November 8, 2013
6:41 am

George Soros speaks at a conference in Berlin, April 2012. (photo credit: AP)

Soros pledges $1 million to war-ravaged Syria

Humanitarian crisis result of government and rebels using denial of aid ‘tool of war,’ financier says

By AP

November 8, 2013
2:18 am

A general view shows participants before the start of two days of closed-door nuclear talks at the United Nations offices in Geneva Switzerland, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)

World powers back nuclear plan, Iran says

Kerry heads to Geneva as Iranian counterpart says Tehran and P5+1 to begin drafting deal Friday after breakthrough in talks

By AP and Times of Israel staff

November 7, 2013
9:01 pm

White House press secretary Jay Carney. (photo credit: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

US: Limited sanction relief if Iran halts activity

White House spokesman says first step would deal with most advanced nuclear pursuits; furious Netanyahu calls offer ‘deal of the century’ for Iran

By AP and Times of Israel staff

November 7, 2013
5:31 pm

Rebels from the al-Qaeda affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra sit on a truck full of ammunition, at Taftanaz air base, which was captured by the rebels, in Idlib province, northern Syria earlier this year. (photo credit: AP/Edlib News Network, ENN)

Turkey seizes 1,200 rocket heads near Syria border

Weapons apparently meant for Syrian rebel groups; ‘Al-Qaeda cannot find shelter in Turkey,’ says Turkish PM Erdogan

By AP

November 7, 2013
5:18 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with journalists from Israel's Channel 2 and the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation on November 6, 2013. (Photo credit: US State Department/Twitter)

Kerry slams Israel’s West Bank policies, warns of 3rd Intifada

Secretary raps settlements, says IDF can’t stay perpetually in territories, warns ‘pro-violence’ Palestinian leaders may emerge; Jerusalem responds: We won’t give in to his ‘intimidation tactics’

By Times of Israel staff and AP

November 7, 2013
12:34 pm

A chemical weapons expert works at a chemical weapons plant at an unknown location in Syria. (photo credit: AP Photo/SANA)

Inspectors say Syria chemical site abandoned

Video and photos show Aleppo location damaged and empty; 22 out of 23 declared sites now visited by international team

By AP

November 7, 2013
11:57 am

Noted archivist of Yiddish folk music Chana Mlotek. (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)

Yiddish song expert Chana Mlotek, 91, dies in NYC

Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer dubbed Mlotek and her husband ‘the Sherlock Holmeses of Yiddish folk songs’

By AP

November 7, 2013
11:43 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a meeting with US Secretary Of State John Kerry in Jerusalem, Wednesday, November 6, 2013 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Kerry extends visit, will meet again with Netanyahu, Abbas

US secretary of state, in Jordan, says he is ‘pleased’ by progress in peace talks

By AP and Gavriel Fiske

November 7, 2013
8:20 am

US Vice President Joe Biden (photo credit: CC BY-ND Center for American Progress, Flickr)

Biden congratulates the wrong guy

VP telephones former senatorial aide Marty Walsh, instead of his namesake who won the mayoral election in Boston

By AP and Times of Israel staff

November 7, 2013
4:55 am

The cell block on a typical ward in Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (photo credit: US Dept. of Defense/File)

US ordered to turn over Red Cross files on Gitmo

ICRC argues move could compromise its global mission

By AP

November 7, 2013
4:18 am

Joseph William Westphal (photo credit: US Army)

Obama nominates new ambassador to Saudi Arabia

President’s pick, Joseph William Westphal, has been undersecretary of the Army since 2009

By AP

November 7, 2013
1:47 am

Syrians clear debris while searching for bodies after a reported air attack in Douma, Syria, on Monday (photo credit: AP/Shaam News Network)

Bombings kill 16 in Syria

Attacks target landmark railway building in Damascus and air force intelligence agency in the southeast city of Sweida

By AP

November 7, 2013
12:17 am

Silvio Berlusconi visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem, February, 2010 (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash90)

Berlusconi takes heat for Holocaust comparison

Former Italian PM reportedly says his adult children feel like Jewish families must have felt in Hitler’s Germany

By AP

November 6, 2013
3:47 pm

Palestinian supporters of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, chant slogans against US Secretary of State John Kerry's visit to Jerusalem and Bethlehem, during a protest in Gaza City, Wednesday, November 6, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Adel Hana)

Kerry pledges $75m. more in US aid to Palestinians

Move designed to boost Palestinian public support for peace talks, US officials say

By AP

November 6, 2013
1:17 pm

Netanyahu warns Kerry against Iran sanctions relief

Amid reports US could offer Islamic republic an interim deal, PM insists Tehran must ‘fully dismantle its nuclear weapons program’

By Times of Israel staff and AP

Writer: AP

Soros pledges $1 million to war-ravaged Syria

Humanitarian crisis result of government and rebels using denial of aid ‘tool of war,’ financier says

World powers back nuclear plan, Iran says

Kerry heads to Geneva as Iranian counterpart says Tehran and P5+1 to begin drafting deal Friday after breakthrough in talks

US: Limited sanction relief if Iran halts activity

White House spokesman says first step would deal with most advanced nuclear pursuits; furious Netanyahu calls offer ‘deal of the century’ for Iran

Turkey seizes 1,200 rocket heads near Syria border

Weapons apparently meant for Syrian rebel groups; ‘Al-Qaeda cannot find shelter in Turkey,’ says Turkish PM Erdogan

Kerry slams Israel’s West Bank policies, warns of 3rd Intifada

Secretary raps settlements, says IDF can’t stay perpetually in territories, warns ‘pro-violence’ Palestinian leaders may emerge; Jerusalem responds: We won’t give in to his ‘intimidation tactics’

Inspectors say Syria chemical site abandoned

Video and photos show Aleppo location damaged and empty; 22 out of 23 declared sites now visited by international team

Yiddish song expert Chana Mlotek, 91, dies in NYC

Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer dubbed Mlotek and her husband ‘the Sherlock Holmeses of Yiddish folk songs’

Kerry extends visit, will meet again with Netanyahu, Abbas

US secretary of state, in Jordan, says he is ‘pleased’ by progress in peace talks

Biden congratulates the wrong guy

VP telephones former senatorial aide Marty Walsh, instead of his namesake who won the mayoral election in Boston

US ordered to turn over Red Cross files on Gitmo

ICRC argues move could compromise its global mission

Obama nominates new ambassador to Saudi Arabia

President’s pick, Joseph William Westphal, has been undersecretary of the Army since 2009

Bombings kill 16 in Syria

Attacks target landmark railway building in Damascus and air force intelligence agency in the southeast city of Sweida

Berlusconi takes heat for Holocaust comparison

Former Italian PM reportedly says his adult children feel like Jewish families must have felt in Hitler’s Germany

Kerry pledges $75m. more in US aid to Palestinians

Move designed to boost Palestinian public support for peace talks, US officials say

Netanyahu warns Kerry against Iran sanctions relief

Amid reports US could offer Islamic republic an interim deal, PM insists Tehran must ‘fully dismantle its nuclear weapons program’

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