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The Times of Israel

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Writer: Elie Leshem

June 17, 2013
1:43 pm

Naftali Bennett at a party meeting on March 18, 2013 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

‘What occupation?’ Bennett asks, rejecting Palestinian state

Senior minister compares conflict to ‘shrapnel in the rear end,’ says entire Land of Israel ‘belongs to the Jewish people’

May 12, 2013
6:49 am

The Namer armored personnel carrier is among the IDF projects that are expected to suffer if the Treasury's defense cuts are passed (photo credit: CC BY-SA Abir Sultan, Flickr)

Ministers to debate deep cuts to defense spending

Defense officials to warn Cabinet against slashing billions from the budget in an increasingly volatile Middle East

By Elie Leshem

March 8, 2013
11:00 am

Jewish Home party chair Naftali Bennett addresses the Knesset in February (photo credit: Flash90)

Hold the mazal tovs on new coalition, says Bennett

Jewish Home leader likens talks to birth, says negotiations are ‘two fingers dilated’; Yesh Atid denies Lapid was offered Finance Ministry

By Elie Leshem

March 5, 2013
2:56 pm

Menachem Froman, 1945-2013 (Photo credit: Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Thousands mourn beloved, controversial West Bank rabbi

Unique personality of Rabbi Menachem Froman evident in eulogies from across the political spectrum

By Matti Friedman and Elie Leshem

January 28, 2013
7:18 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his aide, purported underpants enthusiast Natan Eshel (photo credit: Amit Shabi/pool/Flash90)

Netanyahu’s ‘chief voyeur’ misfires

Likud-Beytenu’s nonstarter coalition negotiator Natan Eshel sends an ‘incriminating, but also amusing’ email to Shelly Yachimovich

By Elie Leshem

January 21, 2013
11:10 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference with Moshe Kahlon announcing Kahlon as the new head of the Israel Land Administration, Sunday, January 20, 2013 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Netanyahu decried for ‘populist’ move to promote Kahlon

Outgoing minister acknowledges timing doesn’t ‘look pretty’; the prime minister is ‘feeling the heat,’ charges Shas’s Aryeh Deri

By Elie Leshem

January 14, 2013
11:14 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks down on Israel's north during a helicopter ride, January 13, 2013 (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)

Netanyahu: If Israel withdraws, Iran will move in

Prime minister says Abbas not a peace partner as long as he ‘embraces Hamas’; predicts large deficit won’t necessitate tax hikes

By Elie Leshem

January 11, 2013
12:01 pm

Tzipi Livni, the leader of the Hatnua party (photo credit: Flash90)

Netanyahu bringing about ‘the demise of the Jewish state,’ Livni charges

Hatnua party leader says Israeli voters must choose Palestinian independence over a single state where Jews are in the minority

By Elie Leshem

January 11, 2013
9:21 am

A worker prepares ballot boxes for the upcoming Israeli election, at a warehouse in Shoham, near Tel Aviv, January 8, 2013. (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Likud-Beytenu to play hardball with settlers if they don’t vote for the list, report says

Netanyahu’s party said infuriated by settlers who join Likud to influence primary results but then vote for the competition

By Elie Leshem

January 10, 2013
7:43 am

Snowboarding in Sacher Park, Jerusalem, Thursday, January 10, 2013 (photo credit: Flash90)

As storm of the decade winds down, Jerusalemites play in the snow

Roads to Tel Aviv reopen, bus service partially resumes in the capital; Israel returns to its pre-election agenda after a brief, weather-induced respite

By Elie Leshem

January 9, 2013
4:34 pm

Since September, attackers hit a series of American banking websites (photo credit: Shutterstock)

Iran behind spate of cyber-attacks against American banking sites, US says

Security breaches bear the hallmarks of a sophisticated, state-sponsored onslaught, security experts tell The New York Times

By Elie Leshem

January 8, 2013
4:58 pm

The mausoleum at the Majdanek concentration camp outside Lublin, Poland. Under the dome are the ashes of the victims of a November 1943 mass execution that completed the liquidation of the Jewish population of the Lublin district. (photo credit: CC BY-ND Kasia/Flickr)

