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Palestinians: Egypt trying to mediate Hamas-Israel truce

Two of the rockets were fired Wednesday evening after long hours of relative quite. One of the rockets exploded in an open field in the Eshkol area.

By Gili Cohen, Yanir Yagna, Reuters | Oct 25, 2012 | 12:57 AM

An army bomb-disposal expert examining a fragment of one of the rockets in south Israel on Sunday.

Netanyahu vows to reinforce defense of homes near Gaza border
By Yanir Yagna and Gili Cohen | 19
Hamas policy on attacking Israel has changed
By Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff | 23
More than 70 rockets and mortars hit south Israel, three wounded
By Haaretz | 39

Palestinians: Egypt trying to mediate Hamas-Israel truce 02:12 AM

Israel's Chief Rabbinate declares war on Jerusalem restaurants

The Chief Rabbinate has declared war on Jerusalem restaurants that state they are kosher but do not have a certificate issued...

By Yair Ettinger, Nir Hasson | 02:00 AM

An image of ammunition remains - AFP - October 24, 2012.

Sudan opposition: Bombed arms factory belongs to Iran's Revolutionary Guard

Opposition sources in Sudan claim that the arms factory bombed overnight Tuesday in south Khartoum, the Sudanese capital,...

By Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff | 09:22 PM | 2

Actor Clint Eastwood addresses the Republican National Convention

Clint Eastwood stars in new Romney elections ad

Clint Eastwood is starring in a new ad to support Republican Mitt Romney's election to the White House. The actor...

By The Associated Press | 10:42 PM

Pollution from offshore drill sites, facilities could paralyze Israel

50 infrastructure facilities, 30 offshore drilling sites may pose an environmental, economical threat, says the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel.

By Zafrir Rinat | Oct 24, 2012 | 07:45 PM

Muslims in Mecca ahead of hajj - Reuters - Oct. 24, 2012

Millions of Muslims converge in Mecca ahead of hajj pilgrimage

Muslims believe the rituals, which begin Thursday and end Monday, trace the footsteps of the prophets Abraham, Ishmael and Muhammad.

By The Associated Press | Oct 24, 2012 | 09:54 PM

Glenn Beck at the Zionist Organization of America fundraiser last year.

ZOA cancels annual fundraising dinner over tax status

Zionist Organization of America has scrapped the high-profile event, as questions swirl over loss of its tax-exempt status.

By The Forward | Oct 24, 2012 | 06:43 PM

Arab MKs: Israeli Jews' support of apartheid is not surprising

Arab lawmaker Jamal Zahalka says the survey symbolizes 'the end of hypocrisy' and that the 'Israeli regime isn't a carbon copy of South Africa's apartheid, but it is certainly from the same family.'

By Jack Khoury, Jonathan Lis | Oct 24, 2012 | 08:05 PM

Diplomacy & Defense

Netanyahyu visits Iron Dome shield - Reuters

Netanyahu vows to reinforce defense of homes near Gaza border

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Wednesday to ensure that every community within seven kilometers of the Gaza Strip was...

By Yanir Yagna, Gili Cohen | 10:37 PM | 19

Abbas attends a meeting with Israeli politicians in the West Bank city of Ramallah October 14, 2012.

Abbas: Palestinians ready for peace talks with Israel if UN bid succeeds

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday he would be ready for negotiations with Israel "straightaway" if the UN...

By Reuters | 06:26 PM | 2

More than 70 rockets and mortars hit south Israel, three wounded

Militants in the Gaza Strip fired more than 70 rockets and mortar shells at southern Israel over the course of Wednesday,...

By Haaretz | 03:01 PM | 39

Middle East

Sudan accuses Israel of role in arms factory blast

Four military planes attacked an arms factory in Khartoum where there was a huge fire overnight, a Sudanese minister said on...

By Reuters, Barak Ravid, Avi Issacharoff | 01:50 PM | 35

Syrian president Assad meets U.N. and Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi in Damascus

Syria agrees in principle to holiday cease-fire, says mediator

Syria's military leaders were studying a proposal by international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi for a cease-fire to mark the...

By Reuters | 12:24 PM

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad holds a press conference - AFP - October 2, 2012.

Iran looks to Silk Road ties in time of sanctions

In back-to-back Asian summits this month, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made sure to carve out special time to look...

By The Associated Press | 11:17 AM

Jewish World

ZOA cancels annual fundraising dinner over tax status

The Zionist Organization of America has canceled its annual fundraising dinner because of the loss of its tax-exempt status,...

By The Forward | 06:43 PM

Members of the audience at the first presidential debate in Denver, October 3, 2012.

As U.S. election day nears, rabbis should steer clear of pulpit politics

Just a few days before Rosh Hashanah my phone rang. It was a member of the congregation who said he had an urgent matter to...

