.2010

Top Turkish delegation coming to Israel for flotilla compensation talks

Second round of talks to focus on how much money Israel will transfer to Turkish humanitarian fund.

By Barak Ravid | May 5, 2013 | 06:32 PM | 3

Syria strike

TIMELINE: Recent developments on the Syrian front

In the past week, tensions with Syria increased over accusations of chemical weapon use and culminated with two strikes on Syrian targets, which Israeli and U.S. officials attributed to Israel.

By Haaretz | May 5, 2013 | 05:22 PM | 3

IDF soldiers on the Syria-Israel border.

Syria's army is not quite what Israelis have been led to believe

In the shadow of two purported Israeli attacks in Damascus, it is clear that the Syrian Army has not been seriously preparing for war against Israel for quite a while.

By Anshel Pfeffer | May 5, 2013 | 04:54 PM | 25

Popeye missile Tal Inbar

The Israel Air Force's Popeye and Spice missiles - a primer

If Israel has attacked Syrian weapons heading for Lebanon, as foreign sources say it has, the planes may have used 'standoff' missiles.'

By Gili Cohen | May 5, 2013 | 02:16 PM | 4

Settlers arrested in Yitzhar

Four Palestinians and two Israelis wounded in West Bank clashes

After some 30 settlers protested at a West Bank junction and blocked access to a local village, about 100 Palestinians came out and clashed with them; report released by Shin Bet showed an increase in number of terror attacks in April.

By Chaim Levinson | May 5, 2013 | 01:15 PM

Lebanese authorities hand over an Israeli man (C) Red Cross.

Israeli who slipped over Lebanon border returns home

34-year-old Simon Saadati crossed the border into Lebanon illegally last week.

By Gili Cohen | May 5, 2013 | 12:24 PM

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Middle East

An anti-government protester in Egypt

Egypt's opposition attacks Muslim Brotherhood-backed NGO draft law

By Reuters | 06:50 PM

Palestinians walk toward the Egyptian border crossing with Gaza in Rafah, Egypt

Egypt blocks Gaza border, Hamas calls continued closure 'unjustified'

By Reuters | 04:59 PM | 11

Aftermath of car bomb blast in Turkish town of Reyhanli, near Syria border.

Turkish police detain prime suspect of bombings that killed over 50 on the Syrian border

By Reuters | 03:07 PM | 4

National

Police face down protestors.

A day after violent protest, Haredi coverage ranges from delicate criticism to complete disregard

By Yair Ettinger, Nir Hasson | 05:07 PM | 6

Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar (seated) weds journalist Geula Even in Tel Aviv.

Interior Minister Gideon Sa’ar weds journalist Geula Even

By Haaretz | 09:15 AM

MK Yaakov Litzman Sept. 16, 2010 Emil Salman

MK Litzman questioned on suspicion of breach of trust

By Yaniv Kubovich | 08:23 AM

The Iran Debate

Saeed Jalili, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council in Almaty

No agreement reached in Iran nuclear talks, says UN official

By Reuters | 08:34 PM | 5

Iran nuclear talks

UN watchdog, Ashton to press Iran on nuclear program

By Reuters | 12:41 PM | 6

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (C) is welcomed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Waste not, strike Iran not

By Uri Misgav | 10:07 AM | 10

World

Internal Revenue Service building in Washington.

Acting IRS director resigns over targeting of conservative and pro-Israel groups

By The Associated Press, Haaretz | 10:40 AM

Russia accuses U.S. diplomat of spying for CIA

| 07:36 PM

Drawn together by grief, Israeli trauma experts train Boston locals to deal with terror attacks

By Dina Kraft | 02:58 PM | 7

Features

The hermonit

Word of the day / Hermonit

By David Sarna Galdi | 05:49 AM | 3

Strasbourg, France.

This day in Jewish history / A 14th-century neighborhood watch begins

By David B. Green | 05:00 AM

A Minyanim project.

Hungary for Jewish identity

By Judy Maltz | 09:37 PM

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