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UN chief said planning final visit to Israel, Palestinian Authority - The Times of Israel, 55 minutes ago
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UN alarmed by Hamas move to hold public executions in Gaza - The Times of Israel, 1 hour ago
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Remains of legendary 260-year-old Royal Navy warship HMS Namur revealed to the nation - The Telegraph, 1 hour ago
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Cash prize refused by UK historian to fund TAU researchers of all backgrounds - The Times of Israel, 2 hours ago
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Thousands at Mt. Meron as Lag B’Omer bonfires lit throughout Israel - The Times of Israel, 2 hours ago
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Netanyahu, Herzog bury hatchet for a day to celebrate US Jewry - The Times of Israel, 3 hours ago

From left to right, opposition leader Isaac Herzog, MK Nachman Shai, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein tour 'Strips, Stars and Magen David' exhibition at Knesset's celebration of the American Jewish contribution to the State of Israel, May 25, 2016. (Isaac Harari/Knesset Media and Public Relations)

Netanyahu, Herzog bury hatchet for a day to celebrate US Jewry

As Knesset marks Jewish American Heritage Month, politicians laud historically strong relationship between communities — but some warn of growing rift

By Renee Ghert-Zand

US: Addition of Liberman to coalition ‘raises questions’

State Department says it has ‘legitimate’ concerns about what deal with hardliner means for government commitment to two-state solution

By AFP and Times of Israel staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman shake hands after signing a coalition agreement in the Knesset on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Nasrallah calls Liberman ‘show-off, insane, minister of war’

By Times of Israel staff

Netanyahu signs coalition deal with Liberman, pledges to pursue peace deal

By Tamar Pileggi and Stuart Winer

Jewish Home warns it will sink coalition deal over cabinet reform

By Tamar Pileggi

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Israel should be an example for the EU

James Carver says it's time to stop all the baseless condemnation, start emulating the most functional democracy in the Middle East

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How to survive in Premenstrual Land

Shelley J. Klein tells Americans, learn from Israel: When you face aggression, do not demure; stand your ground and meet it head-on

The best side of ourselves

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Israeli democracy is stronger than ever

Gary Willig says if you think the country is going downhill, take a look at the improving status of Mizrachi Jews and Arab citizens

The deadly cost of silence on genocide

David Davidian says failure to clearly label the slaughter of Armenians signals to Turkey that their regional aggression will go unchecked

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Rocket fired from Gaza into Israel, none hurt

Army forces search Sha’ar Hanegev area for remnants of missile thought to have landed in open area

By Judah Ari Gross and Times of Israel staff

A rocket launched from the Gaza Strip into Israel seen in the sky from Southern Israel on the second day of Operation Protective Edge, July 9, 2014. (Avishag Shaar Yeshuv/Flash90)

UN chief said planning final visit to Israel, Palestinian Authority

Ban reportedly plotting late June tour of region; UN envoy says ‘radically more’ must be done to address Gaza plight

By Times of Israel staff, AFP and AP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon before a joint press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, October 20, 2015. (Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO)

UN alarmed by Hamas move to hold public executions in Gaza

Mideast envoy says action is banned by international law, urges organization to cancel planned killings

By AFP

Palestinian members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement during the funeral of group member Ahmed al-Zahar in the village of Al-Moghraga near the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, February 3, 2016. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

Auditor lashes Clinton as email scandal dogs campaign anew

Inspector general says presidential candidate didn’t ask to set up private server and would have been turned down had she done so

By Dave Clark

Protestors hold signs outside of a campaign rally for Hillary Clinton at Harrell College on May 25, 2016 in Riverside, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP)

Hezbollah in ‘worst financial shape in decades,’ US says

Treasury sanctions czar tells lawmakers the Obama administration continues to target Iranian support for ‘terrorist proxies’

By Times of Israel staff and Agencies

Members of Hezbollah attend the funeral of Ali Ahmed Sabra, a fellow fighter who was killed in combat alongside Syrian government forces in Aleppo, on February 6, 2016, in the Lebanese village of Jibshit. (AFP / MAHMOUD ZAYYAT)

Thousands at Mt. Meron as Lag B’Omer bonfires lit throughout Israel

Health and fire authorities on alert to treat injuries and blazes during annual celebration

