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The Times of Israel

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June 19, 2013
12:30 pm

President Shimon Peres awards former president Bill Clinton with the Presidential Medal of Distinction, Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)

Peres honors ‘cherished friend’ Bill Clinton

In accepting Presidential Medal of Distinction, former US leader recalls his mistakes, calls on Israel to make peace with the Palestinians

June 19, 2013
10:14 am

Shrapnel (illustrative photo: Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)

Bennett’s shrapnel-saddled pal found

Yoav Mordechai’s posterior became a symbol of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

By Gavriel Fiske

June 19, 2013
5:20 am

Islamist Egyptian politician Khaled Zaafrani speaking on al-Hafez TV, on May 12, 2013 (photo credit: YouTube screen capture)

Egyptian politician revives Passover blood libel

TV clip about Jews killing children for matza, and vicious Syrian ‘historical drama,’ underline ongoing anti-Semitism in Arab media

By Gavriel Fiske

June 17, 2013
4:39 pm

President Shimon Peres meeting with Pope Francis I at the Vatican in Rome, Italy on April 30, 2013. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon / GPO/Flash90)

Pope sends Peres an early happy birthday

‘I pray that the Lord who has already blessed you with fourscore years and ten will continue to bless you and keep you,’ pope writes

By Gavriel Fiske

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’

By Gavriel Fiske and Elie Leshem

June 17, 2013
3:40 am

Rabbi David Stav (photo credit: courtesy Tzohar)

David Stav thanks supporters after verbal attack by Shas spiritual leader

Candidate for chief Ashkenazi rabbi says he will continue to put the interests of Torah and Jewish unity before his own

By Gavriel Fiske and Ron Friedman

June 16, 2013
10:25 am

Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (photo credit: Flash90)

Shas rabbi skewers ‘wicked’ rabbinate candidate Stav

Ovadia Yosef denounces as ‘dangerous to Judaism’ moderate championed by Jewish Home and Yesh Atid; Education minister hits back at spiritual leader

By Gavriel Fiske

June 13, 2013
11:20 pm

School children meet Israeli president Shimon Peres, in Jerusalem on June 13, 2013. (photo credit: Orit Gori/GPO/Flash90)

Peres calls to spend gas revenue on education

President highlights learning English, the ‘language of the digital world,’ as a way out of poverty

By Gavriel Fiske

June 12, 2013
7:48 pm

A Syrian doctor's note, found attached to a patient, to his 'distinguished' Israeli colleague (photo credit: Channel 2 screenshot)

Syrian doctor, in unprecedented note, asks Israel to save patient’s life

Detailed and polite handwritten letter, attached to clothing, explains previous medical care performed on patient in critical condition

By Gavriel Fiske

June 11, 2013
2:24 pm

MK Aliza Lavie of Yesh Atid (center) with Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni (right) at a Committee for the Status of Women meeting in the Knesset. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Women to get more say in appointing religious judges

Knesset passes law that will reserve four out of 11 slots on selection committee for females

By Gavriel Fiske

June 11, 2013
9:45 am

A man with a cellphone (illustrative photo: Uri Lenz/Flash90)

Israelis love their touch screens

Now it’s official: The Jewish state is crazy about mobile devices

By Gavriel Fiske

June 10, 2013
4:17 pm

From R to L: Israeli President Shimon Peres, Israel's Economy and Trade Minister Naftali Bennett, Colombia's Industry and Tourism Minister Sergio Diaz-Granados and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos sign a free trade agreement between Israel and Colombia during their meeting at Peres' office, in Jerusalem on June 10, 2013. (photo credit: Mark Neyman/GPO/Flash90)

Israel, Colombia sign free trade agreement

Move opens up new market and ‘strengthens Israel’s position in Latin America,’ economics minister says

By Gavriel Fiske

June 10, 2013
3:24 pm

IDF court orders life sentences for Palestinian cop-killers

Three terrorists sentenced to life in prison, and another to 25 years, for 2010 killing of police officer near Hebron

By Gavriel Fiske

June 10, 2013
1:11 pm

Severed cow head placed at a Tel Aviv fountain, on March 5, 2013. (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

A head case strikes again

Beersheba residents wake up to find severed cattle craniums in a public fountain

By Gavriel Fiske

June 10, 2013
10:10 am

Israelis hold up signs as they take part in a protest march against Finance Minister Yair Lapid's proposed budget cuts and tax hikes, in Tel Aviv on Saturday, May 11, 2013. (photo credit: Flash90)

Bank of Israel says more tax hikes needed in 2015

Despite ‘necessary’ austerity measures, increased government revenue still needed to cover state’s ‘expenditure commitments’

By Gavriel Fiske

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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: Gavriel Fiske

Peres honors ‘cherished friend’ Bill Clinton

In accepting Presidential Medal of Distinction, former US leader recalls his mistakes, calls on Israel to make peace with the Palestinians

Bennett’s shrapnel-saddled pal found

Yoav Mordechai’s posterior became a symbol of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Egyptian politician revives Passover blood libel

TV clip about Jews killing children for matza, and vicious Syrian ‘historical drama,’ underline ongoing anti-Semitism in Arab media

Pope sends Peres an early happy birthday

‘I pray that the Lord who has already blessed you with fourscore years and ten will continue to bless you and keep you,’ pope writes

‘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’

David Stav thanks supporters after verbal attack by Shas spiritual leader

Candidate for chief Ashkenazi rabbi says he will continue to put the interests of Torah and Jewish unity before his own

Shas rabbi skewers ‘wicked’ rabbinate candidate Stav

Ovadia Yosef denounces as ‘dangerous to Judaism’ moderate championed by Jewish Home and Yesh Atid; Education minister hits back at spiritual leader

Peres calls to spend gas revenue on education

President highlights learning English, the ‘language of the digital world,’ as a way out of poverty

Syrian doctor, in unprecedented note, asks Israel to save patient’s life

Detailed and polite handwritten letter, attached to clothing, explains previous medical care performed on patient in critical condition

Women to get more say in appointing religious judges

Knesset passes law that will reserve four out of 11 slots on selection committee for females

Israelis love their touch screens

Now it’s official: The Jewish state is crazy about mobile devices

Israel, Colombia sign free trade agreement

Move opens up new market and ‘strengthens Israel’s position in Latin America,’ economics minister says

IDF court orders life sentences for Palestinian cop-killers

Three terrorists sentenced to life in prison, and another to 25 years, for 2010 killing of police officer near Hebron

A head case strikes again

Beersheba residents wake up to find severed cattle craniums in a public fountain

Bank of Israel says more tax hikes needed in 2015

Despite ‘necessary’ austerity measures, increased government revenue still needed to cover state’s ‘expenditure commitments’

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