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Top US diplomat for Middle East to retire, US officials say
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 12:33:59 AM
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Holocaust survivors attempt to prevent Linda Sarsour from CUNY event
“This is a frightening reality that we hoped we would never see again."
By DANIELLE ZIRI \
5/17/2017 12:40:09 AM
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Trump asked Comey to close Flynn probe -NY Times, citing Comey memo
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 1:09:22 AM
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Source: Trump asked Comey to end investigation of Michael Flynn
The White House has denied the report claiming that it is not an accurate representation of the conversation between Trump and James Comey.
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 1:53:29 AM
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Nefesh B’Nefesh recognizes Shalvi, Jaffe with Lifetime Achievement Award
Organization fetes seven other Anglo olim with 2017 Bonei Zion Prize.
By TAMARA ZIEVE \
5/17/2017 2:02:07 AM
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Over 1,000 Russian-speaking Jews attend NY Leonard Cohen exhibition
"People like Cohen really show how we have risen as a people," says young participant.
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
5/17/2017 2:18:57 AM
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Science project in Jordan shines light on regional cooperation
“Jordan was selected for two main reasons: Its strong interest and its ability to host all scientists.”
By ADAM RASGON \
5/17/2017 2:47:35 AM
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US, Turkish leaders put best face on ties amid tensions
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 2:55:41 AM
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Police probing Uri Ariel
“Once again it has been proven that the rule of the Right is corrupt and dark, systematically misusing taxpayer funds.”
By GIL HOFFMAN \
5/17/2017 3:01:49 AM
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Hackers mint crypto-currency with technique in global 'ransomware' attack
Like WannaCry, the program attacks via a flaw in Microsoft Corp's Windows software.
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 3:30:20 AM
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Analysis: Does intel leak mean Trump’s trip is off?
There is a common consensus that the US is Israel's most important strategic ally.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
5/17/2017 3:42:20 AM
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US lawmakers want to see Comey memo on Trump meeting
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 4:22:45 AM
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S.Korea says communication channel with North must reopen
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 5:03:18 AM
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Ukraine PM tells JPost: I never hid my ethnic origins
“I believe it would be humiliating to hide someone’s roots, to hide someone’s family or last name, and once again for all these reasons, we view the relations with Israel as very important.”
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
5/17/2017 6:09:01 AM
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Haley: Western Wall part of Israel, US embassy should move to Jerusalem
The US Envoy to the UN made the two remarkable statement supporting Israel's sovereignty over the Western Wall as well as the embassy move in an interview with CBN News on Tuesday.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
5/17/2017 7:18:52 AM
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US officials: Trump's intel leak endangered life of spy placed inside ISIS by Israel
US officials have reportedly said that US President Donald Trump's intelligence disclosure to Russian officials last week has put at risk a spy placed inside ISIS by Israel.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/17/2017 7:43:41 AM
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24 wanted suspects arrested overnight in West Bank
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/17/2017 8:20:56 AM
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Police force attacked with rocks and fireworks
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/17/2017 8:28:21 AM
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Sweden removes Israel from social media blacklist following diplomatic tiff
The Swedish Institute, operating under the authority of the Swedish Foreign Office, briefly placed Israel's MFA and the country's Ambassador to Sweden Isaac Bachman on a Twitter blacklist.
By JOY BERNARD \
5/17/2017 9:35:52 AM
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Former Israeli spy chief: If reports are true, Trump made calculated move
Chairman of Knesset Intelligence Committee calls mix up between intelligence sources “nightmare scenario,” says too early to tell if Trump is an intelligence-sharing liability.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/17/2017 9:50:42 AM
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Georgia executes by injection murderer seeking firing squad death
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 9:53:13 AM
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Trump, Jordan's king speak by phone ahead of US president's Mideast visit
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/17/2017 10:35:04 AM
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German Holocaust denier arrested in Hungary
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 10:41:13 AM
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Arab Bank settlement over Israel attacks may hit snag in US appeals court
Arab Bank is appealing a 2014 verdict finding it liable for facilitating two dozen attacks linked to Hamas by handling financial transactions.
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 10:58:43 AM
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Former top Israeli officials break with govt line, call Trump leak very troubling
Former officials reacted with alarm to the report that Trump leaked intel on ISIS to Russia, denouncing it in a move that broke the diplomatic facade of neutrality with which Israel has reacted.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
5/17/2017 11:11:17 AM
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Friedman: Palestinians drop settlement freeze as precondition for talks
Days after arriving in Israel, America's new envoy reportedly says the US is also not making the demand.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
5/17/2017 11:23:07 AM
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Netanyahu confirms he spoke to Trump on the phone days prior to the president's visit
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/17/2017 11:37:07 AM
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Man found with fatal stabbing wounds at his home in central Israel
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/17/2017 11:44:26 AM
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Watch: What could Trump see in 15 minutes at Yad Vashem?
