US envoy George Mitchell stresses framework will tackle all core issues at heart of conflict, Netanyahu and Abbas agree to hold another meeting on Sept. 14 and 15.

Chain of restaurants has found a following among a people known for their love of goulash and pastries.

Lousy public transport seen as partly to blame for average Israeli driver?s 577 hours on the road; women walk more, drive less.

Defense Minister picks retired major-general to investigate top military officers' bids to influence appointment process.

Reuven Rivlin gives account of his families exodus from J'lem's Old City to send pilgrims back to their homelands as ambassadors.

Lousy public transport seen as partly to blame for average Israeli driver?s 577 hours on the road; women walk more, drive less.

In response to petition submitted to High Court, state says high school age students not studying secular subjects not a violation.

Weinstein's new directive gives various time frames for different types of crimes.

?If the Slonim Hassidim open a school of their own, one subgroup after another will ask for their own school.?

Committee says state-funded bodies must perform for all; support convoy from Tel aviv to Ariel planned to protest performers.

Construction renewed in violation of moratorium; council chairman: Building is the natural thing to do in response to violence.

Mofaz: If PM is serious, we could join the coalition; Yishai: Talks will lead nowhere, Hamas won't honor Abbas's agreement.

Couple wounded in West Bank shooting saved by terrorist's rifle malfunction which allowed them to hide in roadside ditch.

Mission made more challenging as many residents head to Jerusalem for Ramadan prayers at the Temple Mount.

Palestinian Authority forces say the vehicle was found in Hebron and several suspects linked to the car are being investigated.

Over 20,000 people sign petition demanding people ignore the start of Standard Time which is set to begin before Yom Kippur.

Yishai says renewed negotiations will lead to nowhere, as Hamas won't honor Abbas's agreement; Shas declares opposition to building freeze.

Education, Culture and Sports Committee meets to discuss boycott of actors to "perform in a settlement."

Defense minister expresses concern that generals "have an illegitimate influence" on government decisions; official appointed to prevent future incidents.

The crimes were committed after victim published pictures of himself in drag on Facebook; relatives chained him and locked him up.

Minister of Communications calls current practice "a disgrace."

Police put end to investigation, slam media for reporting ?pure rumor and gossip.?

Touting ?journalistic immunity,? state is unable to investigate Internet newspaper.

Report: Thirteen groups join together in reaction to relaunched peace talks; Hamas official hints to future suicide bombings.

Prominent Fatah figures criticize Abbas for entering into peace talks unconditionally under international pressure.

"We do not want any bloodshed, not one drop," declares PA president; Mubarak demands settlement freeze.

Movement accuses Abbas of providing a cover for Israel to pursue its policy of settlement construction in the West Bank.

Group still has a lot more it could do if it really wanted to push Israel up against a wall and torpedo the talks.

Source claims Saudi dissidents training with rebels in southern Yemen.

Fatah official Dahlan says negotiations are doomed to fail, because Americans are biased in Israel's favor; PA police vow to crack down on Hamas.

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Former Lebanese general accused of collaborating with Israeli intelligence.

Palestinian trade deficit with Israel cited as principal barrier to sustainable economic growth.

Analysts discuss the potential after effects of the Israeli-Palestinian direct talks.

In NY Times op-ed, Egyptian president says settlements and peace are incompatible; no lasting peace if Gaza excluded from agreement.

Assassination tribunal may file charges by end of year; considering Hizbullah video footage "implicating" Israel.

Alleged incarceration of Coptic woman Camillia Shehata by her church sends Muslim demonstrators to the streets.

MK Hanin Zoabi talks to UNHRC Gaza flotilla probe, says "IDF viewed activists as terrorists."

Artillery shells, anti-aircraft missiles and other weapons reportedly found in warehouses and sides of mountains in the Sinai were headed for underground smuggling tunnels.

As Vice President Joe Biden presides over the formal end to US combat operations in Iraq, few Iraqis are cheering the American exit.

Arab Israeli Knesset member says "it was evident that the commandos intended to kill the passengers."

With growing Arab interest in comics and anime, Abu Dhabi hosts its own version of the San Diego convention.

President says any attempt at a solution other than the two-state solution would be dangerous; expresses faith in Netanyahu.

Agency head turns down Beijing deal for his book, refuses request to excise China from list of nations where freedom is curtailed.

Hit Canadian series portraying a young time-traveling Jew deals with romance, family, psychotherapy and religion.

Florida Holocaust survivors protest SNCF, who hopes to bid on first high-speed tracks in the US.

