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IAF hits back harder at Syrian regime when fire strays into Israeli territory
Now, as in 2013, Israel has stayed out of the fight, except to provide humanitarian and medical assistance to thousands of south Syria residents.
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
9/12/2016 12:05:15 AM
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Help wanted: Police seek Arab recruits for force
Police hope that more Arab officers will assist their effort to reduce crime in the communities and establish trust between police and citizens.
By ELIYAHU KAMISHER \
9/12/2016 4:05:35 AM
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Senior Facebook execs in Israel to talk about social-media incitement
In July, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan charged that Facebook bore part of the blame for the terrorist murder of 13-year-old Hallel Ariel in Kiryat Arba.
By HERB KEINON \
9/12/2016 5:08:06 AM
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Sepsis increasingly seen as world threat
In the US the number of deaths from sepsis rose from 154,000 in 2000 to 207,000 in 2007, and the number of sepsis hospitalizations overtook those for heart attacks.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
9/12/2016 12:30:23 AM
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Experts: Amos-6 loss shows need for greater help in launching satellites
“Israel must preserve full communications independence that is not dependent on outside sources,” he said. “One of the solutions is to take immediate action to speed up the production of a new satellite.”
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
9/12/2016 12:38:47 AM
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Oliel leads Israel’s young tennis talents
Oliel, the tall, hard hitting left-hander with solid ground strokes and serve, showed the New York crowd how much potential he has.
By HOWARD BLAS \
9/12/2016 12:42:25 AM
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'The terrorist threat has evolved'
Fifteen years on from 9/11, threats are metastasizing in the dark.
By MICHAEL WILNER \
9/12/2016 1:38:11 AM
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New safety-tested US generic baby formula coming to Israeli market
Shufersal, Israel’s largest retail chain, to distribute Perrigo’s
Kosher formula across country.
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
9/12/2016 3:00:35 AM
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Analysis: Long-term prospect for Syria remains bleak
Leading Israeli analysts are not optimistic that the cease-fire will hold over the long run or lead to a peaceful political settlement of the war.
By BEN LYNFIELD \
9/12/2016 9:04:51 AM
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Gevalt
By IRA SHARKANSKY \
9/12/2016 3:39:33 AM
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Senator holding up Israel defense deal, insisting on role for Congress
Sen. Graham says to Netanyahu: Tell the White House to "go f*** themselves."
By MICHAEL WILNER \
9/12/2016 6:45:39 AM
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Japan's Abe says N.Korea nuclear tests 'absolutely unacceptable'
By REUTERS \
9/12/2016 5:17:15 AM
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Clinton cancels California trip after pneumonia -aide
By REUTERS \
9/12/2016 5:32:49 AM
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Netanyahu launches team to tackle hi-tech personnel shortage
By SHARON UDASIN \
9/12/2016 6:48:54 AM
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North Korean foreign minister arrives in Beijing
By REUTERS \
9/12/2016 7:17:34 AM
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US to dispatch bomber to S.Korea on Tuesday
By REUTERS \
9/12/2016 8:14:44 AM
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Clinton recovering from pneumonia, nixes California trip after 9/11 stumble
Republican nominee was diagnosed on Friday but her condition only came to light several hours after she fell ill at a September 11 ceremony.
By REUTERS \
9/12/2016 9:50:40 AM
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Erdogan: Turkey aims to send aid convoy to Aleppo on Monday
By REUTERS \
9/12/2016 10:03:22 AM
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Jerusalem synagogue vandalized with Christian iconography
Acts of vandalism and violence have targeted important Jewish, Christian and Muslim sites, stoking anger among communities and threatening Israel’s standing abroad.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
9/12/2016 10:45:34 AM
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Livni: Clinton health hysteria would not be the same if she were a man
Zionist Union MK suggests double standard in coverage of Clinton.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
9/12/2016 10:52:53 AM
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Israel eyeing Gaza-bound 'women's flotilla' setting sail from Barcelona
The small fleet of 2 vessels is slated to carry dozens of women from various nations, including Israel, with the aim of breaching Israel's naval blockade of the Strip.
By ARIK BENDER,JPOST.COM STAFF \
9/12/2016 11:17:02 AM
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Explosion hits eastern Turkish city of Van
By REUTERS \
9/12/2016 11:35:07 AM
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Gulf states condemn law letting 9/11 families sue Saudi Arabia
By REUTERS \
9/12/2016 11:44:26 AM
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Turkey blast targeted ruling party offices, 11 wounded
By REUTERS \
9/12/2016 11:46:29 AM
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Will 9/11 victims' families be able to sue Saudi Arabia?
Gulf states rap passage by US Congress of law allowing families of the deadly 2001 attacks to sue the kingdom; White House expected to veto measure.
