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March 6, 2013
1:50 am

The Iron Dome missile defense system in action, November 15, 2012 (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)

Sequester cuts set to cost Israel $155 million

Pro-Israel groups plan to push back against reductions to foreign assistance funding

February 21, 2013
11:24 am

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (photo credit: AP/File)

Iran denies connection to terror plot in Nigeria

Reports of alleged conspiracy to strike Israeli and American targets are fabricated, says deputy FM

February 20, 2013
4:06 am

USAID worker Alan Gross arriving at a Havana courthouse for his trial in March 2011. (photo credit: AP Photo/Franklin Reyes, File)

US lawmakers in Cuba to urge Jewish inmate’s release

Congressional delegation aims to bring Alan Gross back home, but rejects prisoner swap

By JTA and AP

February 19, 2013
11:45 am

Argentinian Foreign Minister Hector Timerman (photo credit: CC-BY, MRECIC ARG, Flickr)

Jewish foreign minister defends AMIA probe with Iran

Hector Timerman says he did not betray Judaism with Argentine ‘truth commission’ into bombing, says he has no debt to Israel for sheltering father

By JTA and Gabe Fisher

February 16, 2013
4:32 am

A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring hundreds of people, including many hurt by broken glass. (photo credit: AP Photo/Nasha gazeta, www.ng.kz)

Siberian synagogue damaged by meteorite blast

Hundreds injured by explosions following spacerock’s shattering 50 kilometers above Ural mountains

By JTA and AP

February 10, 2013
6:52 pm

Spanish writer Antonio Muñoz Molina (photo credit: CC BY-SA Hpschaefer, Wikimedia Commons)

Spanish author says he’ll accept Jerusalem Prize

Antonio Munoz Molina ignores calls by pro-Palestinian activists to refuse the Israeli award

By AP and JTA

February 9, 2013
3:00 pm

A woman crosses Congress Street during a snowstorm in Portland, Maine, Friday. Snow began falling across the Northeast on Friday, ushering in what was predicted to be a huge, possibly historic blizzard and sending residents scurrying to stock up on food and gas up their cars. The storm could dump 1 to 3 feet of snow from New York City to Boston and beyond. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Death toll in US blizzard rises as big dig-out begins

Brunt of storm slams northeast coast, knocking out power for hundreds of thousands, but snow not as bad as many forecasted

By JTA and AP

February 7, 2013
6:05 pm

Rabbi Moshe Weiss showing off his Sound Bender on Shark Tank. (photo credit: image capture from YouTube)

Rabbi’s iPad amp wins TV funding

Moshe Weiss’s ‘Sound Bender’ earns start up backing on reality show ‘Shark Tank’

By JTA

February 4, 2013
1:01 pm

An Israeli border policeman stands in front of Palestinian activists in preparation to removing an outpost, January 19, 2013. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Israeli troops dismantle Palestinian outpost

Five demonstrators injured as IDF removes al-Manatir encampment, the fourth to be evacuated in the West Bank in recent weeks

By JTA and Times of Israel staff

February 3, 2013
10:34 pm

Dahi Khalfan (photo credit: screen capture AlJazeeraEnglish/YouTube)

Conspiracy theory has Muslim Brotherhood, Jews aligned

‘Bizarre and ludicrous’ thesis gaining credence in the Arab world, says Anti-Defamation League

By JTA

February 3, 2013
8:16 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as depicted by a London Times caricature published Sunday (photo credit: The Times)

Sunday Times apologizes for Netanyahu cartoon

British paper says it shouldn’t have employed, ‘even unintentionally,’ iconography that’s ‘persecutory or anti-Semitic’

By JTA and Times of Israel staff

January 30, 2013
5:04 am

Aide to Egypt’s President Morsi: Holocaust a ‘myth’

US intel agencies fabricated genocide of European Jews to ‘destroy Germany’s image,’ says official in charge of appointing newspaper editors

By Times of Israel staff and JTA

January 6, 2013
7:43 pm

A Palestinian throwing stones at Israeli troops in the West Bank in December. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Settlers, Palestinians clash in West Bank as low-grade violence continues

Attackers trash vineyards outside the Esh Kodesh outpost; 12 settlers injured

By JTA and Times of Israel staff

December 23, 2012
2:12 am

The Nash Papyrus. (photo credit: Wikimedia commons)

Ancient Bible fragment posted online

Nash Papyrus containing Shema prayer was discovered in Egypt in the late 19th century

By JTA and Times of Israel staff

December 21, 2012
6:57 pm

US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, with then foreign minister and Kadima party leader Tzipi Livni, stand next to the remains of rockets fired from Gaza, at a police station in Sderot, in Feb. 2009. (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

The Jewish roots and Middle East views of Obama’s pick for top diplomat

Two of John Kerry’s grandparents were Jewish and his brother Cameron converted to the faith; he is a frequent visitor to Israel who opposes settlements and insists the president will stop Iran

By Times of Israel staff and JTA

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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: JTA

Sequester cuts set to cost Israel $155 million

Pro-Israel groups plan to push back against reductions to foreign assistance funding

Iran denies connection to terror plot in Nigeria

Reports of alleged conspiracy to strike Israeli and American targets are fabricated, says deputy FM

US lawmakers in Cuba to urge Jewish inmate’s release

Congressional delegation aims to bring Alan Gross back home, but rejects prisoner swap

Jewish foreign minister defends AMIA probe with Iran

Hector Timerman says he did not betray Judaism with Argentine ‘truth commission’ into bombing, says he has no debt to Israel for sheltering father

Siberian synagogue damaged by meteorite blast

Hundreds injured by explosions following spacerock’s shattering 50 kilometers above Ural mountains

Spanish author says he’ll accept Jerusalem Prize

Antonio Munoz Molina ignores calls by pro-Palestinian activists to refuse the Israeli award

Death toll in US blizzard rises as big dig-out begins

Brunt of storm slams northeast coast, knocking out power for hundreds of thousands, but snow not as bad as many forecasted

Rabbi’s iPad amp wins TV funding

Moshe Weiss’s ‘Sound Bender’ earns start up backing on reality show ‘Shark Tank’

Israeli troops dismantle Palestinian outpost

Five demonstrators injured as IDF removes al-Manatir encampment, the fourth to be evacuated in the West Bank in recent weeks

Conspiracy theory has Muslim Brotherhood, Jews aligned

‘Bizarre and ludicrous’ thesis gaining credence in the Arab world, says Anti-Defamation League

Sunday Times apologizes for Netanyahu cartoon

British paper says it shouldn’t have employed, ‘even unintentionally,’ iconography that’s ‘persecutory or anti-Semitic’

Aide to Egypt’s President Morsi: Holocaust a ‘myth’

US intel agencies fabricated genocide of European Jews to ‘destroy Germany’s image,’ says official in charge of appointing newspaper editors

Settlers, Palestinians clash in West Bank as low-grade violence continues

Attackers trash vineyards outside the Esh Kodesh outpost; 12 settlers injured

Ancient Bible fragment posted online

Nash Papyrus containing Shema prayer was discovered in Egypt in the late 19th century

The Jewish roots and Middle East views of Obama’s pick for top diplomat

Two of John Kerry’s grandparents were Jewish and his brother Cameron converted to the faith; he is a frequent visitor to Israel who opposes settlements and insists the president will stop Iran

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