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Christian teacher to be tried in Egypt for insulting Islam
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 12:05:40 AM
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ICC to examine Israeli raid on 'Mavi Marmara'
ICC prosecutor says she is obliged to open examination following referral from Comoros where 'Mavi Marmara' ship was registered.
By REUTERS AND JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/15/2013 12:54:03 AM
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EU raids offices of oil majors on price rigging
Shell, BP and Statoil are suspected of manipulating oil prices by reporting distorted prices to a price reporting agency.
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 1:11:26 AM
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Wal-Mart stepping up Bangladesh factory inspections
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 1:21:34 AM
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Nigeria declares emergency in areas hit by Islamists
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 2:26:53 AM
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'Hamas, Fatah to form unity gov't within 3 months'
Hamas official tells Palestinian news agency the two parties held positive talks in Cairo, agreed on timeline for reconciliation.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/15/2013 3:08:11 AM
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Britain, France counter Syria call for UN to sanction Nusra
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 3:31:31 AM
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Kerry, Russian foreign minister meet on Syria
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 3:53:55 AM
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Kerry, Russian foreign minister meet on Syria
Discussion focuses on the war in Syria and plans for an international peace conference, a senior State Department official said.
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 4:02:38 AM
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UN: Financial sanctions delay N. Korea's nuclear arms work
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 4:58:14 AM
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AG: No hearings, long detention of migrants is legal
Attorney General Weinstein argues to Court that the way Israel is handling migrants does not violate rights, law.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
5/15/2013 5:30:57 AM
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Minnesota governor signs bill legalizing gay marriage
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 5:41:24 AM
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Seattle man dribbling soccer to Brazil hit by car, dies
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 6:07:13 AM
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Forecast: Unseasonably cool with scattered showers
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/15/2013 6:18:05 AM
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Mortar shells land in Golan from Syria
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/15/2013 7:08:10 AM
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Syrian mortar shells explode in Golan Heights
Mortars believed to be unintentional fallout from Syria fighting; IDF lodges complaint with UNDOF.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/15/2013 7:37:01 AM
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IAEA, EU to press Iran in nuclear dispute
UN nuke watchdog will urge Iran to stop stonewalling investigation into suspected atomic bomb research.
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 11:32:23 AM
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Dim hopes as IAEA, EU seek nuclear progress in Iran talks
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 8:33:08 AM
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UNGA vote on Syria resolution; Russia opposes
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 8:55:04 AM
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UN to support Syrian opposition; Russia opposed
There were 107 votes in favor, 12 against and 59 abstentions - a drop in support compared with a similar resolution last year.
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 9:02:13 AM
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Kremlin says US spy incident will not benefit relations
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 9:20:05 AM
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Lipman says haredi press misrepresenting his views
By SAM SOKOL \
5/15/2013 9:43:29 AM
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Lipman: Haredi press misrepresenting my views
Yesh Atid MK fires back at haredi media after being termed a possible “apostate” in latest issue of ultra-orthodox magazine.
By SAM SOKOL \
5/15/2013 9:41:25 AM
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Kremlin regrets US spy incident, no threat of more action
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 9:48:48 AM
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Myanmar authorities work to evacuate camps as cyclone nears
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 10:38:40 AM
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Confirming Syria poison gas use will be tough task
Tokyo sarin attack provides hints for Syria investigation; Samples needed to prove use can fade within weeks.
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 10:50:27 AM
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UN nuclear agency says Iran talks need hard work
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 11:12:47 AM
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Press photo group stands by winning shot of Gaza funeral
By JTA \
5/15/2013 11:27:01 AM
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Press group stands by winning shot of Gaza funeral
Bloggers raise doubts about veracity of photo, claiming winner of the World Press Photo of the Year significantly altered image.