By Daniel Stieglitz

Ultra-Orthodox Jews seen near a big bonfire, during celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag B'Omer in the neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem on May 25, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Cash prize refused by UK historian to fund TAU researchers of all backgrounds

Catherine Hall cited Palestinian conflict in turning down award and $300,000; now money will go to fund studies that can ‘contribute to mutual dialogue’

By Times of Israel staff

New MK vows to end Temple Mount prayer ban on Jews

At swearing-in, activist says he will do all he can to ‘end injustice,' calls himself representative of West Bank and Gaza; UTJ’s Yaakov Asher also sworn in

By Times of Israel staff

Yehudah Glick during his swearing in as a member of Knesset on May 25, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

During an October 2015 advocacy conference at Northeastern University in Boston, George Deek of Israel's foreign service speaks about the Jewish state (Elan Kawesch/The Times of Israel)

Pleading Israel’s case on campus? It helps if you’re not Jewish

As non-Jewish Israelis increasingly give ‘pro-Israel’ talks at US universities, campus activists say they provide the most credible defense of Jewish state’s record on minority rights

By Matt Lebovic

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Palestinians: With Liberman, Israel threatens regional stability

Saeb Erekat warns defense appointment will lead to ‘apartheid, racism and religious and political extremism’

By AFP and Tamar Pileggi

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and leader of the Yisrael Beytenu political party Avigdor Liberman sign an agreement bringing Liberman's party into the government, May 25, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

Liberman will make country less safe, less popular, MKs lament

By Stuart Winer

Avigdor Liberman, then foreign minister, speaking during a Knesset meeting about the 2014 Gaza war, Aug. 4, 2014 . (Flash 90)

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French Prime Minister Manuel Valls and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah (R) meet in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on May 24, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / AFP PHOTO AND POOL / ABBAS MOMANI)

Palestinians reject Netanyahu’s direct talks proposal

By Raoul Wootliff

Light rail stabber convicted of attempted murder in plea bargain

Subhi Abu Khalifa, who wounded 2 on the Jerusalem Light Rail in October, also guilty of causing serious injury and carrying a knife

By Stuart Winer

Blair talks up prospects of Israel-Sunni normalization

Much will depend on Israel’s response to the Arab Peace Initiative, says ex-UK PM; Netanyahu reportedly told Sissi last week he wants to make progress

By JTA and Times of Israel staff

B’Tselem to stop filing Palestinian abuse complaints with IDF, police

Citing lack of faith in Israeli system, NGO will no longer report human rights violations on behalf of Palestinians, says doing so does not bring justice

By Judah Ari Gross

Swiss canton rules Muslim students must shake teachers’ hands

Parents of pupils who refuse could face fines of up to $5,000; Islamic council says decision amounts to ‘totalitarianism’

By AP

Dysfunctional Israeli leadership failing in battle against BDS, state watchdog warns

Highlighting dismal propaganda performance during 2014 war, comptroller cites lack of overall strateg

By Raoul Wootliff

Freed Ukrainian pilot returns home after 2 years in Russia

Prisoner swap also sees release of two Russian servicemen jailed by Kiev since last year

By Efrem Lukatsky and NATALIYA VASILYEVA

After Austria election, a look at Europe’s rising right-wing parties

Battle for Vienna leadership largely viewed as proxy fight between continent’s political center and growing populist, anti-establishment movements

By AP

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In rare show of independence, US pro-Israel heavyweights press hard for two-state solution

Jewish community leaders are drafting proposals for the next president, some of them at odds with the Israeli government, that seek to satisfy Palestinian demand for sovereignty, Israeli security needs

By Ron Kampeas

Donald Trump attending the 2016 New York State Republican Gala in New York City, April 14, 2016. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images via JTA)

Five Jewish donors on joint GOP-Trump fundraising team

By JTA

Philosopher Cornel West (R) embraces Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) at a watch party for the second Democratic presidential debate November 14, 2015 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Alex Wong/Getty Images via JTA)

BDS backer, critics of Israel among Democrats drafting party platform

By Ron Kampeas

In this photo taken May 7, 2016, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Spokane, Washington. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Trump rules out foreign travel, despite claims of imminent Israel trip

