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Obama: Settlement activity not appropriate or constructive to advancing peace (Haaretz)
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Obama: Two-state solution still possible, only chance for peace and success (Haaretz)
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Obama: Israel and Palestinians must make this leap together (Haaretz)
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Obama: U.S. committed to the creation of a sovereign state of Palestine (Haaretz)
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Obama: Palestinians deserve a future, a home, a state of their own (Haaretz)
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Abbas: Palestinians ready to implement commitments in order to launch the peace process (Haaretz)
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Abba to Obama: Palestinian people have made a miracle and rose from the Nakba (Haaretz)
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Abbas: Palestinian state with Jerusalem as capital is possible (Haaretz)
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Abbas: Peace impossible under violence and occupation (Haaretz)
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Syria hands over captured Lebanese soldier, state TV reports (AP)
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Syrian rebels have reportedly overrun several towns near the Israeli border (Reuters)
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Report: Ramallah protesters hold up shoes, call Obama to leave Palestine (Haaretz)
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Police arrests Acre resident suspected of smuggling heroin from Lebanon (Haaretz)
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Report: Abbas condemns violence against civilians, including rocket fire (Reuters)
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Obama and Abbas begin meeting in Ramallah (Haaretz)

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Obama visits Israel

Peppy music video wins Hebrew U. students tickets to Obama's speech

WATCH: Shir Ariely and Talia Schein cover Carly Rae Jepsen's hit song "Call Me Maybe," earning tickets to Obama's much-hyped speech Thursday.

By Andrew Esensten | Mar 21, 2013 | 01:13 PM

Carly Rae Jepsen on stage.

Barack Obama and Ben Rhodes

WATCH: White House details Obama Israel trip agenda in YouTube video

U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes explains why Barack Obama is coming to the Middle East, who exactly he is going to meet, and what he is going to discuss with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Palestinian Authority, and Jordan.

By Barak Ravid | Mar 16, 2013 | 09:34 PM | 2

Barack Obama arriving to speak at the AIPAC convention

On eve of Obama visit, U.S. public’s support for Israel reaches all-time high

A new Gallup poll shows Americans favor Israel over Palestinians by 64%-12%; support highest among Republicans, conservatives and elderly.

By Chemi Shalev | Mar 15, 2013 | 09:57 PM | 60

MSNBC midday host Alex Wagner

MSNBC host Alex Wagner: Fear of anti-Semitism charge inhibits 'robust discussion' about Israel

As the 'progressive' network gears up to cover President Obama’s visit to Israel, the anchor of the daily 'NOW with Alex Wagner' describes the media conversation about Israel in the U.S. as 'incredibly tricky.'

By Chemi Shalev | Mar 15, 2013 | 08:25 PM | 41

Barack Obama during his law school years.

Obama's Israeli Columbia classmates don't recall the young president

U.S. President Barack Obama, due here for his first official visit next week, graduated college in 1983; yet, none of the 25 or so alumni of his class who are now living in Israel remember laying eyes on him.

By Judy Maltz | Mar 15, 2013 | 06:56 PM | 20

President Barack Obama pause as he speaks to reporters in the White House briefing room

The presidential visit: Mr. Obama comes a-courtin’

Obama’s visit is a soap opera: he wants to proclaim his love, persuade Israelis to let bygones be bygones and entice them over to his side. It is a mirror image of his recent political tactics in the U.S. as well.

By Chemi Shalev | Mar 15, 2013 | 01:04 AM | 6

President Barack Obama pause as he speaks to reporters in the White House briefing room

What is the purpose of your visit, business or pleasure?

Barack Obama will avoid the Knesset while in Israel, instead speaking 'directly to the Israeli public.' But the public has its own worries, and the brand-new government is hardly prepared to give the U.S. president its full attention.

By Yossi Sarid | Mar 14, 2013 | 06:17 PM | 2

Putin greets Abbas at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow March 14, 2013.

Abbas: Palestinians hope to restart peace talks with Israel this year

Palestinian leader, on visit to Russia, says he does not have high hopes that the peace process will indeed resume this year; Abbas' trip may reflect the Palestinians' low expectations of U.S. President Barack Obama's upcoming Israel visit, though they hold out hope for progress on prisoners and economics.

