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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.

Gideon Sa'ar Nir Keidar

Netanyahu names Ya'alon as defense minister, Sa'ar as interior minister

PM undertook last-minute cabinet shuffle in advance of the swearing-in ceremony for Israel's 33rd government on Monday; Habayit Hayehudi and Yesh Atid also receive appointments.

By Jonathan Lis | Mar 17, 2013 | 09:21 PM | 4

Habayit Hayehudi's Bennett, center, with members of his party.

Who won Israel's coalition talks?

When it comes to the country's purse strings, Naftali Bennett's Habayit Hayehudi has scored a major victory for religious Zionism.

By Chaim Levinson | Mar 17, 2013 | 07:10 PM | 5

Yair Lapid, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Naftali Bennett

New Israeli government guidelines push peace process to margins

Coalition to be sworn in Monday will be focusing heavily on social and economic policies, and compromises on Haredi draft, housing and the size of government.

By Jonathan Lis | Mar 17, 2013 | 04:35 PM | 12

Poster advocating release of Jonathan Pollard. March 13, 2013.

15,000 police officers to protect Obama during visit to Israel

Israel police, in collaboration with Israel's secret service agency, are busy reviewing plans and contingencies; road closures are expected, particularly in Jerusalem.

By Yaniv Kubovich | Mar 17, 2013 | 02:05 PM | 7

Runners in Tel Aviv during the marathon.

After death at Tel Aviv half-marathon, Health Ministry panel will set standards for 'extreme' sports events

Senior Health Ministry officials say Tel Aviv Municipality unfairly blaming ministry after the runner's death.

By Ilan Lior, Dan Even, Ilan Goldman | Mar 17, 2013 | 08:18 AM | 3

Yair Lapid, left, and Naftali Bennett.

Coalition pact calls for bill making Israel Jewish first, democratic second

Netanyahu tells Peres he has formed a new government; coalition agreement with Yesh Atid gives party five ministries; agreement with Habayit Hayehudi includes clause on territories.

By Jonathan Lis | Mar 17, 2013 | 05:35 AM | 61

Solodkin signing an environmental petition circulated by an Israeli youth group.

Marina Solodkin, former Knesset member who 'never forgot immigrants,' dies aged 60

Born in Moscow in 1952 and immigrated to Israel in 1991, Solodkin was first elected to the Knesset in 1996, and later served as deputy minister of immigrant absorption.

By Barak Ravid | Mar 17, 2013 | 01:06 AM

President Peres grants Netanyahu a two-week extension to form Israel's new government.

Netanyahu informs Peres that Israel's 33rd government has been formed

After turbulent negotiations that culminated in the signing of coalition agreements with Yesh Atid and Habayit Hayehudi, PM announces that he has fulfilled his task, just before extension expired.

By Jonathan Lis | Mar 16, 2013 | 09:56 PM | 3

Yair Lapid arrives at prime minister's bureau

Exposed: How much money went through Lapid Yair Ltd.

The slaves' leader is allowed to be rich, but the estimated yearly revenues of his company, Lapid Yair Ltd, show that the new politician is far richer than previously thought. But Lapid refuses to address any questions about his fortune – or about one particularly high dividend.

By Uri Blau | Mar 16, 2013 | 03:05 PM | 3

Naftali Bennett

New government to promote contentious bill altering balance between Israel's Jewish and democratic identities

Likud and Habayit Hayehudi agree in coalition agreement to advance so-called 'Dichter law;' previous versions of the bill also sought to nullify Arabic's standing as an official language.

By Jonathan Lis | Mar 15, 2013 | 10:59 PM | 31

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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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