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Saturday, October 17, 2015 Cheshvan 4, 5776

ISRAEL NEWS

BREAKING NEWS

9:30 PM
Obama says important for Netanyahu, Abbas, others in power to tamp down rhetoric (Reuters)
8:54 PM
Saudi forces kill gunman who opened fire on Shi'ite site (Reuters)
7:46 PM
Netanyahu, Kerry to meet in Berlin next week to discuss restoring calm (Haaretz)
6:07 PM
Palestinian man killed by Israeli fire in clashes in Beit Furik near Nablus (Haaretz)
4:03 PM
Gaza man killed in clashes with Israeli forces in northern Gaza Strip, Palestinians report (Haaretz)
4:02 PM
About 300 Jews and Arabs stage pro-peace demonstration in Wadi Ara (Haaretz)
2:54 PM
Netanyahu to travel to Germany next week (Reuters)
1:41 PM
Police officer stabbed in suspected terror attack in West Bank village of Kiryat Arba (Haaretz)
12:57 PM
German parliament okays law to store telephone and Internet data (Reuters)
12:32 PM
Abbas condemns torching of Joseph's Tomb, West Bank site holy to Jews (AFP)
12:12 PM
Suicide bombing, gunbattle kills 12 in western Yemen (Reuters)
10:33 AM
Avigdor Lieberman says Palestinian Authority's behavior is no different than ISIS (Haaretz)
10:31 AM
Syrian army and Russian jets target southern Aleppo (Reuters)
10:31 AM
South Africa arrests woman who tried to sell baby online for $380 (Reuters)
8:16 AM
Turkey's Erdogan and Obama discuss cooperation on Syria (Reuters)

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Anwar Sadat, left, Jimmy Carter, center, and Menachem Begin

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Instead of leaders who pursue a peace of the brave we have Netanyahu and Abbas, who prefer a conflict of cowards.

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Netanyahu in N.Y.: Daniel in the Lion’s Den or World’s Greatest Nudnik?

The prime minister is demanding peace talks 'with no preconditions,' as if he’s Golda Meir and this is 'That '70s Show.'

By Chemi Shalev | Oct 2, 2015 | 07:08 PM | 6

U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a luncheon

Memo to Netanyahu: Iran is over, ISIS is only game in town

Putin forges alliance of pro-Assad Shi'ites, creating new opportunities for Israel, Obama and Sunni states.

By Chemi Shalev | Sep 28, 2015 | 11:22 PM | 3

Pope Francis in Philadelphia, September 26, 2015.

You don't have to be Catholic (to worship the Pope)

Despite 2,000 years of persecution of my Jewish ancestors, there was nothing I wanted more this week than to claim Pope Francis as my own.

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Donald Trump speaks during a rally in San Pedro, California, U.S. September 15, 2015.

First they’ll come for the Mexicans - then they’ll come for the Jews?

Joe Biden and Ann Coulter remind people of the dangerous mix of Trump-style demagoguery and nativist American resentment.

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Netanyahu speaking at the annual AIPAC policy conference, Washington D.C., March 2, 2015.

Losers of Iran-deal war use Orwellian Newspeak to claim victory

There is no 'bipartisan majority,' 'moral win,' or 'Jewish unity' - and no GOP president who will scuttle the nuclear accord as promised.

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The annual Tribute in Light is tested in New York's Lower Manhattan

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Israelis, including Netanyahu, identify with the trauma of the attack on NY’s Twin Towers but are blind to the effects of the ensuing debacle in Iraq.

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Democratic support for Iran deal is Obama’s victory and AIPAC’s debacle

Tehran's behavior in coming months will determine whether GOP ploy of using Iran as electoral issue pays off – or boomerangs.

By Chemi Shalev | Sep 8, 2015 | 11:52 PM | 7

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