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Senior US senator seeks study of impact of Cuba trade restrictions
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 12:04:10 AM
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US to announce that North Korea behind Sony hack
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 1:23:55 AM
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Tekuma’s future unclear, Yishai, Bennett are suitors
Tekuma ran in the last election on a joint list with Bayit Yehudi.
By JEREMY SHARON,LAHAV HARKOV \
12/18/2014 1:35:37 AM
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Canada PM says Parliament attacker may not have been lone wolf
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 1:37:05 AM
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Palestinian draft resolution submitted to UNSC: Israeli withdrawal from West Bank by 2017
The Palestinian-drafted resolution was formally submitted to the 15-member council by Jordan, which means it could be put to a vote as soon as 24 hours later.
By REUTERS,JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/18/2014 5:44:11 AM
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Jordan's Palestinian draft calls for peace with Israel in a year
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 3:11:58 AM
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126 signatories of Geneva Convention call on Israelis, Palestinians to respect humanitarian law
The signatories "reaffirm the illegality of Israeli settlements."|
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 4:50:36 AM
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Farmers call for representation on parties’ lists
By LAHAV HARKOV \
12/18/2014 4:53:19 AM
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Cameron castigates Miliband over MPs’ vote on ‘Palestine’
In a clear message to Jewish voters, Cameron said Labor in general and Miliband in particular had shown “their true colors on Israel.”
By JERRY LEWIS \
12/18/2014 4:55:23 AM
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European Parliament urges EU foreign ministers to support Palestinian statehood
The resolution passed with 498 votes. Only 88 parliamentarians voted against it out of the body’s 751 members.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
12/18/2014 5:34:12 AM
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‘Civic obligation’ to defend Ukraine, says hassid
Asher Joseph Cherkassky being called ‘hero and a symbol of the resistance’.
By SAM SOKOL \
12/18/2014 6:06:45 AM
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Abbas forces senior Palestinian official Zakout into early retirement
Served as a top adviser to former PM Salam Fayyad.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
12/18/2014 6:42:43 AM
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Mac TA hosts Malaga to wrap up campaign
Despite already having clinched Top 16 berth, yellow-and-blue has no intention of taking a breather.
By ALLON SINAI \
12/18/2014 6:51:31 AM
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Hapoel Jerusalem bows out of Eurocup with a whimper
Jerusalem had already lost all hope of advancing to the Last 32.
By ALLON SINAI \
12/18/2014 6:54:44 AM
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Leshem stuns Botzer, rest of favorites into semis
By ALLON SINAI \
12/18/2014 6:59:51 AM
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Yellow-and-blue, Greens to vie for Toto Cup
By ALLON SINAI \
12/18/2014 7:06:10 AM
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Suicide bomber kills one on outskirts of Afghan capital
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 7:09:16 AM
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Moshe Feiglin drops out of Likud leadership race
Feiglin criticized a decision made Wednesday by a Likud internal court, which ruled that the party must elect its candidate for prime minister and the rest of its Knesset list at the same time.
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
12/18/2014 7:19:03 AM
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UN Security Council wasting time on Palestinian gimmicks, Liberman says
Following submission of a draft resolution to the council on Wednesday by Jordan, FM says move would only bring about a worsening of the conflict.
By JPOST.COM STAFF,REUTERS \
12/18/2014 9:02:36 AM
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Being different in Haifa
The Holiday of Holidays festival fills December with a dynamic roster of events and activities.
By BARRY DAVIS \
12/18/2014 9:14:49 AM
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One man shot dead in Beduin family feud in the Negev
By BEN HARTMAN \
12/18/2014 9:21:50 AM
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Obama stresses freedom of Gross from Cuba at Hanukka candlelighting ceremony
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 9:25:08 AM
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A tough nut to crack
The Israel Ballet performs its version of Tchaikovsky’s beloved ballet ‘The Nutcracker.’
By ORI J. LENKINSKI \
12/18/2014 9:26:13 AM
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The prophet
Sharona Florsheim’s new piece at the Between Heaven and Hell Festival explores ‘being danced.’