By Reuters, Jack Khoury | Mar 14, 2013 | 03:59 PM | 15

Obama and Netanyahu leaving the White House in 2010.

Obama's Israel trip will disappoint only the naysayers

Personal tensions and shifting geopolitics do not change the shared values and interests that unite the U.S. and Israel – now more than ever.

By David Harris | Mar 14, 2013 | 02:07 PM

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks from the briefing room of the White House in Washington

Ari Shavit / The president who holds Israel's fate in the palm of his hand

Israel has recently lost quite a bit of its ability to chart its own strategic future, and this will make Obama's upcoming trip different than previous ones by U.S. presidents.

By Ari Shavit | Mar 14, 2013 | 04:18 AM | 44

President Barack Obama

The diplomatic failure in Obama's visit

It's simply hard to understand that America’s No. 1 citizen does not see the members of Knesset as the representatives of the Israeli people.

By Miriam Shomrat | Mar 13, 2013 | 11:36 PM | 14

Mahmoud Abbas

Palestinian Authority officials lower expectations of Obama visit

Palestinians say U.S. administration reps told them president was coming just 'to listen'; Abbas visits Putin Thursday, not coincidentally.

By Jack Khoury | Mar 13, 2013 | 09:00 PM | 34

U.S. President Barack Obama on March 4, 2013

What Obama needs to tell the people of Israel

The president needs to tell the Israeli public: 'It is Israel that has sought peace, shown willingness to compromise, and recognized there is a legitimate Palestinian narrative alongside the Jewish people's historic connection to the land of Israel.'

By Abraham Foxman | Mar 13, 2013 | 07:18 PM | 36

Yonit Levy

Obama hoping to reach out to Israelis, but only one lucky TV station will get an interview

Channel 2's Yonit Levi is in Washington preparing for the interview, the station's second with Obama, a fact that drew immense protest from Channel 10.

By Barak Ravid | Mar 13, 2013 | 11:12 AM

Obama

The three issues that could torpedo Obama's visit to Israel

Obama’s arrival comes at a good time for the U.S. to clarify its support for Israel and for Israel to respond to American concerns. But Pollard, Iran and settlements have the potential to explode during the visit.

By Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie | Mar 12, 2013 | 08:06 PM | 6

U.S. President Barack Obama boarding Air Force 1.

Obama visit marks a choice for Israel: Grow up or grow old

With Israel heading for its 65th anniversary, the U.S. president's March trip sends an important message: This is the time. This is the window. Later doesn’t exist.

By Bradley Burston | Mar 12, 2013 | 01:11 PM | 4

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Opinions on Obama's visit

U.S. President Barack Obama walks down the stairs from Air Force One.

Resurrecting Obama's reputation in the Middle East

By Martin Indyk | 01:24 PM | 48

U.S. Senator Kerry looks on as President Obama announces his nomination as Secretary of State.

North Africa, the Obama administration's policy orphan?

By Mohammed Abdouh Kabir, Abdelilah Bouasria | 02:26 PM | 2

U.S. President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn to the Oval Office of the White House

Obama' visit: Embrace the victory of politics over substance

By Daniel Levy | 08:32 AM | 7

Israeli election 2013 - the aftermath

The new education minister, Rabbi Shai Piron. Michal Fattal

Israel's new Education Minister accused of past ethnic discrimination

By Lior Dattel | 04:40 PM | 3

Israel's new government ministers

LIVE BLOG: Introducing Israel's 33rd government coalition

By Jonathan Lis, Barak Ravid | 10:33 PM | 27

Netanyahu in Knesset

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

By Haaretz.com Staff | 05:55 PM

Diplomacy & Defense

Gaza rocket explodes in Sderot.

Gaza rockets slam southern Israel during Obama visit

By Amos Harel, Barak Ravid | 09:50 AM | 39

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

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

National

Ramat Gan mayor Zvi Bar.

Justice Danziger recuses himself in Ramat Gan mayor bribery case

By Revital Hovel | 11:26 AM

Operating room in Ichilov Hospital

Israeli woman dies during routine hernia operation, Health Ministry investigating

By Dan Even | 06:23 AM

A trash separation site ahead of recycling.

Israel pushes settlers and Palestinians to cooperate on recycling

By Zafrir Rinat | 02:30 AM | 3

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

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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