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ISRAEL NEWS

BREAKING NEWS

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)
11:38
Report: Abbas condemns violence against civilians, including rocket fire (Reuters)

More Breaking News

Middle East

Syria rebels overrun towns near border with Israel, monitoring group says

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says rebels have captured Khan Arnabeh, which sits on the Israeli-Syrian disengagement line and straddles a main road leading into Israeli-held territory.

By Reuters | Mar 21, 2013 | 12:44 PM

Golan Heights - AP

U.S. ambassador to Syria: No evidence to back reports chemical weapons used
By Eli Ashkenazi, Reuters and The Associated Press | 9
Time to put an Alawite state on the map
By Ely Karmon | 6
Obama reassures Israel, while taking a step back from the Middle East
By Aluf Benn | 8

Ben Affleck accepts the award for Best Director - Motion Picture for 'Argo'

Report: Iran planning to sue Hollywood over 'Argo'

Several news outlets say French lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, who represented Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal, is in Iran to discuss the case.

By The Associated Press | Mar 12, 2013 | 11:33 AM | 4

protester, opposing Egyptian President Morsi, shouts slogans at riot police in Port Said

In Egypt, the courts take on the president

The widespread protests following a court ruling related to last year's soccer riot is just the latest example of judges' ability to derail the president's plans.

By Zvi Bar'el | Mar 11, 2013 | 07:07 PM

A Free Syrian Army rebel in Homs, Syria

UN: Syrian government reportedly using militias for mass killings

Militant groups, known as Popular Committees, perpetrate massacres at the Syrian government's behest, investigators say as they accuse both sides of committing violations against civilians.

By Reuters | Mar 11, 2013 | 03:08 PM

European Union's Carl Bildt, Stefan Fule and Catherine Ashton at the EU Headquarters in Brussels

EU tightens sanctions on Iran over human rights violations

European Union ministers impose travel bans and freeze the assets of one Iranian group and nine people whom they say are responsible for serious human rights violations.

By The Associated Press, DPA | Mar 11, 2013 | 12:32 PM | 3

Syria - AP

Americans are training Syrian rebels in Jordan, Der Spiegel reports

The German paper said it was not clear whether the Americans worked for private firms or were from the army but said some wore uniforms. The training focused on use of anti-tank weaponry.

By Reuters | Mar 10, 2013 | 10:18 PM | 8

An Iranian security guard stands at the Maroun Petrochemical plant at the Imam Khomeini port

South Iran blast wounds several people, cause unknown

The port, one of Iran's major import and export terminals, is located in oil-rich Khuzestan province, the scene of occasional protests in recent years by members of Iran's Arabic-speaking minority seeking more rights.

By Reuters | Mar 10, 2013 | 03:28 PM | 2

Raqqa, Syria

UN predicts sharp rise in Syria refugees; at least 15 killed in air strike on north

Syrian refugees likely to increase 'two or three times the present level' if conflict continues, said UN High Commissioner on Sunday.

By The Associated Press, Reuters | Mar 10, 2013 | 01:32 PM

Protesters against Morsi flee riot ploice near Tahrir square, cairo

Two die as Egypt protesters torch buildings, target Suez Canal

Some 65 injured as police in Cairo fire tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters; demonstrators in Alexandria call to return the army to power.

By Jack Khoury, Reuters | Mar 9, 2013 | 09:12 PM | 2

Soccer fans outside a police building

Soccer riots threatening to engulf Egypt

With two dead and violence intensifying around Egypt, it seems the trial surrounding the 'Port Said massacre' might become the catalyst that sends Egypt into a tailspin.

By Zvi Bar'el | Mar 9, 2013 | 08:20 PM | 2

Filipino U.N. peacekeepers in Jordan

Syrian rebels release kidnapped UN peacekeepers to Jordan

Twenty-one Filipino UN workers cross safely from southern Syria, where they were held since being captured by rebels on Wednesday, to neighboring Jordan.

By Reuters | Mar 9, 2013 | 06:43 PM | 3

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Diplomacy & Defense

Gaza rocket explodes in Sderot.

Gaza rockets slam southern Israel during Obama visit

By Amos Harel, Barak Ravid | 09:50 AM | 39

U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at their joint news conference

Full transcript of Obama-Netanyahu joint press conference

By Haaretz | 11:00 PM | 3

U.S. President Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu speak at a news conference in Jerusalem, March 2

LIVE BLOG: Barack Obama visits Israel: Day one

By Haaretz | 09:41 PM | 150

National

Ramat Gan mayor Zvi Bar.

Justice Danziger recuses himself in Ramat Gan mayor bribery case

By Revital Hovel | 11:26 AM

Operating room in Ichilov Hospital

Israeli woman dies during routine hernia operation, Health Ministry investigating

By Dan Even | 06:23 AM

A trash separation site ahead of recycling.

Israel pushes settlers and Palestinians to cooperate on recycling

By Zafrir Rinat | 02:30 AM | 3

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

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

U.S. Elections 2012

Inauguration

Americans in Israel toast to four more years of Obama

By Andrew Esensten | 06:04 PM

Obama wins in Florida, besting Romney in final vote count

By The Associated Press | 09:02 PM | 4

Far from home, Obama supporters living in Israel rejoice

By Mordechai I. Twersky | 03:48 AM | 5

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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