By ORI J. LENKINSKI \
12/22/2014 12:48:28 PM
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If I were in charge of the universe
By R.P. Nettelhorst \
12/18/2014 9:47:41 AM
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A blissful opportunity
Soprano Anastasia Klevan sings the role of Fraquita in the IPO’s concert performance of ‘Carmen.’
By MAXIM REIDER \
12/22/2014 12:49:03 PM
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Jerusalem school hit by arson creates menorah used at White House Hanukka event
An Arab and a Jewish student from the school were flown to Washington for the ceremony.
By REUTERS,JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/18/2014 10:04:45 AM
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Movie Review: An engrossing biopic
‘Yona,’ the story of a troubled poet, soars.
By HANNAH BROWN \
12/18/2014 10:08:42 AM
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Limani by the sea
The new bistro in Caesarea is popular and picturesque.
By TAMARA ZIEVE \
12/18/2014 10:22:57 AM
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Sony nixes N. Korea parody film 'The Interview' after threats of 9/11 style attacks
Hollywood slams Sony, movie theaters for canceling film following threats from hackers who waged a massive cyberattack on the movie studio.
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 3:18:24 PM
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Traditions of a different nature
The American Colony Hotel serves up a feast for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
By JONATHAN GILAD \
12/25/2014 12:15:48 PM
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NG in NT
For meat lovers, NG more than fills the bill.
By SHAWN RODGERS \
12/25/2014 12:15:31 PM
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Anti-Islam politician Wilders to face prosecution for anti-Moroccan comments
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 11:04:08 AM
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Out and About: Top 10 things to do 385037
What to look out for this week.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
12/18/2014 11:10:22 AM
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A smiling survivor
Having miraculously survived a late-October assassination attempt, Temple Mount activist Yehudah Glick and his supporters are upbeat, and stronger than ever in his status as an ‘extremist’ – of faith
By ORIT ARFA \
12/18/2014 11:11:33 AM
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An oily holiday
While olive oil is traditionally used to light the hanukkia, there is no such limitation on cooking oil.
By LES SAIDEL \
12/18/2014 11:18:33 AM
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Labor wins ‘Manuel Trajtenberg sweepstakes’
Yesh Atid and former welfare minister Moshe Kahlon’s Koolanu party both tried unsuccessfully to draft Trajtenberg.
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
12/18/2014 11:20:46 AM
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Incitement against Abbas: Gaza posters depict hanging of PA leader
Palestinian media reports attribute incitement to supporters of former senior Fatah official Muhammad Dahlan, who Abbas ousted from the movement in 2011.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
12/18/2014 11:20:58 AM
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Get anointed
The Coola spa offers a luxurious oil treatment for Hanukka.
By LAURA TAUB \
12/18/2014 11:23:03 AM
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No laughing matter
Danish-born Muslim Omar Marzouk is one of diverse group of comedians
coming to Jerusalem for the annual ‘Comedy for a Change’ conference.
By BARRY DAVIS \
12/18/2014 11:31:40 AM
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Bubbling with happiness
Pop a cork for 2015.
By NERIA BARR \
12/22/2014 12:49:34 PM
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Jerusalem police arrest man for allegedly threatening to harm MK Eli Yishai
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/18/2014 11:38:45 AM
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Gentrified in Jaffa
The Market House boutique hotel makes a marked impression.
By DAVID BRINN \
12/25/2014 12:15:13 PM
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Anti-Islam politician Wilders faces prosecution for comments about Moroccans
Lawmaker's anti-Islam views have made him the target of death threats.
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 11:49:47 AM
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Welcome into the fold
For a stronger Jewish community, Jay Ruderman – of the Ruderman Family Foundation – works
toward inclusion for the disabled
By HANNAH BROWN \
12/18/2014 11:51:40 AM
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Hamas militant killed in suspected 'work accident' in Gaza
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/18/2014 12:06:47 PM
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Shining their light
Shai and Sarit Avidar lead the way for the sight-impaired at the Holon ‘Dialogue in the Dark’ exhibit.
