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  • Iran flouts UN sanctions, sends arms to Syria

  • Abbas swears in new Fayyad-led PA cabinet

    PA cabinet headed by Salam Fayyad sworn in, ending any chances of forming a Fatah-Hamas unity government.

  • Iran installs more centrifuges pre-Baghdad talks

    Western diplomats say new centrifuges not yet enriching uranium, supply of 20 percent uranium appears constant.

  • UN monitors caught in Syria crossfire handed over

    Rebels hand six ceasefire monitors, caught overnight in crossfire of Syria's civil conflict, back to UN.

  • Three Kadima MKs rebel, vote against coalition

    Likud MKs fume at their Kadima counterparts for breaking coalition discipline on two bills on Wednesday.

  • 'Putin said Israel would take care of Iran'

    Spain's former PM Jose Maria Aznar says Russian leader made comments when justifying sale of S300 missiles to Tehran.

  • Beinisch: To save freedom, state needs constitution

    She says can complete constitution either by court decisions or by Knesset passing additional Basic Laws.

  • Lugar defeat shows partisanship on foreign policy

    Indian republican senator, who suffered primary defeat last week after 35 years in office, is famously his own man.

  • Algerian author sparks uproar with Israel visit

    Boualem Sansal at Jerusalem writers festival: "What are we boycotting? This is a country with a flag."

  • WikiLeak perhaps led to Iran's 'Mossad' hanging

    'Times of London' finds similarities between accused spy and WikiLeaks description of Iranian intelligence source.

  • Aharonovitch: Forget stats, public feels unsafe

    During tour of south Tel Aviv, Aharonvich says African migrants should be given "1000 shekels and plane ticket out."
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  • Social protesters, not socialists

    Majority of survey respondents want to maintain capitalist system with government fixes.

  • Is it only about motherhood?

    The role of being a mother was not the original primary function of a woman.

  • The Mufti's violent legacy

    Former Palestinian leader's vision of destroying Israel influences PA's curriculum.
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  • Still kicking after all these years

    Celebrating her golden jubilee, Rina Schenfeld, the first lady of Israeli dance, has outlived passing trends.

  • TA Gay Pride set to paint town all kinds of colors

    Thousands of tourists expected to attend this year's event which will focus on periphery's link with Tel Aviv.

  • Top 5: Live music venues in Jerusalem

    Discover Jerusalem's rich and diverse live music scene with this great selection of venues.
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  • Health & Science

  • Parents influential in kid's sedentary activities

    Survey determines how much support parents provide for active living in their children.

  • 'Students fit when physical education is mandatory'

    Researchers also note that individual schools might be more apt to comply if there was adequate funding.

  • Doctors remove toothbrush from lady's stomach

    Woman spends 2 days trying to convince medical staff she swallowed toothbrush; Carmel Medical Center doctor removes it.
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  • Healthy Eating: A phytonutrient cheat sheet

    The names flavonoids, polyphenols, carotenoids can be confusing. Find out once and for all what these compounds are.

  • Wine Talk: The taste and flavor guru

    Joshua Wesson, author of ‘Red Wine with Fish,’ is the man who, almost single-handedly, changed our views about wine.

  • A different – but dull – perspective

    The "action" is too painfully slow and cerebral in ‘The Exchange’ to sustain the viewer’s interest.
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  • Shas, UTJ won't sit on 'Tal Law' committee

    Yishai: Those who study Torah aren't subject to negotiations on quotas, basic rights; UTJ MKs not participating either.

  • Young haredim want to study, open to army, work

    Survey of 400 unmarried haredi students shows 70 percent see themselves continuing religious studies.

  • Class shows haredi readiness to tackle sex abuse

    Course launched recently to train haredi counselors to work with sexually abused kids shows openness to once taboo issue.
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  • Innovations of all types pave AgriTech halls

    Agriculture exhibition showcases hundreds of new technologies ranging from water-converting drones to predatory mites.

  • Israeli expo in Holland celebrates past and future

    Agricultural exhibition puts positive Dutch-Israeli relations on display.

  • Feed the world

    The CIPA Plasticulture for a Green Planet Conference looks at agricultural plastics for farming.
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  • Opinion and Features

  • Looming peril

    As long as infiltrators assume that once through, they become untouchable and able to stay, they will keep coming.

  • The Tal Law

    The most effective means of ensuring greater social justice and social equity is that of creating a better-educated society.

  • Echoes of 1967: Israel unites

    If the world does not act to stop Iran during the 18 months before the next general elections, Israel will.

  • Gridlock in Washington: You ain’t seen nothin’ yet!

    Washington Watch: In Indiana the other day Richard Mourdock served notice that if he is elected things will get a lot worse.

  • Fundamentally Freund: Land for lunch, anyone?

    It might sound absurd, but if we cannot overcome some empty Palestinian stomachs, then Israel may be in for a diplomatic diet we will soon come to regret.

  • Time for a new deal for administrative detainees

    A good place to start would be ending the possibility of extending administrative detention orders; one period of detention is bad enough.

  • Inside Out: Nakba lessons

    With the passage of time, the desire to “return” will not necessarily die out, but will become less personal and more abstract.

  • Terra Incognita: How racism crept into my neighborhood

    African migrants are viewed through the prism of “victims”; their own racism is not usually acknowledged.

  • Candidly Speaking: Breakfast with Peter Beinart

    It is important to publicize that Beinart’s extremist views are an anathema to the vast majority of Israelis as well as American Jews.
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