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Analysis: The Salafi menace in Sinai goes after a soft target
Terrorism in the Sinai targets Egypt's battered tourist industry; jihadist organizations in Sinai link up with similar entities all over the troubled Middle East.
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
2/17/2014 12:30:00 AM
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Obama to offer Saudi Arabia coordination on Syria policy
King of Saudi Arabia expected to push for ousting of Assad, present concrete steps toward curbing support for extremists fighters in Syria.
By MICHAEL WILNER \
2/17/2014 12:42:22 AM
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UNESCO may place caves at Beit Guvrin and Maresha on World Heritage List
Organization also weighing registering the ancient terraces of Battir to ‘Palestine’.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
2/17/2014 1:08:53 AM
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Analysis: Combat fatigue may finally spell the end of Syrian civil war
Syrian civil war may very turn out to be mirror-image of the 15-year civil war in Lebanon between 1975 and 1990.
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL \
2/17/2014 1:38:34 AM
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Ministers: Cut benefits from terrorists
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
2/17/2014 1:55:33 AM
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J’lem overcomes Hap TA for 13th win in a row
League-leader forced to battle against injured opponent; Ashdod losing hope at the bottom after another defeat
By ALLON SINAI \
2/17/2014 2:29:50 AM
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Beitar calms nerves with triumph over Mac Haifa
Jerusalem wins 1-0.
By ALLON SINAI \
2/17/2014 2:34:29 AM
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Double glory for Eilat surfers
“It is always great to win the national championships, especially at home.”
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/17/2014 2:47:55 AM
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Building in Acre collapses after gas explosion
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/17/2014 9:35:09 AM
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Nasrallah accuses Israel of threatening Lebanon, urges Arab states to leave Syria
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/17/2014 9:34:24 AM
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Analysis: Will a middle-of-the-road compromise on anti-boycott law mean no one wins?
Court may invalidate the law regarding any penalizing of boycotts against "1967 Israel," but uphold the law against penalizing boycotts against "1948 Israel."
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
2/17/2014 5:02:42 AM
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PM: Iran has not altered behavior, enjoys the benefits of eased sanctions
P5+1 talks to restart Tuesday; Netanyahu points at Iran's continued support of Hezbollah, Assad.
By HERB KEINON \
2/17/2014 6:04:41 AM
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Free Syrian Army sacks chief, appoints replacement
By REUTERS \
2/17/2014 7:03:44 AM
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Meet the "Custodian"
By YISRAEL MEDAD \
2/17/2014 7:54:00 AM
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Five killed, 11 injured in Acre building collapse
8-year-old's body found hours after collapse; gas leak is suspected cause of explosion, but police probing possibility of foul play.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/17/2014 10:26:13 AM
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Hijacked aircraft lands at Geneva airport
By REUTERS \
2/17/2014 8:15:35 AM
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Ethiopian Airlines hijacker held, situation "under control" - Geneva police
By REUTERS \
2/17/2014 8:55:16 AM
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A different place with different people
By IRA SHARKANSKY \
2/17/2014 9:25:00 AM
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Witness: Passengers leave hijacked Ethiopian plane
By REUTERS \
2/17/2014 9:41:38 AM
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Hadassah workers protest outside of PM's home, block street
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/17/2014 9:44:39 AM
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Body of 8-year-old found in Acre rubble, death toll rises to 5
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/17/2014 10:18:25 AM
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Nasrallah: Hezbollah will withdraw from Syria if Arabs stop meddling
Hezbollah leader says Syria must be left alone, his Lebanese Shi'ite group willing to withdraw forces in order for Syrians to reconciliate.
By REUTERS \
2/17/2014 10:28:14 AM
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Cut the Palestinian Authority off
For far too long, Palestinian leaders have acted with impunity, poisoning their people with a deep hatred for Israel and the Jewish people.
By JOSEPH RASKAS \
2/17/2014 10:58:51 AM
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Bennett: Kerry is not an anti-Semite, America is Israel's greatest ally
Economy minister comes to defense of US secretary of state; says anti-Israel boycott is not friendly criticism, but rather "the new anti-Semitism."
By TOVAH LAZAROFF,JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/17/2014 11:23:18 AM
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Iran says Russia could build nuclear reactor in exchange for oil
By REUTERS \
2/17/2014 11:39:09 AM
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Chosen Bites: Eat something sexy!
