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BREAKING NEWS

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)
11:15
Obama and Abbas begin meeting in Ramallah (Haaretz)
10:57
Car bomb at Pakistani refugee camp kills 12 (Reuters)
10:57
Obama's Marine One helicopter lands in Ramallah ahead of meeting with Abbas (Haaretz)
10:28
Jailed Kurdish leader Ocalan expected to declare cease-fire with Turkey (AP)
10:06
Kiryat Malakhi mayor Moti Malka resigns after convicted of two counts of sexual harassment (Haaretz)

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World

Sudan's president says he will quit in 2015, after over 20 years in power

Omar al-Bashir took power in a 1989 coup that toppled an elected government; he has been charged with genocide and other crimes during the conflict in the Darfur region.

By The Associated Press | Mar 21, 2013 | 04:20 AM

Omar al-Bashir speaking in Sudan

Pope Francis waving to the journalists attending his first public audience at the Vatican.

Pope Francis urges 'a poor church and a church for the poor'

New pope reveals he chose his name to celebrate St. Francis of Assisi, 'the man of the poor, the mean of peace.'

By The Associated Press | Mar 17, 2013 | 02:15 AM | 2

The Facebook page set up to find Jeno (Jolli) Gottesmann

Holocaust survivor searches for long-lost twin on Facebook

Sixty-eight years after they were separated, an Israeli survivor has created a Facebook page in search of his brother, known as 'child survivor A7734 from Auschwitz.'

By Ofer Aderet | Mar 15, 2013 | 02:40 AM

Pope Francis - Reuters

The outsider pope with a lot of insider challenges

The cardinals who chose Pope Francis believe that only an outsider can clean up the corruption in the Vatican.

By Anshel Pfeffer | Mar 14, 2013 | 05:29 PM

CERN's Higgs boson.

Analysis 'strongly indicates' Higgs boson found, CERN scientists say

Researchers stop short of unequivocally claiming that the long-sought elementary particle Higgs boson has been discovered.

By Reuters | Mar 14, 2013 | 02:37 PM

Pope Francis - Reuters

Catholic church names Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina pope; to be called Francis

Pope Francis I, the first non-European pope in modern times, becomes the 266th pontiff in the Church's 2,000-year history.

By Reuters | Mar 13, 2013 | 09:15 PM | 15

A Swiss guard salutes, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 13, 2013.

At the Vatican a vow of silence reigns – until a cardinal's diary is found

Want details on the process for electing a new pope? Better wait for some Italian newspaper to gets its hands on a cardinal's diary.

By Anshel Pfeffer | Mar 13, 2013 | 04:01 PM

Crowd of faithfuls waiting during the conclave in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican

Black smoke rises at Vatican, signaling no pope chosen at conclave

Amid uncertainty, 115 scarlet-robed cardinals lock themselves inside Sistine Chapel with final appeal for unity but fail to elect a new leader for the troubled Catholic Church; voting to resume Wednesday.

By Reuters, The Associated Press | Mar 12, 2013 | 08:28 PM

Memorial against War and Fascism on the Albertinaplatz in Vienna

75 years after Anschluss: Austrian president says Nazi past cannot be forgotten

A new poll published last week and timed to coincide with the anniversary found that 53 percent of Austrians thought the 'Anschluss' was voluntary, while 46 percent saw Austria as a victim; German authorities say 182 wanted neo-Nazis are currently at large in Germany.

By Reuters, The Associated Press | Mar 12, 2013 | 06:07 PM

The Sistine Chapel at the Vatican

With no front-runner in sight, outcome of papal conclave is anybody's guess

As 115 cardinals prepare to lock themselves into the Sistine Chapel until the longed-for white smoke signals the election of a new pope, speculation over the leading candidates mounts.

By Anshel Pfeffer | Mar 12, 2013 | 02:21 AM | 4

Tibet

Tibetans mark anniversary of failed uprising

Sunday marks the anniversary of the 1959 revolt; more than 100 self-immolations by Tibetan protesters have been recorded across China since 2009.

By The Associated Press | Mar 10, 2013 | 01:11 PM | 2

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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

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

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

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

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