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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)

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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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

As Kerry arrives in Egypt, one protester killed in clashes with police

Violence in cities of Mansoura and Port Said came as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was in Cairo talking with opposition figures ahead of his Sunday meeting with President Morsi.

By The Associated Press | Mar 2, 2013 | 07:53 PM | 2

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) poses for a photograph with Arab League's Nabil El-Arab.

Egypt deal with IMF of paramount importance, says U.S. Secretary of State Kerry

John Kerry, who is in Cairo on his first visit to the Arab world since taking office, said it is 'urgent' that Egypt gets back on its feet in economic terms.

By Reuters | Mar 2, 2013 | 07:32 PM | 2

Fighters from an al-Qaida-linked Islamist group in Mali.

Al-Qaida's 'how-to' guide for militants, now in English

The Arabian Peninsula branch of Al-Qaida issues an English-language magazine advising militants how to carry out attacks; the magazine's editorial also warns France to end its military operation in Mali.

By Reuters | Mar 2, 2013 | 05:42 PM | 2

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, left, and his Iranian counterpart Ali Akbar Salehi,

Syria, Iran condemn U.S. plan to aid rebels fighting Assad

For the first time, the United States said it would give non-lethal aid to the rebels; Syrian FM calls move a 'double-standard policy.'

By Reuters | Mar 2, 2013 | 04:51 PM

John Kerry.

Egypt's opposition refuses Kerry's invitation for talks

President Mohammed Morsi to meet with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry; opposition leader says visit is a sign of 'U.S. pressure' on Egypt.

By DPA | Mar 2, 2013 | 12:57 PM

Damascus synagogue destroyed

WATCH: Assad forces destroy oldest synagogue in Syria, rebels claim

Jobar synagogue in Damascus is said to have been built in honor of Elijah the Prophet while he was escaping persecution.

By Jack Khoury | Mar 2, 2013 | 10:04 AM | 29

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) gives the floor to Russian President Vladimir Putin

Obama and Putin agree on need 'to advance a political transition' in Syria

Moscow and Washington have long been at odds over the fate of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

By Reuters | Mar 2, 2013 | 03:11 AM | 4

Syria Aleppo civil war

Chuck Hagel: U.S. should only provide 'non-lethal support' to Syria's opposition

Hagel's comments, at his first news briefing since taking over the Pentagon on Wednesday, came a day after the United States said it would for the first time give non-lethal aid to Syrian rebels.

By Reuters | Mar 2, 2013 | 01:28 AM | 2

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry next to outgoing Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti during their

Russia condemns U.S. decision to aid Syrian rebels

Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich denounces Obama administrations move, cites concern for 'inevitable sufferings of ordinary Syrians'

By The Associated Press | Mar 1, 2013 | 02:16 PM | 2

Clashes between Palestinians, IDF outside Ofer military prison in West Bank.

Graves of the next intifada's victims are waiting in Dheisheh

'We are the last generation you can make peace with. There’s a five-year window of opportunity.' says a local Fatah leader facing the rows of new, empty graves.

By Chaim Levinson | Mar 1, 2013 | 02:42 AM | 3

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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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