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ISRAEL NEWS

BREAKING NEWS

10:27
France backs call to put Hezbollah armed wing on EU terror list (Reuters)
08:21
Police: Car bomb kills 12 in southwest Pakistan (AP)
07:21
Hillary Clinton accepts humanitarian award in N.Y.C.(AP)
04:17
Obama to lay out rationale for drone strikes in Thursday speech (Reuters)
01:23
Boston bombing suspect killed three in 2011, former friend tells police (DPA)
01:21
Congo fighting persists as UN chief Ban Ki-Moon arrives for visit in nation's capital (AP)
00:13
U.S. official says four Americans killed by drone strikes since 2009 (AP)
23:56
Argentine dictator Videla's burial protested (AP)
23:53
Congress moves to tighten sanctions on Iran (Reuters)
21:44
Palestinians hurl molotov cocktails at soldiers near Hebron, no injuries reported (Haaretz)
21:17
Update: Britain calls emergency meeting after man killed in London (AP)
20:35
UK official: London shooting could be terror-related (AP)
19:59
Iran's Ahmadinejad to challenge decision to bar his ally from presidential race (DPA)
18:59
UN is receiving increasing reports of the use of chemical weapons in Syria, (Reuters)
18:50
Assad must hand over full executive powers to proposed transitional gov't, French FM says (Reuters)

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National

Be'er Sheva bank shooter fired from IDF post for attacking Palestinians, released from reserve duty

Friends, neighbors describe Itamar Alon as strange, surprised such a person had been an IDF officer.

By Amos Harel, Yanir Yagna | May 23, 2013 | 08:20 AM

Woman lighting candle outside bank.

Four dead in Be'er Sheva bank shooting; assailant releases hostage and kills himself
By Yanir Yagna and Sivan Aizescu | 46
WATCH: Minute-by-minute footage of the Be'er Sheva bank shooting spree
By Yanir Yagna | 1
Israel announces new gun-control rules after Be'er Sheva bank shooting
By Gili Cohen and Yaniv Kubovich | 16

Yehud mayor Yossi Ben Daivd.

Police arrest Yehud mayor on suspicion of bribery, fraud, money laundering

Yossi Ben David was also indicted in 2012 for illegal construction.

By Revital Hovel, Yaniv Kubovich | May 23, 2013 | 07:47 AM

Ashdod port.

In step toward reform, Israel to build two new ports without consulting workers

By issuing the tenders for the ports without input from the workers' committees, the Transportation Ministry is likely to provoke sanctions and extended strikes.

By Daniel Schmil | May 23, 2013 | 07:38 AM

Lapid

Israeli immigrant advocates slam plan to axe exemption from reporting foreign assets

Say plan would harm immigration from developed countries such as the U.S., Canada to Israel.

By Hila Weissberg | May 23, 2013 | 06:53 AM

Rabbi Ben Dahan

Knesset passes bill to expand body that elects Israel's chief rabbis

Vote highlights internal revolt within Habayit Hayehudi faction, as party leader Bennett struggles with deepening division along ideological lines.

By Yair Ettinger | May 23, 2013 | 05:22 AM

Soldiers searching for remains of fellow soldier in minefield .

Soldiers: IDF could have prevented deadly mine explosion in Golan Heights

The IDF was warned three years ago of a problem with additions to anti-tank mines of the sort that killed Cpl. Roie Yisrael Alfi, say Combat Engineering Corps officers.

By Amir Oren | May 23, 2013 | 04:27 AM | 2

Bank Hapoalim Beer Sheva

New restrictions help banks collect; and helped trigger Be'er Sheva man's rage

Changes in the law allowing enforcement authorities to declare Israelis 'restricted customers' allows banks to rein in wayward borrowers, but the number of debtors suffering the consequences has more than doubled.

By Sivan Aizescu | May 23, 2013 | 03:22 AM

Mohammed al-Dura - AP - 19022012

Man behind Israeli report on infamous killing of Mohammed al-Dura has right-wing ties

Brig. Gen. Yossi Kuperwasser previously worked for the Israel Law Center, which sought to prevent the reporter who broke the story from continuing to work in Israel.

By Chaim Levinson | May 22, 2013 | 09:16 PM | 9

Shooter Itamar Alon seen with gun in Bank Hapoalim after shooting spree shot of bank shooting

WATCH: Minute-by-minute footage of the Be'er Sheva bank shooting spree

Israel Police releases tapes of Bank Hapoalim's security cameras that clearly show the assailant with his drawn weapon shooting one of the victims; four people died and one was seriously wounded in the attack.

By Yanir Yagna | May 22, 2013 | 08:09 PM

Mikveh

Bennett deputy permits use of ritual baths for non-Orthodox Jews, then recants

Praise for Deputy Minister for Religious Affairs Eli Ben-Dahan by Reform and Conservative movements turns into condemnation after he clarifies that non-Orthodox Jews cannot use state-sponsored mikvehs for purpose of conversion.

By Yair Ettinger | May 22, 2013 | 07:28 PM

PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, at the funeral of Margaret Thatcher in London on April 17.

In wake of Netanyahu's bed debacle, state comptroller launches probe

A recent report revealed that PM spent $127,000 of taxpayers money on installing a 'resting chamber' on a flight to London for Margaret Thatcher's funeral; MKs requested the investigation.

By Revital Hovel, Zvi Zrahiya | May 22, 2013 | 07:20 PM | 2

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Middle East

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaking in Amman

Kerry: Assad's achievements in recent days only temporary

By Reuters | 10:50 PM | 11

Syria conflict

U.S. willing to keep Assad in the picture to avoid threat of all-out Mideast war

By Zvi Bar'el | 05:05 PM | 13

Syrian fighters praying near the town of Yayladagi, at the Turkish-Syrian border.

Turkey shuts Syria border crossing after bombings that killed 51

By Reuters | 03:15 PM

Diplomacy & Defense

UN post in the Golan Heights.

Israel maintaining intense intelligence activity in Syria and working with local villagers, report says

By Haaretz | 10:00 AM

Senators Robert Menendez (R) and Lindsey Graham speak to reporters just after the Senate voted 99-0

U.S. House committee approves measure to back Israel in case of nuclear Iran attack

By Reuters | 02:28 AM | 12

Iran’s Natanz reactor

IAEA: Iran expanding sensitive nuclear capacity, but remains below Israeli 'red line'

By Reuters, The Associated Press | 06:58 PM | 17

The Iran Debate

The suspected uranium-enrichment facility of Fordow

IAEA report: Iran taking steps to expand sensitive nuclear capacity

By Reuters | 05:20 PM

Saeed Jalili, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council in Almaty

No agreement reached in Iran nuclear talks, says UN official

By Reuters | 08:34 PM | 7

Iran nuclear talks

UN watchdog, Ashton to press Iran on nuclear program

By Reuters | 12:41 PM | 7

World

Police officers cordon off a road area in Woolwich, east London, on May 22, 2013.

British soldier hacked to death in suspected London terror attack

By Reuters | 09:19 AM | 7

Boston bomber's friend, slain in Florida, eyed in Jewish murders

By The Forward | 03:26 AM | 2

Man hacked to death in London 'may be terror attack,' authorities say

By The Associated Press | 09:36 PM | 4

Features

An 18th-century portrait of Maimonides

This day in Jewish history / The Rambam comes to Israel

By David B. Green | 07:27 AM

melafefon

Word of the day / Melafefon

By Elon Gilad | 06:30 AM

Tnuva protesters - Moti Milrod

David's Harp / Does populism really speak for the people?

By David Rosenberg | 03:03 AM

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