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Monday, August 20, 2012
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Mofaz: Is Netanyahu’s lack of faith in Obama reason enough to go to war?
By
Ron Friedman
Opposition chairman urges patience on Iran, says US president will make key statement within weeks
Top US general: Washington and Jerusalem don’t see eye to eye on Iran threat timetable
By
Joshua Davidovich
Haifa drafts plans for national emergency
By
Ilan Ben Zion
War with Iran could cost Israeli economy $42 billion
By
Greg Tepper
Analysis
When the Luftwaffe was grounded — on a soccer field
By
David Horovitz
Seventy years ago this month, a team in Nazi-held Kiev played a game — or games — of life-and-death soccer against their occupiers. Even today, it’s hard to separate the truth from the myth of what became known as the ‘Death Match’
Top Ops
Gabriel Mitchell
Memory, museums, and bombs
There are many lessons that Israelis can take away from the Turkish model, but if we indeed wish to improve our political and social reality, it is critical to take Orhan Pamuk and his message to heart
Naomi Chazan
Hell-bent: Netanyahu’s reckless plan to strike Iran
Why is the government so determined to pursue a policy that seemingly flies in the face of all reason?
IDF updates captivity training following Shalit debriefing
By
Stuart Winer
Lessons learned from soldier’s five years of captivity applied to training course that prepares elite units for brutal interrogations
Days after rocket attack, army deploys Iron Dome to Eilat
By
ToI Staff
IDF says placement part of program to test anti-missile battery in different cities
Interview
My proposal is the only realistic basis, says the MK who tried to solve Israel’s ultra-Orthodox conscription crisis
By
Mitch Ginsburg
The August 1 deadline has come and gone. His Kadima party now sits powerless in opposition. But Yohanan Plesner is convinced his legislative proposal for equal national service, buried by the prime minister, has life in it yet
Religious Zionist schools adopt stricter modesty rules
By
Ilan Ben Zion
Regulations set a more stringent dress code for six-year-old girls in some state-run schools
E-mule
Internet for those who won’t get off their asses
By
Ilan Ben Zion
Hoshaya’s Talmudic reenactment village offers WiFi access while riding through the First Century
Analysis
How to turn Israel’s London drought into a Rio medal deluge
By
Aaron Kalman
More Headlines
Roll with the punches
Smokers go DIY to beat cigarette tax
By
Stuart Winer
Hebrew media review
The kids are not all right
By
Joshua Davidovich
Arabic media review
Bloody Eid for Syria
By
Elhanan Miller
FBI investigated congressmen’s late-night swim in the Galilee — Politico
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