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'EU may push Israel into negotiations' EU Foreign Policy chief Catherine Ashton: We may use trade ties as leverage.
PM rep must be at housing meetings Ministerial c'tee approves new clause in law after Biden visit blunder.
W. Bank sealed amid Arab rioting fears Police boost presence in Jerusalem's Old City, Temple Mount access restricted.
IAF bombs Gaza tunnel, arms factory Air raid comes in response to Kassam attack; general closure imposed on W. Bank.
Soldiers object to requirement for admission to Rhianna show Tickets for R&B sensation at Bloomfield Stadium available only for those willing to volunteer in a community project.
?Stage 3? of moratorium enforcement to begin Exclusive: Police to conduct major roundup of those who violated settlement freeze.
Analysis: Frozen by his own fiasco The Ramat Shlomo dispute has forced the de facto housing freeze in east J?lem the PM had hitherto resisted.
Biden wants direct peace talks by summer Despite R. Shlomo tension, J'lem confident ?proximity? talks will move as planned.
Stage 3 of settlement moratorium is all part of Biden effect
The West Bank, Mr. VP? Actually, you were at Yad Vashem
Israelrelieved after Biden speech J'lem appreciates comments about Jewish ties to land, sobriety about peace process.
For Yishai, merely a slap on the wrist PM knows he?s only in power thanks to us, Shas sources stress.
3 foreign workers report sexual abuse to help line in 1 day Kav LaOved: It?s just the tip of the iceberg.
Efrat synagogue foundations destroyed Settlers laid the foundation for the synagogue after the moratorium went into effect.
Construction plans over Green Line unclear, but numerous Jerusalem Municipality releases statement slamming reports that some 50,000 housing units were in various stages of planning.
Iranian Jewish family nabbed at Ben-Gurion with 15 kg. opium Undercover police investigation into alleged drugs smuggling ring dubbed ?Haman?s ears.?
Knesset prepares to go virtual Skype, Facebook and Twitter part of planned ?accessibility revolution.?
Supermarket chain?s ad spoof on Dubai hit set to go viral New ad parodies surveillance footage of the Mahmoud al-Mabhouh killing in Dubai, with the tag line ?We offer killer prices.?
Soldiers object to requirement for admission to Rhianna show Tickets for R&B sensation at Bloomfield Stadium available only for those willing to volunteer in a community project.
2 solders indicted for Cast Lead actions Staff sergeants allegedly forced Gaza kids to open possibly dangerous bags.
Clinton calls PM, slams J'lem plan Quartet: condemns Israel's unilateral action; Abbas: talks would have resumed.
Quartet condemns Israel for R. Shlomo plans US, UN, Russia & EU oppose unilateral action prejudicial to agreement; peace the fundamental interest of all parties.
'Israel got in way of renewal of talks' Abbas says negotiations were scheduled to begin soon, but were postponed.
Hamas releases UK journalist Group accused Paul Martin of being security threat, but did not charge him.
Yemen holds US man after al-Qaida sweep, shootout Sharif Mobley suspected of being member of terror group and killing guard in attempt to break out of hospital.
Maliki appears to have narrow edge in Iraqi elections Extremely tight contest comes amid fraud allegations by rival parties and chaotic, unpredictable vote count.
Footage of Jibril Deal soldiers aired In special broadcast, Al-Jazeera shows Israelis in PLF captivity in Syria.
PA puts off honoring Coastal Road Massacre leader Adnan Dumairi, a senior PA security official denies that the decision was the result of Israeli and American pressure.
Footage of 'Gibril Deal' soldiers aired In special broadcast, Al-Jazeera shows Israelis in PLF captivity in Syria.
HRW: Press Syria on human rights Human rights group urges West to probe detention of pro-democracy activists.
Hamas releases UK journalist Gruop accused Paul Martin of being security threat, but did not charge him.
'PA won't begin indirect talks' Arab League's Moussa: Abbas won't enter talks due new building in e. J'lem.
Gaza Women Denied Inheritance Rights The majority of women in Gaza are being denied inheritance rights though many are not speaking out to tackle the problem.
Gov't to discuss Palestinian incitement PA reportedly cancels ceremony to name public square after terrorist.
PA cancels commemoration for terrorist Sister of woman who led 1978 hijacking says decision came from "official channels."
PA: J?lem plan ?damaging? talks Ahead of Abbas-Biden meeting, Fayyad says R. Shlomo building poses ?great challenge.?
Top Sunni cleric dies of heart attack Moderate Egyptian scholar Tantawi dies during Saudi Arabia visit.
Brazilian leader seeks peace in Mideast Luiz da Silva says he'll visit region to push for peace and prevent possible conflict with Iran.
Israel takes 77 Fatah men off wanted list as reward to PA Sources say none of the pardoned men were directly involved in murder.
Syria wants to develop nuclear energy Deputy FM Mekdad: "Peaceful application of nuclear energy should not be monopolized."
Mass graves of Nazi victims found Austrian gov't identify two sites containing 70 bodies of those killed by SS.