Critics say the US president has chosen to dedicate too little time to tour the massive Holocaust memorial.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/17/2017 2:03:19 PM
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Picasso work stolen by Nazis sells for $45 million at auction
French master's "Femme assise, robe bleu" was subject of 1964 film "The Train."
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/17/2017 11:56:31 AM
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Cleared for release: Shin Bet nabs terror cell
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/17/2017 12:05:42 PM
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Christian film ‘In Our Hands’ brings Six Day War to the big screen
These events are of tremendous importance to Christians, filmmaker says.
By BENJAMIN GLATT \
5/17/2017 12:15:02 PM
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Report: Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner to join president's Mideast trip
From the West Wing to the Middle East? Reports did not specify for which portions of the president's trip the Jewish power couple would be present.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/17/2017 12:34:02 PM
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Lauder vs. Adelson: Which Jewish billionaire has Trump’s ear on Israel?
Who does the first billionaire president go to when he wants real-deal advice? Other billionaires, naturally.
By RON KAMPEAS/JTA \
5/17/2017 2:25:30 PM
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Iran leader hits out at 'unworthy' election campaign mud-slinging
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 12:42:18 PM
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Israel, Europe see rise in Salmonella cases
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
5/17/2017 12:47:28 PM
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Car bomb reportedly hits camp for displaced Syrians near Jordan border
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 1:14:46 PM
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The view from Jerusalem
Trump’s first 100 days have yet to provide a clear indication of US policy and how he believes he can achieve an Israel-Palestinian deal.
By EYTAN GILBOA \
5/17/2017 1:52:43 PM
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Dry Bones Cartoon - May 17, 2017
Like Dry Bones on Facebook to get daily illustrations on your newsfeed.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/17/2017 2:03:17 PM
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Where’s the resistance?
Claiming to resist the Trump administration is puerile, toxic to democracy and an insult to genuine resistance leaders past and present.
By AMIEL UNGAR \
5/17/2017 2:16:46 PM
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Denmark’s foreign minster on lightning first-time visit to Israel
Anders Samuelsen meets with President Reuven Rivlin during 36-hour trip.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
5/17/2017 2:17:22 PM
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Israel hopes Iran's next president is the lesser of two evils
Pragmatist Rouhani is running for reelection against hardliner Ebrahim Raisi in a vote that will have wide-ranging implications for Israel.
By DAVID PATRIKARAKOS \
5/18/2017 12:37:40 PM
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Relive the Six Day War: Military provocation and terrorism
Special 50-Year Anniversary Series: Explore the early steps that led to the 1967 Six Day War.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/17/2017 2:39:20 PM
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Jerusalem of Silicon
The Holy City is on the verge of breaking into the world’s top 20 start-up ecosystems.
By SHLOMO MAITAL \
5/17/2017 2:40:03 PM
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Vladimir Putin says can prove Trump did not pass Russia secrets
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 2:44:56 PM
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Trump phones Netanyahu, King Abdullah days before his Mideast visit
Days before US President Donald Trump arrives in the region for his official visit, he spoke with Jordan's Kind Abdullah II and with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
5/17/2017 2:53:59 PM
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Syrian civil war: Assad’s hollow crown
Jonathan Spyer reports from a regime sponsored tour of war-torn Syria and finds rampant antisemitism and empty rhetoric that fails to disguise the dictator’s flimsy grip on power.
By JONATHAN SPYER \
6/3/2017 7:49:55 AM
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Putin denies Trump passed Russia secrets reportedly linked to Israel
Putin says Russia was ready to hand a transcript of Trump's meeting with Lavrov over to US lawmakers if that would help reassure them.
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 3:05:57 PM
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Israel's robot oasis in the Negev Desert
In the Negev desert, work is underway on the next generation of medical robotics.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
5/17/2017 3:08:34 PM
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Manning leaves US jail 7 years after giving secrets to WikiLeaks
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 3:16:29 PM
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Sharing a combined vision
Winners of Breaking Barriers – an initiative spearheaded by Itzhak Perlman – discuss their efforts to create a more inclusive society and demonstrate that a love of art and music is for everyone.
