February 17, 2014
5:11 pm

Italy’s PM-to-be is tough on Iran, empathetic to Israel

Matteo Renzi supported the 2009 ‘Green Movement’ against the ayatollahs, and has urged ‘more careful consideration of Israel’s stances’

By Raphael Ahren  

February 17, 2014
4:49 pm

Knesset debate on Temple Mount raises ire in Amman

Parliamentary discussion initiated by MK Feiglin calls for reconsideration of Jordanian control of holy sites on Temple Mount

By Times of Israel staff  

February 17, 2014
4:06 pm

Egypt says suicide bomber caused deadly bus blast

Terrorist boarded bus full of South Korean tourists and detonated, killing four, officials say; group of survivors crosses into Israel

By AFP, AP and Mitch Ginsburg  

February 17, 2014
3:24 pm

Kerry-mocking site now jeers in English

John Kerry Solutions Ltd., a settler-produced site unveiled last month, portrays secretary of state as a bumbling idiot

By Debra Kamin and Times of Israel staff  

February 17, 2014
3:11 pm

Jerusalem silent on report Greece blocked Israeli arms shipments to Iran

Spare parts for F-4 Phantom jets said despatched by a ghost company near Haifa; TV report wonders whether this was some kind of sting operation against Iran

By JTA and Times of Israel staff  

February 17, 2014
3:04 pm

Bombs away

A bus blows up near the border, a top cop’s career blasts to smithereens, and police prepare to divert resources from drugs to car bombs

By Joshua Davidovich  

February 17, 2014
2:48 pm

UNESCO to weigh listing Palestinian site on World Heritage list

From the web Ancient agricultural terraces of Battir village near Bethlehem would become 2nd site registered as being in Palestine, Al Arabiya reports

 

February 17, 2014
2:41 pm

John Kerry isn’t an anti-Semite, Bennett says

Minister disavows claim by his party’s own MK Moti Yogev, tells US Jewish leaders they must speak out against boycott efforts

By Raphael Ahren  

February 17, 2014
1:58 pm

Hamas will endorse two-state deal, Fatah leaders assert

West Bank officials returning from Gaza say Islamist rulers will back accord with Israel, despite statements to the contrary

By Elhanan Miller  

February 17, 2014
1:09 pm

Khamenei: Nuclear talks will ‘lead nowhere’

Iran’s supreme leader posts on personal website that he supports negotiations despite his pessimism

By AFP and Times of Israel staff  

February 17, 2014
1:09 pm

Mossad appoints spy rabbi

Israel’s espionage agency takes on an on-site chaplain for growing Orthodox presence in workforce

By Ilan Ben Zion  

February 17, 2014
11:56 am

South Korean church mourns after Egypt bombing

Parishioners targeted in Sinai blast had saved for years to join trip to Biblical locations in Egypt, Israel, Turkey

By AP and Times of Israel staff  

February 17, 2014
9:45 am

Kerry slams Russia for ‘enabling’ Assad’s reign

Secretary of state lumps Moscow together with Iran and Hezbollah, accuses Syria regime of ‘stonewalling’ talks

By AFP  

February 17, 2014
9:41 am

Muslim Brotherhood says Taba victims were ‘Zionists’

In tweet, outlawed Egyptian Islamist party ignores fact that the three tourists killed in the blast were South Korean

By Ilan Ben Zion  

February 17, 2014
8:52 am

Free Syrian Army fires military chief as influence wanes

Rebel commander cites military ‘paralysis’ in recent months and need to ‘restructure’ in explaining Salim Idris’s dismissal

By AFP