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June 10, 2013
10:03 am

Migrants from South Sudan leave their homes in Tel Aviv last year after the government arranged for them to be sent back to their home country(photo credit: Tali Mayer/Flash90)

State refuses to name partners in migrant transfer deal

PM’s special envoy says talks to deport asylum seekers ‘in advanced stages’; civil rights groups pan move as ‘smoke screen’ for violations

June 9, 2013
10:39 pm

Iranian presidential hopeful, Ali Akbar Velayati, adviser to the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, talks with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, (photo credit: AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian clerics back Khamenei adviser for president

Ali Akbar Velayati, close to Supreme Leader, gains advantage over Tehran mayor before Friday’s elections

By Lazar Berman and AP

June 8, 2013
8:18 pm

Syrian President Bahsar Assad, center, shakes hands with a member of Iran's parliamentary committee on national interest and foreign policy, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, April 22, 2013. (photo credit: AP/SANA)

‘Despite Qusair victory, Iran-Syria-Hezbollah axis showing cracks’

Former military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin says weakened alliance is good for Israel, but price is sporadic terrorist activity in the Golan

By Times of Israel staff and AP

June 8, 2013
5:20 pm

Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks via video during a conference, held in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon on Thursday. (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)

Sunni figures: Hezbollah a bunch of ‘Iranian-controlled killers’

Sunni Arab observers and commentators lash out at Lebanese terror group, mock its claims of being ‘resistance’ force fighting Israel

By Times of Israel staff and AP

June 8, 2013
1:30 pm

Aerial view of the rising water of the flooding River Danube approaching the Parliament building, center, in Budapest, Hungary on Friday. (photo credit: AP Photo/MTI, Sandor Ujvari)

Floods wreak havoc in Hungary, central Europe

Some Jewish cemeteries could be flooded, Jewish Federation spokesperson says ahead of Monday, when highest water levels expected in Budapest

By JTA and AP and Times of Israel staff

June 7, 2013
11:10 pm

UK MP describes female Israeli soldier as ‘a bloody Jew’

Patrick Mercer has already quit Conservative party in corruption scandal, and said he’ll leave parliament

By JTA and AP

June 7, 2013
7:11 pm

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Sochi, Russia, on Friday, May 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Maxim Shipenkov, Pool)

Putin offers troops to replace Austrians on Golan, speaks with Netanyahu

UN says no after Russian president suggests his soldiers could join the UN peacekeeping force on the Israeli-Syrian border

By AP and Times of Israel staff

June 7, 2013
4:48 pm

A Sunni gunman fires his machine gun during clashes that erupted between pro and anti-Syrian regime gunmen, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Thursday, May 23, 2013 (photo credit: AP)

Lebanese army cautions citizens to stay out of Syria war

Concerned that growing involvement in conflict next door will plunge the country into chaos, military urges public to eschew violence

By Yifa Yaakov and AP

June 7, 2013
5:09 am

An Israeli tank is loaded onto a truck near the Quneitra crossing with Syria, on Thursday, June 6, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

US urges Syria, Israel to safeguard long-held ceasefire

State Department cautions against actions that jeopardize peaceful frontier; call comes hours after border crossing briefly taken by rebels

By Times of Israel staff and AP

June 7, 2013
2:26 am

The crowd cheers for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's arrival at the Ataturk Airport of Istanbul early Friday, June 7, 2013. (Photo credit: AP/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Thousands cheer Erdogan upon arrival at Istanbul airport

‘Protests are bordering on illegality, must end immediately,’ says Turkish PM to some 10,000 AKP supporters

By AP and Times of Israel staff

June 6, 2013
11:44 pm

UN peacekeepers monitor the Syrian side of the Israeli-Syrian border from an army post at Mount Bental in the Golan Heights last July (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

After Austrian retreat, UN says reinforcements needed for peacekeepers

Withdrawal of largest contingent in UNDOF will affect the operational capability of the force, secretary general says

