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ISRAEL NEWS

BREAKING NEWS

02:05
Report: Syria ready to launch missiles on Tel Aviv in case Israel strikes again (Haaretz)
01:42
More than a dozen injured as car plows through parade in Virginia (Reuters)
00:31
Two brothers wounded in shooting in Galilee village, police investigates (Haaretz)
22:56
A protester is arrested in the demonstration outside Yitzhak Teshuva's house (Ch. 10)
21:42
Close to 1,000 protesting cost of living in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Be'er Sheva (Haaretz)
20:42
Syria: Gunmen abducted the elderly father of Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (AP)
19:57
Yacimovich: If we find ourselves on the eve of a peace treaty we will join the government (Ch. 10)
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)

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Word of the Day

Word of the day / Hermonit

Could this moniker for what is, essentially, a green snowsuit become a victim of peace?

By David Sarna Galdi | May 17, 2013 | 05:49 AM | 4

The hermonit

Word of the day / Cholera
By David Sarna Galdi | 1
Word of the Day / Mastool
By David Sarna Galdi | 4
Word of the Day / Mastool
By David Sarna Galdi | 4

King's Road

Word of the Day / Derekh hamelekh דֶּרֶךְ הַמֶּלֶךְ

Sometimes taking the king's highway is not the most efficient or fun way to get from Point A to Point B.

By Shoshana Kordova | Feb 7, 2013 | 09:22 AM

Four eyes

Word of the Day / B'arba eynayim בְּאַרְבַּע עֵינַיִם

Israelis don't have spectacles in mind when they talk about four eyes.

By Shoshana Kordova | Feb 6, 2013 | 05:33 PM

Shrimps

Word of the Day / Shrimpsim שרימפסים

If you're going to eat unkosher, make sure to order in the double-plural to get more than just one crustacean.

By Shoshana Kordova | Feb 5, 2013 | 09:51 AM

kishkashta

Word of the Day / Ma pitom מַה פִּתְאוֹם

Think this phrase has anything to do with its literal translation? No way. But it's often useful to find out what the heck is going on.

By Shoshana Kordova | Feb 4, 2013 | 09:41 AM

Woprd of the Day - Zugi

Word of the Day / Zugi זוגי

In Hebrew, even numbers are couple-y, or zugi, an adjective derived from the word for 'couple' or 'pair.'

By Shoshana Kordova | Feb 3, 2013 | 04:45 PM

Aharon aharon haviv

Word of the Day / Aharon aharon haviv אַחֲרוֹן אַחֲרוֹן חָבִיב

This phrase, which seems to mean the least favorite, actually refers to the best of the bunch, at least on a literal level.

By Shoshana Kordova | Feb 1, 2013 | 09:56 AM

full moon

Word of the Day / Malei מָלֵא

A word meaning 'full' or 'complete' is chock-full of variations for usage.

By Shoshana Kordova | Jan 31, 2013 | 09:08 AM

lehathila

Word of the Day / Lekhathila לְכַתְּחִלָּה

Sometimes it matters how things begin, and that's where this word, which means 'from the get-go,' comes in.

By Shoshana Kordova | Jan 30, 2013 | 09:17 AM

Classroom

Word of the Day / Kiseiologia כסאולוגיה

A word that translates as 'seatology' has little to with lumbar support, and lots to do with the political game of grabbing a seat in the Knesset.

By Shoshana Kordova | Jan 29, 2013 | 09:17 AM

Word of the day - Tremp

Word of the Day / Tremp טְרֶמְפּ

In the U.S. the big fear of hitchhiking is stranger danger, while in Israel it's bullets, stones – or someone trying to piggyback on your success.

By Shoshana Kordova | Jan 28, 2013 | 09:43 AM

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