By NOA AMOUYAL \
5/17/2017 3:17:27 PM
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Italian happy hour comes to Tel Aviv’s White Villa Hotel
The White Villa offers special aperitivo evenings in May and June.
By SHAWN RODGERS \
5/17/2017 3:19:47 PM
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Danish teen convicted of planning to bomb Jewish school
The 17-year-old girl was inspired by Omar El-Hussein, the terrorist who carried out an attack on a Copenhagen synagogue in 2015 after swearing allegiance to ISIS.
By JTA \
5/17/2017 3:39:18 PM
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The Jewish queens of chess
The story of Hungary’s famed Polgár sisters gains a new lease on life in an Israeli documentary.
By TIBOR KRAUSZ \
6/10/2017 10:33:34 AM
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WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning leaves US jail after 7 years
The former military intelligence analyst was convicted of providing more than 700,000 documents, videos, diplomatic cables and battlefield accounts to WikiLeaks.
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 3:40:35 PM
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'Whence Israel and the Jewish people?'
Recent fiction has taken to the question of ‘Israeliness' through various – and at times, opposing – lenses.
By ROCHELLE FURSTENBERG \
5/17/2017 3:53:48 PM
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Knesset cracks down on confidential info leaks
Unrelated to the Trump-Russia scandal, the Knesset established new rules to keep secret information inside its committee walls.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
5/17/2017 4:03:02 PM
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The world is on
The Sabbatical year attunes us to God’s glory and awakens our moral and spiritual sensitivity in the face of human suffering.
By RABBI MEIR SENDOR \
5/17/2017 4:03:06 PM
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Case against Bar Rafaeli's father dropped, investigation closed
By MAARIV ONLINE,JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/17/2017 4:32:38 PM
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Recovering a lost identity
Kangarusski program helps Russian speakers Down Under reconnect to Jewish roots
By NOA AMOUYAL \
5/17/2017 4:37:38 PM
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Why won’t Trump address the Knesset while in Israel?
In the past, the legislature's Speaker Yuli Edelstein criticized leaders who didn’t come to parliament, but now he’s keeping mum.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
5/17/2017 9:55:50 PM
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Germany eyes Jordan as base for troops due to Turkey row
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 5:05:29 PM
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Black ice cream trend hits Tel Aviv
Dark and delicious: Strange-hued treat has conquered Instagram in America and is now in the Holy Land.
By AMY SPIRO \
5/17/2017 5:24:40 PM
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Jerusalem mayor: Move US embassy, regardless of possible violence
Nir Barkat believes Trump will still move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
By ELIYAHU KAMISHER \
5/17/2017 5:24:55 PM
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One-year-old Beduin baby dies from electrocution in Negev
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI \
5/17/2017 5:43:47 PM
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Venezuelan president: 'We are the new Jews'
Nicolas Maduro compared the treatment of his country's officials abroad to the Nazi persecution of European Jewry.
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 5:44:38 PM
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Hungary's FM: European Parliament motion a 'new attack by Soros network'
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 5:46:13 PM
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IDF soldier moderately hurt in paratroopers training in northern Israel
By ANNA AHRONHEIM \
5/17/2017 5:49:54 PM
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UK police arrest four men on suspicion of terrorism offense
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 5:50:32 PM
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Reviving Israeli-Palestinian Talks Now Will Go Nowhere
By DR. ALON BEN-MEIR \
5/17/2017 5:52:20 PM
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US to renew sanctions waivers on Iran Wednesday, officials say
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 5:53:42 PM
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Suspect, 14, arrested in arson of historic Lower East Side synagogue
By JTA \
5/17/2017 5:54:35 PM
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Bibi vs Trump: The World Leader Comb-over
The worst game of 'who wore it better' you'll ever play.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/23/2017 3:45:42 PM
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Israeli innovations to improve lives of kids with disabilities
The center will have 3D printers and a variety of other biomechanical and other equipment to create advanced-technology products for the children.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
5/17/2017 6:43:59 PM
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Israel instructs kosher slaughterhouses to stop ‘shackle, hoist’ practice
Rabbinical authorities have spoken out against the shackle-and-hoist practice since 2008, encouraging the use of rotating restraint boxes – also known as rotating pens – instead.
By SHARON UDASIN \
5/17/2017 6:53:42 PM
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Collaborative lab aims for social change for Israel’s diverse society
Co. Lab, short for “collaborative laboratory,” aims to bring together social leaders from all sectors of society in an effort to create social change.