By REUTERS \
9/12/2016 12:02:07 PM
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Brooklyn woman attacks Muslim moms, attempts to rip off their hijabs
The suspect is alleged to have shouted, "this is the United States of America, you shouldn't be different from us," during the attack.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
9/12/2016 12:10:57 PM
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By HARRY MOSKOFF \
9/12/2016 5:21:54 PM
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Assad: Syrian state determined to recover all areas
By REUTERS \
9/12/2016 1:06:02 PM
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Israeli MK: IDF helping al-Qaida in Syria at expense of Druse
Kulanu MK Akram Hasson's comments in an interview with Channel 2 came amid fierce battles in recent days near the Druse village of Khader in the Syrian Golan Heights.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
9/12/2016 1:24:22 PM
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Suspected neo-Nazis vandalize Holocaust memorial in Hungary
Budapest's 'Living Memorial' was reportedly desecrated a few weeks after an article threatening to destroy the site was published on a neo-Nazi website.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
9/12/2016 1:24:48 PM
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Haj pilgrims begin rite which caused deadly crush
By REUTERS \
9/12/2016 1:52:53 PM
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Jewish Prayer Shawl on Christian shoulders as a sign of Judeo-Christian spiritual unity
By Vladimir Minkov \
9/12/2016 1:54:16 PM
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Abbas says Israel carrying out 'ethnic cleansing'
Delivering his annual address marking the Muslim holiday Id al-Adha, Abbas severely criticized Israel.
By ADAM RASGON \
9/12/2016 2:17:15 PM
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Netanyahu indicates Abbas meeting could take place in Luxembourg
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
9/12/2016 2:20:16 PM
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Trump responds to Clinton's health episode
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
9/12/2016 2:23:07 PM
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Trump: Health an issue in US presidential race after Clinton illness
"I just hope she gets well and gets back on the trail, and we'll be seeing her at the debate," Trump said in a phone interview with Fox News.
By REUTERS \
9/12/2016 2:24:30 PM
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Netanyahu indicates Abbas meeting could happen in Luxembourg
"Prime Minister Bettel has invited me to Luxembourg, and he said the Palestinians might also come there," Netanyahu says in joint press conference with visiting European counterpart.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
9/12/2016 2:35:46 PM
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UNHRC expert on violence against women visiting Israel, Palestinian territories
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
9/12/2016 2:45:41 PM
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Two killed in collision on Route 310 in Arava
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
9/12/2016 3:59:34 PM
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Fifteen Years After 9/11 – Where we are Today
By NURIT GREENGER \
9/16/2016 6:32:38 AM
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Holocaust denial film unveiled at Toronto International Film Festival
Rachel Weisz starts in 'Denial,' about American Jewish historian Deborah Lipstadt’s real-life legal battle with prominent Holocaust denier British historian David Irving in the 1990s.
By REUTERS,JTA \
9/12/2016 4:30:53 PM
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Syrian armed groups to back truce from sundown today
By REUTERS \
9/12/2016 4:32:47 PM
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Will Israel face diplomatic crises over Europe's rising far-right?
Rivlin will not meet with ultra right-wing European presidents, he tells WJC leaders.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
9/12/2016 4:34:43 PM
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New $3 million fund for Jewish people with disabilities honors Itzhak Perlman
In lieu of accepting the $1 million prize money, Perlman asked that the funds be used to promote inclusion and breaking barriers in both North America and Israel.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
9/12/2016 4:40:07 PM
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Assad vows to take back all of Syria, as ceasefire approaches
By REUTERS \
9/12/2016 4:41:14 PM
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Mosque where Florida nightclub shooter worshiped set on fire
By REUTERS \
9/12/2016 4:54:42 PM
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Police arrest 30 in massive Israeli cocaine bust
By ELIYAHU KAMISHER \
9/12/2016 5:05:02 PM
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The Jerusalem Post's top 5 stories of September 12
Senator holding up Israel defense deal, insisting on role for Congress, Trump says health an issue in US presidential race after Clinton illness, Israel eyeing Gaza-bound women's flotilla, and more.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
9/12/2016 5:08:19 PM
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Sharansky invokes Soviet gulag after Israel upholds force-feeding of prisoners
After Israeli court upholds force-feeding of inmates, Jewish Agency head and former USSR labor camp prisoner says practice is a "form of torture."
By ARIEL WHITMAN \
9/12/2016 5:51:17 PM
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Israeli Instagram stars go global
Find out which Israelis are taking social media by storm.
By LAURA SIGAL \
9/12/2016 5:53:37 PM
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‘Facebook removed 95% of terror incitement requested by Israel'
Ministers Shaked and Erdan and execs from social media giant agree to form task force to fight online incitement – but option of passing a law forcing social networks’ hand is till on table.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
9/12/2016 6:07:42 PM
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Ex-Auschwitz paramedic accused of accessory to mass murder
By REUTERS \
9/12/2016 6:27:26 PM
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UK Jewish leaders arm freshmen with anti-BDS tools
The British campaign is the latest in a series of worldwide efforts by Israelis and pro-Israelis to quash the BDS movement.
