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BREAKING NEWS

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)
11:15
Obama and Abbas begin meeting in Ramallah (Haaretz)
10:57
Car bomb at Pakistani refugee camp kills 12 (Reuters)
10:57
Obama's Marine One helicopter lands in Ramallah ahead of meeting with Abbas (Haaretz)
10:28
Jailed Kurdish leader Ocalan expected to declare cease-fire with Turkey (AP)
10:06
Kiryat Malakhi mayor Moti Malka resigns after convicted of two counts of sexual harassment (Haaretz)
07:40
Second Gaza rocket explodes in open area in southern city of Sderot (Haaretz)
07:37
Gaza rocket explodes in backyard of Sderot home, no casualties reported (Haaretz)

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National

Justice Danziger recuses himself in Ramat Gan mayor bribery case

Sources say his friendship with the mayor of Bat Yam, who is accused of similar offenses, may constitute a conflict of interests.

By Revital Hovel | Mar 21, 2013 | 11:26 AM

Ramat Gan mayor Zvi Bar.

Operating room in Ichilov Hospital

Israeli woman dies during routine hernia operation, Health Ministry investigating

40-year-old woman dies during surgery in Tel Aviv hospital; major blood vessel apparently damaged during operation.

By Dan Even | Mar 21, 2013 | 06:23 AM

A trash separation site ahead of recycling.

Israel pushes settlers and Palestinians to cooperate on recycling

A new facility in the West Bank, built with World Bank funding and operated by Palestinian entrepreneurs, will likely serve both Palestinians and Jewish settlers.

By Zafrir Rinat | Mar 21, 2013 | 02:30 AM | 3

Light bulb

Israel's electric grid may not have the power to meet consumer demands

While a power-hungry population demands more and more energy, the Israel Electric Corporation, burdened by debts, is cutting investment in its transmission network.

By Itai Trilnick | Mar 21, 2013 | 01:45 AM | 3

Beit Safafa

Israel's High Court rejects Arab village's bid to stop construction of highway

Justices say there is more proof that the state would suffer if construction were delayed.

By Zafrir Rinat | Mar 20, 2013 | 10:52 PM | 9

Jaffa residents protesting last year against the lack of public housing in their city.

'Death to Jews' and swastikas sprayed on Jaffa walls and storefronts

Israel Police launch investigation seeking the perpetrators of the graffiti; tension between Jews and Arabs in Jaffa is on the rise.

By Yaniv Kubovich | Mar 20, 2013 | 08:30 PM | 6

The new education minister, Rabbi Shai Piron. Michal Fattal

Israel's new Education Minister accused of past ethnic discrimination

Rabbi Shai Piron is accused by two students of having discriminated against ethnic groups at the school where he was principal from 1995 to 2007.

By Lior Dattel | Mar 20, 2013 | 04:40 PM | 3

Tree of Heaven

In Jerusalem, the Tree of Heaven is making life hell for its fellow flora

An ironically-named tree in Israel's capital is waging war on the ecosystem, spreading its seed around the city and killing off local plants in the process.

By Zafrir Rinat | Mar 20, 2013 | 04:00 PM

chief rabbis

Male Habayit Hayehudi MKs balk at move to put women on panel choosing chief rabbi

Only one of the 150 members of the selection committee is currently a woman; a petition circulation in the Knesset asks that 17 places be allocated to women.

By Jonathan Lis | Mar 20, 2013 | 09:48 AM | 6

A U.S. Air Force long-range B-52 bomber - AP.

U.S. has pinpoint attack ready on Iran, says Israeli official

Potential American strike meant to avoid major regional conflagration, source claims.

By Amos Harel | Mar 20, 2013 | 05:05 AM | 24

Passover packages for needy Nir kafri

Israelis' pre-Passover charitable spirit has little effect on the plight of the poor

Physical hunger is not the main problem of people at the bottom rung of wealth. Most of them don't go to bed hungry. It is the hunger for quietude of the soul.

By Orly Vilnai | Mar 20, 2013 | 03:55 AM

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Middle East

Golan Heights - AP

Syria rebels overrun towns near border with Israel, monitoring group says

By Reuters | 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

By Eli Ashkenazi, Reuters, The Associated Press | 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

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

Diplomacy & Defense

Gaza rocket explodes in Sderot.

Gaza rockets slam southern Israel during Obama visit

By Amos Harel, Barak Ravid | 09:50 AM | 38

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 | 3

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

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

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

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

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

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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