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ISRAEL NEWS

BREAKING NEWS

10:48
Kerry says Nigeria must respect human rights as he visits sub-Saharan Africa (AP)
09:42
Syria regime unleashes artillery barrage on Qusair (AP)
08:37
Experts link new wave of cyberattacks plaguing U.S. firms to Iran, NYT reports (Haaretz)
07:32
Militant attacks kill nine in northwest Pakistan (AP)
05:01
Judge rules against 'America's toughest sheriff' in racial profiling lawsuit (AP)
05:00
New comptuer attacks traces to Iran, officials say (AP)
02:00
27-year old severely wounded after driving car into tree, police investigating (Army Radio)
01:55
Taliban assault on a Kabul UN building ends after 10 hours (DPA)
01:00
19-year old bitten by snake near Jordan River in serious condition (Army Radio)
00:58
Bail denied to Massachusetts teen accused of Facebook terror post (Reuters)
00:43
World's largest Lego model unveiled in New York's Times Square (DPA)
23:01
Hezbollah's deputy chief: EU labeling the group as terrorist would be a 'big mistake' (AP)
21:57
Saeed Jalili, Iranian presidential candidate vows to expand Islam's influence (AP)
19:10
Turkey reinforcing Syria border crossings with double walls (Reuters)
16:50
Senior official says Israel prepared to start direct talks with Palestinians (Haaretz)

More Breaking News

Middle East

Report: Wave of cyberattacks on U.S. energy firms tracked back to Iran

Series of potentially destructive computer attacks that have been targeting American oil, gas and electricity companies are Iran's way of retaliating against sanctions and the U.S.-Israeli cyber efforts to sabotage the Natanz nuclear enrichment plant, The New York Times reports.

By Haaretz | May 25, 2013 | 11:33 AM

Computer security (illustrative).

Stuxnet worm aided Iranian nuclear program, researcher says
By Haaretz | 6

Demonstrators protest against Syrian President Assad in Istanbul

Syrian opposition talks face collapse as Assad's foes fail to cut a unity deal

Failure of Syrian National Coalition to alter its Islamist-dominated membership as demanded by its international backers and replace a leadership undermined by power struggles is playing into the hands of Assad,

By Reuters | May 25, 2013 | 06:00 AM

Iranian director Mohammed Rasoulof.

Iranian filmmaker premiers film about state oppression at Cannes

Director Mohammed Rasoulof has been arrested in the past for creating 'actions and propaganda against the system.'

By Reuters | May 24, 2013 | 08:10 PM

Syrian troops.

Iran denies it has forces supporting Assad in Syria

Statement follows reports that Iranian forces, Hezbollah guerrillas are fighting alongside Syria's army in the battle over rebel-held town near Lebanon border.

By Reuters | May 24, 2013 | 01:36 PM

Turkish market.

Turkey bans alcohol advertisement, restricts sales

Government denies Islamist agenda, says legislation aims to bring country to European Union standards.

By Reuters | May 24, 2013 | 12:39 PM

A man wrapped in a Syrian flag with a portrait of Assad

Syria opposition leader tells Assad on Facebook: Step down and go into exile

Under the proposed peace plan for the Syrian civil war, President Bashar Assad would hand power to a deputy then go abroad with 500 members of his entourage, without immunity from prosecution.

By Reuters | May 23, 2013 | 03:19 PM | 5

Jewish men look on as rescuers at bombing site - Bloomberg - July 18, 1994.

Two suspects in Argentina Jewish Center bombing running for Iran president

Mohsen Rezai and Ali Akbar Velayati are believed to be the masterminds behind the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish center that killed 85 and wounded 300.

By JTA | May 23, 2013 | 01:01 PM | 5

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah

France backs call to put Hezbollah armed wing on EU terror list

French official says Paris move was encouraged by Hezbollah's involvement in the Syrian civil war.

By Reuters | May 23, 2013 | 12:04 PM | 6

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaking in Amman

Kerry: Assad's achievements in recent days only temporary

Speaking in Amman before a meeting of the Friends of Syria group of nations, the U.S. secretary of state says that if the Syrian leader believes the counter-offensives against rebels will be decisive, 'then he is miscalculating'.

By Reuters | May 22, 2013 | 10:50 PM | 16

Syria conflict

U.S. willing to keep Assad in the picture to avoid threat of all-out Mideast war

Due to the lack of U.S. policy on Syria, encouraging a negotiated solution between Assad and the rebels now appears to be the West's least dangerous course of action.

By Zvi Bar'el | May 22, 2013 | 05:05 PM | 16

Syrian fighters praying near the town of Yayladagi, at the Turkish-Syrian border.

Turkey shuts Syria border crossing after bombings that killed 51

Yayladagi gate is last crossing controlled by Assad; bomb-detecting equipment to be stationed at gate; 12 people facing charges over bombings that killed 51; U.K.'s Hague: Iran, Hezbollah 'propping up' Assad.

By Reuters | May 22, 2013 | 03:15 PM | 2

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Diplomacy & Defense

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a news conference in Tel Aviv

Kerry departs, urges Israel and Palestinians to 'make hard decisions'

By Barak Ravid | 04:34 PM

Kennedy - NY Daily News via Getty Images - March 2012

Did John F. Kennedy admire Hitler?

By Ofer Aderet | 02:39 PM

Scene of stabbing attack at Tapuach Junction

Settlers demand IDF ease rules of engagement in West Bank

By Chaim Levinson | 08:51 AM | 9

National

Bedouin girls' funeral

Murdered Bedouin sisters laid to rest in shared grave

By Jack Khoury, Yanir Yagna | 01:19 AM

A Haredi man at a military draft center

Yesh Atid stands alone on new ultra-Orthodox IDF draft plan

By Amos Harel | 07:31 PM

Lebanon Israel IDF

IDF doesn't tell when it boots soldiers for aggressive behavior

By Gili Cohen, Amos Harel, Dan Even | 01:07 PM

The Iran Debate

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - AP.

Netanyahu: Iranian nuclear program unaffected by world pressure

By The Associated Press | 09:07 PM | 5

The suspected uranium-enrichment facility of Fordow

IAEA report: Iran taking steps to expand sensitive nuclear capacity

By Reuters | 05:20 PM

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 | 7

World

A police officer carries an evidence bag containing a knife near the scene of the killing

WATCH: Video shows Woolwich attack suspects being shot by police

By Haaretz | 03:33 PM

British police arrest two more over London attack

By Reuters | 09:31 PM

Woolwich slaying will not become Britain's 'Ramallah lynch' moment

By Anshel Pfeffer | 05:14 PM | 41

Features

A Tel Aviv beach.

While EU study praises Israel for taking care of its beaches, environmental activists less than satisfied

By Zafrir Rinat | 08:58 PM

The Millennials

Facebook, instagram and the IDF: Israel's version of the millennials

By Naomi Darom | 05:50 PM

Oranges

Word of the Day / Tapuz

By Ronen Shnidman | 08:32 AM

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