Valentine's Day may be well and truly over, but that doesn't mean you can't fall in love with this deliciously dreamy coconut cake.
By LAURA FRANKEL \
2/17/2014 11:41:53 AM
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The Wedding Troubleshooter: Coaching about coaches
Sometimes hiring friends winds up helping less and hurting more.
By JOAN SUMMERFIELD \
2/17/2014 11:46:11 AM
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Court rules key powers can be taken from Netanyahu
Deputy Defense Minister Danon can now convene Likud central c'tee for votes on key issues PM opposes, including opposing territorial concessions.
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
2/17/2014 12:08:10 PM
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In Pictures: Simon Cowell's Jewish baby
Music-man Simon Cowell has shared three pictures of his newborn son Eric, two days after the little ray of sunshine arrived.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/17/2014 12:11:47 PM
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Neo-Nazis march in support of anti-Semitic WWII Bulgarian general
Jewish group says mayor outlawed march; right-wing extremist party Ataka gains strength.
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL \
2/17/2014 12:22:07 PM
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Iran's Khamenei says he's not optimistic on nuclear talks
Russia could build a second reactor at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant in exchange for Iranian oil, envoy to Moscow says.
By REUTERS \
2/17/2014 12:43:01 PM
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Peres welcomes Peruvian President in Israel
Ollanta Humala meets with Peres in Jerusalem, is on a nine-day tour of the Middle East that includes Qatar, Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
2/17/2014 12:46:43 PM
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C’tee demands public housing in national housing law
Likud MK Regev says won't pass law without public housing component; Lapid argues that he can only solve some parts of the problem.
By NIV ELIS \
2/17/2014 12:56:41 PM
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Mayor Barkat joins Hadassah workers, protesters march throughout Jerusalem
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/17/2014 1:10:06 PM
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Flug: Demographic trends could cost Israel 1.3% of GDP
Bank of Israel governor says growth of low-employment groups and aging populace are a central challenge to Israel's long-term growth.
By NIV ELIS \
2/17/2014 1:27:45 PM
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Court filing: Iranian bank sues UK govt for $4b. over sanctions
By REUTERS \
2/17/2014 1:47:18 PM
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Livni: Spate of criminal assassinations is 'a plague to the state'
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/17/2014 2:15:31 PM
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Shakespeare’s Jewish connection
Montague is a Jewish name, and Verona was under the control of Venice, a place to which many Sephardi Jews fled during the Spanish Inquisition and after the expulsion.
By MARION FISCHEL \
2/17/2014 2:35:07 PM
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Hiking the Holy Land: Dead Sea adventures
It's not just mineral water and mud. Hobby-hiker Yitzchak Miskin journeys through one of Israel's greatest wonders.
By YITZCHAK MISKIN \
2/17/2014 2:46:39 PM
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Netanyahu: Iran engaged in 'subversive activities' in Latin America, world
In meeting with Peruvian president, PM claims that nuclear talks have already allowed Iran to escape from sanctions.
By HERB KEINON \
2/17/2014 2:55:42 PM
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How to fix Israel's broken public diplomacy effort
Bring opinion leaders here, provide data to friends abroad, and don’t put Foreign Ministry in charge.
By EVELYN GORDON \
2/17/2014 2:57:23 PM
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First E. African utility scale solar field, run by J’lemites, reaches financial close
Company CEO: “Today we’re realizing what everyone said would be impossible – creating a viable, commercial scale solar industry for East Africa.”
By SHARON UDASIN \
2/17/2014 3:07:13 PM
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Labor Party endorses Ben-Eliezer for president
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
2/17/2014 3:24:36 PM
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Herzog to Netanyahu: Choose Knesset FADC chief or I'll go to High Court
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/17/2014 3:33:15 PM
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Iran says may send forces to Pakistan to free border guards
By REUTERS \
2/17/2014 3:33:58 PM
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Sir Paul
Stebbings, an actor and the artistic director of TNT music theater and The American Drama Group Europe, was born in the UK.
