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ISRAEL NEWS

Syria uprising

Sara Netanyahu

Ulpana debate

Violence against migrants

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BREAKING NEWS

• 12:53
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More Breaking News

Israeli MK, AIPAC behind Senate bid to cut total number of Palestinian refugees

Newly passed amendment requires State Department to specify how many of the 5 million Palestinians who receive aid from the UN are refugees who were personally displaced from their homes in 1948, and how many are their descendants.

By Barak Ravid |Jun 12, 2012 |01:18 AM |14

• Israel admits it revoked residency rights of a quarter million Palestinians  By Akiva Eldar | 17 
• Palestinians: Refugees forever?  By Asaf Romirowsky and Alexander Joffe | 12

Palestinian Authority clamps down on militants, but Israel turns a blind eye 

There's hardly an Israeli or a Palestinian who doesn't know the name Zakaria Zubeidi. For Palestinians, especially within...

By Avi Issacharoff05:52 PM

Mass. Jews: Romney kept his distance as governor, but was a great leader of healthcare reform

BOSTON – Mitt Romney is remembered by some in Massachusetts’ Jewish community as a distant figure on a grassroots level, a...

By Dina Kraft12:37 PM

Ulpana residents petition Jerusalem court to expedite debate on landownership

Residents of the Ulpana Hill neighborhood in the West Bank settlement of Beit El on Tuesday submitted a renewed petition to...

By Chaim Levinson04:28 PM

New information reveals most Israeli charities exempt from disclosing donors names are right-wing or ultra-Orthodox 

Petition initiated by the Movement for Freedom of Information led to discovery that over the last two years, the Justice Ministry granted special privileges to 16 charity organizations.

By Nir Hasson |Jun 12, 2012 |06:40 PM

Israel Police summons social protest leaders to help 'prepare' forces for summer rallies

Police issue statement claiming summons are a means to prepare in a 'better manner' for potential summer protests,

By Yaniv Kubovich, Ilan Lior |Jun 12, 2012 |01:18 AM |2

Israel speeds up work on detention center for African migrants in South 

Plan to keep migrants away from and out of the cities was triggered by a recent spate of protests and attacks against African migrants in Israel, particularly in southern Tel Aviv.

By Gili Cohen |Jun 12, 2012 |01:18 AM

Haredi MK calls Reform, Conservative rabbis 'clowns' in heated Knesset debate

Meeting meant to discuss funding of state's decision to fund rabbis that are not part of the ultra-Orthodox stream; panel chairman removes head of Reform movement in Israel.

By Yair Ettinger |Jun 12, 2012 |01:46 PM

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DIPLOMACY & DEFENSE

Israel appoints envoy in bid to bolster diplomatic presence in Pacific

SYDNEY- Israel is bolstering its presence in the Pacific region with the appointment of a diplomat to strengthen relations...

By Dan Goldberg10:10 AM

Peres in meeting with Panetta: Iran must not be allowed to fulfill imperialistic ambitions 

President Shimon Peres denounced Iran in a meeting with U.S. military officials on Monday, warning against its "imperialistic...

By Natasha Mozgovaya08:29 AM |3

EU officials: Iran shows flexibility, agrees to discuss nuclear proposal in Moscow

European Union officials said on Monday that Iran has agreed to discuss a proposal from six world powers to curb its...

By Reuters03:37 AM |6

MIDDLE EAST

World powers to meet in order to force cease-fire in Syria, Annan says

An international "contact group" on Syria will meet soon to discuss how to make Syria's government and opposition groups abide...

By Reuters02:29 PM

Mubarak in 'stable' condition despite health fears, say Egyptian sources

Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak was in a stable condition on Tuesday, a prison official said, after sources reported a...

By Reuters02:28 PM

Report: Iran begins plans to construct country's first nuclear submarine

A semiofficial Iranian news agency is reporting that the country has begun to design its first nuclear submarine. The...

By The Associated Press12:07 PM

JEWISH WORLD

Health of Haredi leader Rabbi Elyashiv deteriorates to 'very grave'

The health of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv has deteriorated to a "very grave" condition, four months after the revered...

By Haaretz09:42 AM

U.S. Jews slam Congress hopeful over 'anti-Semitic' remarks on Israel

Several current and former New York Jewish elected officials gathered to denounce the congressional candidacy of Charles...

By JTA01:30 AM |4

Israel's Chief Rabbinical Council: Women may deliver eulogies on a case-by-case basis 

The Chief Rabbinical Council has ruled that religious law does not prevent women from delivering eulogies at funerals, though...

By Yair Ettinger01:18 AM

It’s official, Hollywood actor David Arquette can now make a minyan 

The 41 year-old actor celebrated his bar-mitzvah on Monday at a special ceremony at Jerusalem’s Western Wall – albeit 28 years later than Jewish tradition mandates.

By Mordechai I. Twersky |Jun 11, 2012 |07:54 PM

Forbes presents: The richest rabbis in Israel

Descendents of the Baba Sali known for working miracles - which seem to include accumulating bills and coins – top the list.

