December 12, 2013
7:32 pm

Palestinian Hussein Rawarda, 16, who stabbed IDF soldier Eden Atias on a bus in Afula on Wednesday, November 13, 2013, is led away by police. (Screenshot: Channel 2)

Palestinian teen killer of IDF soldier indicted

Hussein Rawarda, from West Bank city of Jenin, says he stabbed Eden Atias, 19, to avenge imprisoned relatives; his father condemns killing

By Adiv Sterman and Yifa Yaakov

December 10, 2013
11:39 am

Workers at a cherry factory in a West Bank settlement. May 25, 2009. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

UK trade agency discourages business with settlements

Agency warns of ‘clear risks’ related to economic, financial activities in West Bank; report is ‘strange’ and ‘hypocritical,’ government source says

By Gavriel Fiske and Yifa Yaakov

December 9, 2013
11:20 pm

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (center), attends talks in Geneva on Iran's nuclear program, on November 22, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Fabrice Coffrini, Pool)

Iran FM: New sanctions would kill Geneva deal

Javad Zarif warns Congress that Tehran ‘does not negotiate under duress,’ says no obstacles stand in way of final-status deal

By Yifa Yaakov

December 9, 2013
8:45 pm

The Dead Sea. (photo credit: Oren Nahshon/Flash90)

Israel, Jordan, PA agree to build Red Sea-Dead Sea link

Deal signed in Washington aims to provide the region with more drinking water while replenishing the ailing salt lake, boosters say

By Yifa Yaakov

December 7, 2013
3:18 pm

A Tomahawk cruise missile fired from aboard a US destroyer. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Germany selling Israel two guided missile destroyers

Multimillion dollar arms deal signed by Berlin and Jerusalem will help Israel protect its gas pipelines

By Yifa Yaakov

December 7, 2013
1:11 pm

Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon looks into Syrian territory from the Golan Heights on December 3, 2013. (Photo credit: Ariel Hermoni/Ministry of Defense/Flash 90)

Bomb on Israeli-Syrian border was aimed at IDF patrol

Explosives were detonated on Syrian side of the border Friday night as army unit passed close by; no injuries

By Yifa Yaakov

December 4, 2013
12:07 pm

Israeli riot police seen during clashes on the Temple Mount in September. (photo credit: Sliman Khader/Flash 90)

Temple Mount shut after fireworks shot at cops

Religious site closed to visitors after Arab youths attack policemen from inside al-Aqsa Mosque

By Yifa Yaakov

December 4, 2013
9:04 am

A Hezbollah flag hangs on yellow police tape sealing off the scene where Hassan al-Laqis, a senior commander for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, was gunned down outside his home, some two miles (three kilometers) southwest of Beirut, Lebanon on Wednesday, December 4, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah accuses Israel of killing top operative

Statement warns Israel will ‘bear consequences’ after rocket commander Hassan al-Laqis shot dead; Israel denies involvement; Lebanese media claim Israel tried to kill him in 2006

By Yifa Yaakov and Avi Issacharoff

December 2, 2013
10:51 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reviews the honor guard during an intergovernmental summit with Italian Premier Enrico Letta in Rome, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. (Photo credit: AP/Gregorio Borgia)

Netanyahu: Iran deal insubstantial ‘political theater’

Unnamed Israeli officials pan Obama’s lack of ‘political stomach’ for addressing nuclear program; PM urges Western powers not to compromise on demands

By Yifa Yaakov

December 2, 2013
9:23 pm

Olmert entering a court room. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

PM’s allies snap back, call Olmert ‘perpetual failure’

Regarding criticism of his outspoken objection to Iran deal, sources close to Netanyahu ask: ‘What would they have us do, send faxes to the White House?’

