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July 3, 2012
8:00 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi (photo credit: AP/Gali Tibbon, Nasser Nasser)

In dig at Egypt, PM says neighbors unlikely to embrace true democracy soon

Forces sweeping the region are ‘not exactly Jeffersonian,’ Netanyahu tells Independence Day bash, but ‘freedom will prevail’

By Raphael Ahren

July 3, 2012
7:38 pm

Hezbollah flag flies in Lebanon (photo credit: CC Upyernoz/Wikipedia)

Ahmadinejad and Nasrallah said they’ll fight with Assad, says Palestinian terror chief

Ahmed Jibril tells Beirut TV station he discussed defending Syrian regime with Iranian and Hezbollah leaders

By Ilan Ben Zion

July 3, 2012
6:32 pm

Mahmoud Abbas casts his ballot in the last elections to take place in the PA in 2006 (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

In new blow to Palestinian unity, Hamas stops registering voters in Gaza

Move suspends progress toward elections; Islamists claim PA persecutes its members in the West Bank

By Elhanan Miller

July 3, 2012
6:27 pm

An Egyptian security outpost in the northern Sinai Peninsula, near the Israeli border (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Egyptian security forces capture African migrants in Sinai

56 Eritrean and Sudanese civilians were on their way to the Israeli border

By Gabe Fisher

July 3, 2012
6:18 pm

Barbed wire surrounds the Lion of Babylon at the archaeological site of Babylon, about 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq. (photo credit: AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Oil and politics are ancient Babylon’s new curse

While the US holds Iraq’s Jewish archives, UNESCO and World Monuments Fund scholars are being denied access to the archaeological site

By Karin Laub

July 3, 2012
6:18 pm

Reza Rahimi (photo credit: CC-BY Parmida76, Flickr)

UN drug agency head slams anti-Jewish Iran remarks

‘The spread of narcotics in the world emanates from the teachings of the Talmud,’ Iran vice-president is quoted as saying

July 3, 2012
5:44 pm

Protesters clash with police in Ramallah Sunday (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/FLASH90)

Abbas promises inquiry into Ramallah police violence

Violent crackdown sent protesters, journalists to hospital and prison this weekend. Another demonstration is scheduled for Tuesday

By Elhanan Miller

July 3, 2012
4:55 pm

Syrian rebels hold their weapons as they cross a damaged street during clashes with Syrian troops in Homs, June 2012 (photo credit: AP/The Rebels Battalion of Baba Amro)

UN urges Jordan to open camp for Syrian refugees

There are estimates of an average of 400 Syrians crossing into Jordan daily

July 3, 2012
4:34 pm

A US helicopter towing a minesweeper in the Persian Gulf in 2006. (photo credit: CC-BY-SA, Marion Doss, Flickr)

In signal to Iran, US beefs up forces in Persian Gulf

From the web Military reinforcements in the Gulf region intended to keep Strait of Hormuz open, The New York Times reports

July 3, 2012
4:19 pm

MK Shlomo Molla (Kadima) wants his party to abandon the coalition immediately. (photo credit: Nati Shohat/FLASH90)

Kadima MKs to vote with opposition; call for party to leave coalition

Fallout from PM’s decision to dissolve universal draft panel continues as coalition teeters

By Stuart Winer

July 3, 2012
3:54 pm

The full moon rises over Al-Aqsa mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Ritual bath allegedly discovered under Temple Mount — in 1927

From the web Israel Hayom reports that a Mandate-era British archaeologist discovered the Jewish site under the Aqsa mosque, but his findings went unreported until recently

July 3, 2012
2:49 pm

The Knesset's Committee for the Advancement of an Equal Burden, headed by Yohanan Plesner (center) (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/ Flash 90)

Dearly departed

The Plesner committee and a former prime minister are laid to rest

By Ilan Ben Zion

July 3, 2012
1:53 pm

Istanbul skyline (photo credit: CC BY Mark_Smith, Flickr)

Turkey hosts low-level talks on Iranian nuclear program

Meeting of technical experts comes after three rounds of failed negotiations between Tehran and Western powers

July 3, 2012
1:47 pm

The Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy (photo credit: CC BY SA Toprural/Flikr)

Israeli foreign minister dedicates field hospital in Italy

Liberman on hand to inaugurate mobile maternity ward in region ravaged by May earthquakes

By Gabe Fisher

July 3, 2012
1:42 pm

Egypt's new president, Mohammed Morsi (center), leaves Friday prayers at Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo last month (photo credit: Amr Nabil/AP)

Morsi to visit Iran next month, fueling hopes in Tehran for warmer ties

New Egyptian leader to attend conference; Iran’s FM seeks upgraded relations

By Ron Friedman

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