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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

Middle East

Jailed Kurdish leader Ocalan calls for cease-fire with Turkey

In a message to pro-Kurdish legislators, Abdullah Ocalan calls for thousands of his PKK fighters to withdraw from Turkish territory: We have reached the point where the guns must be silenced and where ideas must speak.

By The Associated Press | Mar 21, 2013 | 02:20 PM

Demonstrators shout nationalist slogans during a protest against PKK.

Kurdish rebel leader raises hopes of cease-fire in 28-year-old conflict with Turkey
By Reuters | 1
Turkey's close encounters of the Kurd kind
By Zvi Bar'el | 1

Assad Statue

Syrian rebels capture governor of Raqqa province

Activists say governor Hassan Jalili was captured by rebel forces overnight after clashes outside his mansion; he is the highest ranking official to fall into rebel hands; crowds toppled a statue of Assad's father in the city of Raqqa on Monday.

By Reuters, The Associated Press | Mar 5, 2013 | 12:25 PM

Participants in the 2011 Gaza Marathon.

UNRWA cancels Gaza marathon over Hamas ban on women

The UN agency, which assists Palestinian refugees and also sponsors and organizes the event, announces that plans for the April race have been scrapped.

By The Associated Press | Mar 5, 2013 | 10:58 AM | 13

Ofer Prison

Palestinian attacks in West Bank and Jerusalem surged last month

Shin Bet releases data showing sharp increase in Molotov cocktail attacks and other violent incidents in February

By Gili Cohen | Mar 5, 2013 | 02:05 AM | 11

IAEA ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh

UN nuclear chief presses Iran on Parchin military base access

Talks with Iran must 'proceed with a sense of urgency,' Yukiya Amano tells IAEA 35-nation board.

By Reuters | Mar 4, 2013 | 06:16 PM | 4

Syria

Living off scraps in Syria's war zone

Amid death and deprivation, those who remain in Syria's anti-Assad towns abide by an ethos of scrappy solidarity.

By Zvi Bar'el | Mar 4, 2013 | 06:07 PM

John Kerry and Mahmoud Abbas

Kerry and Abbas hold surprise meet in Riyadh to discuss Israeli-Palestinian talks

The unscheduled meeting was added to Kerry's agenda at the last-minute, as the two leaders' visit to Saudi Arabia coincided; the U.S. secretary of state is currently wrapping up a nine-nation tour, his debut official trip abroad.

By Jack Khoury, Barak Ravid | Mar 4, 2013 | 02:34 PM | 3

Kerry and Morsi

U.S. Secretary of State Kerry gets cold shoulder in Cairo

On his maiden trip to the region, John Kerry not only gets snubbed in Turkey; Egypt shows him it can play tough, too.

By Zvi Bar'el | Mar 4, 2013 | 01:41 PM | 4

John Kerry and Prince Saud al-Faisal.

Kerry: Nuclear negotiations with Iran cannot go on forever

During a visit in Saudi Arabia, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says there is a 'finite amount of time' for talks with Western powers.

By Reuters | Mar 4, 2013 | 01:32 PM | 11

Locust locusts

Israel bracing for possible locust spread from Egypt

As Passover approaches, Israel ready with pesticides to kill the bugs if the winds change and blow the swarm in from North Africa.

By Zafrir Rinat, Haaretz | Mar 4, 2013 | 08:47 AM

Illustration: A village in the South Hebron Hills

The IDF battles a Palestinian shepherd and his two baby goats

According to the army, he planned to steal ammunition, while kindhearted soldiers returned a goat and two kids.

By Amira Hass | Mar 4, 2013 | 05:16 AM

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Diplomacy & Defense

Obama, Abbas reviewing honor guard.

Obama: Israeli settlements hinder chance of deal with Palestinians

By Reuters | 03:28 PM | 9

Gaza rocket explodes in Sderot.

Gaza rockets slam southern Israel during Obama visit

By Amos Harel, Barak Ravid | 09:50 AM | 46

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 | 4

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

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

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

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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