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Blue-and-white off to flying start in Nicosia
Israel beats Cyprus 2-1 in Euro 2016 qualifying opener thanks to Damari and Ben-Haim goals.
By ALLON SINAI \
10/12/2014 12:26:20 AM
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Israeli sports mourns the passing of Cohen-Mintz
The first of Israel’s basketball greats, Tanhum (Tani) Cohen-Mintz, dies on Saturday three days after his 75th birthday.
By ALLON SINAI \
10/12/2014 12:32:07 AM
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Germany attempting to convince Turkey, Iran to join fight against Islamic State
By REUTERS \
10/12/2014 12:51:23 AM
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Head of German SPD voices support for arms sales to Israel
Foreign Ministry apologizes for anti-Qatar remarks by other minister.
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL \
10/12/2014 1:00:10 AM
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Abbas meets Egyptian, Arab League officials ahead of Gaza conference
By REUTERS \
10/12/2014 1:03:40 AM
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US Defense Secretary Hagel: Fight to defeat Islamic State is long-term
By REUTERS \
10/12/2014 1:16:33 AM
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Hapoel Jerusalem in confident mood ahead of trip to Nahariya
Following a tight first half at Romema Arena, Jerusalem killed off the game in Haifa with a 17-3 run after the break on the way to a 76-58 victory.
By ALLON SINAI \
10/12/2014 1:28:18 AM
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Analysis: If Iran can’t hold human rights pledges, how can it abide by nuke deal?
If the past is prologue in regard to Iran’s miserable human rights record, there are significant question marks over whether Tehran can guarantee a nuclear agreement free from arms development.
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL \
10/12/2014 2:12:38 AM
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Chairman: Keren Hayesod must evolve to survive
Multinational Zionist fund-raising organization now operates in a very different world than it did a generation ago.
By SAM SOKOL \
10/12/2014 4:33:59 AM
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Third car bomb in Baghdad on Saturday night kills 15
By REUTERS \
10/12/2014 5:00:18 AM
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One found dead in charred car in Petah Tikva
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
10/12/2014 6:22:41 AM
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Amid doubts, Gaza donor conference to start in Cairo
US official skeptical full reconstruction funding can be raised; Kerry to meet with Abbas on sidelines; Hamdallah: Gaza must be linked to West Bank.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF,REUTERS \
10/12/2014 6:41:53 AM
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Liberman raises objections to Israel's absence at Gaza donor conference
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
10/12/2014 7:34:23 AM
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20 Palestinian suspects arrested over weekend
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
10/12/2014 8:13:34 AM
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Kerry lands in Cairo for Gaza donors conference
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
10/12/2014 8:45:51 AM
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Disruptions to Jerusalem light rail following attacks
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
10/12/2014 8:55:18 AM
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Thousands expected at Western Wall for prayers
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
10/12/2014 9:27:23 AM
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Liberman raises objections to Israel's absence at Gaza donor conference
Hamas will not willingly disarm, the foreign minister says, raising concerns that future funds raised at the conference will be funneled towards weapons manufacturing and tunnel building.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
10/12/2014 9:53:34 AM
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Abbas meets Egyptian and Arab League officials ahead of Gaza conference
The Palestinian Authority hopes that the move by the new unity government to assume control over Hamas-dominated Gaza will encourage donors to be less wary of providing reconstruction funds.
By REUTERS \
10/12/2014 10:11:51 AM
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Temple Mount closed to visitors as thousands head to Western Wall
Police officers are spread out across Jerusalem, namely in areas prone to violence.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
10/12/2014 11:00:39 AM
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Clinton era document suggests Jewish law as defense in Monica Lewinsky affair
Talmudic interpretation of adultery considered as means to clear president; document is one of some 10,000 previously undisclosed files released by Clinton library.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
10/12/2014 11:10:25 AM
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Senior police officers among seven dead in Iran plane crash
By REUTERS \
10/12/2014 11:25:52 AM
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Netanyahu convenes special meeting to discuss Ebola virus threat
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
10/12/2014 11:56:59 AM
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Egypt's Sisi urges Israel to consider Arab peace initiative
By REUTERS \
10/12/2014 11:58:07 AM
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Ben Gurion Airport to screen for Ebola in arrivals from affected African countries
Ben-Gurion Airport will begin infrared camera checks of fevered arrivals from African countries at risk of Ebola
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
10/12/2014 12:10:38 PM
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Was Adolf Hitler a Crystal Meth addict?
