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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 rebel 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.

An image grab taken from a Youtube video allegedly showing three uniformed members of the UN.

Philippines: Syrian rebels refuse to free UN peacekeepers, despite promise

Spokesman for the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs, says rebels had been expected to free the peacekeepers early Friday.

By The Associated Press | Mar 8, 2013 | 10:08 AM

Obama

Obama to U.S. Jews: Still room for Iran diplomacy, no point in 'chest beating'

In meeting with Jewish leaders ahead of Israel visit, the U.S. president reiterates opposition to nuclear Iran, but quotes Chinese saying: Build a golden bridge for your opponent to retreat upon.

By Chemi Shalev, Barak Ravid | Mar 7, 2013 | 11:37 PM | 44

Arab League

Arab League allows members to aid Syrian rebels

League grants recognition to umbrella opposition group fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad. Damascus calls decision 'declaration of war,' while Syrian opposition lauds move.

By Jack Khoury | Mar 7, 2013 | 10:46 PM

Graffiti reproducing Samira Ibrahim's face.

U.S. postpones award for Egyptian woman over anti-Semitic tweets

The State Department announced earlier this week that Samira Ibrahim would be among 10 recipients of the International Women of Courage award.

By The Associated Press | Mar 7, 2013 | 10:27 PM | 6

Syrian Rebels in Golan Heights

Syrian rebels: Kidnapping of UN personnel a mistake, release expected soon

WATCH: Video purporting to show six Filipino peacekeepers from a UN convoy detained in the south of the country on Wednesday.

By Jack Khoury, Reuters | Mar 7, 2013 | 08:09 PM

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, gives a speech in a mosque.

Iran's supreme leader condemns West for not making nuclear concessions

Statement is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's first reaction to what Iranian officials described as 'positive' nuclear talks in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

By Reuters | Mar 7, 2013 | 05:42 PM | 4

Sharm el Sheik Dec. 2, 2010 (AP)

Two British tourists briefly abducted in Egypt's Sinai

Egyptian military official says the British couple is safe and in a security building in Ras Sidr in southern Sinai.

By The Associated Press | Mar 7, 2013 | 05:15 PM

An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube on March 6, 2013, allegedly shows armed fighter

Talks underway for release of UN peacekeepers seized by Syrian rebels in Golan

Philippine government confirms the 'Martyrs of Yarmouk' brigade have not harmed the captured peacekeepers, but treating them as 'guests'; Rebels insist Assad forces pull back from the region before they are freed

By Reuters | Mar 7, 2013 | 12:11 PM | 2

US envoy to IAEA Joseph MacManus Photo by AP

U.S. envoy to IAEA storms out of meeting over Iran's Israel remark

Joseph Macmanus walks out after Iran's Ali Asghar Soltanieh accused Israel of committing 'genocide;' officials from Canada and Australia also left the closed-door meeting.

By Reuters | Mar 6, 2013 | 08:08 PM | 12

Palestinian demonstrators hold posters of Hugo Chavez at a West Bank protest

Palestinians grieve over death of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez

Abbas says Venezuelan president was a great friend of Palestinians: 'We have lost a great leader who fought for a better world'; Syria state media also pays tribute to Chavez.

By Jack Khoury | Mar 6, 2013 | 05:59 PM | 9

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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 | 40

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

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

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, right, and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iran's Ahmadinejad to attend Chavez funeral

By The Associated Press | 04:58 PM

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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