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ISRAEL NEWS

BREAKING NEWS

07:56
Bondholders reach deal, take control of IDB Group, IDB Development (Haaretz)
07:35
Bloomberg: Google also considering to buy Israeli startup Waze (Haaretz)
06:41
Highway bridge between Seattle and Vancouver collapses, tossing vehicles and people into water (AP)
05:38
Six people moderately injured in crash between bus, private cars in Jaffa (Haaretz)
03:43
Islamists kill 21 in suicide attacks in Niger (Reuters)
02:02
U.K. backs US-led peace efforts between Israel and Palestinians, says Foreign Secretary Hague (DPA)
01:44
Boy Scouts of America delegates vote to remove ban on gay scouts (Reuters)
00:32
New York man held captive for month rescued by police (Reuters)
22:53
Man jumps into path of train in Tel Aviv, sustains critical injuries (Israel Radio)
22:51
Number of injured reported in Teva Naot factory blast rises to 31 (Haaretz)
21:15
Netanyahu says new UN report shows int'l pressure not stopping Iran's nuclear program (AP)
20:43
Magnitude 7.4 quake strikes in sea off Tonga (Reuters)
20:34
One man killed, six lightly injured at explosion in Teva Naot factory (Haaretz)
20:28
U.K. police arrests a man and a woman on suspicion of conspiracy in soldier killing (Reuters)
19:56
Head of Iraq police department ousted over murder of Bedouin girls (Haaretz)

More Breaking News

Middle East

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

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

Israel maintaining intense intelligence activity in Syria and working with local villagers, report says
By Haaretz | 14

Syria's representative, Bashar al-Jaafari, speaks to the United Nations General Assembly

UN urges support for Syria opposition; Russia opposed

General Assembly passes resolution condemning Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces; Russia warns resolution could hinder Syria conference.

By Reuters | May 15, 2013 | 09:12 PM

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

No agreement reached in Iran nuclear talks, says UN official

Israel and the United States have threatened possible military action if diplomacy and increasingly tough trade and energy sanctions fail to make Iran curb its nuclear program.

By Reuters | May 15, 2013 | 08:34 PM | 7

Iran nuclear talks

UN watchdog, Ashton to press Iran on nuclear program

Limited progress is expected in the separate meetings taking place on Wednesday in Vienna and Istanbul.

By Reuters | May 15, 2013 | 12:41 PM | 9

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

Proposed UN General Assembly resolution calls for political transition in Syria

Russia opposes resolution drafted by Qatar and other Arab countries, warning it could hinder preparations for a Syria peace conference.

By Reuters | May 15, 2013 | 08:20 AM | 3

(PKK) fighters stand at formation in northern Iraq, May 14, 2013.

First Kurdish rebels reach Iraq under Turkish peace plan

PKK comrades greet militants in valley near border; Erdogan taking huge gamble with peace process; More than 40,000 people killed in conflict since 1984.

By Reuters | May 14, 2013 | 07:20 PM | 4

Syrian Information Minister Omran Zoabi speaks during a news conference in Damascus May 5, 2013.

Syria wants details of U.S.-Russian proposed peace conference before deciding to go

While it welcomes the proposal, Syria refuses to be party to any meeting that 'harms, directly or indirectly' its national sovereignty, says information minister.

By Reuters, The Associated Press | May 14, 2013 | 11:37 AM

U.S. President Obama and British Prime Minister Cameron

Obama pushes for Syria talks, but warns of major challenges

The potential peace conference to bring Syrian government and rebels to the negotiating table may slide to early June, U.S. State Department spokeswoman says.

By Reuters | May 13, 2013 | 09:38 PM | 4

A Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet - AP

Turkish F-16 jet goes missing near Syrian border

Turkey's military said it lost contact with the F-16 jet over a mountainous area about 30 miles from the border with Syria in what is likely an accident.

By News Agencies | May 13, 2013 | 04:26 PM

Syria

Syrian troops take full control of strategic town near main highway to Jordan

Syrian rebels suffer setbacks in a regime counter-offensive by Bashar Assad's forces; troops reopen Damascus-Jordan highway.

By The Associated Press | May 13, 2013 | 01:29 PM | 10

Libyans walk on the grounds of the gutted U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya

Following charges Obama covered up Benghazi details, Republican await more 'whistle-blowers'

ABC released 12 versions of the administration's "talking points" on Benghazi that appeared to show how various agencies - particularly the State Department and the CIA - shaped what became the Obama administration's initial playbook for explaining how four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, were killed in the attack.

By Reuters | May 13, 2013 | 11:35 AM | 5

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Diplomacy & Defense

Homes in Beitar Ilit

Companies in Israeli settlement challenge fee for employing Palestinians

By Nir Hasson | 03:09 AM

Hague meets Abbas in Ramallah.

U.K.'s Hague: Britain fully backs U.S.-led efforts to restart Israeli-Palestinian talks

By DPA | 02:16 AM

IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz on patrol of the Syria-Israel border, May 21, 2013.

Senior officials' chatter on Syria proves that Israel is running scared

By Amos Harel | 12:46 AM | 3

National

Be'er Sheva bank shooting.

IDF regularly fails to inform Public Security Ministry when reservists are booted out of army

By Gili Cohen, Amos Harel, Dan Even | 04:43 AM

Young couple

Israeli doctors rethink the way they test young couples for genetic diseases

By Dan Even | 03:28 AM

Sisters Asinad, 3, and Ramais, 5, who were found dead Bedouin town of Al-Fura’a.

Israel Police ignored several complaints by mother of murdered Bedouin girls

By Jack Khoury, Yanir Yagna | 02:58 AM

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

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

Floral tributes are seen placed near the scene of the killing of a British soldier in Woolwich, sout

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

Cameron convenes British intelligence chiefs after suspected terror attack

By Reuters | 12:51 PM | 12

Features

Oranges

Word of the Day / Tapuz

By Ronen Shnidman | 08:32 AM

Ashdod coast

Israel praised for efforts to protect beaches from intrusive construction

By Zafrir Rinat | 03:20 AM

Exhibit to raise pubic awareness about child abuse at Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square.

The disturbing dolls of Tel Aviv

By Judy Maltz | 05:59 PM

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