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BREAKING NEWS

15:25
Khamenei: Iran will raze Tel Aviv and Haifa if attacked (Reuters)
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)

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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

Barack Obama

FULL TEXT: President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech

Full text of U.S. President Obama's State of the Union speech from February 12, 2013.

By Reuters | Feb 13, 2013 | 08:19 AM

U.S. President Barack Obama delivering the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress

Obama: U.S. will stand by Israel in pursuit of security and long lasting peace

In State of the Union address, U.S. President Barack Obama says will prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapon, will withdraw 34,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan and close war there by end of 2014; condemns North Korea's nuclear test 'provocations.'

By The Associated Press, Haaretz | Feb 13, 2013 | 05:56 AM | 16

Former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) testifying during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing

U.S. Senate panel approves Chuck Hagel nomination for Pentagon chief

Approval by Armed Services Committee sets the stage for a vote on his confirmation by the full Senate, possibly this week.

By The Associated Press, Reuters | Feb 13, 2013 | 01:33 AM | 4

A passenger walks past a television report on North Korea's nuclear test

North Korea's brushes with international community

Here is a look at North Korea's recent brushes with the international community, following its third nuclear weapons test on Tuesday.

By Reuters | Feb 12, 2013 | 06:16 PM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Israel urges 'swift' world response to North Korea nuclear test

'Clear message must be sent to North Korea and to other countries that such activities are unacceptable', the Foreign Ministry says in a statement.

By Reuters | Feb 12, 2013 | 05:24 PM | 43

The North Korean test site where the nuclear test took place, Tuesday February 12, 2013.

North Korea conducted an underground nuclear test; South Korea on high alert

The test is another big step toward North Korea's goal of building a warhead that can be mounted on a missile.

By Reuters | Feb 12, 2013 | 08:00 AM | 11

Pope Benedict XVI places a note in the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem

The arch-conservative Pope Benedict XVI bore the sins of his predecessor

While Benedict is no stranger to criticism for a long list of real and imagined failings, nearly all of them originated with his popular predecessor, the media superstar John Paul II.

By Anshel Pfeffer | Feb 11, 2013 | 04:50 PM | 32

Pope Benedict XVI arriving for the weekly general audience, February 6, 2013

Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation – official text

WATCH: In speech delivered to members of Roman Catholic Church council, Pope says his dwindling strength has driven him to recognize that he is no longer capable to adequately fulfill the role entrusted to him.

By Reuters | Feb 11, 2013 | 01:39 PM

Pope Benedict XVI leaves at the end of a mass at the St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican

Pope Benedict XVI to resign on February 28, first to step down since 15th century

The pope says his strength has deteriorated to 'the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity' to fulfill the duties of office; Israel's chief rabbi: Relations with the Vatican have never been better.

By Reuters | Feb 11, 2013 | 01:09 PM | 17

A Sajjil missile is displayed by Iran's Revolutionary Guard, September 21, 2012.

Pentagon study: U.S. defense shield against Iran missiles is seriously flawed

U.S. congressional investigators say multibillion dollar missile defense system planned for Europe faces problems that can be overcome, but fixes could stir diplomatic tension with Russia.

By The Associated Press | Feb 10, 2013 | 12:23 PM | 20

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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

Light bulb

Israel's electric grid may not have the power to meet consumer demands

By Itai Trilnick | 08:04 AM | 3

Operating room in Ichilov Hospital

Israeli woman dies during routine hernia operation, Health Ministry investigating

By Dan Even | 06:23 AM

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

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 | 44

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

US President Barack Obama waves upon his arrival at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport on March 20, 2013

LIVE BLOG: Barack Obama visits Israel: Day one

By Haaretz | 09:41 PM | 150

Middle East

Demonstrators shout nationalist slogans during a protest against PKK.

Jailed Kurdish leader Ocalan calls for cease-fire with Turkey

By The Associated Press | 02:20 PM

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

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

By Reuters | 02:02 PM | 2

Golan Heights - AP

Syria rebels overrun towns near border with Israel, monitoring group says

By Reuters | 12:44 PM

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