By JTA \
5/15/2013 11:25:36 AM
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OECD: Israel has highest poverty rate in developed world
By JPOST.COM STAFF AND REUTERS \
5/15/2013 1:24:16 PM
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Report: Assad to allow Hezbollah to fight Israel from Golan
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/15/2013 12:18:55 PM
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'Assad said Hezbollah may fight Israel from Golan'
Report: Iran persuaded Syria to open a "new front" in the Golan for all Arabs and Muslims wanting to fight Israel.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/15/2013 12:43:01 PM
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Syria suffers communications blackout
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 12:53:48 PM
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OECD: Israel is poorest of all developed countries
Israel ranks 5th among countries with widest rich-poor gap.
By DANIELLE ZIRI \
5/15/2013 8:02:05 PM
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Clashes erupt at Kalandia as Palestinians mark Nakba Day
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/15/2013 4:36:06 PM
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Clashes in W. Bank and J'lem as Palestinians mark Nakba Day
IDF says Palestinians throwing stones in Kalandia, Hebron, Beitunia, soldiers using crowd dispersal methods, Palestinian new agency: several wounded; right wing activists reportedly attempt to enter Temple Mount.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/15/2013 2:06:27 PM
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Report: One killed in attack on police station in Benghazi
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 2:42:17 PM
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Bulgarian president tries to break election stalemate
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 3:19:08 PM
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Violence erupts at Damascus Gate on Nakba Day
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
5/15/2013 4:35:36 PM
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Rocket fired from Gaza lands in Eshkol Regional Council
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/15/2013 3:57:55 PM
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4 soldiers lightly injured from firebomb near Mount Hebron
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/15/2013 4:35:16 PM
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Aharonovich condemns Wadi Ara 'price tag' attack
Meretz MK calls on Bennett to brand act 'terrorism'; locals leaders fear antic will damage peaceful relations with Arab neighbors.
By BEN HARTMAN, LAHAV HARKOV \
5/15/2013 5:05:34 PM
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Palestinians mark Nakba with protests and rallies
75 injured in West Bank demonstrations; Abbas calls for sovereign state on pre-1967 lines; MK Ilatov: Palestinians do not want peace.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH, LAHAV HARKOV, BEN HARTMAN \
5/15/2013 8:32:26 PM
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Hamas, Fatah to form unity gov't within 3 months
Palestinian factions agree on timeline for reconciliation after talks in Cairo that will continue until agreement is reached.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
5/15/2013 4:40:08 PM
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Israelis brave rain to support 'price tag' victims
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/15/2013 5:10:25 PM
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Yacimovich slams gov't for budget that increases poverty
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/15/2013 4:58:43 PM
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US targets 2 UAE firms for dealing with Iranian banks
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 5:08:32 PM
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Series of bombs kills at least 14 people across Iraq
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 5:15:33 PM
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Iran MPs urge ban on Rafsanjani, Mashaie presidential runs
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 5:18:55 PM
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Brazil judicial panel paves way for gay marriage
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 5:30:51 PM
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France suggests EU ease Syria arms embargo for peace talks
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 5:35:07 PM
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Germany 'unreservedly supports' US Mideast peace initiative
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/15/2013 5:47:17 PM
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UNGA president: Syria death toll at least 80,000
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 6:01:06 PM
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Russia summons US ambassador over spy scandal
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 6:08:15 PM
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Clarification
"France 2 is ready to help Mr. Jamal al-Dura in any way in exhuming the body of his son (Muhammad) from his grave for a pathological examination, including if necessary a DNA test to clarify the circumstances of the incident."
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/16/2013 10:23:20 AM
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Mashaal on Hamas: We are not fanatical killers
Hamas chief says Syria should have pursued a diplomatic route.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/15/2013 6:20:48 PM
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Israeli Paralympian eyes 2016 Games in Rio
Pascale Bercovitch says “I love to find my limit and push it, to succeed more than I did yesterday.”
By JTA \
5/15/2013 6:44:41 PM
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Lightning strikes kindergarten; no one injured
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/15/2013 7:17:17 PM
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Syria's Internet back after eight-hour blackout
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 7:09:10 PM
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Bombs kill more than 30 people across Iraq
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 9:22:20 PM
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'If Assad reacts to alleged strike, Israel will retaliate'
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/15/2013 7:33:54 PM
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No breakthrough in nuclear talks with Iran - UN
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 7:44:25 PM
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Russia fears attacks by rebels returning from Syria
With at least 200 citizens fighting alongside Syrian rebel forces, Russia garners lash-back concerns for supporting Assad.
