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May 18, 2013
10:20 pm

Israeli policemen detain a Palestinian youth during a protest in Damascus Gate, Jerusalem, May 18, 2013. (photo credit: Sliman Khader/Flash90)

Five Palestinians arrested in clashes near Damascus Gate

Protest comes days after minor scuffles broke out when Jewish right-wing activists tried to enter Temple Mount

May 12, 2013
4:26 pm

Jimmy Carter seen during a press conference at the American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem on October 22, 2012. (photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Flash90)

Jimmy Carter calls on EU to label settlement goods

Move would hurt Palestinians working in West Bank factories, Deputy Foreign Minister Elkin tells European ambassador

By Raphael Ahren

May 12, 2013
2:21 pm

MK Rabbi Dov Lipman sitting in the plenum hall of the Knesset during an introduction day for new parliament members, February 03, 2013. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Lipman is not an ‘apostate,’ he’s just an ‘unintentional sinner’

MK’s former yeshiva head apologizes, kind of, but tells the US-born legislator to quit Yesh Atid and change his stance on Haredi education

By Raphael Ahren

May 8, 2013
1:56 pm

Rabbi Dov Lipman, Yesh Atid, attends a political panel discussion at the Great Synagogue in Jerusalem, on January 16 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Dov Lipman an ‘apostate,’ head of MK’s old yeshiva fumes

Ner Israel’s Rabbi Aharon Feldman once hailed Yesh Atid lawmaker’s teachings; now he’s skewering him for his take on Haredi education

By Raphael Ahren

May 7, 2013
6:08 pm

President Shimon Peres meets Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg in Jerusalem on February 02, 2012. (photo credit: Mark Neyman/GPO/Flash90)

Settlement plans ‘obnoxious,’ says Czech foreign minister

In exclusive interview, Karel Schwarzenberg says bid to call Hezbollah a terror group is pointless propaganda, won’t back Israeli airstrikes on Syria or Iran, and calls for settlement goods to be labeled; Jerusalem says Czechs are good enough friends that they can be candid

By Raphael Ahren

May 7, 2013
1:16 am

An Israeli pilots sits at the cockpit of his F-15 Eagle fighter jet in an Israeli Air Force Base. (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

‘Shock and shush’ strategy, meant to mollify Assad, may have run its course

After three strikes in three months, can Israel continue to keep quiet about air raids over Syria in the hope Damascus won’t respond?

By Raphael Ahren

May 6, 2013
4:58 pm

An image from the site in western Syria allegedly targeted by Israel, May 5. (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)

West lends tacit support as Israel stays mum on Syria strikes

China protests breach of Syrian sovereignty, Russia fears regional destabilization, and Turkey reserves judgement

By Raphael Ahren

May 6, 2013
9:31 am

Damaged buildings wrecked by an Israeli airstrike are seen in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, May 5 (photo credit: AP/SANA)

‘Damascus airstrike killed dozens of elite troops’

Syrian military official says soldiers died guarding critical facilities, some of which were close to presidential palace

By Stuart Winer and Raphael Ahren

May 5, 2013
6:54 pm

A soldier guarding an Iron Dome battery in the north of the country on Sunday. (photo credit: Flash90)

Despite threats, Syria deemed unlikely to retaliate for airstrikes

Netanyahu flies to China as planned; residents of northern Israel told to ‘be alert’ amid fears of rocket fire from Lebanon; Damascus calls Israeli attacks — on Iranian missile shipments headed for Hezbollah — a ‘declaration of war’

By Stuart Winer and Raphael Ahren

May 1, 2013
9:16 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry with Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani, second from left, and Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby, April 29, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Arab Peace Initiative, take 2: Major development or ‘scam’?

