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Writer: Ron Friedman

May 18, 2013
12:20 am

US Ambassador Dan Shapiro, Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and IDF chief Benny Gantz look toward Syria while visiting Mount Hermon in October 2012. (photo credit:DOD/D. Myles Cullen)

US army chief slams Russia for arming, emboldening Assad

Dempsey calls Moscow’s insistence on providing Syria with advanced arms ‘very unfortunate’; Hagel says all sides must work to avoid a descent into ‘regional war’

By Ron Friedman and AP

May 17, 2013
9:28 pm

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses lawmakers in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. (photo credit: AP)

Erdogan: Fatah must cooperate with Hamas for Mideast peace

Visiting Washington, Turkish prime minister slams Netanyahu government for oppposing Palestinian state, calls on Israel to ‘retreat to 1967 lines’

By Ron Friedman

May 17, 2013
6:27 am

Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar (left) and television news anchor Geula Even (photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Israel’s top power couple tie the knot

Just days after announcing engagement, Interior Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Channel 1 news anchor Geula Even wed in intimate ceremony

By Asher Zeiger and Ron Friedman

May 17, 2013
4:53 am

Israel's representative to the Eurovision 2013 song contest, Moran Mazor, performs 'Rak Bishvilo' (image capture: YouTube)

Israel hits sour note in failed bid for Eurovision finals

Singer Moran Mazor stoic, despite Israel’s third successive early exit, but agent decries unfair judging; Malmo contest also marred by talk of terror and anti-Semitism

By Ron Friedman

May 17, 2013
1:16 am

CIA Director John Brennan (photo credit: AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

CIA chief pays surprise visit to Israel

John Brennan meets with defense minister to discuss escalating concerns over Syria

By Ron Friedman

May 14, 2013
2:34 pm

Graffiti on a West Bank mosque reading 'price tag' in Hebrew (Illustrative photo: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Cars, bus torched in suspected ‘price tag’ attack

Anti-Arab slogans spray-painted on Umm al-Qutuf mosque and Safed student dorms

By Ron Friedman

May 8, 2013
3:23 am

Zebras at Jerusalem's Biblicl Zoo (photo credit: Times of Israel)

Watch: Israel’s zebra diplomacy with Turkey flies into action

Ramat Gan safari ships assortment of animals to help out sister zoo in Izmir

By Ron Friedman

May 1, 2013
6:54 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) with Chinese culture minister Cai Wu at the PM's office in Jerusalem on June 22, 2011. (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)

PM’s China trip to go ahead despite labor dispute

Netanyahu to try and convince Beijing to curb purchase of Iranian oil, and to approve new round of sanctions

By Ron Friedman

April 29, 2013
11:38 pm

Illustrative photo of a police squad car (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Cop bites man

Confrontation between police and partygoers over noise complaint gets out of hand

By Ron Friedman

April 29, 2013
9:38 pm

83-year-old Dora Roth fumes at politicians during a Knesset debate on the treatment of Holocaust survivors, Monday, April 29. (photo credit: image capture/Knesset Channel)

You treat us disgracefully, Holocaust survivor fumes at MKs

Dora Roth, 83, demands to know what became of promised welfare funding; shamed legislators pledge to do better

By Ron Friedman

April 29, 2013
7:33 pm

Moshe Feiglin in court after an October 2012 arrest for praying on the Temple Mount. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud lawmaker banned fron ascending Temple Mount

Allowing Moshe Feiglin to visit site could ‘risk Israel’s security,’ A-G says; Netanyahu cites ‘delicate and volatile situation’

By Ron Friedman

April 29, 2013
8:26 am

Tzipi Livni visits the West Bank settelment of Gvaot in Gush Etzion, December 19 (photo credit: Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)

Livni on mission to stamp out ‘price tag’ attacks

Justice minister meets with settler leaders in an effort to mobilize support against right wing extremists

By Ron Friedman

April 29, 2013
6:20 am

Ultra-Orthodox men set light to a massive bonfire during celebrations of the holiday of Lag B'Omer in Jerusalem on Saturday, April 27 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Lag B’Omer takes its fiery toll

500 receive treatment in Meron celebrations; 600 fires break out in 24 hours nationwide; record-breaking air pollution monitored

By Ron Friedman

April 27, 2013
11:15 pm

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein proceeds over a plenum session in March (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Edelstein fumes at Lapid for nixing Knesset speeches

Finance minister’s announcement he’ll not make major addresses in the House is contemptible, says Speaker

By Ron Friedman

April 27, 2013
7:35 pm

Netanyahu, Obama and Abbas during a meeting in New York in 2009 (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

‘Israel wants summit to resume peace talks’

Palestinian official says Abbas would welcome top-level meeting with Israel, US and Jordan leaders, but demands Israel first meet ‘its commitments’

By Ron Friedman

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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: Ron Friedman

US army chief slams Russia for arming, emboldening Assad

Dempsey calls Moscow’s insistence on providing Syria with advanced arms ‘very unfortunate’; Hagel says all sides must work to avoid a descent into ‘regional war’

Erdogan: Fatah must cooperate with Hamas for Mideast peace

Visiting Washington, Turkish prime minister slams Netanyahu government for oppposing Palestinian state, calls on Israel to ‘retreat to 1967 lines’

Israel’s top power couple tie the knot

Just days after announcing engagement, Interior Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Channel 1 news anchor Geula Even wed in intimate ceremony

Israel hits sour note in failed bid for Eurovision finals

Singer Moran Mazor stoic, despite Israel’s third successive early exit, but agent decries unfair judging; Malmo contest also marred by talk of terror and anti-Semitism

CIA chief pays surprise visit to Israel

John Brennan meets with defense minister to discuss escalating concerns over Syria

Cars, bus torched in suspected ‘price tag’ attack

Anti-Arab slogans spray-painted on Umm al-Qutuf mosque and Safed student dorms

Watch: Israel’s zebra diplomacy with Turkey flies into action

Ramat Gan safari ships assortment of animals to help out sister zoo in Izmir

PM’s China trip to go ahead despite labor dispute

Netanyahu to try and convince Beijing to curb purchase of Iranian oil, and to approve new round of sanctions

Cop bites man

Confrontation between police and partygoers over noise complaint gets out of hand

You treat us disgracefully, Holocaust survivor fumes at MKs

Dora Roth, 83, demands to know what became of promised welfare funding; shamed legislators pledge to do better

Likud lawmaker banned fron ascending Temple Mount

Allowing Moshe Feiglin to visit site could ‘risk Israel’s security,’ A-G says; Netanyahu cites ‘delicate and volatile situation’

Livni on mission to stamp out ‘price tag’ attacks

Justice minister meets with settler leaders in an effort to mobilize support against right wing extremists

Lag B’Omer takes its fiery toll

500 receive treatment in Meron celebrations; 600 fires break out in 24 hours nationwide; record-breaking air pollution monitored

Edelstein fumes at Lapid for nixing Knesset speeches

Finance minister’s announcement he’ll not make major addresses in the House is contemptible, says Speaker

‘Israel wants summit to resume peace talks’

Palestinian official says Abbas would welcome top-level meeting with Israel, US and Jordan leaders, but demands Israel first meet ‘its commitments’

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