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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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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.

Bennett, Netanyahu and Lapid

Israel's new coalition is the stuff of Benjamin Netanyahu's nightmares

The prime minister's senior partners in Israel's new government, Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett, are the faces of the younger generation that will one day usurp him, and he knows they can unseat him at any time.

By Yossi Verter | Mar 15, 2013 | 07:45 PM

Runners participate in the Tel Aviv Marathon, March 15, 2013.

Health Ministry denies fault in death of Tel Aviv marathon runner

Senior ministry officials said the Tel Aviv Municipality decided on its own to go ahead with the half marathon and other shorter races after learning of the heat wave.

By Dan Even | Mar 15, 2013 | 07:04 PM

Ze'ev Elkin

Netanyahu's new coalition chairman, a job nobody wants

The chairmanship is a pivotal but demanding position, and none of the four main candidates for the position in the next government is interested.

By Jonathan Lis | Mar 15, 2013 | 05:10 PM

Yair Lapid, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Naftali Bennett

Israeli coalition is formed, as Yesh Atid, Habayit Hayehudi sign agreement

Coalition formed one day before extension due to expire; Netanyahu to advise Peres Saturday evening; Bennett: We promised to return Jewish spirit to the state, now we have the tools to do it.

By Jonathan Lis | Mar 15, 2013 | 03:54 PM

Runners in the Tel Aviv Marathon.

One runner dies, 12 seriously injured in Tel Aviv marathon

Cause of 29-year-old man's death unconfirmed; Tel Aviv municipality expresses condolences, defends decision to hold event; dozens suffer from heatstroke, dehydration; heat soars as high as 35 degrees Celsius by 8 A.M.

By Ilan Lior, Dan Even, Ilan Goldman | Mar 15, 2013 | 02:00 PM | 5

Yair Lapid, left, and Naftali Bennett.

Lapid, Bennett agree to join Israel's new government

After the last-minute delay in coalition negotiations, the Yesh Atid and Habayit Hayehudi leaders have agreed to join the Netanyahu government; the parties are expected to sign the agreement Friday afternoon.

By Jonathan Lis | Mar 15, 2013 | 09:30 AM

MK Orit Strock (Habayit Hayehudi).

On Hebrew Wikipedia, pro-settler figure and new Habayit Hayehudi MK Orit Strock is a human rights activist

Editors debated at length how to describe the Hebron woman who founded the Human Rights Organization of Judea and Samaria and thinks Israeli soldiers are too soft on Palestinians.

By Oded Yaron | Mar 15, 2013 | 05:18 AM | 9

At Sheba hospital.

Israeli doctor suspended 16 years after leaving man to die on operating table

Jerusalem court rejects the appeal of the suspension.

By Dan Even | Mar 15, 2013 | 01:48 AM

A boy looking at a poster opposing drafting Haredim in Jerusalem.

Bennett's Religious Services Ministry takeover portends change

Religious Zionism lost its ability to affect the state's Jewish identity, and Naftali Bennett wants to change that.

By Yair Ettinger | Mar 15, 2013 | 01:48 AM | 3

Lake Kinneret

Fears of leavened water to pause pumping from the Kinneret this Passover

No water will be pumped from Lake Kinneret over the week-long holiday in deference to the dietary concerns of Israel's Haredi Jews.

By Eli Ashkenazi | Mar 14, 2013 | 08:48 PM

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Middle East

Demonstrators shout nationalist slogans during a protest against PKK.

Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Ocalan calls for cease-fire with Turkey

By The Associated Press | 02:20 PM

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

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

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

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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