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI \
5/17/2017 7:10:04 PM
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Gravestones toppled at a second Philadelphia Jewish cemetery
By JTA \
5/17/2017 7:12:39 PM
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Trump says he'll urge Muslim leaders to fight extremism during ME trip
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 7:38:10 PM
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JPMorgan Chase provides travel alerts for ‘Palestine,’ but not Israel
You can't select Israel, but you can select "State of Palestine, Occupied."
By SHARON UDASIN \
5/17/2017 7:39:40 PM
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US Senate Intelligence committee wants more information from Comey
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 7:53:49 PM
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Israeli mortality rates lower than most, cancer leading cause of death
The death rate (according to population demographics) is lower here than in the US, Canada and Europe.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
5/17/2017 7:54:38 PM
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Parents of kids with cancer appeal to A-G over ‘ministry threats'
Rotstein has applied for court restraining orders against the resigning doctors and hired a doctor from another hospital, but still lacks the personnel needed to run the department.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
5/17/2017 8:20:42 PM
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US sanctions Iran officials, Chinese network over missile program
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 8:39:03 PM
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Head of IDF Military Intelligence in Washington amid Trump-Russia claims
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
5/17/2017 8:44:06 PM
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No decision yet on Pollard parole conditions after appeal
Current conditions require Pollard to wear a GPS monitoring device that forces him to violate the Sabbath.
By GIL HOFFMAN \
5/18/2017 5:00:20 AM
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Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat will not attend LGBTQ pride parade
“They are part of the city of Jerusalem we take care of them, we give them all the rights they deserve. They are allowed to march, but for me to march with them is a little bit of a different story."
By ELIYAHU KAMISHER \
5/17/2017 8:59:28 PM
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Up close and very personal with ‘Bobbi Jene’
After 10 years with the Batsheva Dance Company, Bobbi Jene Smith decided to return to the US to find her own way as an artist.
By HANNAH BROWN \
5/17/2017 9:13:34 PM
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The ever-expanding Jacob’s Ladder three-day music festival is back
Step right up
By BARRY DAVIS \
5/17/2017 9:18:25 PM
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Planning for the morning after
Ultimately, Israeli sovereignty over Area C should be seen as the positive, ethical and logical step to be taken in the wake of yet another failure to craft a by-definition un-craftable deal.
By SAM SOLOMON \
5/17/2017 9:25:57 PM
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Washington watch: The bumpy road to Jerusalem
The better part of valor would be to cancel that excursion.
By DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD \
5/17/2017 9:30:34 PM
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US extends sanctions relief under Iran nuclear deal
The decision on the sanctions waiver represents a major early policy choice on the nuclear deal for the Trump administration.
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 9:32:15 PM
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Encountering peace: There are no walls high enough
We have been too long trapped in a mutually harmful stalemate.
By GERSHON BASKIN \
5/17/2017 9:33:23 PM
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Democracy and ‘America first’
One of the important conditions for a true democracy is a strong and dynamic middle class, and a central condition for the growth of the working class is a strong and liberal market economy.
By SHABTAI SHAVIT \
5/17/2017 9:40:40 PM
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Trump in Israel – what’s the plan?
Israel is a constituent democracy and Israeli public opinion matters.
By IDO AHARONI \
5/17/2017 9:41:24 PM
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Fundamentally Freund: Recalling the menace of May 1967
The Jewish state owes no one an apology for facing down its foes and taking the territory which those very same enemies used as a platform from which to seek our destruction.
By MICHAEL FREUND \
5/17/2017 9:45:44 PM
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Witnessing genocide
It is time to realize that concerted action, not fruitless diplomacy, is the Syrian people’s lifeline.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
5/17/2017 9:45:57 PM
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May 18, 2017: Facts on the ground
With regard to “Israel, America clash over Western Wall, embassy” (May 16), has the world gone mad? Is anyone interested in the facts on the ground?
By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR \
5/17/2017 9:51:46 PM
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US concerned by violence involving protesters and Turkish personnel
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 9:54:15 PM
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What did Miri Regev wear to Cannes?
While her golden top was beautiful, it was her Jerusalem of Gold skirt that drew attention from the glitterati.
By BECKY BROTHMAN \
5/17/2017 10:12:01 PM
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Trump to meet four candidates for FBI director
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 10:33:46 PM
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Trump doesn't plan to use Israel trip to announce embassy move
By REUTERS \
5/17/2017 11:27:53 PM
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‘Trump rules out moving US Embassy to Jerusalem for now’
Friedman: US president won’t unveil diplomatic plan.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
5/17/2017 11:31:18 PM
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Recycle
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5/17/2017 11:33:09 PM