By TAMARA ZIEVE \
9/12/2016 8:17:47 PM
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Syrian army declares seven-day ceasefire
By REUTERS \
9/12/2016 7:12:15 PM
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Syrian Observatory: Most of Syria calm after ceasefire takes effect
By REUTERS \
9/12/2016 7:47:47 PM
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Mortar reportedly hits Israel's Golan shortly after Syrian ceasefire starts
The Syrian army said a seven-day "regime of calm" would be applied across Syria, and it reserved the right to respond using all forms of firepower to any violation by "armed groups".
By REUTERS,JPOST.COM STAFF \
9/12/2016 7:58:26 PM
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Sefer Torah Just in time for Rosh Hashana, the Schmelzer family, owners of the Shlomo Group, dedicated a new Torah scroll in memory of the patron of the family, Shlomo Schmelzer.
By MICHAL GALANTI \
9/12/2016 8:17:55 PM
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PA elections are off: A good thing?
For Fatah, it was not Hamas’ popularity that had it worried but rather its own declining position; the two aren’t mutually inclusive. In fact, most polls show Fatah maintaining an overall edge.
By OWEN KIRBY \
9/12/2016 8:21:08 PM
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Israeli Knesset Speaker to address parliamentary speakers from around the world
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein will talk about the mutual challenge Europe and Israel share in absorbing immigrants, emphasizing the importance of integrating them into society.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
9/12/2016 8:21:10 PM
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A civil lawsuit under the Anti-Terrorism Act
Israelis rely on their government to retaliate against terrorism with force. Americans, however, are generally mere spectators to Middle East violence.
By THANE ROSENBAUM \
9/12/2016 8:24:56 PM
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Ethnic cleansing: Memories of 1929 and 1948
The condemnation and outrage that followed, from the US State Department, journalists, Knesset members and in social media was intense, and predictable.
By GERALD M. STEINBERG \
9/12/2016 8:28:15 PM
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Gaza forlorn
Eleven years ago this month, Israel withdrew from Gaza and transferred the entire coastal territory to the Palestinian Authority (PA).
By KENNETH BANDLER \
9/12/2016 8:31:30 PM
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LETTERS
Readers react to a video and the resulting controversy.
By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR \
9/12/2016 8:35:28 PM
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Terra Incognita: Haj, Saudi PR and media failure
There is nothing wrong with media covering major religious events. But how often do major newspapers in the West send their correspondents on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Amritsar, or the Vatican?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
9/12/2016 8:35:48 PM
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Benjamin Netanyahu and the ‘otherwise enlightened’
Netanyahu’s statement flummoxed the administration because no Israeli leader has ever stated the obvious bigotry of the US position regarding the so-called settlements so pointedly.
By CAROLINE B. GLICK \
9/12/2016 8:39:41 PM
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Being Jewish and American on 9/11
What were the outcomes of 9/11? America unified in a manner not seen in decades, perhaps since Pearl Harbor.
By LOU BALCHER \
9/12/2016 8:40:32 PM
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The call for women to serve on religious councils
In Israel today there are 132 municipalities that provide state-sponsored religious services, and yet only 40 religious councils are functioning.
By SETH FARBER \
9/12/2016 8:43:07 PM
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No holds barred: Did Clinton just lose the election?
What Trump did so effectively the past few weeks was turn the tables and show us Hillary’s arrogance and her own refusal to apologize.
By SHMULEY BOTEACH \
9/12/2016 8:44:00 PM
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Police integration
The low point in relations between Arab Israelis and the police came in October 2000 when clashes left 12 Arab Israelis dead and dozens injured.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
9/12/2016 8:45:23 PM
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Israeli leaders meet with leaders of Eastern faith traditions
Working to strengthen Israel-Asia ties the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin met with spiritual leaders from the East.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN,HERB KEINON \
9/12/2016 8:55:12 PM
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Two IDF soldiers rescued after straying into Palestinian village
There were no reports of injuries.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
9/12/2016 9:13:52 PM
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Mortar shot from Syria reportedly falls in Golan Heights
By NOAM AMIR/MAARIV \
9/12/2016 9:18:18 PM
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Israel Railways fined NIS 6 million in no-smoking enforcement case
Laws were passed but never enforced by responsible agencies.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
9/12/2016 9:56:35 PM
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Mexican Jewish leader in Israel: BDS non-existent in our country
The leader was a part of a Mexican delegation on a 10 day trip in Israel.
By TAMARA ZIEVE \
9/12/2016 10:12:50 PM
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US Congress to advance Zika funding bill
By REUTERS \
9/12/2016 10:41:51 PM
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Florida nightclub shooter's Mosque lit on fire
By REUTERS \
9/12/2016 11:08:10 PM
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Ultra-orthodox man convicted of hate crime against haredi soldier
Haredi enlistment activists have been critical of the state’s response to these attacks, arguing that the number of people arrested and convicted of such crimes is insufficient.
By JEREMY SHARON \
9/12/2016 11:23:05 PM
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Debilitating image of Clinton jolts US presidential race
Conspiracy theories regarding Clinton's health have turned into legitimate questions after images of the Democratic nominee was seen leaving a 9/11 memorial stumbling into the van.
By MICHAEL WILNER \
9/12/2016 11:56:39 PM