Catherine Pederzoli-Ventura files appeal against decision, maintains "the only crime I have committed is being Jewish."

Lauder says the Jewish people have assumed ?a new and dangerous form of political warfare.?

Organization president: ?One of the things I?ve learned is that the future of Israel depends on the Negev.?

Economy, violence and anti-Semitism cited as primary reasons.

Kantor and Mashkevitch speak separately to the ?Post? ahead of today?s conference.

In addition to the fine, it imposed a two-year probation period on the group.

"Under a banner of religious tolerance, coexistence and cooperation."

Swastika reportedly drawn on letter found in Paris suburb synagogue.

Holocaust Educational Trust gives teachers the chance to develop their understanding.

3 chosen, including Israel's most ardent representative in parliament.

Jewish organizations condemn apparent neo-Nazi attack.

John Hagee Ministries said it was misled by the organization.

Storm knocks down tree outside famous attic.

Ahead of Gilad?s birthday, supporters can send greetings online.

Organization to send greetings for captive soldier's 24th birthday.

First visits by high-ranking Israeli delegation in 10 years.

Gideon Levy has aligned himself with anti-Israel groups.

Iran predicts peace talks will fail, urges Muslims to rally in support of the Palestinians on "International Quds Day."

Earl's first encounter with US mainland should come at midnight Thursday, as the storm is forecast to pass just off North Carolina's Cape Hatteras.

The Pontiff pledged to do whatever in his power to bring about the speedy release of Gilad Schalit.

Banker said that immigrants in Europe incapable of integrating and cites studies that 'all Jews share a certain gene.'

Ban Ki-moon calls on both sides to show sincerity, flexibility ahead of Netanyahu-Abbas meeting in Washington, says PA president must be given "full support."

Christopher Myers steps down as a result of "untrue and malicious allegations."

Risque costumes and routines are offensive to the nation that is nearly entirely Muslim.

Environmental protester held workers hostage in a four-hour standoff in Silver Spring, MD.

International human rights? groups denounces ?scum state? comments, but defends work.

Former politician admits trying to ?jolt? Germans over Muslim integration.

US president says US will not stop seeking peace in the Middle East; Netanyahu applauds condemnation, says attackers "butcher everything they oppose."

US president says US will not stop seeking peace in the Middle East; Netanyahu applauds condemnation, says attackers "butcher everything they oppose."

Obama renovates his White House office, with the famous room now paying homage to Martin Luther King Jr. and four previous presidents.

UN chief says attack is a "blatant attempt" to derail peace talks; calls for swift justice of those responsible; sends condolences to the families of the 4 victims.

US mideast envoy calls PM's suggestion that he meet personally with Abbas every 2 weeks a "sensible approach which we hope is undertaken."

Netanyahu and Abbas meet separately with Clinton and Mitchell, ahead of Thursday's direct talks; Obama, Blair, Mubarak and King Abdullah to join them.

New images show Americans visiting Havana aquarium as part of the 84-year-old former leader's current media blitz; American visiting Jewish community remains in Villa Marista prison.

Thilo Sarrazin had maintained Muslim immigrants in Europe are incapable of integrating into western societies, that "all Jews share the same gene."

Libyan leader, Berlusconi mark friendship treaty despite anger over attempts to convert Italians to Islam.

33 men are upbeat, express gratitude for support from rescuers.

Until Israelis can be assured that their negotiating partner is fighting terror, there will not be peace.

Life-and-death decisions must be removed from the hands of a single desk staffer.

Wise educational policy, like that presented by Gideon Sa'ar, can combat demographic changes in Israeli society.

?Incitement? and ?a call for genocide? were the labels used by Palestinian politicians to describe the supplications of Shas mentor Rabbi Ovadia Yosef.

Manipulating government funding to influence artistic expression is a slippery slope.

Neither weak nor lacking in courage, Israel is, rather, temperate, humane and pragmatic.

?We who experienced the Holocaust... cannot bear to see pictures of miserable children who are not responsible for their situation and remain indifferent,?

In recent years, the haredi community has adopted increasingly zealous and extremist positions, especially with regard to questions of female modesty.

Future IDF chief of General staff is said to be regarded by Barak as more outspoken and more confident than his predecessor.

Talks have not yet begun, and already Abbas is threatening to stop them.

Im Tirzu's success shows that after a generation of accepting the Left?s domination of the public discourse the public has had enough.

It's taken Herculean efforts by Obama administration to bring Israel and the PA together for direct talks, including a diplomatic sleight of hand.

Ease of discrimination against Palestinian refugees a tiny move toward real progress.

