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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)

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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

Golan Heights - AP

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

Medics and other masked people attend to a man at a hospital in Khan al-Assal, Aleppo, Syria.

U.S. ambassador to Syria: No evidence to back reports chemical weapons used

Syrian government asks UN to look into alleged chemical weapon attack; Jordan's King Abdullah II says Assad's days are numbered.

By Eli Ashkenazi, Reuters, The Associated Press | Mar 20, 2013 | 05:42 PM | 9

IDF soldiers walk in front of wind turbines near Alonei Habashan close to the Israeli-Syrian border.

IDF treats four wounded Syrians found near border with Israel

Two were transferred to Haifa hospital for treatment; seven Syrians wounded in the insurgency against President Bashar Assad were also admitted into Israel for treatment in February.

By Jack Khoury, Eli Ashkenazi | Mar 20, 2013 | 12:02 PM | 9

An Iraqi federal policeman stands guard as Shi'ite pilgrims march to Karbala for Arbaeen

The Iraq war, 10 years on: Baghdad is still waiting for the big revolution

Poised between the Iranian hammer and the Turkish anvil, Iraq circa 2013 is a land of contrasts 10 years after the U.S.-led invasion.

By Zvi Bar'el | Mar 20, 2013 | 02:00 AM | 3

A man treated in Aleppo

U.S. looking into allegations of chemical weapons use in Syria

Syrian state TV blames rebel 'terrorists' for the attack near Aleppo, in which around 25 people were killed, but rebels blame Assad regime; Russia says rebels to blame for attack.

By Reuters, The Associated Press, Amos Harel | Mar 19, 2013 | 10:09 PM | 31

Jordan's King Abdullah speaks in Amman, February 20, 2011.

Jordan's King on Facebook: Jeffrey Goldberg's Atlantic interview contained 'many inaccuracies'

According to the article published on Tuesday, Abdullah II said in an interview that his relationship with Prime Minister Netanyahu has improved and that the latter has contributed to the stability of the Hashemite government; Goldberg on Twitter: royal court officials 'contesting interpretations of my analysis that they have seen in local and int'l media.'

By Jack Khoury | Mar 19, 2013 | 09:55 PM | 5

A Syrian rebel in Aleppo

Syria state media: Rebels fired chemical weapons in north, 15 killed

Rebels deny being behind the attack; SANA news agency says majority of casualties in Aleppo are civilians; report comes amid concerns that Assad's regime planning to use chemical weapons against rebels and residents.

By Reuters | Mar 19, 2013 | 02:18 PM | 23

Syria - AFP

Syrian opposition group elects new leader, seeks international recognition

The Syrian opposition said its latest moves are meant to lay the groundwork for a new government after President Bashar Assad’s regime is toppled.

By Jack Khoury | Mar 19, 2013 | 01:51 PM

Posters showing US President Barack Obama, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 17, 2013

Palestinians cool to Obama visit, but security forces eager to prove mettle

Posters of U.S. president in Ramallah defaced, protest planned for day of visit; 10 American helicopters landed one after another in Ramallah on Monday, U.S. teams coordinating preparations with Palestinians.

By Jack Khoury | Mar 19, 2013 | 09:39 AM | 2

Security personnel at the scene of Monday's shooting in the northern West Bank. March 18th, 2013

Israeli lightly injured in West Bank shooting

Man shot from passing car at bus stop southwest of Nablus; police searching for shooter.

By Chaim Levinson | Mar 19, 2013 | 05:45 AM | 4

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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 | 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

US President Barack Obama waves upon his arrival at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport on March 20, 2013

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

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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