By Yair Ettinger |Jun 11, 2012 |05:06 PM

Lampooning the Jewish community

The 'millennials' need to stop being passive, and take part in the decision making that will affect the generations to come.

By Joel Braunold / Jewish World blogger |Jun 11, 2012 |07:40 AM

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IDF launches educational offensive on Israel’s schools

It's Sunday evening and Pisgat Ze'ev High School in Jerusalem looks like a military operations room. The walls are plastered...

By Talila Nesher03:37 PM

Vandals slash tires, spray racist graffiti in East Jerusalem neighborhood

Vandals slashed the tires of seven cars in the Arab neighborhood Shuafat in East Jerusalem early yesterday - one car was...

By Oz Rosenberg01:18 AM |4

Settler organization granted control over spring in East Jerusalem

A right-wing organization that was granted use yesterday of an ancient East Jerusalem spring said the move would keep Haredi...

By Nir Hasson01:18 AM

Sex-trafficking victims jailed since April due to lack of shelter space

The 14 women jailed since April were part of a group of 40 women and girls who had gone to a town on the Ethiopia-Sudan border in hopes of finding work.

By Dana Weiler-Polak |Jun 12, 2012 |01:18 AM

Jerusalem Capital Studios sues for allegedly discriminating against working mothers 

Agency claims that over eight-year period the proportion of women employed in the company's news division declined by 76 percent.

By Emilie Grunzweig |Jun 12, 2012 |01:18 AM

In new project, Israeli children's doctors will be trained to look beyond the flu 

'Holistic pediatricians' can treat sleep disorders, attention deficit disorders, weight problems and bed-wetting.

By Dan Even |Jun 12, 2012 |01:18 AM

CULTURE

Modern Manna recipe / Eggplant, cherry tomato, olives, feta and emmer wheat salad

Emmer wheat (Farro) is available from health food markets. Lebanese bitter green olives are available at Middle Eastern...

By Vered Guttman11:00 AM

Modern Manna recipe / Eggplant and tomato salad

The classic black eggplant variety works best in recipes that require frying, like this one. Serves...

By Vered Guttman10:58 AM

Modern Manna recipe / Fried eggplant in lemon and mint

Serve the eggplant over a slice of a good bread. Serves 4 Ingredients: One classic black eggplant Kosher salt...

By Vered Guttman10:54 AM

God's people of the books 

The ultra-Orthodox have been bitten by the book bug, and publishers are meeting their demand with texts on religious topics as well as popular literature.

By Yair Ettinger |Jun 12, 2012 |10:35 AM

Tel Aviv's Gesher Theater to open new school 

The school will accept 30 people in its first year, half of whom will study directing, all under the guidance of directors from Russia and New York.

By Zipi Shohat |Jun 12, 2012 |01:18 AM

The tale of a woman in search of her mother 

Novelist Ellen Ullman uses a strange and indirect method to narrate the story of a mother who gave up her daughter at the end of World War II in the hope that the child would be able to escape her Jewish fate.

By Sasha Weiss |Jun 11, 2012 |01:38 PM

BUSINESS

Massive property development planned near Tel Aviv Kirya

An 80-story office tower, which would be the tallest building in Israel, is the most prominent feature of a major real estate...

By Nimrod Bousso06:14 AM

Treasury edging to ruling on tax on multinationals

The treasury is moving closer to a decision on what level to tax multinational corporations, with Finance Minister Yuval...

By Motti Bassok and Ora Coren05:46 AM

Ministry seeking to ease imports of cell phones

On Sunday, the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee is expected to approve a plan to lower the price of cell phones imported...

By Amir Teig05:46 AM

Top 10 exporters lead growth

The top exporters, each of which exports at least $50 million a year, accounted for nearly all the rise in exports starting in 2008, the year of the global financial crisis.

By Ora Coren |Jun 12, 2012 |05:46 AM

Business in Brief

|Jun 12, 2012 |05:46 AM

Plotting surprise attack on cell phone market, Golan Telecom caught unready for customer wave

New virtual cell providers are struggling in the first weeks of the telco reovltuon to keep up with an onslaught of new customers, but HOT was better prepared with staff and service centers.

By Ido Efrati |Jun 12, 2012 |05:46 AM

SPORTS

Shevchenko gets Ukraine rocking

Andriy Shevchenko stole the show from Zlatan Ibrahimovic when he led co-hosts Ukraine to a dramatic 2-1 comeback win over...

By Reuters04:32 AM

Final Four to be scrapped, overseas players limited

The Super League's management committee decided last night on a series of changes to reinvigorate basketball in Israel. The...

By Arie Livnat04:32 AM

England thwarts France in Ukraine heat

France and England battled hot and humid conditions and split the spoils in a lackluster 1-1 draw in their Euro 2012 group D...

