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Hamas: We will not offer Schalit for free
Mahmoud Zahar says talks over soldier's release to begin only after Israel agrees to hudna proposal.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH AND JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/13/2008 12:07:40 AM
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US downplays IDF hopes of parting gifts
Follows speculation Bush would give Israel high -tech weaponry; Shkedy: Nothing impossible for IAF.
HERB KEINON and YAAKOV KATZ \
5/13/2008 12:22:31 AM
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Chavez completes steel nationalization
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Israel leaning toward Gaza cease-fire
Shlomit Katz, 75, killed by Kassam rocket in Moshav Yesha; Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for attack.
YAAKOV KATZ AND HERB KEINON \
5/13/2008 12:52:22 AM
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Feds raid US kosher meatpacking plant
Up to 700 employees at AgriProcessor's Plant could be arrested in operation against illegal immigration.
MICHAL LANDO \
5/13/2008 1:10:53 AM
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Israel files complaint to UN over Kassam attacks
JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/13/2008 1:34:42 AM
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US victims of terror in Israel sue Swiss bank for dealing with Iran
$500 million lawsuit says Zurich-based UBS AG provided dollars to Iran in violation of trade sanctions, Teheran funneled money to terror groups.
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Chavez slams Merkel, suggests ideological link to Hitler
Comes after German chancellor tells interviewer that Venezuelan president doesn't speak for all of Latin America.
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Local Soccer: Betar, Hapoel ready for classic final
Jerusalem aims for historic double, Tel Aviv for third straight State Cup win.
ALLON SINAI \
5/13/2008 2:09:26 AM
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Obama reaffirms support for Israel
Presidential hopeful: We shouldn't be dealing with Hamas until they recognize Israel, renounce terror.
JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/13/2008 2:23:49 AM
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US imam's deportation hearing focuses on disputed arrest
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Local Hoops: Bnei Hasharon leapfrogs Maccabi TA
After defeating Hapoel Galil Elyon 82-74, Effi Birenboim's team can now guarantee itself at least 2nd place by winning its final 2 games.
ALLON SINAI \
5/13/2008 2:49:16 AM
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US imam's deportation case focuses on disputed IDF arrest
Mohammad Qatanani denied US residency based on allegations that he failed to disclose 1993 detention in Israel.
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US woman who put dead son in suitcase jailed for 10 years
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US drops charges against '20th hijacker' facing Guantanamo trial
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Ex-US employees: Bush administration ignored Iraq corruption
Former State Department workers say Washington kept secret potentially embarrassing information so as not to undermine its relationship with Baghdad.
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Aid convoy arrives in Myanmar, Ban blasts gov't
UN chief criticizes "unacceptably slow response" to cyclone, as some 2 million people face disease and starvation.
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IDF arrests 8 Palestinian terror suspects in West Bank operations
JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/13/2008 6:08:34 AM
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Israel leaning toward Gaza cease-fire
Shlomit Katz, 75, killed by Kassam rocket in Moshav Yesha; Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for attack.
YAAKOV KATZ AND HERB KEINON \
5/13/2008 6:20:39 AM
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Police to probe Jerusalem falafel stand explosion
JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/13/2008 7:17:34 AM
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Social workers to strike in protest of attack
JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/13/2008 7:49:03 AM
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Holon man suspected of attempted murder turns himself in
JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/13/2008 8:38:13 AM
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Dozens die after a ferry sinks in tropical storm off Bangladesh
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Iraqi hospital officials say 11 killed, 19 wounded in Sadr City clashes
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Rescue workers reach epicenter of massive Chinese earthquake
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Flash floods in central, southern Philippines kill 2, displace thousands
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Bank of Israel hints at interest rate hikes
Higher energy and food prices are set to drive up inflationary pressures.
SHARON WROBEL \
5/13/2008 10:20:17 AM
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10,000 remain buried in rubble near epicenter of China quake
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Oil falls on stronger dollar
Israel Chemicals Ltd. gained 2.8%. said Fidelity International had boosted its holding to 5.2%,
News Agencies \
5/13/2008 10:39:56 AM
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El Al orders four Boeing 777 jets
The extended-range passenger jets are worth $850 million at list prices, although customers typically negotiate discounts.
