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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)

More Breaking News

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.

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

Palestinians hold placards and photographs depicting Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jail

Palestinian street boiling over plight of security prisoners

Outside Ofer Prison's walls and throughout the West Bank, the IDF has clashed in recent weeks with Palestinian protesters fed up with Israeli detention policies, an emblem of what they see as its unjust rule over their lives.

By Reuters | Mar 7, 2013 | 10:00 AM

Ben Zygier.

Australian probe: Zygier was facing 20-year sentence for 'serious espionage'

The Australian foreign ministry investigation confirms Ben Zygier was facing a 20-year prison sentence for a security-related crime and criticizes the Australian government's handling of the case.

By Amir Oren | Mar 7, 2013 | 03:57 AM | 13

President Peres and European Union Council President Herman Van Rompuy in Brussels on March 6. (AFP)

Peres tells EU president: Terror, not Israeli settlements, is obstacle to peace

On tour of European countries, Israeli president rejects criticism of West Bank settlements, says terrorism prevented implementation of two-state solution.

By DPA | Mar 6, 2013 | 10:42 PM | 46

U.S. President Barack Obama speaking at the White House, Dec. 29, 2012.

Obama forgoes Knesset address, opts to speak before Israeli students instead

U.S. president decides that purpose of speech is to send a message directly to the Israeli public; White House officials say visit not dependent on establishment of new Israeli coalition.

By Barak Ravid | Mar 6, 2013 | 10:25 PM | 14

Ruba Odeh.

East Jerusalem woman wounded by Israeli Border Police fire

Police say officers fired foam-tipped bullets to disperse crowd after rock-throwing incident, Silwan residents say no rocks were thrown.

By Amira Hass | Mar 6, 2013 | 09:34 PM

Syrian Rebels in Golan Heights

UN: Syria rebels seize about 20 Golan Heights peacekeepers near Israel border

United Nations confirms in response to YouTube video posted on Wednesday; one of the rebels in the video says convoy would not be released until Assad forces withdraw from the village of Jamla; Security Council demands immediate release of peacekeepers.

By Gili Cohen, Reuters | Mar 6, 2013 | 07:18 PM | 10

Pro-Pollard protest in 2005

Israeli Knesset discusses jailed spy Jonathan Pollard

Israel made mistakes in handling of the case, says public diplomacy minister; Lapid signs petition calling for Pollard's release.

By Jonathan Lis | Mar 6, 2013 | 05:14 PM | 10

Ben Zygier’s passport.

Australia confirms Ben Zygier worked for Israeli government

Australia FM stops short of saying dual citizen Ben Zygier, known as the Prisoner X who died in Israeli prison, was employed by Mossad, says Canberra will lodge 'strong protest' if it emerges Israel used his passport for intelligence-gathering purposes.

By Reuters | Mar 6, 2013 | 02:34 PM | 12

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, right, and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Israel silent on Chavez's death, but seeks to reboot relations with Venezuela

Foreign Ministry doesn't expect Jerusalem-Caracas ties to improve in the short term, but Chavez's possible successors are friendlier toward Israel; one has Jewish roots.

By Barak Ravid | Mar 6, 2013 | 02:32 PM

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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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