A famous meeting set in Italy in July 1943 between the Third Reich leader and Mussolini was believed to be under the influence of Meth.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
10/12/2014 12:22:20 PM
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Sisi calls for revival of Arab Peace Initiative ahead of visit to Israel by UN Secretary General
Ban Ki-moon to meet PM in Jerusalem; Kerry talks with Abbas, Russia to back Palestinian UNSC resolution.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
10/13/2014 6:37:18 AM
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Sources: Three car bombs kill 25 north of Iraq's Baquba
By REUTERS \
10/12/2014 12:36:16 PM
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Kerry pledges an additional $212 million in aid to Palestinians at Gaza donor conference
By REUTERS \
10/12/2014 12:45:28 PM
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Abbas: No longer acceptable to live in perpetual state of war
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
10/12/2014 12:52:51 PM
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Texas health care worker tests positive for Ebola
By REUTERS \
10/12/2014 1:02:09 PM
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Kerry calls for renewed peace push, slams 'unacceptable and unstable status quo'
At Gaza donor conference, US secretary of state pledges additional $212 million for Palestinians, but says money not enough; Abbas says perpetual state of war no longer acceptable.
By REUTERS,JPOST.COM STAFF \
10/12/2014 1:17:35 PM
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In pictures: Thousands attend priestly blessing at Kotel
The traditional ceremony is held at the Western Wall during the week-long holiday of Succot.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
10/12/2014 1:36:21 PM
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Wine Talk: Scientist meets artist
Winemakers Moises and Anne Cohen share a love of wine and each other.
By Adam Montefiore \
10/12/2014 2:02:58 PM
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Cooking Class: Fall for fish
Find new ways to add dishes from the sea to your home cooking.
By NERIA BARR \
10/12/2014 2:28:43 PM
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Islamic State issues media guide for journalists
The Islamist group believes journalists are subjects of the state, must pledge allegiance to the Caliph.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
10/12/2014 2:47:01 PM
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Report: Photographs of Kurdish fighters' bodies suggest chemical weapons use by ISIS
'MERIA' Journal obtains pictures of fighters killed in July battle with Islamic State marked by "burns and white spots...without any visible wounds or external bleeding.”
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
10/12/2014 3:06:15 PM
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Jerusalem Post News: October 12th 2014
JPost.com brings you all the latest news on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
10/12/2014 4:14:40 PM
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Qatar pledges to give Gaza $1 billion
By REUTERS \
10/12/2014 4:15:32 PM
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Nations pledge $5.4 billion for Gaza at Cairo reconstruction conference
Palestinian Authority asked the international community for $4 billion to reconstruct Gaza, claiming they will link the Strip’s future to the two-state solution.
By REUTERS,TOVAH LAZAROFF \
10/12/2014 4:24:13 PM
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon to visit Israel and Gaza
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
10/12/2014 4:58:13 PM
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In his traveling succa, Rivlin discovers revolutionary change in once-troubled Lod
Rivlin called Lod "Israel’s melting pot" as he congratulated Mayor Yair Revivo on the city’s extraordinary physical and social facelift.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
10/12/2014 5:02:06 PM
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Turkish FM says Kobani corridor for weapons, fighters unrealistic
By REUTERS \
10/12/2014 5:09:59 PM
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Some ally, Turkey!
The Western powers can perfectly well see what game Turkey is playing – standing by while IS slowly but surely crushes its traditional Kurdish enemies.
By NEVILLE TELLER \
10/12/2014 5:10:10 PM
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Russia to support Palestinian bid for Security Council mandate for statehood
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
10/12/2014 5:13:24 PM
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Russia to support Palestinian bid for Security Council mandate for statehood
Abbas vowed last month to join the International Criminal Court at The Hague in the event that his efforts at the UN Security Council failed.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
10/12/2014 5:22:45 PM
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Arkia pilots skip work, causing flight problems
By SHARON UDASIN \
10/12/2014 5:53:37 PM
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Sweden's unprincipled stance on recognition
Sweden’s surprise announcement that it will recognize a “Palestinian state” contradicts basic tenants of its foreign policy.