By Yifa Yaakov and Raphael Ahren

December 2, 2013
5:52 pm

Newly-elected Labor Party leader Isaac Herzog (left) speaks to ultra-Orthodox Shas MK Ariel Atias during a Knesset plenum session, November 2013. (photo credit: Flash90)

Shas and Labor forge unlikely alliance

Party leaders Deri and Herzog to join forces around ‘common interests’ such as poverty in hopes of toppling Netanyahu govenment

By Yifa Yaakov

December 1, 2013
5:28 pm

Iran's president Hassan Rouhani at a press conference, in Tehran on June 17, 2013. (photo credit: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

Rouhani: Iran to build second nuclear plant at Bushehr

Top Iranian official last year cited 34 potential sites for new nuclear power facilities

By Yifa Yaakov and Times of Israel staff

November 30, 2013
10:59 am

Aerial view of Petah Tikva's Yarkon cemetery. (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Palestinian killed during operation in Petah Tikva to arrest illegals

Man in his 20s shot dead when trying to stab Border Police volunteer as forces arrested 40 in raid on West Bank infiltrators

By Yifa Yaakov

November 30, 2013
10:27 am

Rouhani: We’ll keep enriching uranium as needed

Iranian president says IAEA will be able to attest to peaceful nature of nuclear program, praises ‘polite’ Obama

By Yifa Yaakov

November 23, 2013
6:58 am

A British Airways plane at London's Heathrow Airport (photo credit: Panhard/Wikimedia Commons)

Man who threatened passengers arrested at Ben Gurion Airport

21-year-old taken for questioning over aggressive behavior on British Airways flight from London to Tel Aviv

By Yifa Yaakov

Writer: Yifa Yaakov

Palestinian teen killer of IDF soldier indicted

Hussein Rawarda, from West Bank city of Jenin, says he stabbed Eden Atias, 19, to avenge imprisoned relatives; his father condemns killing

UK trade agency discourages business with settlements

Agency warns of ‘clear risks’ related to economic, financial activities in West Bank; report is ‘strange’ and ‘hypocritical,’ government source says

Iran FM: New sanctions would kill Geneva deal

Javad Zarif warns Congress that Tehran ‘does not negotiate under duress,’ says no obstacles stand in way of final-status deal

Israel, Jordan, PA agree to build Red Sea-Dead Sea link

Deal signed in Washington aims to provide the region with more drinking water while replenishing the ailing salt lake, boosters say

Germany selling Israel two guided missile destroyers

Multimillion dollar arms deal signed by Berlin and Jerusalem will help Israel protect its gas pipelines

Bomb on Israeli-Syrian border was aimed at IDF patrol

Explosives were detonated on Syrian side of the border Friday night as army unit passed close by; no injuries

Temple Mount shut after fireworks shot at cops

Religious site closed to visitors after Arab youths attack policemen from inside al-Aqsa Mosque

Hezbollah accuses Israel of killing top operative

Statement warns Israel will ‘bear consequences’ after rocket commander Hassan al-Laqis shot dead; Israel denies involvement; Lebanese media claim Israel tried to kill him in 2006

Netanyahu: Iran deal insubstantial ‘political theater’

Unnamed Israeli officials pan Obama’s lack of ‘political stomach’ for addressing nuclear program; PM urges Western powers not to compromise on demands

PM’s allies snap back, call Olmert ‘perpetual failure’

Regarding criticism of his outspoken objection to Iran deal, sources close to Netanyahu ask: ‘What would they have us do, send faxes to the White House?’

Shas and Labor forge unlikely alliance

Party leaders Deri and Herzog to join forces around ‘common interests’ such as poverty in hopes of toppling Netanyahu govenment

Rouhani: Iran to build second nuclear plant at Bushehr

Top Iranian official last year cited 34 potential sites for new nuclear power facilities

Palestinian killed during operation in Petah Tikva to arrest illegals

Man in his 20s shot dead when trying to stab Border Police volunteer as forces arrested 40 in raid on West Bank infiltrators

Rouhani: We’ll keep enriching uranium as needed

Iranian president says IAEA will be able to attest to peaceful nature of nuclear program, praises ‘polite’ Obama

Man who threatened passengers arrested at Ben Gurion Airport

21-year-old taken for questioning over aggressive behavior on British Airways flight from London to Tel Aviv

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