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Groups seek out Jewish students even before they hit campus
Not all Jewish high school students are as motivated to stay connected, educators say. And not all of them go to colleges that have a strong Jewish student life.
Sue Fishkoff / JTA \
5/13/2008 10:51:24 AM
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Business Scene
It may be another feather in the cap of the King David Hotel to have US President George W. Bush stay there again so soon after his last visit
Greer Fay Cashman \
5/13/2008 10:55:25 AM
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Digital World: What 'they' say
Lots of what is written about Israel and Jews in Arabic newspapers, magazines and Web sites is less than complimentary.
DAVID SHAMAH \
5/13/2008 11:04:49 AM
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Comfort far from home
Israeli trio Habanot Nechama bring their reggae-soul-folk brand to the US - and hold their own against more famous heavyweights.
KELLY HARTOG \
5/13/2008 11:17:48 AM
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Brazil activists fear death squads back
Under a conspiracy theory commonly accepted in Brazil, the nonprofit Amazon groups are actually fronts for foreign nations that want to invade the region.
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Beit Lessin premiering 'French Movie'
Reshef Levi's new play, French Movie, tells the story of two couples, all friends, whose married lives started romantically and with many hopes.
JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
5/13/2008 11:23:31 AM
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Old 'new wave' coming to Ra'anana
Blondie and The Stranglers, two vintage bands from the late 1970s punk/new wave explosion, will be performing at the Ra'anana Amphitheater.
David Brinn \
5/13/2008 11:25:55 AM
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'Gov't's powerlessness is intolerable'
Residents of Gaza periphery towns take Barak to task a day after deadly Kassam rocket attack.
JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/13/2008 11:26:08 AM
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Delicacies to entice the masses
Taste of the City, an event celebrating its 13th year at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv will celebrate 60 years of culinary Israel.
HELEN KAYE \
5/13/2008 11:30:52 AM
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Hamas says Gilad Schalit won't be part of any truce deal
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Kassam lands south of Ashkelon; none wounded
Yaakov Katz \
5/13/2008 12:07:07 PM
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The Mellowed Militant (Extract)
Reformed Jenin gunman Zakaria Zubeidi could be an important factor in the Palestinian Authority's efforts to impose law and order in the West Bank
Joshua Mitnick Jenin \
5/13/2008 12:17:20 PM
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Finding the Words (Extract)
Why more Holocaust survivors are now writing their memoirs
Netty C. Gross \
5/13/2008 12:20:38 PM
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Charge of the 800 (Extract)
A new memorial to the 1917 Battle of Beersheba highlights Australia's role in the events that lead to the State of Israel
Joseph R. Hoffman \
5/13/2008 12:42:04 PM
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Syria? Not Yet (Extract)
Ehud Ya’ari \
5/13/2008 12:54:11 PM
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Stirrings in Damascus (Extract)
ALON LIEL \
5/13/2008 1:02:26 PM
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Clashes, airstrikes kill 12 in Afghanistan; 17 children wounded in blast
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17-year-old Kalansuwa student dies in basketball pole collapse
JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/13/2008 1:20:14 PM
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Lebanese army deploys troops around country to impose law and order
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Report: Palestinian killed in IAF Gaza air strike
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Fayad: Israel shouldn't celebrate 60th while Palestinians 'suffer'
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Doctors say one Palestinian killed in IAF airstrike on Gaza
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Blair unveils new 'West Bank package'
Quartet envoy announces area around Jenin where Palestinians will have greater security control.
HERB KEINON \
5/13/2008 1:47:22 PM
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IDF scaling back West Bank ops ahead of Bush visit
IAF kills terrorist in Gaza City as more Kassams hit Negev.