By EUGENE KONTOROVICH \
10/12/2014 6:05:45 PM
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Full text of Abbas's donor speech in Cairo
The PA president addressed the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the Norway's foreign minister, Børge Brende.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
10/12/2014 6:58:45 PM
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Full text of US Secretary of State John Kerry's speech at Gaza donors conference
At Gaza donor conference, US secretary of state pledges additional $212 million for Palestinians, but says money not enough.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
10/12/2014 7:08:10 PM
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Former head of 'Israeli FBI' Arbiv questioned by police for alleged corruption
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
10/12/2014 7:36:24 PM
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Women can dance with Torah scroll on Simhat Torah, says national-religious group
Beit Hillel's director says the holiday, one of the high-points of every community, has become a day of happiness for men and a nightmare for many women who can only watch dancing from the sidelines.
By JEREMY SHARON \
10/12/2014 7:41:55 PM
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Former head of Lahav 433 unit Arbiv questioned on corruption
In mid-September, an indictment was filed with the Tel Aviv District Court against Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto as part of a plea bargain for him to testify against Arbiv.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
10/12/2014 7:46:59 PM
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Report of anti-Semitism in Odessa highlights use of Jews in wartime propaganda
By SAM SOKOL \
10/12/2014 7:49:29 PM
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Three Israeli Arabs feared to have joined Islamic State in Syria
By NOAM AMIR \
10/12/2014 8:13:58 PM
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Three Israeli Arabs feared to have joined Islamic State in Syria
Israeli authorities received a report on Sunday from a man from the Galilee town of Yafia who traveled with three of his friends to Turkey for holiday.
By NOAM AMIR \
10/12/2014 8:20:50 PM
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Reports of anti-Semitism in Odessa highlights use of Jews in wartime propaganda
One communal representative says he believes both sides in the current Ukrainian-Russian conflict are making use of Ukrainian Jewry to disparage their opponents.
By SAM SOKOL \
10/12/2014 8:25:36 PM
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Lancet editor's visit to Israel still causing stir
Some demanded that he retract an anti-Semitic article he allowed to be published during Operation Protective Edge in Gaza.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
10/12/2014 8:49:13 PM
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Gaza rebuilding conference secures $5.4 billion, Norway says
By REUTERS \
10/12/2014 8:55:16 PM
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Palestinian Authority raises $5.4 billion from donors to reconstruct Gaza
By REUTERS \
10/12/2014 8:56:28 PM
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Drunk driver kills father and daughter in head-on crash near Arad
In a second fatal traffic incident over the weekend, a pedestrian in his 20s was killed in Beit Shemesh, Rosenfeld said. An investigation of this event is also taking place, he added.
By SHARON UDASIN \
10/12/2014 9:07:14 PM
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Andrey Zvyagintsev brings ‘Leviathan’ to Haifa Film Festival
The Russian director speaks about his latest award-winning film which finds people in a remote town trapped by situations beyond their control.
By HANNAH BROWN \
10/12/2014 9:10:12 PM
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Muslim MEP calls on European Jews to halt flight
By SAM SOKOL \
10/12/2014 9:10:22 PM
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Muslim MEP calls on European Jews to halt flight
MEP Afzal Khan, a Pakistan-born Muslim who represents northwest England in Brussels, said that Jews should not give up on Europe despite rises in anti-Semitism in recent years.
By SAM SOKOL \
10/12/2014 9:19:16 PM
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Labor MK Shmuly prepares 10,000 objections to 2015 budget
By LAHAV HARKOV \
10/12/2014 9:24:29 PM
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Theater Review: The Disabled
The Sopranos meet The Innocents meet Shakespeare.
By HELEN KAYE \
10/12/2014 9:25:25 PM
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Labor MK Shmuly prepares 10,000 objections to 2015 budget
"Ten thousand is a crazy number, but there is no choice. We have to stop this budget somehow," Shmuly said.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
10/12/2014 9:29:00 PM
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‘As Israel’s population ages, Israelis need to change their perspectives towards elderly’
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI \
10/12/2014 9:32:54 PM
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Taking responsibility
Unfortunately, Hamdallah is mixing up cause and effect when he blames his people’s poor condition on occupation or on the blockade of Gaza.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
10/12/2014 9:35:23 PM
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Head of caregiver NGO to ‘Post’: Israel needs to better prepare for an aging population
According to a report released by the Central Bureau of Statistics for International Day of Older Persons earlier this month, there are some 866,000 people over the age of 65 living in Israel.