'We, too, were slaves' Ethiopian Jewry gets its first Haggada.
'Bring intermarried couples closer to Jewish community' Issue ?should be approached with the goal of engaging intermarried families in Jewish life and living,? US Reform rabbis say.
'Serious threat to Venezuela's Jews' Human rights commission demands that Chavez gov?t act against anti-Semitism.
'Conversion plan precedent for discrimination' American Jewish Committee demands "broad consultation with Diaspora" over new bill.
'Serious threats to Venezuelan Jews' Human rights commission demands that Chavez gov?t act against anti-Semitism.
African tribe descended from Jews, DNA tests show Tribe's customs similar to Jewish ones, including male circumcision, ritual animal slaughter, abstaining from eating pork and wearing skull caps.
US anti-Semitism envoy slams UN ?double standards? on Israel Administration to re-engage with HRC in order to "pressure it to fulfill mandate."
US anti-Semitism envoy slams UN ?double standards? on Israel Administration to re-engage with HRC in order to "pressure it to fulfill mandate."
Nefesh B?Nefesh to stage ?mega? events in 8 US cities Aliya group aims for 5,000 olim this year, 100,000 in the next decade.
Egypt completes restoration of Maimonides synagogue Dignitaries from Israel and abroad fly in for Sunday?s rededication.
Egypt completes restoration of Maimonides shul Dignitaries from Israel and abroad fly in for Sunday?s rededication.
Last-ditch attempt to list names of Holocaust victims A final campaign gets under way to get Holocaust survivors to record the identities of lost family members.
Biden to meet Jewish leaders before Israel trip Present at the meeting will be Dan Shapiro, who handles Israel and its neighbors for the National Security Council, and Dennis Ross, who handles Iran.
Protesters gear up to fight Israeli Apartheid Week Pro-Israel activists to launch counter-protests against, vowing to use information campaigns against what many say is an effort to deligitimize Israel.
Jewish bibliophile Jose Mindlin dies Mindlin owned more than 38,000 books and was a member of the prestigious Brazilian Academy of Letters.
Rome Holocaust memorial vandalized Civic and Jewish leaders condemn the defacing of ?stumbling stones? placed by the house of a Jewish family that had been deported to Auschwitz.
Alan Hoffman chosen as next Jewish Agency director-general Appointment marks the agency?s first oleh director-general, and the first Anglo to hold the position.
?Israeli Apartheid Week? starts today in 40 cities Organizer insists events are not anti-Semitic or anti-Zionist.
Analysis: Who?s running scared? The Jewish world is divided on how to respond to Israeli Apartheid Week.
Cellphone antennas exposed Downplaying anxiety and uncertainty about potential, as-yet-undetermined future harm is unconscionable.
Protection on the roads It's time laws were more rigorously enforced. Delinquent drivers must be removed from the roads and their cars confiscated. It may even be advisable to charge drivers with murder in extreme cases
Dysfunctional government Israel could not have asked for a better beginning to Biden?s visit this week. Now it must rebuild Washington's trust.
The Spanish disease How is Israel to cope with the Spanish challenge? Obviously, Ambassador Shotz cannot brave it alone.
Building Rawabi Rawabi is not only good for the Palestinian people; it is potentially good for Israel.
Care on conversion Israel Beiteinu must ensure it doesn't single out converts as second-class citizens.
Take back Tel Aviv! Trouble won?t go away if we deny its existence.
Proximity? It?s a start Perhaps the pessimism at the starting point of this round of peace talks will guard against the over-confidence that accompanied previous ventures.
Ashkenazi got it right The civilian justice system has a thing or two to learn from the military.
The apartheid libel Israeli Apartheid Week kicked off on Monday, promising Israel-bashing, mostly on college campuses.
Women?s rabbinical rights The male rabbinic establishment should start acting like, well, men ? and allow women to prove themselves on an even playing field.
What apartheid state? Students will be marking occasion with call for boycott, divestment, sanctions.
Learning from history As Hamas calls for a third intifada, Israel is taking a beating on the international stage.
Stop the abuse of disabled IDF veterans The existing travesty is certainly not in keeping with Ben-Gurion?s vision. We need to do less for the pretenders, and far more for authentic disabled veterans.
Purim's moral clarity The Book of Esther might seem like a fairytale, but it is a political book from which Europe and Australia could learn.
Speed up the trains Netanyahu's overhaul of the country?s mass transit system will pull Israel?s rail links out of the late 19th century and bring them into the 21st.
Porush?s legacy On Purim almost 80 years ago, Menahem Porush was expelled from a yeshiva for entertaining his peers with a comical impersonation of Rabbi Kook.
Have we gone mad? The Jewish community should rid itself of religious one-upmanship and shed its insecurities, which tend to breed radically absurd suggestions.
Jericho, again A decision by the PA to stamp out terrorism and incitement against Israel would constitute a huge step on the road to independence.
Our link to this land Can the Twitter generation be tempted to exit cyberspace, put on walking shoes and head out to an archaeological dig?