Yaakov Katz \
5/13/2008 1:53:23 PM
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Syrian Ramifications (Extract)
Leslie Susser \
5/13/2008 1:54:20 PM
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All Sarah's Children (Extract)
Anne Roiphe \
5/13/2008 2:01:21 PM
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Closing Another Gap
Shlomo Maital \
5/13/2008 2:04:58 PM
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Homeward Bound
Adi Beinhert \
5/13/2008 2:07:17 PM
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Saudi: Iran's support for Hizbullah 'coup' will affect foreign relations
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Facing Tomorrow - The Israeli Presidential Conference 2008
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Hamas minister condemns Shoah denial
Bassem Naeem writes op-ed admitting that Holocaust occurred; decries its "Zionist exploitation."
JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/13/2008 2:39:54 PM
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Chinese state media: 3,629 confirmed dead with more than 18,000 buried
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'Iran's support for Hizbullah will affect foreign relations'
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal says that the Islamic Republic's support Hizbullah's "coup" will affect its relations with Arab and Islamic countries.
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2 Kassams fired from Gaza at western Negev; no casualties
JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/13/2008 3:35:12 PM
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38-year-old bike-rider killed by truck in Galilee
JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/13/2008 3:44:12 PM
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth makes first visit to Turkey in 37 years
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Police seize documents from Industry, Trade and Labor Ministry in PM probe
YAAKOV LAPPIN \
5/13/2008 4:12:47 PM
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Ahmadinejad: Saudi claim of Iran backing Lebanon 'coup' made in anger
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Dozens of dead fish found in Kishon River
JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/13/2008 4:48:49 PM
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Iran to offer solution to nuke dispute
Ahmadinejad: "Iran is a big power and wants nothing more than its legal right to nuclear technology."
JPOST.COM STAFF AND AP \
5/13/2008 4:57:52 PM
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Barak: Those responsible for rocket attacks 'will bear the consequences'
JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/13/2008 5:06:36 PM
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Myanmar says cyclone death toll is up to 34,273, missing 27,838
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Lebanon's Future TV back on air after being suspended for 4 days
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US official says N. Korean nuclear documents appear complete
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US: N. Korean nuclear documents appear complete
State Department says early study of files indicates communist country kept its word in providing details of plutonium program.
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Peres: Iran represents the past and Israel the future
JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/13/2008 5:53:16 PM
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Jordanian court sentences student to 10 years in jail for killing sister
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Olmert: Understandings reached with PA
PM says "there's some real progress" in talks; Peres: Iran represents the past, Israel the future.
HERB KEINON \
5/13/2008 6:00:43 PM
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Ido Nehushtan takes up IAF command
Yaakov Katz \
5/13/2008 6:04:09 PM
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6 dead as 5 bombs rip through western Indian city
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Lucian Freud Painting could set auction record for living artist at auction
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Two missing Israelis located in China
Both said to be lightly injured; Israeli search party locates the two in a nature reserve; 5 still missing.
Abe Selig and Jpost.com staff \
5/13/2008 6:38:16 PM
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At least 80 killed in India terrorist attack
Nearly 200 wounded as 6 bombs rip through crowded areas in western city of Jaipur; 7th device defused.
AP AND JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/13/2008 6:43:27 PM
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Lebanon expands troop deployment
Army to impose law and order by force; calls on armed supporters from both sides to leave streets.
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Bush in context
Of all the US presidents over the past 60 yrs, it's hard to think of a better friend to Israel than Bush.
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The Jews' journey back to history
The nature of the Israel-Arab conflict is unparalleled in human history.
A.B. Yehoshua \
5/13/2008 7:16:07 PM
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Free Imad Sa'ad
Why has the PA sentenced to death a policeman who helped catch terrorists?
By MORTON ALEO GIOSUÈ KLEIN \
5/13/2008 7:17:30 PM
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Pole who saved 2,500 in Warsaw also saved their names
Irena Sendler, one of the first to be declared a Righteous Gentile, kept a list of the original names of the children she saved.
Etgar Lefkovits \
5/13/2008 7:26:41 PM
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Grapevine: People of the book
The festivities celebrating the long-term relationship between Australia and Israel are far from over.
