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The Times of Israel

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March 21, 2013
2:18 pm

US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at their joint news conference, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster)

A new Bibi-Barack era? No

Jokes, warm rhetoric and good body language shouldn’t obscure that the differences between Obama and Netanyahu are as stark as ever on Iran and the Palestinians

By David Horovitz

March 19, 2013
1:13 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office, Monday, May 18, 2009. (photo credit: AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama, Netanyahu and an alarming absence of trust

Netanyahu is unwilling to entrust naive Obama with the future of Israel. And Obama can’t be sure Netanyahu, the irresponsible settlement-builder, won’t act irresponsibly on Iran. If this visit can change all that, it will truly be historic

By David Horovitz

March 14, 2013
6:55 pm

Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Liberman and Likud leader Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet with their faction's MKs in the Knesset on March 14, 2013. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu and his partner-rivals

This is not the coalition the prime minister wanted. And its likely swearing-in on Monday will not mark the end of the bickering among its component parties

By David Horovitz

March 7, 2013
10:21 am

Hairspray Jerusalem (photo credit: Miriam Goldstein)

‘Hairspray’ in Jerusalem, grab it while you can

You’ve only got a few chances left to sample a uniquely resonant local version of the Baltimore integration and acceptance yarn

By David Horovitz

February 28, 2013
4:05 pm

Emad Burnat (left) and Dror Moreh at a pre-awards 'Oscar Celebrates: Docs' event in Los Angeles last week (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)

A tragic gulf between two Oscar rejects

Why ‘The Gatekeepers’ is a credit to Israel, while no one is well-served by ‘5 Broken Cameras’

By David Horovitz

February 26, 2013
2:53 pm

A Christian pilgrim submerged in the Jordan River during a ceremony at the baptismal site known as Qasr el-Yahud near Jericho. (Photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash 90)

How Israel beat the drought

This country was on the brink of water catastrophe, reduced to running relentless ad campaigns urging Israelis to conserve water even as it raised prices and cut supplies to agriculture. Now, remarkably, the crisis is over

By David Horovitz

February 20, 2013
5:45 pm

Tombstone of Ben Zygier at Chevra Kadisha Jewish Cemetery in Melbourne, Australia (photo credit: AP/Andrew Brownbill)

Being away from his growing family ‘may have been factor in Zygier’s suicide’

Australian reporter who spoke several times with Mossad man says Zygier told him nothing that could have justified his arrest

By David Horovitz

February 19, 2013
1:10 pm

The rabbi and the rock: Dov Lipman in his Knesset office (photo credit: Courtesy)

Dov Lipman’s rock solid struggle for a better Israel

The first US-born MK in 30 years discusses his improbable rise, and the endemic corruption in Israeli politics he and his newly empowered party insist they’ll tackle

By Raphael Ahren and David Horovitz

February 18, 2013
1:03 pm

Labour leader Ed Miliband (right), with Prime Minister David Cameron at the State Opening of Parliament last May. (photo credit: AP Photo/Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire, Pool)

Is Britain ready for (another) Jewish PM?

Labor now holds its biggest lead in a decade over the Conservatives. That it’s led by the child of Polish Jews simply isn’t an issue, says Board of Deputies head

By David Horovitz

February 17, 2013
3:06 pm

Malcolm Hoenlein (Photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

Jewish leader raps US for taking aircraft carrier out of Gulf

Iran could see move as ‘a diminution’ of the American commitment to keep all options on the table, warns Malcolm Hoenlein in an unusually robust critique

By David Horovitz

February 14, 2013
1:57 pm

(Photo credit: CC BY 2.0/Will Clayton/Flickr)

The Times of Israel: Welcome to Year Two

A spy scandal completes a news-packed 365 days in which you converged on ToI in ever-growing numbers, spreading not just the word from Jerusalem, but the links from Jerusalem

By David Horovitz

February 11, 2013
9:50 am

Mayor of a 'normal' city: Nir Barkat finishes the half-marathon, during the International Jerusalem Marathon last March. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Jerusalem mayor says the city’s in the fast lane