By Rabbi Micah Peltz / Jewish World blogger | 08:36 AM | 2

This day in Jewish history / Jewish Theological Seminary admits women rabbis

On October 24, 1983, the faculty senate of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York voted to admit women to the rabbinical...

By David B. Green | 09:41 AM | 3

Russia’s crackdown on foreign NGOs - a danger for Jewish groups?

Russian Jewry has undergone a revival since the end of the Soviet Union, with the help of Diaspora Jewish institutions, but the work of these groups may be in jeopardy.

By JTA | Oct 23, 2012 | 10:34 AM

Israel's State Archivist opposes returning documents to Austrian Jewish community

Responding to the community’s unprecedented demand, Yaacov Lozowick determines that the collection, which includes thousands of papers documenting Jewish life in Vienna since 17th century, belongs in Jerusalem.

By Ofer Aderet | Oct 23, 2012 | 04:30 PM

N.Y. Jewish federation employee sentenced in $2 million donor scam

Tracey Nelson, 25, who had worked at the federation for three years, was sentenced in Manhattan Supreme Court after pleading to grand larceny earlier this month.

By JTA | Oct 23, 2012 | 12:28 PM | 6

National

Late astronaut and IAF pilot Ilan Ramon. His legacy divides Israeli Jews and Arabs.

Israeli space center to commemorate late astronaut Ilan Ramon, but not be named after him

The space center dedicated yesterday (Tuesday) in the city of Taibeh will not be named after the late Israeli astronaut Ilan...

By Jack Khoury | 02:26 PM

Social activists in TA court October 24, 2012

Charges against Israeli social activists out of proportion, says judge

A Tel Aviv justice suggested Wednesday that Israel Police had inflated the charges against 14 of the social activists arrested...

By Ilan Lior | 01:26 PM

Diplomatic cables show Labor chief has adopted Netanyahu's rhetoric on peace process

During meetings in Paris with French leaders in July, Labor Party chairwoman Shelly Yacimovich echoed Prime Minister Benjamin...

By Barak Ravid | 08:56 AM | 5

Israeli politicians balk at televised debate

Invitations to a debate scheduled for January 1 have been sent out to all party leaders, but no invitee has confirmed they will take part.

By Jonathan Lis | Oct 24, 2012 | 08:36 AM

IDF colonel who raped female soldier to be released 9 months early

Ataf Zahar spent just over five years behind bars, never expressed remorse.

By Gili Cohen | Oct 24, 2012 | 06:26 AM

Courts' 'negligence' kept man in jail for two months too long

The man, whose identity has not been revealed, was arrested on August 19 for assaulting his wife.

By Eli Ashkenazi | Oct 24, 2012 | 01:45 AM

Culture

Jerusalem's old railway station back on track

More than two years ago, the Hatachana shopping and restaurant complex opened in south Tel Aviv in the buildings of the old...

By Keshet Rosenblum | 08:37 AM | 2

Mikhail Baryshnikov at the Suzanne Dellal Center in Tel Aviv, October 23, 2012. .

Mikhail Baryshnikov opens new show at Dellal Center - of his photos

Mikhail Baryshnikov, ballet superstar of the 1970s, held a press conference Tuesday at Tel Aviv's Suzanne Dellal Center to...

By Shir Hacham | 01:45 AM

The art of Vietnamese cuisine comes to Israel

October 22, 1979: A second group of Vietnamese refugees lands in Israel, which takes them in as a goodwill gesture five years...

By Rotem Maimon | 08:34 AM

This wonder, this miracle, this stinky tofu

It's moist, it smells, it's made of tofu that has been fermented and gone moldy, and a CNN poll chose it as one of the world's 50 most delicious foods. In Israel there is just one farmer who makes it.

By Or Ezrati | Oct 23, 2012 | 05:47 AM

10 million users can't be wrong

The Internet is changing the face of the music industry. With his massive online exposure on the SoundCloud music network and his new downloadable album, just ask DJ and producer SaBBo.

By Moshe Kutner | Oct 23, 2012 | 05:47 AM

The Muslim Brotherhood: A pragmatic bunch

The movement learned to exploit the blindness of Egypt’s rulers, but they also got lucky.

By Israel Shrentzel | Oct 22, 2012 | 01:33 PM

Business

Azrieli expansion in Be'er Sheva blocked

Trustbuster frowns on Azrieli expansion in Be'er Sheva:The Antitrust Authority is holding up a deal for David Azrieli's real...

By Ruth Schuster | 09:39 AM

Hebrew U's right to Einstein's image lapsed, U.S. court rules

Auto maker General Motors did not infringe on the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's rights to the image of Albert Einstein when...