Completion of the project is another sign that the international sanctions are not working.

She lost sight of the fact that Palestinian detainees in her charge, whatever their suspected crimes, must be afforded fundamental respect.

Record 12,000 Israeli expats returned home in 2009.

As Obama correctly noted, Muslims have the right to build an Islamic center near Ground Zero. That does not necessarily mean it is the right thing to do.

Iran?s nuclear ambitions are a challenge to this region ? as the US evidently recognizes, and the latest arms packages underline ? and to the free world.

The Hizbullah chief continues his psychological warfare.

The case of Zoabi raises a fundamental question about the radicalization of Arab Israeli politics: Does it further Arab Israeli interests?

If core issues are determined at the table rather than before negotiations start, Netanyahu and Abbas can move toward an historic treaty.

?Teshuva? should be the foundation for the renewed Israeli-Palestinian discourse.

For many of the peace utopians there is no god (in this godless world) but the god of peace, and his promised harbinger is an independent Palestinian state, no matter how dysfunctional and destructive.

As a descendant of a family forced out of Algeria, my father and I ? and the millions of other Jews from families who were expelled from Arab countries after 1948 ? are entitled to redress.

For taking a picture with a bound man suspected of terrorism, my son, suspected of insensitivity, was paraded in handcuffs before a lineup of TV cameras for the evening news.

Despair over a two-state solution drives some to toy with one-state ideas and other ignorant ?answers? to Palestinian national aspirations.

At a time when our people are meant to come together seeking forgiveness, it is distressing to hear rabbis who brand secular judges.

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef?s recent remarks were callous and unhelpful, but for the Palestinians to react the way they did is hypocritical.

Around discussions of perhaps no other topic have the proper roles of public governance and private behavior been more convoluted and inconsistent than with regard to this religion.

It would be safer for all concerned if the US steers the talks toward reinforcing and facilitating the one success story it can point to: the Palestinian state-building effort in the West Bank.

There remains substantial interest in the suffering of those who died. There is far less interest in the aggression against those who are alive now.

Overall, the message that emerges from this discourse can hardly be missed: When Muslim grievance is at question,America is the culprit.

The lack of a working, objective policy to absorb asylum seekers has led to the mistaken overuse of ?migrant worker? to classify those who flee persecution in their countries.

The presentation of factual evidence by concerned citizens about the activities of those who advocate sanctions against their own universities is the diametric opposite of the ideology.

What we are experiencing here in Israel with regard to the attack on academia and civil society may resemble more the Soviet Union than America of the ?50s.

There are strong reservations about the wisdom of the US training a Palestinian security force without a clear understanding of the authority to which that force would ultimately answer.

It?s not easy being a female politician in Israel. But being her significant other is much harder.

A former top official in the US National Security Council under George W. Bush argues that those who back away from the idea of defensible borders for Israel are making a huge mistake.

With authoritarianism comes discrimination, and Fayyad?s government is unfortunately no exception.

The first Birthright group from Suriname was overcome with emotion as it visited the Israel Museum?s reconstruction of the country?s synagogue.

Amid controversy over construction in Jewish neighborhoods beyond Green Line, planning committee chair Kobi Kahlon insists political considerations do not influence granting of building permits.

When three females and a male get irritated,it is the male who suffers the consequences.

Chef and owner Aviram Dotan divides his time between Luciana and Joy on Emek Refaim.

On the tram?s maiden voyage, officials promise new high-speed buses, extensions to the first rail line and overall better transportation service.

Peggy Cidor's round-up of city affairs.

In a series of readings of his new on-line novel, author Amir Atzmon sheds light on the unraveling of a crime and his favorite Jerusalem locations

As we approach the new school year, newly appointed Jerusalem Education Administration head Danny Bar-Giora outlines his vision for an egalitarian state school system, decreasing violence and promoting excellence among teachers and students

The new school year will see more laptops, integration of disabled students into regular schools and the launch of innovative programs

The municipality has restored its financial support for Beit Avi Chai?s upcoming Piyut Festival after temporarily withdrawing funding

Take a spellbinding stroll downtown to find out how central amulets, potions and the Evil Eye have been to Jewish life.

?Tuesday Night Live? takes to the US roads.

The Jerusalem Metropolitan Park project, well on its way to being implemented, will see the city surrounded by easily accessible leisure and sports sites, bicycle paths and picnic areas ? not to mention abundant flora and fauna.

All you have to do is grab the best seat available before your opponents do.

Indonesia, with no ties to Israel, is present; Turkey, represented in the past, is absent this time.