April 6, 2013
1:25 am

Amnon Dankner in 2011. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

Journalist Amnon Dankner dies

Paramedics unable to resuscitate former editor of Maariv after family members find him unconscious at his home

By Ron Friedman

April 5, 2013
5:23 am

US State Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland (photo credit: US Department of State)

US welcomes Israeli investigation of checkpoint shooting

A military source says four suspects attacked soldiers at West Bank checkpoint with Molotov cocktails Wednesday, leading soldiers to open fire, killing two of them

By Adiv Sterman and Ron Friedman

April 5, 2013
3:57 am

Israel's ambassador to the UN, Ron Prosor (photo credit: Courtesy)

Israeli envoy calls on UN to condemn Gaza rocket fire

‘Only thing more deafening than the sirens in Israel when a rocket is fired is world’s silence,’ charges Prosor

By Ron Friedman

April 2, 2013
2:25 am

Finance Minister Yair Lapid (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Finance minister pledges help for fictional middle-class ‘Mrs. Cohen’

Israel must not become like Greece or Cyprus, says Yair Lapid, as treasury works to overcome ‘monstrous overdraft’

By Ron Friedman

March 31, 2013
9:53 am

A police vessel takes part in the search for men suspected to have drowned off the Ashkelon coast on Thursday. (photo credit: Courtesy Israel Police)

Second body found off Ashkelon coast

Experts confirm identity of Ateff Sariye; search for third brother, missing since Thursday, continues

By Ron Friedman

March 31, 2013
7:50 am

Police crews search the Ashkelon coastline for two men missing since Thursday (photo credit: Courtesy Israel Police)

Search resumes for 2 brothers feared drowned off Ashkelon coast

Body of third brother discovered Saturday; police urge public to use caution when swimming

By Ron Friedman

March 30, 2013
11:10 pm

The Temple Mount in Jerusalem, with Al-Aqsa Mosque in the background. (photo credit: Ahmad Jaber/Flash90)

Hebron cleric accuses Israel of plotting to rebuild temple

Leading Palestinian Muslim figure says daily ‘intrusions’ by Israeli leaders into Muslim shrine confirm plan to destroy it

By Yifa Yaakov and Ron Friedman

March 30, 2013
6:20 pm

Palestinian protesters throw stones at an Israeli military tower during a rally marking Land Day at the main entrance to the Qalandia checkpoint, in the West Bank, last month (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Al Jazeera reporter attacked at Sakhnin Land Day march

Palestinians clash with IDF forces; police disrupt Fayyad’s tree-planting effort in E1; 4-year-old lightly injured near Efrat

By Ron Friedman and Yifa Yaakov

March 30, 2013
3:16 pm

Egyotian President Mohammed Morsi (left) shakes hands with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the NAM conference, August 30, 2012 (photo credit: AP)

After 34 years, first direct flight departs Cairo for Tehran

Egypt hopes Iranian tourists can help bolster its struggling economy

By Ron Friedman and AP

March 30, 2013
1:28 pm

Illustrative photo of a man rolling a joint containing hash (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Traces of marijuana found in infant’s blood

Parents of 8-month-old treated in Kfar Saba hospital say they don’t know how the baby got hold of the drug

By Ron Friedman and Yifa Yaakov

March 30, 2013
11:32 am

Illustrative photo of rescue and medical personnel at an Israeli beach (photo credit: ZAKA/Flash90)

Body on Ashkelon beach identified as one of three missing brothers

Search for two additional men, missing since Thursday, continues

By Ron Friedman

March 30, 2013
9:21 am

Body found on Ashkelon beach

Divers, helicopters and jet skis utilized in search for three brothers missing since Thursday

By Ron Friedman and Asher Zeiger

March 29, 2013
10:18 pm

Jewish settlers visiting the Temple Mount during the Passover holiday, March 27 (photo credit: Sliman Khader/Flash90)

Israeli Cabinet minister makes rare visit to Temple Mount

Uri Ariel, who walked around site ‘humming a liturgical melody’ as a member of tourist group, says he’ll push for Jews’ right to worship there

By Ron Friedman

March 26, 2013
8:14 am

Ben Zygier. (Screenshot ABC TV via Youtube)

Australian FM demands answers from Israel on Zygier case

We need ‘a comprehensive accounting for his arrest, his detention, his suicide,’ says Bob Carr of the Mossad spy affair, highlighting alleged misuse of Australian passports

By Ron Friedman

March 26, 2013
7:51 am

Men in civilian attire administer lashings to a man in Sirte. (photo credit: MEMRI)

Lashings make a comeback in post-Gaddafi Libya

Clip shows men in Sirte being beaten by self-styled enforcers of Islamic law

By Ron Friedman

Writer: Ron Friedman

Journalist Amnon Dankner dies

Paramedics unable to resuscitate former editor of Maariv after family members find him unconscious at his home

US welcomes Israeli investigation of checkpoint shooting

A military source says four suspects attacked soldiers at West Bank checkpoint with Molotov cocktails Wednesday, leading soldiers to open fire, killing two of them

Israeli envoy calls on UN to condemn Gaza rocket fire

‘Only thing more deafening than the sirens in Israel when a rocket is fired is world’s silence,’ charges Prosor

Finance minister pledges help for fictional middle-class ‘Mrs. Cohen’

Israel must not become like Greece or Cyprus, says Yair Lapid, as treasury works to overcome ‘monstrous overdraft’

Second body found off Ashkelon coast

Experts confirm identity of Ateff Sariye; search for third brother, missing since Thursday, continues

Search resumes for 2 brothers feared drowned off Ashkelon coast

Body of third brother discovered Saturday; police urge public to use caution when swimming

Hebron cleric accuses Israel of plotting to rebuild temple

Leading Palestinian Muslim figure says daily ‘intrusions’ by Israeli leaders into Muslim shrine confirm plan to destroy it

Al Jazeera reporter attacked at Sakhnin Land Day march

Palestinians clash with IDF forces; police disrupt Fayyad’s tree-planting effort in E1; 4-year-old lightly injured near Efrat

After 34 years, first direct flight departs Cairo for Tehran

Egypt hopes Iranian tourists can help bolster its struggling economy

Traces of marijuana found in infant’s blood

Parents of 8-month-old treated in Kfar Saba hospital say they don’t know how the baby got hold of the drug

Body on Ashkelon beach identified as one of three missing brothers

Search for two additional men, missing since Thursday, continues

Body found on Ashkelon beach

Divers, helicopters and jet skis utilized in search for three brothers missing since Thursday

Israeli Cabinet minister makes rare visit to Temple Mount

Uri Ariel, who walked around site ‘humming a liturgical melody’ as a member of tourist group, says he’ll push for Jews’ right to worship there

Australian FM demands answers from Israel on Zygier case

We need ‘a comprehensive accounting for his arrest, his detention, his suicide,’ says Bob Carr of the Mossad spy affair, highlighting alleged misuse of Australian passports

Lashings make a comeback in post-Gaddafi Libya

Clip shows men in Sirte being beaten by self-styled enforcers of Islamic law

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