By JERUSALEM POST READERS \
2/17/2014 3:42:54 PM
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Jewelry dealer shot, seriously hurt in apparent Bat Yam robbery; 2 arrested
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/17/2014 3:46:20 PM
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Take a peek: Knesset launches virtual tour
Knesset launches digital campaign allowing viewers to check out their digs.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/17/2014 3:57:56 PM
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Hundreds may be involved in gravest N.Korean crimes
By REUTERS \
2/17/2014 4:04:50 PM
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Lapid: The world is losing patience, sympathy with Israel
Finance minister refuses to set ultimatum to Netanyahu, says agreement with the Palestinians would improve Israeli economy.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
2/17/2014 4:40:02 PM
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Russia says Syrian government right to seek focus on 'terrorism'
By REUTERS \
2/17/2014 4:48:45 PM
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New interactive map tracks children deported from France during Holocaust
Online map compares levels of persecution in difference cities across France.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/17/2014 5:04:39 PM
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UN: North Korean supreme leader guilty of atrocities 'strikingly similar to Nazis'
North Korea's Kim warned of charges in International Criminal Court; labor camps starving, cremating prisoners.
By REUTERS \
2/17/2014 5:16:03 PM
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Report: Israeli weapons dealers tried to send jet parts to Iran in violation of embargo
Shipment of F-4 Phantom parts which originated in Binyamina was confiscated in Greece en route to Iran, Greek daily reports.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/17/2014 5:42:12 PM
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US senators meet with Palestinian Authority president in Ramallah
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/17/2014 5:43:29 PM
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Hadassah workers fail to get full January salaries
Hundreds demonstrated around the capital on Monday in hopes of persuading Hadassah management to pay full monthly wage.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
2/17/2014 5:45:13 PM
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Education panel postpones vote on compulsory education law for children aged three
Parents of children with special needs opposed the delay due to the fact that if there if there is no application of compulsory education.
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI \
2/17/2014 5:55:12 PM
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Detectives arrest Jaffa 'hit squad' on the way to avenge Saturday beachfront murder
Suspects to appear in court; police beef up patrols after wave of underworld crime killings.
By BEN HARTMAN \
2/17/2014 6:05:12 PM
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In search of a cure
Erez Vigodman, the new CEO of Teva, Israel’s premier global company, has to work fast to pull the conglomerate out of crisis.
By SHLOMO MAITAL \
2/17/2014 6:09:44 PM
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Egyptian security suspects Taba bus bombing was a suicide attack
The attack marked a change in tactics by Islamists by attacking tourists instead of the Egyptian security personnel or buildings.
By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON \
2/17/2014 6:12:22 PM
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Gross boys discharged from Schneider 3 weeks after two sisters die in insecticide tragedy
Both brothers return home healthy, exterminator did not send family away for, sprayed dangerous chemicals not for home use.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
2/17/2014 6:19:17 PM
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Israeli right targets Kerry
The differences between the center-left and the right over the Secretary of State's mission touch on profound issues regarding Israel’s future.
By LESLIE SUSSER \
2/17/2014 6:24:47 PM
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Gas rig stand-off
The development of gas fields by Israel, Syria and Lebanon are paving the way to create a new reality in the region.
By YOSSI MELMAN \
2/17/2014 6:49:02 PM
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Greek food bank to visit Leket Israel to learn about gleaning program model
Boroume pairs food donors with nonprofit agencies through their website, with the food never in their possession, developing a “virtual” food bank.
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI \
2/17/2014 6:59:13 PM
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Shapiro: Netanyahu, Abbas in stronger position than past leaders to reach agreement
Speaking at Conference of Presidents, US ambassador states support for Israel, peace process.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
2/17/2014 7:20:25 PM
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Kerry, Abbas to meet in Paris to discuss US framework agreement
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/17/2014 7:49:11 PM
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Kerry to meet Abbas in Paris on Wednesday
By REUTERS \
2/17/2014 8:00:09 PM
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Netanyahu: BDS advocates are classical anti-Semites in modern garb
"The goal isn't to prevent Iran from having nuclear weapons, but to deny it the capability to manufacture nuclear weapons," PM tells Conference of Presidents.
By HERB KEINON,JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/17/2014 8:13:08 PM
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Knesset c'tee: Leniency for negligence in gas leak incidents is 'cruelty to children'
According to police report, of the dozens of gas offenders only one is in prison.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
2/17/2014 8:20:19 PM
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Wake up and smell the Turkish coffee
Erdogan’s stance on Iran, support of Hamas and Hezbollah orand statements hostile to Jews, women and blacks not enough for Obama to stop calling him a “close personal friend.”