Nir Barkat reports on his efforts to boost housing, predicts a million residents within 20 years, and says Hollywood and a Formula 1 race are on their way

By David Horovitz

February 5, 2013
6:16 pm

(From left front row) Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Peres, Knesset 'elder' Benjamin Ben-Eliezer and the new Knesset's party leaders, pictured at the Knesset, February 5 (photo credit: Knesset spokesman/GPO)

A ministerial fable

Netanyahu gazed around the cabinet table — the much-reduced cabinet table — took in the eager, expectant faces, and saw that it was good

By David Horovitz

January 28, 2013
4:19 pm

Tzipi Livni and Benjamin Netanyahu meet in Tel Aviv in an abortive effort to build a governing partnership after the last elections. (Photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

Because they’re not selling chocolate pudding

Let’s not forget: Coalition talks are meant to be a means to an end — effective government, in the interests of the people

By David Horovitz

January 23, 2013
2:49 pm

Happy chaos: Supporters of the Jewish Home party respond to the preliminary results of the elections in Tel Aviv on January 22, 2013 (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash 90)

Israel’s elections: What just happened?

Israel voted for change, and moved a little from right to center; Lapid is the big success but Netanyahu is still a winner, albeit battered and constrained

By David Horovitz

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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: David Horovitz

A new Bibi-Barack era? No

Jokes, warm rhetoric and good body language shouldn’t obscure that the differences between Obama and Netanyahu are as stark as ever on Iran and the Palestinians

Obama, Netanyahu and an alarming absence of trust

Netanyahu is unwilling to entrust naive Obama with the future of Israel. And Obama can’t be sure Netanyahu, the irresponsible settlement-builder, won’t act irresponsibly on Iran. If this visit can change all that, it will truly be historic

Netanyahu and his partner-rivals

This is not the coalition the prime minister wanted. And its likely swearing-in on Monday will not mark the end of the bickering among its component parties

‘Hairspray’ in Jerusalem, grab it while you can

You’ve only got a few chances left to sample a uniquely resonant local version of the Baltimore integration and acceptance yarn

A tragic gulf between two Oscar rejects

Why ‘The Gatekeepers’ is a credit to Israel, while no one is well-served by ‘5 Broken Cameras’

How Israel beat the drought

This country was on the brink of water catastrophe, reduced to running relentless ad campaigns urging Israelis to conserve water even as it raised prices and cut supplies to agriculture. Now, remarkably, the crisis is over

Being away from his growing family ‘may have been factor in Zygier’s suicide’

Australian reporter who spoke several times with Mossad man says Zygier told him nothing that could have justified his arrest

Dov Lipman’s rock solid struggle for a better Israel

The first US-born MK in 30 years discusses his improbable rise, and the endemic corruption in Israeli politics he and his newly empowered party insist they’ll tackle

Is Britain ready for (another) Jewish PM?

Labor now holds its biggest lead in a decade over the Conservatives. That it’s led by the child of Polish Jews simply isn’t an issue, says Board of Deputies head

Jewish leader raps US for taking aircraft carrier out of Gulf

Iran could see move as ‘a diminution’ of the American commitment to keep all options on the table, warns Malcolm Hoenlein in an unusually robust critique

The Times of Israel: Welcome to Year Two

A spy scandal completes a news-packed 365 days in which you converged on ToI in ever-growing numbers, spreading not just the word from Jerusalem, but the links from Jerusalem

Jerusalem mayor says the city’s in the fast lane

Nir Barkat reports on his efforts to boost housing, predicts a million residents within 20 years, and says Hollywood and a Formula 1 race are on their way

A ministerial fable

Netanyahu gazed around the cabinet table — the much-reduced cabinet table — took in the eager, expectant faces, and saw that it was good

Because they’re not selling chocolate pudding

Let’s not forget: Coalition talks are meant to be a means to an end — effective government, in the interests of the people

Israel’s elections: What just happened?

Israel voted for change, and moved a little from right to center; Lapid is the big success but Netanyahu is still a winner, albeit battered and constrained

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