Greer Fay Cashman \
5/13/2008 7:31:07 PM
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Orlev demands Knesset cease pension payments to former MK Azmi Bishara
REBECCA ANNA STOIL \
5/13/2008 7:35:37 PM
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Gordimer to 'Post': Israel must talk to its enemies
South African Nobel laureate: 'Being a Jew is like being black, it's simply what you are born.'
TOM HOPE and STEVE LINDE \
5/13/2008 7:53:13 PM
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IDF magazine: Soldiers should be wary of snakebites during training
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May 14: 'Sorry - closed'
It is unbelievable that the authorities have not come up with a real plan allowing the city to function properly during President Bush's visit.
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Wiki-Warfare: Battle for the on-line encyclopedia
Everyone can get involved in correcting mistakes and removing propaganda.
Andre Oboler \
5/13/2008 8:03:15 PM
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Pluralism in a Gulf state
The United Arab Emirates should open its doors to Judaism and Israel as wide as it does to the rest of the world.
CARMIEL ARBIT \
5/13/2008 8:04:44 PM
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On zero population growth, Condi & condoms
How does the Quartet plan to stop the natural growth of communities like Betar Illit and Efrat?
LENNY BEN-DAVID \
5/13/2008 8:06:38 PM
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2 rockets fired from Gaza land in Ashkelon area; no casualties
JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/13/2008 8:23:28 PM
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US considering providing North Korea with food to help shortages
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US envoy: Iran won't give up enrichment
Representative to IAEA skeptical that diplomacy will curb Iran's nuclear race; says Ahmadinejad "determined."
Hilary Leila Krieger, The Jerusalem Post, WASHINGTON \
5/13/2008 8:52:08 PM
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Laughter is the best fertility medicine
A new study says the antics of medical clowns can raise the success rate of in-vitro fertilization by 15 percent.
JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
5/13/2008 8:53:13 PM
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Nehushtan replaces Shkedy, takes up IAF command
Says in ceremony "a dry analysis of reality shows a dynamic strategic environment filled with threats, dangers."
Yaakov Katz \
5/13/2008 8:54:55 PM
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Kuwait's former emir, removed in power struggle over his health, dies at 78
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'Messer may testify against PM'
Olmert's former law partner may serve as witness against PM and former bureau chief Zaken.
YAAKOV LAPPIN \
5/13/2008 9:43:51 PM
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Roadside bomb kills a US soldier in Baghdad
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'Revolutionary' civics Web site launched
"When I became minister I set for myself the goal of strengthening and cultivating civics education," Education Minister Yuli Tamir explains.
EHUD ZION WALDOKS \
5/13/2008 9:49:22 PM
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Panel freezes Web site 'talkbacks' law
Bill frozen after Web sites urged to arrive at new standards deciding how to filter readers' comments.
REBECCA ANNA STOIL \
5/13/2008 9:56:09 PM
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Illegal dump 'could explode at any time'
Environmental Protection Ministry warns dangerous buildup of bio-gases could create massive catastrophe.
EHUD ZION WALDOKS \
5/13/2008 9:58:30 PM
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Herzog proposes 'children's trust fund'
According to offer, every baby born would get a savings account, with any additions to the standard child allowances deposited into it.
Ruth Eglash \
5/13/2008 10:00:11 PM
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Sudanese defense minister: At least 200 dead in rebel assault on Khartoum
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Celebs salute Israel in Times Square (video)
Anniversary greetings from stars including Tom Cruise and Ben Kingsley run in 30-second clips each hour.
JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/13/2008 10:54:48 PM
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Arab MKs to boycott Bush's Knesset address
PM calls visit an "extraordinary gesture of friendship;" Bush: The Israeli people are our close friends.
Jpost.com staff, AP and Etgar Lefkovits \
5/13/2008 11:22:39 PM
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Betar Jerusalem wins Israeli soccer's State Cup
JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/13/2008 11:27:43 PM
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Court dismisses case of Muslim who sued after being forced to remove veil