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November 14, 2012
8:12 pm

Labor party Chairwoman Shelly Yachimovich (photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Flash90)

Labor, Kadima, Olmert, Livni back government’s air assault on Hamas

Hawks demand strikes on Hamas political leaders, far-left says assassination of terror chiefs will only yield escalation

By Raphael Ahren

November 14, 2012
6:21 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressing a crowd of foreign ambassadors in Ashkelon on Monday (Photo credit: Kobi Gideon/ GPO/ Flash 90)

Is this war? That depends on Hamas, says Israel

The Islamist rulers of Gaza say the killing of their military chief is a declaration of war. It could be, Jerusalem says, but that’s not the goal

By Times of Israel staff

November 14, 2012
3:10 pm

GOC Southern Command Maj. Gen. Tal Russo (left) and Defense Minister Ehud Barak (right) talk on a base near the border of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. (photo credit: Ben Avraham/Defense Ministry/Flash90)

Calm on the border, no fire in the sky

Rockets have stopped hitting southern Israel — but how long will the ceasefire last, the papers ask

By Ilan Ben Zion

November 12, 2012
11:33 pm

Netanyahu has few options in the south, none of them good

With scant international support, an uncompromising foe, a region in flux, and thousands of residents under fire, the prime minister has little room for maneuver

By Mitch Ginsburg

November 12, 2012
2:42 pm

An Israeli man examines the damage to his daughter's bedroom after a Kassam rocket fired by Palestinian terrorists from Gaza hit his house in the southern town of Sderot on November 11 (photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash90)

After the rockets, glaring red

After a day of attacks on the south, calls grow in the press for Israel to ‘Hulk out’ on Gaza

By Joshua Davidovich

November 12, 2012
2:13 pm

Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar (photo credit: Sasson Tiram/Flash90)

Army preparing for Gaza ground incursion, says education minister

Following two-day escalation in which over 150 rockets were fired on southern Israel from the Strip, politicians split over proper reaction

By Yoel Goldman and Ron Friedman

November 12, 2012
1:58 pm

Defense Minister Ehud Barak (left in black) supervises the launching of a Patriot missile during air defense exercises on November 12, 2012 (photo credit: Defense Ministry/Flash90)

Israel-US drill simulates Syrian-Iranian attack, with Patriot missiles test-launched from central Israel

Exercise grapples with long-range missile dangers; defense minister hails Iron Dome’s success in intercepting Gaza rockets since Saturday

By Gabe Fisher

November 12, 2012
11:57 am

Obama’s last chance for Israeli-Palestinian peace

In terms of priority and urgency, the president must place the peace process at the top of his agenda

By Alon Ben-Meir

November 12, 2012
8:07 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on November 11 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Netanyau looks to shore up world opinion ahead of possible incursion into Gaza

With over 140 rockets fired on southern Israel Saturday-Sunday, PMu says IDF is ready to intensify its response; minister says extensive ground action planned

By Yoel Goldman and Ron Friedman

November 11, 2012
10:42 pm

An Israeli man examines the damage caused to a house in Sderot by a Kassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on Sunday (photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash90)

Israel will reenter the Gaza Strip if necessary, Barak warns as rocket tally rises over 140

Egyptian-mediated ceasefire takes effect; PM set to meet foreign envoys Monday; defense minister says IDF will deal ‘hard and painful’ blow to Hamas

By Ilan Ben Zion

November 11, 2012
5:24 pm

An Israeli tank operating along the Gaza border in late October (Photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/ Flash 90)

The approach of an unwanted war in Gaza

Neither Israel nor Hamas nor Egypt seems to wish it, but as rocket fire intensifies again, a deeper conflict looms

By Mitch Ginsburg

November 11, 2012
2:42 pm

Dan Halutz (photo credit: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Only ‘the nuclear option’ can work against Iran, former IDF chief says

But, Dan Halutz tells the Sunday Times, ‘I hope Bibi is not mad enough to think about it’

By Aaron Kalman

November 11, 2012
4:11 am

A shrapnel-pocked wall from a mortar that hit near a home in southern Israel on Sunday. (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)

Rockets hit homes in south as fire continues for second day

No injuries reported from direct hits; over 100 projectiles fired at Israel since weekend

By Times of Israel staff and AP

November 9, 2012
5:45 pm

Defense Minister Ehud Barak (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Barak points to slowdown in Iran’s nuclear arms program

Defense minister says Islamic Republic diverted some enriched uranium to civilian use, delaying their arrival at the ‘red line’ by eight months

By Tia Goldenberg

November 8, 2012
5:36 am

Outside the former US Embassy in Tehran. (photo credit: CC BY Örlygur Hnefill, Flickr)

Iranian officials say they won’t be pushed into opening talks with US

Analyst says election victory gives Obama a wider mandate to coax Tehran to the negotiating table