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 8:20:08 PM
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UN condemns Assad's Syrian forces, unease with rebels grows
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 8:54:12 PM
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Friendly soccer match leads to Fatah threats
Fatah activists in W. Bank threaten Palestinian teenagers who participated in a friendly soccer match with Israeli youth.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
5/15/2013 8:54:51 PM
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25 Palestinians arrested in and around J'lem on Nakba Day
By BEN HARTMAN \
5/15/2013 9:14:11 PM
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Kinneret rises 2 cm. after Shavuot storms
By SHARON UDASIN \
5/15/2013 9:17:54 PM
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Boycott Israel? Good Grief
By MICHAEL ORDMAN \
5/15/2013 9:25:00 PM
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PUA to revive summer electricity savings program
Last year, approximately 181,000 households participated in the program, receiving up to 20% discounts.
By SHARON UDASIN \
5/15/2013 9:31:30 PM
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Citizens to protest PM's excessive spending on Saturday
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/15/2013 9:32:11 PM
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Tel Aviv Museum hosts a 40-guest show
New York-based art critic and curator Steven Madoff presents a program of nine exhibitions and events with over 30 international artists and thinkers examining the theme of hospitality.
By MARION FISCHEL \
5/15/2013 9:41:11 PM
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Grape Vine: Messiah may not come any time soon
After the disgusting display of intolerance at the Western Wall the Messiah will probably never come in our times.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
5/15/2013 9:55:33 PM
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Syrian mortars hit Mount Hermon for first time
IDF Chief of Staff holds consultations after incident; not clear if shells were fired deliberately or not.
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
5/15/2013 9:56:44 PM
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A time capsule
Not surprisingly, most petitions convey distress. Yet they often defy our image of the shtetl as a site of dwindling opportunity and mass pauperization.
By GLENN DYNNER \
5/15/2013 10:03:08 PM
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MENA: Egypt militants planned to hit US, French embassies
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 10:04:00 PM
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Are we ready?
Will the new space be used regularly? Will I be able to find a minyan, even if only at prescribed times? Will it be possible to hold holiday services, including for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?
By RICHARD S. MOLINE \
5/15/2013 10:08:00 PM
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The Farhud – the riots against the Jews of Iraq
What happened in the Arab countries was in effect ethnic cleansing. While the Nakba is marked every year with demonstrations and wide media coverage, the Jewish disaster does not merit any public or media notice.
By ZVI GABAY \
5/15/2013 10:13:05 PM
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UN nuclear talks with Iran fail to end deadlock
IAEA fails to persuade Iran to allow resumption of an investigation into suspected atomic bomb research.
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 10:20:39 PM
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Israelis shouldn’t honor delegitimizers!
Center Field: Cliff May is justifiably threatening not to hold his organization’s annual policy summit at the Newseum.
By Gil Stern Stern TROY \
5/15/2013 10:21:12 PM
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Thank you, George W. Bush!
Having once had the highest approval rating going back to Truman, George W. Bush left office with an appalling 34 percent approval rating.
By DANIEL TAUBER \
5/15/2013 10:24:55 PM
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Sunni Muslim states must send troops to Syria
As President Barack Obama struggles to define America’s position in Syria, events threaten to overtake his deliberations.
By GHANEM M. NUSEIBEH AND ELI EPSTEIN \
5/15/2013 10:28:12 PM
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Texas paramedic to plead not guilty to pipe bomb charge
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 10:28:49 PM
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Buy blue and white – and orange
View From The Hills: Many pro- Israel hasbara (public diplomacy) organizations have gone on the offensive.
By JOSH HASTEN \
5/15/2013 10:33:49 PM
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Gas presence found in new Karish reservoir
Delek Group reports signs of significant gas presence from the Karish 1 well; Energy Minister Shalom praises announcement.