By RUTHIE BLUM \
2/17/2014 8:53:07 PM
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What primary sources tell us about Lydda 1948
Only after the city leaders realized that the Arab Legion forces had abandoned the police station on the morning of July 13, did they agree to make a deal.
By NAOMI FRIEDMAN \
2/17/2014 9:04:31 PM
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Free speech and antisemitism: Max Blumenthal’s Goliath
By Petra Marquardt-Bigman \
2/17/2014 9:12:00 PM
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‘Price tag’ attacks are terror
Everyone deserves to be treated equally under the law.
By EFRAIM COHEN \
2/17/2014 9:17:20 PM
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Borderline views: Managing the ravages of freak weather
By DAVID NEWMAN \
2/17/2014 9:27:06 PM
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Eradicating a distorted ‘jihadist’ ideology
Social institutions have a responsibility to address the threat as well as draw up strategies to curb the spread of the extremist ideology
By SAMAR FATANY \
2/17/2014 9:33:45 PM
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Crisis in Arab civilization
In a globalizing world, deeply ingrained traditions and value systems have outlived themselves.
By LEON DE WINTER \
2/17/2014 9:39:16 PM
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Our world: The anti-Zionist challenge to the Jewish establishment
There is a difference between speech and war.
By CAROLINE B. GLICK \
2/17/2014 9:47:06 PM
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The boycotters
Members of the US House of Representatives of both parties rightly termed the ASA ’s boycott decision “bigoted, an affront to academic freedom.”
By ZALMAN SHOVAL \
2/17/2014 9:51:25 PM
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End the strike
Ultimately, some sort of modus vivendi will be reached which will facilitate a return to normalcy at Hadassah.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
2/17/2014 9:56:46 PM
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Huckabee lambasts BDS movement, peace negotiations, praises Scarlett Johanssen
Boycotting Israel "embarrassingly stupid because Israel represents the one place [in the Middle East] where freedom exists," says Huckabee.
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
2/17/2014 9:58:54 PM
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Venezuela expels 3 US diplomats it accuses of spurring protests
By REUTERS \
2/17/2014 10:05:11 PM
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Endorsements make Labor's Ben-Eliezer first presidential candidate
The only Labor MK among the faction's 15 who did not vote to back Ben-Eliezer was former party chairwoman Shelly Yacimovich.
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
2/17/2014 10:14:29 PM
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Fund-raising exhibit to fight AIDS to feature more than 600 artists
Israel Aids Task Force: 6,500 people with Aids in Israel, but only 30% of residents have been tested for HIV.
By MOSHE ARENSTEIN \
2/17/2014 10:21:26 PM
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Opposition chief Herzog gives premier ultimatum over key post
Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee has yet to replace Avigdor Liberman since he returned to Foreign Ministry.
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
2/17/2014 10:24:17 PM
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Tips for entrepreneurs: You and me? Best friends!
You remember facts and concepts via stories much more powerfully and for a longer time than if you had to remember just the dry facts alone.
By ISSAMAR GINZBERG \
2/17/2014 10:31:04 PM
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Official: Palestinian bid to haul Israel before court would 'suck air' out of peace process
Yossi Kuperwasser, director-general of the Intelligence Ministry, says US agrees that PA needs to recognize Jewish state.
By HERB KEINON \
2/17/2014 10:45:06 PM
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Eli Cohen calls for mass voter turnout to defeat 'extremism' in Beit Shemesh
Municipal elections of October were invalid due to evidence of systematic fraud.
By JEREMY SHARON \
2/17/2014 10:57:51 PM
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Panel postpones vote to delay compulsory education for ages 3-4
Mitzna says if parents want to integrate their special needs child into a normal framework, they should be allowed to.
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI \
2/17/2014 11:05:03 PM
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Miami museum visitor charged with breaking $1 mln Ai WeiWei vase
By REUTERS \
2/17/2014 11:42:56 PM
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No holds barred: The winter of our discontent
Bad things happening in the world today seem to just arise spontaneously with no-one bearing any responsibility.
By SHMULEY BOTEACH \
2/17/2014 11:52:18 PM
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February 18: While Pollard waits
When the US failed to keep its word, foreign minister Shimon Peres remained silent.
By JERUSALEM POST READERS \
2/17/2014 11:56:52 PM