Enough crying over Herod?s stones I would like to propose an international architectural competition called: ?Temple Mount 2000: Holy to Three Faiths.?
Expose real agenda behind ?apartheid? charge Apartheid was a totalitarian system, not unlike many Arab regimes today.
Netanyahu wants peace. Do the Palestinians? They seem to have a great territorial appetite, lack political pragmatism.
The new American Jew on Israel The Israeli gov't certainly has the right to choose who it talks to, as seen last month with the congressional trip organized by J Street.
Right of Reply: Not fear but fealty From an Orthodox perspective, the Torah?s truths, including the
role-assignments so deeply embedded in our tradition, transcend contemporary notions, today as in the past.
With fire or water? Liberal democracies face a stark choice: Fight enemies using conventional means, which may result in the deaths of countless civilians, or concentrate on eliminating the ringleaders.
Iran is incensed over the Mabhouh elimination The regime cared about the Hamas commander and others of his ilk who
are key to keeping the arms flowing, so that resources can be in place should Iran be hobbled by sanctions or even attacked.
We all live in Shimon Hatzaddik Every neighborhood in the country could one day face the same
challenges and protests the east Jerusalem neighborhood, also known as Sheikh Jarrah, faces today.
Between morality and strategy For Israeli leaders, recognition of the mass murder of Armenians by
Turkey during World War I was always a matter of balancing our moral
obligations against our special relationship with Turkey
Indirect failures It has become clear that only secret negotiations with both sides
talking directly to each other have enabled the parties to move from endless negotiations to practicable agreements.
Here's to the future The Millenials ? Americans between 18 and 29 ? are a strange breed to my generation. It is scary to imagine the future entrusted to them.
Onward, he said, regardless Barack Obama, the man who ran as a post-partisan, is determined to remake a sixth of the US economy despite the absence of support for Obamacare.
We need more women in politics In Israel and the UK, women are underrepresented in office. While both countries have put forth programs encouraging women?s participation, for these initiatives to be effective, the roadblocks they face must be examined
Opposing the digital pogrom The foreign media claim they are offended by their negative portrayal in the new campaign, but what do they expect?
Self-respect isn?t a handout Maybe it?s the capitalist in me, but I thought people ?deserve? that for which they work.
What a hutzpa THE REUT report has already generated a significant buzz and a wide range of incredible responses.
An ethnocracy or a multiethnic democracy? One of the newest code words for condemning Israel is describing the state as an ?ethnocracy.?
We are all brethren From the window of my office overlooking the Wall, I see one nation in which that which unites us is 10 times greater than that which divides us.
Right of Reply: Pro-Israel campus activities have never been This week, alumni of pro-Israel advocacy training and of Taglit-Birthright are organizing Israel Peace Week on more than 30 campuses.
Let the soldiers speak Those who have recently served see that the picture the media presents is skewed from the reality they know.
Singing for their supper Etti Ankri is set to perform at a benefit concert for Yad Elie, a nonprofit that provides hot meals for children.
Treading water With the fate of the Jerusalem Pool still undetermined, members have been forced to find temporary locations they feel are unsatisfactory.
This Week In Jerusalem Peggy Cidor's roundup of cultural events in the capital.
Cityfront: Rising from the ruins After a lengthy restoration faithful to the original plans, the Hurva will be rededicated.
Setting the stage for recovery At the Jerusalem Arts Festival, women of the Hazon Petaya rehabilitation center performed a play based on their own experiences.
Good sports Upgraded Hadassah Optimal?s sports medicine center moves to Mount Scopus.
Down to a fine art For Shemi Amsalem, this won?t be a typical Jerusalem Arts Festival.
Grapevine: A&C at AACI
A Castel on the hill The first time Moshe Castel visited Ma?aleh Adumim, he knew that was where he wanted his museum to be.
Grapevine: All dressed up with somewhere to go Consider the weather, there was a fairly large turnout at Jerusalem?s Great Synagogue on Sunday night for the reading of Megilat Esther.
Angels Among Us: The classroom and beyond One woman?s lifelong dedication to AMIT.
This Week in Jerusalem Peggy Cidor?s roundup of city affairs.
Running at a brisk cantor Cantorial music is drawing interest among religious and secular audiences, says Colin Shachat, set to perform at the Jerusalem Art Festival.
Worthy cause? The mayor explains how his new plan for Silwan was born.
Halfway there A rehabilitation program for recently released prisoners designed for Orthodox men claims to have an unparalleled success rate.
Corridors of Power: Fervently opposed The Eda Haredit continues to battle against accepting money from evangelicals.
It?s a bird, it?s a plane, no, it?s... Mom? Tel Aviv anti-alcohol ?parent patrol? hits the streets; underage drinkers beware!
Barkat to unveil Silwan home demolition plan Mayor regards ?Gan Hamelech? redevelopment as pilot plan to regulate building in east Jerusalem.
It?s here! At last! The light rail... kind of 2-km. night journey marks first trial ahead of 2011 opening.
Nachos gracias After spending time in South America, Guy Kimhi decided to open a kosher Latin restaurant in J'lem.
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