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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.

Shahar Levy, one of the owners of the Restobar

Not Kosher? No business: Jerusalem eatery closes after 8 years of operation

Owners shut down popular Rehavia restaurant rather than obey landlord's dictate to stop serving on Shabbat; secular residents of Jerusalem protest closure.

By Yair Ettinger | Mar 19, 2013 | 05:18 AM | 19

Yair Lapid

Parents of special-needs children disappointed in Yair Lapid

The Yesh Atid chairman wedged a law for autistic children into the basic principles of the new government, but parents' coalition calls it 'sector-based behavior' that hinders working broadly for all special-needs children.

By Tali Heruti-Sover | Mar 19, 2013 | 04:10 AM | 2

pregnant - Haaretz - December 1 2009

Court: No need for couple to adopt baby born to surrogate

Ruling says if baby born to a couple via surrogacy is the man’s biological child, then his wife should be automatically recognized as the child’s mother.

By Ilan Lior | Mar 19, 2013 | 02:38 AM

Amihai Shai

Target of previous watchdog’s criticism becomes senior aide to the current one

Amihai Shai was implicated in a 2010 report by former State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss; new comptrollers office defends decision.

By Revital Hovel | Mar 19, 2013 | 02:07 AM

A resident herding his goats in the E-1 area in Dec. 2012.

Palestinian sues West Bank settler in theft of his goats

Defense lawyer Itamar Ben Gvir calls suit part of continuing harassment of settlers in southern Hebron Hills by leftist groups; police recommend prosecution.

By Amira Hass | Mar 19, 2013 | 01:37 AM | 11

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

Tel Aviv municipality cancels full marathon due to forecasted hot weather

Cancelation follows one runner's death and dozens suffering heat stroke at half-marathon; Health Ministry warns weather forecast for this Friday makes running marathon a health risk.

By Ilan Lior | Mar 18, 2013 | 06:00 PM

Netanyahu in Knesset

What to expect from Israel's new government: news and analysis by Haaretz writers

Following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's introduction of the new government, Haaretz explores the implications of the negotiations and of the results.

By Haaretz.com Staff | Mar 18, 2013 | 05:55 PM

The new education minister, Rabbi Shai Piron. Michal Fattal

New coalition agreement is landmark for Israeli education

With Shai Piron as education minister, the incoming government has pledged to tackle the huge and politically charged issues of Haredi and Arab education.

By Meirav Arlosoroff | Mar 18, 2013 | 05:20 PM | 3

A rendering of a development to be built at a Israel Military Industries site in Ramat Hasharon.

Scientists, activists seek to block construction at former Israel Military Industries site

The Ramat Hasharon site is considered an important green preserve for local residents and the location of one of the last remaining blocks of a loamy red soil unique to the area.

By Zafrir Rinat | Mar 18, 2013 | 03:29 PM

Arab woman attacked by Jewish women at Jerusalem light rail station

Racist incitement by Israeli public figures doubled in 2012, study shows

According to a new report from the Coalition Against Racism in Israel, there were 106 cases of high profile racist statements last year, compared with 59 such cases the year before.

By Jack Khoury | Mar 18, 2013 | 03:01 PM | 13

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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 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

Obama wins in Florida, besting Romney in final vote count

By The Associated Press | 09:02 PM | 4

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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