By SHARON UDASIN \
5/15/2013 10:34:12 PM
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May 16: Who is interfering?
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said last week that Ankara would not allow Israel to interfere in the affairs of Muslim countries, including Syria.
By JERUSALEM POST READERS \
5/15/2013 10:41:27 PM
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Beduin legislation, beyond the veil
The Israeli government announced last Monday it will go ahead with a plan to settle longstanding land disputes with the country’s Beduin population.
By ROBERT W. NICHOLSON \
5/15/2013 10:46:45 PM
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The war over preemption
Why would Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah organization, need more missiles to menace Israeli cities?
By AVIGDOR HASELKORN \
5/15/2013 10:50:42 PM
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Irish ire
Last weekend Ireland again placed itself in the vanguard of anti-Israel activism in the European Union.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
5/15/2013 10:54:17 PM
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Lapid accuses Deri of lying over schools funding
Finance minister says cuts to haredi schools were temporarily suspended, not abandoned as the Shas leader claimed.
By JEREMY SHARON \
5/15/2013 10:54:28 PM
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Your Taxes: Breaking down budget proposals
On May 7, the government published a detailed economic plan for 2013-2014.
By LEON HARRIS \
5/15/2013 11:03:14 PM
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Israel, Zionism and the Diaspora: Who is a Jew” and the Conversion Problem
By DAVID TURNER \
5/15/2013 11:04:00 PM
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'Israel determined to stop Syrian weapons transfer'
Official tells 'NYT' Israel will act to prevent arms transfers to Hezbollah; says Israel will retaliate if Assad reacts.
By HERB KEINON \
5/15/2013 11:10:32 PM
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Head of Hungarian Jewish community resigns
Peter Feldmajer’s exit comes less than a week after hosting high-profile WJC assembly in Budapest.
By SAM SOKOL \
5/15/2013 11:11:33 PM
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Livni, Bennett spar over Kotel praying regulations
Livni tells Bennett not to issue regulations for Western Wall; Bennett: Livni’s comments damaged chance of compromise.
By JEREMY SHARON \
5/15/2013 11:19:24 PM
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Jerusalem institute slammed for backing BDS
‘It's a fringe campaign that is...anti-peace, the government shouldn't be directly or indirectly funding this movement.’ MP says.
By JONNY PAUL AND BENJAMIN WEINTHAL JERUSALEM POST \
5/15/2013 11:25:26 PM
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ICC begins preliminary probe into ‘Mavi Marmara’
Turkish lawyers make referral on behalf of Comoros Islands; Erdogan takes
father of Turkish-American killed on flotilla to DC on US visit.
By HERB KEINON AND YONAH JEREMY BOB \
5/15/2013 11:30:18 PM
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Mercedes sends a lucky Ga’ash golfer to Scotland
Roby Cohen took home first place in the Drive to a Major in a Mercedes trophy competition held at the Ga’ash Golf Club last week.
By JERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF \
5/15/2013 11:32:48 PM
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Treasury adds NIS 35m. to immigrant students aid
Treasury allocates funds to prevent Israel Student Authority closure, maintain aid to immigrant students.
By DANIELLE ZIRI \
5/15/2013 11:37:22 PM
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Optica International coasts to pair of wins
Pitcher Ron Gorodetzer kept the Warrior bats off balance all game and picked up his third straight win on the mound.
By JERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF \
5/15/2013 11:38:34 PM
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Health system budget to be both cut and expanded
There is no high-quality and equitable medicine without additional investment, says medical official.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
5/15/2013 11:43:02 PM
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Cameron: Don't let planning for Syria talks get bogged down
By REUTERS \
5/15/2013 11:43:10 PM
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Scientists test experimental chemotherapy drug
The mechanism responsible for the destruction of the eggs in their ovaries and the resultant infertility has not been understood until now.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
5/15/2013 11:49:48 PM
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Forensic Institute identifies human mad cow disease
Genetic illness common among Jews of Libyan descent.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
5/15/2013 11:54:24 PM