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Obama: We must push through the 'breaches of faith' on both sides (Haaretz)
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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 visits Israel

Palestinians protest Obama visit: We want RPGs, not CIA collaboration

Around 150 people gather around Ramallah office during Abbas-Obama meeting.

By Reuters | Mar 21, 2013 | 02:02 PM

Palestinians demonstrate against the upcoming visit of U.S. President Barack Obama

Airport security, AP

Just a few routine security questions, sir

Israel wouldn't mess up and let its airport security people welcome President Obama to the country, would it?

By Nicolas Pelham | Mar 19, 2013 | 05:11 PM | 12

The King David Hotel in Jerusalem ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit in March.

Jerusalem scrambles to prepare for Obama visit

Whole swaths of the newly clean city will be closed during the U.S. president's two-day visit to accommodate his entourage, foreign journalists and hundreds of other guests.

By Rina Rozenberg, Zohar Blumenkrantz, Moti Bassok | Mar 19, 2013 | 03:23 PM

Screenshot from video released by the Israeli embassy in Washington ahead of Obama's vist

WATCH: U.S. and Israeli diplomats give Obama's visit a whimsical twist

In an attempt to cast contention aside, the Israeli embassy in Washington and the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv release amusing videos ahead of U.S. president's trip to the Holy Land.

By Barak Ravid | Mar 19, 2013 | 02:57 PM

Israeli settlers marching on Route 60.

Israeli settlers' main road to be 'blockaded' during Obama visit

All traffic will cease on Route 60, the busiest road serving Israelis in the West Bank, even though it is still unclear whether Obama will arrive in Ramallah by helicopter or convoy.

By Chaim Levinson, Jack Khoury | Mar 19, 2013 | 01:40 PM | 7

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

Kerry to return to Israel after Obama visit to discuss peace talks with Netanyahu

After President Obama departs, the American secretary of state will return to meet with Netanyahu. Kerry's efforts to build a coalition of supportive Arab states have received a chilly response.

By Barak Ravid | Mar 19, 2013 | 01:30 PM | 30

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

Resurrecting Obama's reputation in the Middle East

If Obama’s speech on Thursday can build the trust quotient missing in his relationship with the Israeli people, the positive change in public opinion towards the president will earn him critical leverage over Prime Minister Netanyahu.

By Martin Indyk | Mar 19, 2013 | 01:24 PM | 48

Posters showing US President Barack Obama, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 17, 2013

Palestinians cool to Obama visit, but security forces eager to prove mettle

Posters of U.S. president in Ramallah defaced, protest planned for day of visit; 10 American helicopters landed one after another in Ramallah on Monday, U.S. teams coordinating preparations with Palestinians.

By Jack Khoury | Mar 19, 2013 | 09:39 AM | 2

U.S. President Barack Obama waves from Air Force One on March 15th, 2013.

Jeffrey Goldberg to Haaretz: 'Obama is the most Jewish U.S. president ever'

Obama could be placed in the spiritual and moral mainstream of American liberal Judaism, says Goldberg - and that’s why his relationship with Netanyahu is so complicated.

By Ari Shavit | Mar 19, 2013 | 01:06 AM | 54

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

On Persian new year, Obama tells Iranians: Citizens pay high price for nuclear defiance

In remarks directed towards Iranian citizens, Obama says world is united in goal of preventing an Iranian nuclear bomb.

By The Associated Press | Mar 19, 2013 | 12:09 AM | 4

Obama, Netanyahu - AFP - May 20, 2011

Senators call on Obama to push for peace talks on Israel visit

Two letters making the rounds in Congress call on President Obama to make Israel-Palestinian talks an issue on his upcoming visit; bipartisan bill seeks additional funds for Israel's Iron Dome; VIDEO: Israel prepares for Obama visit.

By JTA | Mar 18, 2013 | 06:37 PM | 11

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

North Africa, the Obama administration's policy orphan?

North Africa is too important to be left exclusively in the hands of security hawks, and excluding the region from Secretary of State Kerry's recent tour and President Obama's upcoming trip represents a missed opportunity.

By Mohammed Abdouh Kabir, Abdelilah Bouasria | Mar 18, 2013 | 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

If Obama begins to grasp the tribal, fluid and divided nature of Israeli politics and how to impact Israeli voters and their leaders (including Yair Lapid, the new leader of the Ashkenazi middle-class tribe), then this visit might be worth something after all.

By Daniel Levy | Mar 18, 2013 | 08:32 AM | 7

Israeli supporters hold a banner calling for the release of Jonathan Pollard from a U.S. prison

Jonathan Pollard is no Prisoner of Zion

The 'Free Pollard' campaign ahead of Obama's visit is a disgrace to American Zionists and U.S.-Israel relations. The bare truth is that he committed espionage for financial gain and glory.

By Barbara Opall-Rome | Mar 17, 2013 | 02:31 PM | 42

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

Israel and U.S ties- Government Press Office- 1998

Star-spangled friendship: Four U.S. presidents, eight visits to Israel

Barack Obama, who's coming next week, was preceded by Richard 'No kippah at Yad Vashem' Nixon, Bill 'Beloved' Clinton, to name but a few.

By Debra Kamin | Mar 17, 2013 | 01:30 PM

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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 | 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

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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