April 15, 2013
8:12 pm

Israelis stand for two minutes of silence next to graves of fallen soldiers at the Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on Memorial Day, April 15, 2013. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

MKs remember the fallen, warn of new threats

Ya’alon, Livni, Shalom and others attend memorial ceremonies, link Israel’s bygone wars with today’s security challenges

By Yifa Yaakov

April 13, 2013
1:16 pm

A surface-to-surface missile is launched during the Iranian Revolutionary Guards maneuver in an undisclosed location in Iran, Tuesday, July 3, 2012 (photo credit: AP Photo/ISNA, Alireza Sot Akbar)

Iran test-fires three new missile types

Tehran’s envoy in Paris says an Israeli strike could trigger third world war

By Yifa Yaakov

April 13, 2013
10:57 am

Boy caught with AK-47 rifle in Nazareth

14-year-old also found to be carrying full magazine

By Yifa Yaakov

April 13, 2013
9:31 am

An outside view of Tel Aviv's central bus station (photo credit: Rachael Cerrotti/Flash90)

Man seriously hurt in Tel Aviv accident

20-year-old run over near central bus station

By Yifa Yaakov

April 13, 2013
8:32 am

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (left) with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Kerry asks Abbas, Fayyad to bury the hatchet

Palestinian Authority president to meet in Ramallah with resigning prime minister, an American-trained, West-backed economist

By Yifa Yaakov and Elhanan Miller

April 1, 2013
11:15 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyau and his wife Sara enjoy 'mufletot' and traditional sweets at a colorful North African Mimouna celebration in Or Akiva, Monday. (photo credit: Avishag Shaar Yashuv/Flash90)

‘Eat and enjoy, but drive safely,’ says Netanyahu

As Israelis across the country get their fill of ‘mufleta’ at traditional Mimouna celebrations, PM pays homage to accident victims

By Yifa Yaakov

April 1, 2013
8:51 pm

Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky talks to the media after losing a case against Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich as he leaves the High Court in London, in 2012. (photo credit: AP)

Berezovsky’s girlfriend: He didn’t commit suicide

Katerina Sabirova says she and her sweetheart had ‘big plans’ to visit Israel mere days after the tycoon was found dead

By Yifa Yaakov and AP

April 1, 2013
7:33 pm

Jordanian singer calls off Jaffa gig

What a shame that peacemakers are considered traitors these days, tweets Bassel Khoury, bowing out of coexistence concert

By Yifa Yaakov

April 1, 2013
6:32 pm

The Hagia Sophia basilica-turned-mosque, today a museum, contrasted with the Jabba's Palace Star Wars toy made by Lego. (left photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90, right photo credt: Lego)

Lego nixes ‘offensive’ mosque-like palace

Toy company caves in to pressure from Turkish Muslims who say small-scale Jabba’s Palace looks like Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia

By Yifa Yaakov

April 1, 2013
4:55 pm

Muhammad Rashid (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)

Search for convicted PA embezzler leads to Canada

Wanted Arafat adviser Muhammad Rashid believed to be traveling on Canadian passport, but Ottawa says there is little it can do

By Yifa Yaakov

March 31, 2013
8:55 pm

President Shimon Peres and Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar comment on the decision to start pumping gas from the offshore Tamar field on a Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath. (screen capture, Channel 2)

Peres: Gas pumping shouldn’t have begun on Sabbath

President congratulates shareholder Tshuva on ‘monumental deed,’ says decision to put gas into use on Saturday was a mistake

By Yifa Yaakov

March 31, 2013
5:00 pm

King Abdullah II of Jordan, left, welcomes Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas after his arrival at the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan, Sunday. (AP Photo/ Raad Adayleh)

Abbas and Abdullah sign Jerusalem protection pact

Palestinian leader and Jordanian king agree to ‘defend’ the city’s holy sites, ‘both Christian and Muslim’

By Yifa Yaakov and AP

March 31, 2013
5:49 am

An IDF jeep overturns south of Bethlehem. (screen capture, Channel 2)

Israeli woman injured by rock-throwers in West Bank

Victim treated at the scene; 4 injured as IDF jeep overturns near Bethlehem

By Yifa Yaakov

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
10:07 pm

IDF soldiers inspect a jeep that was overturned in Bethlehem, Saturday, March 30 (image capture: YouTube)

4 injured as IDF jeep overturns near Bethlehem

Soldiers from Kfir Brigade hurt while chasing rock-hurlers suspected of wounding 4-year-old on Route 60

By Yifa Yaakov

Writer: Yifa Yaakov

MKs remember the fallen, warn of new threats

Ya’alon, Livni, Shalom and others attend memorial ceremonies, link Israel’s bygone wars with today’s security challenges

Iran test-fires three new missile types

Tehran’s envoy in Paris says an Israeli strike could trigger third world war

Boy caught with AK-47 rifle in Nazareth

14-year-old also found to be carrying full magazine

Man seriously hurt in Tel Aviv accident

20-year-old run over near central bus station

Kerry asks Abbas, Fayyad to bury the hatchet

Palestinian Authority president to meet in Ramallah with resigning prime minister, an American-trained, West-backed economist

‘Eat and enjoy, but drive safely,’ says Netanyahu

As Israelis across the country get their fill of ‘mufleta’ at traditional Mimouna celebrations, PM pays homage to accident victims

Berezovsky’s girlfriend: He didn’t commit suicide

Katerina Sabirova says she and her sweetheart had ‘big plans’ to visit Israel mere days after the tycoon was found dead

Jordanian singer calls off Jaffa gig

What a shame that peacemakers are considered traitors these days, tweets Bassel Khoury, bowing out of coexistence concert

Lego nixes ‘offensive’ mosque-like palace

Toy company caves in to pressure from Turkish Muslims who say small-scale Jabba’s Palace looks like Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia

Search for convicted PA embezzler leads to Canada

Wanted Arafat adviser Muhammad Rashid believed to be traveling on Canadian passport, but Ottawa says there is little it can do

Peres: Gas pumping shouldn’t have begun on Sabbath

President congratulates shareholder Tshuva on ‘monumental deed,’ says decision to put gas into use on Saturday was a mistake

Abbas and Abdullah sign Jerusalem protection pact

Palestinian leader and Jordanian king agree to ‘defend’ the city’s holy sites, ‘both Christian and Muslim’

Israeli woman injured by rock-throwers in West Bank

Victim treated at the scene; 4 injured as IDF jeep overturns near Bethlehem

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

4 injured as IDF jeep overturns near Bethlehem

Soldiers from Kfir Brigade hurt while chasing rock-hurlers suspected of wounding 4-year-old on Route 60

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