By AP and Michal Shmulovich

June 6, 2013
9:17 pm

The Russian Federation Navy Udaloy class destroyer Marshal Shaposhnikov (photo credit: US Navy)

Russia says navy to stay in Mediterranean, but poses no threat

Ships based out of Syrian port of Tartus; US intelligence believes shipments of S-300 might have been spotted

By Lazar Berman and AP

June 6, 2013
5:39 pm

A UN peacekeeper near the Israel-Syria border (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90

Austria withdrawing UN peacekeepers from Golan Heights

UNDOF’s largest contingent to be pulled after fierce fighting between pro-Assad forces and rebels at border crossing; only Indian and Filipino peacekeepers remain

By Michal Shmulovich and AP

June 5, 2013
10:02 pm

Jon Stewart and Jon Oliver on the Daily Show. (Screen Capture)

‘Daily Show’ host breaks for Iran film

John Oliver to anchor in Jon Stewart’s stead while popular comedian directs movie based on Iranian journalist’s ordeal

By Times of Israel staff and AP

June 5, 2013
8:56 pm

Illustrative photo of an empty courtroom at the Supreme Court. (photo credit: Flash90)

Judge steps down after ‘some enjoy rape’ comment

Victim in case hospitalized after learning of remark; Nissim Yeshaya still says he doesn’t know what the fuss is about; PM no longer backing him for Likud post

By Times of Israel staff and AP

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Writer: AP

State refuses to name partners in migrant transfer deal

PM’s special envoy says talks to deport asylum seekers ‘in advanced stages’; civil rights groups pan move as ‘smoke screen’ for violations

Iranian clerics back Khamenei adviser for president

Ali Akbar Velayati, close to Supreme Leader, gains advantage over Tehran mayor before Friday’s elections

‘Despite Qusair victory, Iran-Syria-Hezbollah axis showing cracks’

Former military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin says weakened alliance is good for Israel, but price is sporadic terrorist activity in the Golan

Sunni figures: Hezbollah a bunch of ‘Iranian-controlled killers’

Sunni Arab observers and commentators lash out at Lebanese terror group, mock its claims of being ‘resistance’ force fighting Israel

Floods wreak havoc in Hungary, central Europe

Some Jewish cemeteries could be flooded, Jewish Federation spokesperson says ahead of Monday, when highest water levels expected in Budapest

UK MP describes female Israeli soldier as ‘a bloody Jew’

Patrick Mercer has already quit Conservative party in corruption scandal, and said he’ll leave parliament

Putin offers troops to replace Austrians on Golan, speaks with Netanyahu

UN says no after Russian president suggests his soldiers could join the UN peacekeeping force on the Israeli-Syrian border

Lebanese army cautions citizens to stay out of Syria war

Concerned that growing involvement in conflict next door will plunge the country into chaos, military urges public to eschew violence

US urges Syria, Israel to safeguard long-held ceasefire

State Department cautions against actions that jeopardize peaceful frontier; call comes hours after border crossing briefly taken by rebels

Thousands cheer Erdogan upon arrival at Istanbul airport

‘Protests are bordering on illegality, must end immediately,’ says Turkish PM to some 10,000 AKP supporters

After Austrian retreat, UN says reinforcements needed for peacekeepers

Withdrawal of largest contingent in UNDOF will affect the operational capability of the force, secretary general says

Russia says navy to stay in Mediterranean, but poses no threat

Ships based out of Syrian port of Tartus; US intelligence believes shipments of S-300 might have been spotted

Austria withdrawing UN peacekeepers from Golan Heights

UNDOF’s largest contingent to be pulled after fierce fighting between pro-Assad forces and rebels at border crossing; only Indian and Filipino peacekeepers remain

‘Daily Show’ host breaks for Iran film

John Oliver to anchor in Jon Stewart’s stead while popular comedian directs movie based on Iranian journalist’s ordeal

Judge steps down after ‘some enjoy rape’ comment

Victim in case hospitalized after learning of remark; Nissim Yeshaya still says he doesn’t know what the fuss is about; PM no longer backing him for Likud post

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