Poland probes artist’s claim that he used Holocaust victims’ ash to ‘paint’ a picture

Ghoulish work was displayed in a Swedish gallery and later pulled following protests from Jewish groups

By Elie Leshem

January 3, 2013
3:36 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in September 2010, in Washington, DC -- the last time the two sides held direct, high-level talks (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)

US calls on Israel, Palestinians to ‘make a fresh start’ and rekindle peace talks

Now is the time for ‘real leadership’ and an end to ‘counter-productive unilateral actions,’ says State Department spokeswoman

By Elie Leshem

January 1, 2013
8:51 am

President Shimon Peres with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in 2008. Standing behind them is PA negotiator Saeb Erekat. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Palestinians join chorus of voices berating Peres for his foreign policy remarks

‘He’s meddling in Palestinian politics and deciding who can and who can’t be a party to talks,’ says top PA negotiator after president allows for negotiations with Hamas

By Elie Leshem

December 23, 2012
2:43 pm

Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Amid insubordination furor, Naftali Bennett deflects criticism, slams Netanyahu

Hawkish Jewish Home leader insists soldiers ‘must obey orders,’ says prime minister’s disparagement is ‘dividing the nation’

By Matti Friedman and Elie Leshem

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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: Elie Leshem

‘What occupation?’ Bennett asks, rejecting Palestinian state

Senior minister compares conflict to ‘shrapnel in the rear end,’ says entire Land of Israel ‘belongs to the Jewish people’

Ministers to debate deep cuts to defense spending

Defense officials to warn Cabinet against slashing billions from the budget in an increasingly volatile Middle East

Hold the mazal tovs on new coalition, says Bennett

Jewish Home leader likens talks to birth, says negotiations are ‘two fingers dilated’; Yesh Atid denies Lapid was offered Finance Ministry

Thousands mourn beloved, controversial West Bank rabbi

Unique personality of Rabbi Menachem Froman evident in eulogies from across the political spectrum

Netanyahu’s ‘chief voyeur’ misfires

Likud-Beytenu’s nonstarter coalition negotiator Natan Eshel sends an ‘incriminating, but also amusing’ email to Shelly Yachimovich

Netanyahu decried for ‘populist’ move to promote Kahlon

Outgoing minister acknowledges timing doesn’t ‘look pretty’; the prime minister is ‘feeling the heat,’ charges Shas’s Aryeh Deri

Netanyahu: If Israel withdraws, Iran will move in

Prime minister says Abbas not a peace partner as long as he ‘embraces Hamas’; predicts large deficit won’t necessitate tax hikes

Netanyahu bringing about ‘the demise of the Jewish state,’ Livni charges

Hatnua party leader says Israeli voters must choose Palestinian independence over a single state where Jews are in the minority

Likud-Beytenu to play hardball with settlers if they don’t vote for the list, report says

Netanyahu’s party said infuriated by settlers who join Likud to influence primary results but then vote for the competition

As storm of the decade winds down, Jerusalemites play in the snow

Roads to Tel Aviv reopen, bus service partially resumes in the capital; Israel returns to its pre-election agenda after a brief, weather-induced respite

Iran behind spate of cyber-attacks against American banking sites, US says

Security breaches bear the hallmarks of a sophisticated, state-sponsored onslaught, security experts tell The New York Times

Poland probes artist’s claim that he used Holocaust victims’ ash to ‘paint’ a picture

Ghoulish work was displayed in a Swedish gallery and later pulled following protests from Jewish groups

US calls on Israel, Palestinians to ‘make a fresh start’ and rekindle peace talks

Now is the time for ‘real leadership’ and an end to ‘counter-productive unilateral actions,’ says State Department spokeswoman

Palestinians join chorus of voices berating Peres for his foreign policy remarks

‘He’s meddling in Palestinian politics and deciding who can and who can’t be a party to talks,’ says top PA negotiator after president allows for negotiations with Hamas

Amid insubordination furor, Naftali Bennett deflects criticism, slams Netanyahu

Hawkish Jewish Home leader insists soldiers ‘must obey orders,’ says prime minister’s disparagement is ‘dividing the nation’

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