By DPA04:32 AM

Scharf takes leave from paper after ghostwriting

Former national team coach Shlomo Scharf has suspended himself from writing for Israel Hayom until at least the end of the Euro 2012 tournament

By Nati Tucker |Jun 12, 2012 |04:32 AM

Derrick Mason retires

38-year-old wide receiver announced his decision yesterday in a ceremony at the Ravens' training complex.

By AP |Jun 12, 2012 |04:32 AM

Tyson Gay confident he will make U.S. team for 'dogfight'

In his first appearance for nearly a year following hip surgery, Gay clocked 10.00 seconds into a headwind to win the B race at the New York Diamond League meeting on Saturday.

By Reuters |Jun 12, 2012 |04:32 AM

HAARETZ SELECT

Mr. Obama, freeing Jonathan Pollard won't help you. Do it anyway. 

Pollard has served more than enough time for what he did. Justice has been done. What is being done now, is injustice.

By Bradley Burston |A Special Place in Hell

In the Middle East, good looks trump bad deeds 

By Allison Kaplan Sommer |Routine Emergencies

Tel Aviv boutique hotels: It's not the size that matters 

By Rina Rosenberg |Travel News

God's people of the books 

By Yair Ettinger |Arts & Leisure

Someone Else's Simcha / Shmuel and Re'ut's henna ceremony 

A young couple embraces a traditional Middle Eastern prenuptial rite; the wedding is almost a footnote.

By Ron Ben-Tovim |Features

How the Old City's Damascus Gate turned into a giant pinball machine 

By Danna Harman |Features

Another fun fact for America about eggplants 

By Vered Guttman |Modern Manna

Israel, where laws are made to be broken 

By Eyal Benvenisti, Barak Medina |Opinion

OPINIONS & BLOGS

Lift the gag order

The ongoing saga now dubbed the "Harpaz affair," formerly known as the "Galant document," was born in the media and has been...

Or KashtiDrafting them in kindergarten 

Yitzhak LaorAmerica's interest in Syria is Israel 

Nehemia ShtraslerThe Authors Law - a social injustice 

Leila SansourPalestinian inhibition in the walled city of Bethlehem

Riki TagabeA call to close the gaps

Akiva EldarThe Israeli government is the latter-day Sicarii 

Oudeh BasharatJune 1967 was good for the Arabs 

Rabbi Judith HauptmanThe Conservative movement must endorse equal same-sex marriage 

IRAN: THE DEBATE

Iran army: Al-Qaida's rise in Mideast more dangerous than nuclear bomb

By Haaretz |11:10 AM

Obama administration clears India, Turkey of Iran sanctions

By Reuters |10:47 PM

In warning to West, Iran says fresh round of nuclear talks may end in failure

By The Associated Press, Reuters |08:58 PM

U.S. ELECTIONS 2012

Gallup tracking puts U.S. Jews' support for Obama at 64 percent

By JTA |12:18 PM |2

In attempt to garner votes, Obama is ignoring the Palestinians 

By Natasha Mozgovaya |02:48 AM

Sherman vs. Berman: Showing Jewish voters how much you love your mother

By Jewish Journal |10:17 AM

TRAVEL IN ISRAEL

Israel welcomes record high number of tourists so far in 2012

By Rina Rosenberg |05:46 AM

Woody Allen flick to open Jerusalem film fest

By Itamar Zohar |04:24 AM

Half of Tel Aviv's beaches to be closed due to labor dispute between city, lifeguards

By Ilan Lior |01:11 AM

WEEKEND

The stuff of legends, Acre reawakens 

By Ronit Vered |08:05 PM |2

The Nakba is a question of responsibility

By Hannan Hever |01:41 PM |7

Four decades of Shem Tov Levy's philosophical road songs 

By Ben Shalev |10:41 AM

BOOKS

The tale of a woman in search of her mother 

By Sasha Weiss |01:38 PM

Bernard Avishai's complaint: Philip Roth is a master, misunderstood 

By Gerald Sorin |10:25 AM

David Grossman, Amos Oz don't want to be a bargain 

By Maya Sela |02:13 AM |3

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BLOGS

WEST OF EDEN | Chemi ShalevRomney aide to Haaretz: After he’s elected, Iran will see there’s a new sheriff in town 

A SPECIAL PLACE IN HELL |Bradley BurstonVisit Jerusalem's new Museum of Tolerance. Feel your blood boil 

DIPLOMANIA | Barak RavidThe books Netanyahu reads while deciding how to deal with Iran 

ROUTINE EMERGENCIES |Allison Kaplan SommerAre the Voca People really from another planet? Or is the Foreign Ministry? 

THE AXIS | Anshel PfefferPolitics gets in the way of the Obama administration's Iran policy 

STRENGER THAN FICTION |Carlo StrengerThe Netanyahu government and the Arab stereotype 

MODERN MANNA | Vered GuttmanWhen in Israel, eat like an Israeli: a guide to street food

FOCUS U.S.A. | Natasha MozgovayaPresident Peres to bear gifts at own White House ceremony

THE FIFTH QUESTION | Mira SucharovWe are all the American Jewish establishment

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