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI \
10/12/2014 9:40:42 PM
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The misery of Syrian refugee workers in Turkey
“The owners put the biggest burdens on my children because they are Syrians” says a Syrian activist, refusing to continue the interview.
By MOHAMMED RUZGAR \
10/12/2014 9:41:58 PM
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New SMS service to provide deaf with roadside assistance
A new service launched this week by Nati Roadway Services aims to allow hard of hearing people the possibility of calling for help via SMS.
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI \
10/12/2014 9:50:18 PM
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Life as a female smicha student
There are also certain things that can only be perceived from the outside, or from the other side of the mechitza.
By MEIRA WELT-MAAREK \
10/12/2014 9:50:46 PM
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Laughing their way to the bank
Hamdallah’s visit was purposely conspicuous. It was aimed at showing potential donor countries that they could help fund the rebuilding of a different kind of Gaza from before.
By RUTHIE BLUM \
10/12/2014 10:00:14 PM
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Katz: World may be wasting its money on Gaza
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
10/12/2014 10:05:39 PM
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Israeli minister: World may be wasting its money on Gaza
"The Gazans must decide what they want to be Singapore or Darfur [which rhymes in Hebrew]," Transportation Minister Israel Katz said.
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
10/12/2014 10:16:07 PM
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October 13, 2014: Tribute to Peres
Readers respond to the Jerusalem Post's latest articles.
By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR \
10/12/2014 10:16:19 PM
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Knesset speaker: Without international supervision, donor money to Gaza will bolster Hamas
By LAHAV HARKOV \
10/12/2014 10:23:52 PM
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Terra Incognita: Is it unaffordable to live in Israel?
Unlike in Third World countries, where earnings are less but housing and basic products are cheaper, Israel doesn’t get the “benefit” of being a truly poor country.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
10/12/2014 10:26:17 PM
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Knesset speaker: Without international supervision, donor money to Gaza will bolster Hamas
Edelstein criticized Cairo, the donor conference's host, for not inviting Israel, saying that it would have been more effective if Israeli representatives were there.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
10/12/2014 10:32:04 PM
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Perspectives: The succa as a big tent
The succa is also not a tent, yet the meaning, I think, ideally embodies the spirit of that to which American politicians refer as a “big tent.”
By BENJAMIN W. CORN \
10/12/2014 10:38:10 PM
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Rabbi Arye Stern’s credentials approved by chief rabbinate
Stern’s qualification to serve as chief municipal rabbi had been called into question since his license for such a position was obtained via oral examination.
By JEREMY SHARON \
10/12/2014 10:50:53 PM
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Media Comment: Horton does not hear a who
Emails openly available in Google groups show that two of the authors, Manducca and Ang, have sympathies with the views of David Duke, a white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard.
By YISRAEL MEDAD,ELI POLLAK \
10/12/2014 10:51:02 PM
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UN chief Ban: Israeli occupation led to Gaza war
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
10/12/2014 11:00:29 PM
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Flug hints interest rates may drop
For the past two months, BoI has put the interest rate at .25%, the lowest it’s ever been, in order to battle sluggish inflation, weaken the shekel, and give the moderating economy a shot in the arm.
By NIV ELIS \
10/12/2014 11:00:53 PM
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UN chief Ban: Israeli occupation led to Gaza war
He spoke on Sunday at a donor conference in Cairo to raise funds to repair the damage from the Gaza war.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
10/12/2014 11:05:37 PM
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Police to permit Feiglin, followers to enter Temple Mount
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
10/12/2014 11:10:38 PM
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Police to permit Feiglin, followers to enter Temple Mount
Feiglin intends to hold a mass prayer service at the Western Wall and then ascend the Mount with his followers.
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
10/12/2014 11:14:02 PM
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Growing movement encourages 'Aliya' to Germany to protest high prices
The group will distribute flyers, information on getting visas, tips on handling bureaucracy, and other forms of encouragement to help Israelis frustrated by their expenses.
By NIV ELIS \
10/12/2014 11:28:30 PM