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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

A Palestinian demonstrator waves a flag in Bil'in

Palestinian mother demands IDF decision on son's death in West Bank protest 4 years ago

Mother of Bil'in protestor killed after being hit by tear gas canister requests that High Court order Military Advocate General to decide whether or not it will indict any of the soldier involved in her son's death.

By Ofra Edelman | Mar 4, 2013 | 12:37 AM | 6

Egypt's Mohammed Morsi with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Cair

U.S. releasing $250 million in aid to support Egypt's 'future as democracy'

Secretary of State John Kerry meets Egyptian president on his first visit to the Arab world since taking office, says aid comes as reward for Morsi's pledges of political and economic reforms.

By The Associated Press | Mar 3, 2013 | 08:25 PM

Multibillion-dollar cargo routes between Turkey and the Gulf have been affected.

Jordan's national carrier stops flying over Syria

The airline says the move will mainly affect flights to and from Beirut.

By Reuters | Mar 3, 2013 | 05:56 PM

Palestinian Authority Finance Minister Nabil Qassis

Palestinian finance minister resigns over burgeoning budget deficit

Nabil Qassis says he decided to quit after his proposed austerity measures were struck down; Palestinian Authority's 2013 budget deficit expected to reach $1.4 billion.

By The Associated Press | Mar 3, 2013 | 05:10 PM

A part of Arak heavy water nuclear facilities is seen, near the central city of Arak

Iran building 3,000 advanced nuclear centrifuges, say local reports

Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization says final production of uranium-enrichment centrifuges has 'reached an end'; development is likely to add to Western concerns of Islamic state's disputed nuclear program.

By Reuters | Mar 3, 2013 | 03:35 PM | 20

Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague.

Britain won't rule out supplying arms to Syrian rebels

Britain is expected to announce it will provide non-lethal assistance to anti-Assad rebels days after a similar U.S. plan was made public.

By Reuters | Mar 3, 2013 | 02:40 PM

Egypt's ex-president Hosni Mubarak lays on a gurney inside a barred cage.

Egypt court sets Mubarak retrial for April

The former Egyptian president, his interior minister and aides are charged with ordering the killing of protesters during Arab Spring uprising.

By Reuters | Mar 3, 2013 | 12:15 PM

Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Assad threatens retaliations against Israel over reported air strike

'Retaliation does not mean missile for missile or bullet for bullet. Our own way does not have to be announced,' the Syrian President tells The Sunday Times.

By Haaretz | Mar 3, 2013 | 10:35 AM | 11

Mokhtar Belmokhtar, in a screen capture from an undated video distributed by the Belmokhtar Brigade.

Algeria hostage mastermind and Al-Qaida leader killed in Mali, Chad says

Mokhtar Belmokhtar's death would mark a significant blow to Mali's Islamist rebellion, analysts say; France, U.S. decline to confirm death, which is said to follow slaying of fellow Al-Qaida leader in Mali Adelhamid Abou Zeid.

By Reuters | Mar 3, 2013 | 09:55 AM

Bashar Assad speaking to The Sunday Times.

Syria, Iran say Assad to remain in power at least until 2014 vote

Remarks come against backdrop of a strategic victory for Assad's regime, as Syrian forces take control of villages along strategic supply route to the northern part of the country.

By The Associated Press | Mar 3, 2013 | 06:42 AM | 5

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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 | 2

Gaza rocket explodes in Sderot.

Gaza rockets slam southern Israel during Obama visit

By Amos Harel, Barak Ravid | 09:50 AM | 44

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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