Could the amended formula for a two-state solution yield a breakthrough? The consensual answer seems to be, ‘Maybe, but…’

By Raphael Ahren

May 1, 2013
1:58 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry, second from right, with the Arab League lead by Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani, second from left, and Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby speaks to the media following their meeting at Blair House in Washington, Monday, April 29 (photo credit: AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Israel and Palestinians closing in on resumed peace talks

Though aides to Netanyahu urge caution, both sides welcome Arab League flexibility on land swaps, and Kerry hails renewed Arab commitment to peace with Israel

By Adiv Sterman and Raphael Ahren and Haviv Rettig Gur

April 29, 2013
11:21 pm

Dutch Queen Beatrix, center, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sarah, in the Hague, January 19, 2012 (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)

As queen abdicates, Israelis like the Dutch very much

Beatrix steps down Tuesday; Netherlands’ ambassador in Tel Aviv says he hopes new monarchs will visit Israel soon

By Raphael Ahren

April 29, 2013
3:00 pm

A Palestinian woman and her children wait for the light rail, in the Arab neighborhood of Shuafat in north Jerusalem. November 22, 2011. (photo credit: Sliman Khader/Flash90)

French court’s light rail ruling breaks no legal ground, scholars say

While the Palestinian case against Israeli transport system in East Jerusalem was thrown out, any celebration was premature

By Raphael Ahren

April 28, 2013
10:13 pm

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, center, and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov in Moscow in April 2012 (photo credit: AP)

Russian deputy FM meets Nasrallah in Beirut

Foreign Ministry spokesman registers displeasure with meeting, but says ‘there’s nothing new here’

By Aaron Kalman and Raphael Ahren

April 25, 2013
11:36 pm

Israeli students on The Hebrew University of Jerusalem campus on the first day of the new academic year, October 21, 2012. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

For first time, US academic group boycotts Israel

In unanimous vote, Association for Asian American Studies slams professors for being ‘deeply complicit’ in Israeli crimes

By Raphael Ahren

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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: Raphael Ahren

Five Palestinians arrested in clashes near Damascus Gate

Protest comes days after minor scuffles broke out when Jewish right-wing activists tried to enter Temple Mount

Jimmy Carter calls on EU to label settlement goods

Move would hurt Palestinians working in West Bank factories, Deputy Foreign Minister Elkin tells European ambassador

Lipman is not an ‘apostate,’ he’s just an ‘unintentional sinner’

MK’s former yeshiva head apologizes, kind of, but tells the US-born legislator to quit Yesh Atid and change his stance on Haredi education

Dov Lipman an ‘apostate,’ head of MK’s old yeshiva fumes

Ner Israel’s Rabbi Aharon Feldman once hailed Yesh Atid lawmaker’s teachings; now he’s skewering him for his take on Haredi education

Settlement plans ‘obnoxious,’ says Czech foreign minister

In exclusive interview, Karel Schwarzenberg says bid to call Hezbollah a terror group is pointless propaganda, won’t back Israeli airstrikes on Syria or Iran, and calls for settlement goods to be labeled; Jerusalem says Czechs are good enough friends that they can be candid

‘Shock and shush’ strategy, meant to mollify Assad, may have run its course

After three strikes in three months, can Israel continue to keep quiet about air raids over Syria in the hope Damascus won’t respond?

West lends tacit support as Israel stays mum on Syria strikes

China protests breach of Syrian sovereignty, Russia fears regional destabilization, and Turkey reserves judgement

‘Damascus airstrike killed dozens of elite troops’

Syrian military official says soldiers died guarding critical facilities, some of which were close to presidential palace

Despite threats, Syria deemed unlikely to retaliate for airstrikes

Netanyahu flies to China as planned; residents of northern Israel told to ‘be alert’ amid fears of rocket fire from Lebanon; Damascus calls Israeli attacks — on Iranian missile shipments headed for Hezbollah — a ‘declaration of war’

Arab Peace Initiative, take 2: Major development or ‘scam’?

Could the amended formula for a two-state solution yield a breakthrough? The consensual answer seems to be, ‘Maybe, but…’

Israel and Palestinians closing in on resumed peace talks

Though aides to Netanyahu urge caution, both sides welcome Arab League flexibility on land swaps, and Kerry hails renewed Arab commitment to peace with Israel

As queen abdicates, Israelis like the Dutch very much

Beatrix steps down Tuesday; Netherlands’ ambassador in Tel Aviv says he hopes new monarchs will visit Israel soon

French court’s light rail ruling breaks no legal ground, scholars say

While the Palestinian case against Israeli transport system in East Jerusalem was thrown out, any celebration was premature

Russian deputy FM meets Nasrallah in Beirut

Foreign Ministry spokesman registers displeasure with meeting, but says ‘there’s nothing new here’

For first time, US academic group boycotts Israel

In unanimous vote, Association for Asian American Studies slams professors for being ‘deeply complicit’ in Israeli crimes

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