By Ronit Domke, Lior Dattel | 06:18 AM

Barak: Israel must find ways of taxing the rich - including me

Defense Minister Ehud Barak has been one of the two strongest personalities on the political scene in recent years. He's a...

By Sami Peretz | 06:06 AM

Gas fund won't aid defense spending

The decision on defense costs came as the ministerial legislative committee approved draft legislation creating the fund, which will now be sent to the Knesset

By Avi Bar-Eli | Oct 24, 2012 | 05:55 AM

Knesset delays vote on mutual fund fees

Decision came as the banking industry exerted immense pressure onlawmakers to reject the bill, which would reduce commissions by some NIS 100 million.

By Zvi Zrahiya, Sivan Aizescu | Oct 24, 2012 | 05:46 AM

Business in Brief

| Oct 24, 2012 | 05:38 AM

Travel In Israel

Alice in the Holy Land: The Church of Mary Magdalene

The Church of Mary Magdalene is arguably one of the best-known Christian monuments in Jerusalem – at least on the outside,...

By Miriam Feinberg Vamosh | 07:14 AM

Tourist tip #76: The White City

Tel Aviv has the highest concentration of International, or Bauhaus style, buildings in the world, and was designated a UNESCO...

By Yasmin Kaye | 10:09 AM

Tourist tip #75 / Alternative tours

For such a small country, Israel packs a rather large punch when it comes to tourist attractions: There's no shortage of holy...

By Anat Rosenberg | 09:34 AM | 2

Why so much turbulence for Arkia?

Israel's second-largest airline has hit some rough financial skies, and adding to the bumps is a power struggle between management, and employees who accuse them of cronyism.

By Ido Efrati | Oct 22, 2012 | 09:29 AM

Israel, shaken not stirred: The best cocktails

Israel's cocktail culture had been lagging a bit until the explosion of fine dining and trendy bars ushered in a new era of sophisticated libations with inventive new creations and classics served with a twist.

By Rotem Maimon | Oct 21, 2012 | 09:52 AM

Tourist tip #74 / Juice stands

Like Starbucks in other cities, it's hard to walk more than a few blocks in Israel without stumbling upon these colorful kiosks, where you can get your fruits and veggies served up with a straw.

By Debra Kamin | Oct 21, 2012 | 08:15 AM

Sports

Alex Teixeira of Shakhtar Donetsk, second right, celebrating a goal against Chelsea.

Soccer / Champions League / Shakhtar shakes up Chelsea, 2-1

Chelsea's eight-match unbeaten run in the Champions League came to an unceremonious end after goals by Alex Teixeira and...

By Reuters | 06:29 AM

Cabrera, the first Triple Crown winner in 45 years, dedicates offseason time to Venezuela.

Baseball / MLB / Venezuelans cheering for record nine World Series players

CARACAS - Venezuelans are celebrating their homegrown baseball heroes as a record contingent of players from the country heads...

By The Associated Press | 06:29 AM

Penalty line / The party's over

From the opening of the season, Maccabi Haifa's new soccer coach has projected mainly the need to apologize. Reuven Atar, the...

By Elad Lifshitz | 06:29 AM

Jerusalem online

Haaretz Select

Heading toward an irreparable rift between U.S. Jews and Protestants

Relations between Jews and mainline Protestants in the U.S. hit a 45-year low after 15 Protestant leaders sent a letter to Congress urging that aid to Israel be reconsidered.

By Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie | Opinion | 38

Women who libel Israel

By David Landau | Opinion | 71

When Turkish diplomats saved Jews from the Nazis

By Judy Maltz | Jewish World Features

The haimisher mensch in the central bus station

By Danna Harman | Features

This day in Jewish history / Jewish Theological Seminary admits women rabbis

A leading Conservative rabbi appointed a committee to discuss women's ordination 1977, but it took another six years until the decision was made to admit them to rabbinical school.

By David B. Green | This Day in Jewish History | 3

The psychology of Israel’s declining democracy

By Carlo Strenger | Strenger than Fiction | 13

Pat Boone remembers 'Exodus' song partner Andy Williams

By Mordechai I. Twersky | Features

Jerusalem's old railway station back on track

By Keshet Rosenblum | Arts & Leisure | 2

Opinions & Blogs

War of the wombs

The basic notion that every woman has the right to make decisions about her own body, without outside interference, is not...

Aluf Benn

If Israel had direct elections

Chaim Levinson

Donations from abroad do not a Zionist make

Routine Emergencies | Allison Kaplan Sommer

iVoteIsrael: Doing good work for all the wrong reasons

Zvi Bar'el

Their son of a bitch

Merav Michaeli

Contempt for peace

Moshe Arens

Professor Higgs and Judge Levy

Hanan Ashrawi

Israel's grand illusion on Palestinian UN recognition

Joanne Feinberg Goldstein

Adelson's partisanship: The cost to Jewish values

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