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Hamas rejects new cease-fire proposal

Israel had already agreed to the revised Egyptian proposal.

By Jack Khoury | Jul 17, 2014 | 07:58 PM
Cabinet to discuss expanding Gaza op Friday morning

LIVE UPDATES: Foreign media says agreement reached in Egypt to go into effect at 6 A.M., Hamas official: Progress made, but cease-fire not yet reached; Lieberman: Report from reality.

By Haaretz | Jul 17, 2014 | 04:28 PM
Malaysian jet downed in east Ukraine

Interfax says airliner with 295 people on board was shot down at altitude of 10km above eastern Ukraine; 23 U.S. citizens are among the dead.

By Alissa de Carbonnel, Anton Zverev, Gabriela Baczynska | Jul 17, 2014 | 06:51 PM
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A peace agreement with the Palestinians and neighboring Arab countries would raise Israel up among the developed nations in quality of life, but without an agreement the situation could deteriorate.

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The Hebrew word for velvet is ke-ti-FA, though Israelis generally pronounce it kti-FA.Literally, ketifa is a noun meaning the...

By Elon Gilad | 09:00 PM

Israeli doctors: Don't bomb near Gaza hospital

Physicians for Human Rights wrote Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon after a warning Tuesday night about imminent bombings near Al Wafa rehab hospital.

By Ido Efrati | Jul 17, 2014 | 06:14 PM

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Three Israelis charged in Palestinian teen's murder

Announcement follows three being charged with the Palestinian teen's murder; charges also brought for incitement, attempted abduction of 7-year-old Mussa Zalum.

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I’m ready to declare - despite the criticism I’ll surely receive from Chardonnay lovers - that Riesling grapes are the best tasting white grapes in existence.

By Itay Gleitman | Jul 17, 2014 | 05:52 PM

U.S. Holocaust museum opens UN archive on Nazi war crimes

Files, which were under restricted access for the past 70 years, list thousands of obscure but no less horrendous cases from across Europe and Asia.

By Brett Zongker | Jul 17, 2014 | 06:04 PM

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There is no cease-fire yet as far as Palestinian organizations in the Gaza Strip are concerned, a Hamas spokesman announced at a...

By Jack Khoury | 07:58 PM

Turkey's FM says he has never taken Lieberman seriously

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Thursday that he has never taken his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman...

By Haaretz | 07:50 PM

U.S. President Barack Obama addressing the White House Iftar dinner.

U.S. Muslims fuming over Dermer's White House Iftar tweet

Israel's ambassador to Washington Ron Dermer seems to have very bad luck when it comes to Twitter.On Monday, days before his...

By Haaretz | 06:44 PM

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Kurdish security forces deploy outside of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk

Syria Kurds impose military service to fight off Islamic militants

AP - Syria's Kurds have imposed compulsory military service for their men to help ward off a push by Islamic extremists in the...

By Bassem Mroue | 07:19 PM

The remains of a tank shell on the fourth floor of the Al Wafa Hospital

Israeli doctors’ group to Ya'alon: Don’t bomb near Gaza City hospital

An urgent letter sent Wednesday night by Physicians for Human Rights calls on the Israel Defense Forces to desist from bombing...

By Ido Efrati | 06:14 PM

UAE plans to send first Arab spaceship to Mars in seven years

The United Arab Emirates, already home to the world's tallest tower, is now reaching for the stars, with plans to send the first...

By The Associated Press | 09:47 PM

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There is no cease-fire yet as far as Palestinian organizations in the Gaza Strip are concerned, a Hamas spokesman announced at a...

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An urgent letter sent Wednesday night by Physicians for Human Rights calls on the Israel Defense Forces to desist from bombing...

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Folk-rock band America has followed in the footsteps of Neil Young, and canceled an upcoming concert in Israel because of the...

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