By JTA

PBS to air film of American couple that defied Nazis

Rev. Waitstill Sharp and his wife, Martha, risked imprisonment and death to help save hundreds of people in WWII Europe

By AP

Jewish Republicans blast anti-Semitic attacks on reporters

Coalition condemns ‘troubling increase’ of anti-Jewish invective directed toward journalists covering both parties

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Politically motivated crime up by 20%, Germany says

Far-right offenses against refugees and refugee facilities up fivefold; far-left violence up 18%

By AFP and Times of Israel staff

Pope and top imam embrace in historic Vatican meeting

‘Our meeting is the message,’ says pontiff as he welcomes highest authority in Sunni Islam in boost to Christian-Islam ties

By AFP

New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast reflects on the little things in new show

Exhibit at The City Museum of New York features 200 pieces of Chast’s work that capture what it means to live and move around in the Big Apple

By Cathryn J. Prince

Christians in England, Wales now outnumbered by people of no religion

Churches steadily losing members, study finds, as number of unaffiliated citizens grows

By Daniel Douek

Tight security as Jewish pilgrimage starts in Tunisia

Up to 2,000 people expected on small island of Djerba for annual Lag B’Omer festival celebrations

By AFP

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The Brandeis professor bounced back to produce his ubiquitous text on American Jewish history — and didn’t stop there

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Entering Knesset, Temple Mount activist brushes off doomsday predictions

While critics warn of explosion, Yehuda Glick says he will advocate for change of ‘absurd and evil’ status quo at holy site, defends Reform Jews; Palestinians seemingly unfazed

By Marissa Newman

Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick at a Likud faction meeting in the Knesset, October 19, 2015 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Netanyahu chides incoming MK Glick for Temple Mount visit

By Tamar Pileggi

Newly installed MK vows to end Temple Mount prayer ban for Jews

By Times of Israel staff

Israel Police hold back right-wing Jewish activists of the 'Temple Mount Faithful' movement outside the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, on April 10, 2016. (Corina Kern/Flash90)

As support widens for Jewish prayer on Temple Mount, should we fear apocalyptic consequences?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Volkswagen pumps $300 million into Israeli taxi app Gett

Deal with the ridesharing start-up will allow 2 companies to share data, explore collaboration for future projects

By AFP and Times of Israel staff

Man, woman found shot to death in Rishon Lezion home

Police suspect killer ex-boyfriend of woman, launch manhunt

By Daniel Stieglitz

Israelis donate NIS 70,000 to Arab man beaten by cops

After footage of Maysam Abu Alqian’s violent arrest in Tel Aviv goes viral, campaign raises cash to cover his tuition

By Tamar Pileggi

US-born lone soldier wins leadership prize for actions in 2014 Gaza conflict

Staff Sgt. (res.) Sahar Elbaz receives Bonei Zion award for saving unit after killing 4 Hamas fighters during firefight in southern Gaza Strip

By Times of Israel staff and JTA

New Israeli facial imaging claims to identify terrorists and pedophiles

Tel Aviv start-up Faception says its face ‘classifiers’ can spot criminals and even great poker players in a split second, but the experts are not convinced

By Sue Surkes

State of Arabs employment is ‘grim, alarming,’ Shapira says

Comptroller says government-level discrimination is crippling state’s own ‘ineffective’ integration efforts

By Tamar Pileggi

Farewell to Moshe Ya’alon, the man who kept Israel out of Syria war

Analysis The defense minister’s handling of the crisis to Israel’s north has been masterly; his policies on Gaza were less stellar. Will he become the first secular Jabotinsky-ite to resurrect a crushed political career?

By Mitch Ginsburg

Comic Hannibal Buress brings his quirky humor to Israel

The ‘Broad City’ star and stand-up comedian plans on getting a sense of Israelis and their culture before his June 29 performance

By Jessica Steinberg

8 of Netanyahu's 15 trips as finance minister were not funded by state. Groups and individuals also paid for travel expenses of wife Sara and children on occasions

Comptroller: Private donors, groups funded Netanyahu family trips, travel expenses

Watchdog’s report covers current premier’s stint as finance minister in 2003-2005, says he never cleared payments with Knesset; PM denies criminal conduct

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