By MIRIAM KRESH \
12/18/2014 12:07:01 PM
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A lost star
Israeli judoka Alice Schlesinger is likely to represent the UK at the Rio Olympics, after sparring with the IJA.
By ALLON SINAI \
12/18/2014 12:12:06 PM
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Iranian lawmaker touts good relations between country's Jews and government
Memorial to Iranian Jews killed in Iran-Iraq war unveiled in Tehran.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/18/2014 12:19:38 PM
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‘The peace process is like rock and roll – it is never going to die’
The ‘Magazine’ engages in Part II of a conversation with Washington-based
public policy scholar Aaron David Miller – on Iran, Israel and the Palestinians.
ERIC R. MANDEL \
12/18/2014 12:22:25 PM
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Will ‘decoding’ employees help Israeli start-ups grow?
Leerom Segal argues that companies would do better if they put the same aggressive data tools toward measuring their employees’ happiness as they do toward customers.
By NIV ELIS \
12/18/2014 12:45:29 PM
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Nigeria sentences 54 troops to death for mutiny
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 12:47:15 PM
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Letters 385057
Judaism allows for vegetarian diets. This means Jews have a choice as to whether to be vegetarian or not. Since we have a choice, shouldn’t it be based on the highest Jewish values?
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
12/18/2014 12:54:38 PM
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A funny man of letters
Amir Gutfreund continues to churn out quality literary works, despite his illness.
By BARRY DAVIS \
12/18/2014 12:59:07 PM
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Frontlines Podcast: Is the EU soft on Hamas?
"Post"'s diplomatic reporter discusses European ruling to take Hamas off list of terror organizations; religious affairs reporter explains implications of Shas's loss of Yishai.
By PODCAST \
12/18/2014 4:02:25 PM
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'Hamas holds biggest military exercise in Gaza since end of Operation Protective Edge'
Residents of South report hearing explosions overnight; IDF says blasts are "an internal issue in Gaza," but Israeli media reports massive military drill by Hamas; 1 Gazan killed in "work accident."
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/18/2014 1:14:13 PM
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The light of Hanukka in the darkness of the gulag
'On the first night of Hanukka in the year 5732 by the Jewish calendar, in our cell there was a candle burning on the table, just as there was for Jews around the world’
By YOSEF BEGUN \
12/18/2014 1:15:47 PM
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City Notes: Gov’t approves 1st stage of investment plan for Druse, Circassian communities
A roundup of local stories, from Tiberias to Tel Aviv to Beersheba.
By COMPILED BY TAMARA ZIEVE \
12/18/2014 1:15:48 PM
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Creating a Stir: The well-crafted cuppa
Tal Bodenstein’s coffee amounts to much more than a hill of beans.
By MIRIAM KRESH \
12/18/2014 1:30:55 PM
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Grapevine: Celebrating in sign
BGU was recognized for its exceptional support offered to students and staff members who were called up for active reserve duty during the war in Gaza this summer.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
12/18/2014 1:38:32 PM
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Where the blind lead the sighted
The Dialogue in the Dark exhibit at Holon's Israeli Children’s Museum offers a glimpse into life without eye sight.
By MIRIAM KRESH \
12/25/2014 12:16:08 PM
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Home as Gallery
Making a creative home in Israel.
By GLORIA DEUTSCH \
12/18/2014 1:49:34 PM
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Crack open your Bible: 929 day study project begins in Jerusalem
The last verse scheduled to be read on the 70th anniversary of Israel’s Declaration of Independence.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
12/18/2014 1:56:13 PM
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Showtime 385068
What to look out for this week.
By BARRY DAVIS \
12/18/2014 2:07:12 PM
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White supremacist charged in Kansas Jewish center shootings faces competency hearing
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 2:08:03 PM
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Happily Eva After: The one in which I acted the turkey
EVA ruminates on dating in the 21st century.
By EVA \
12/18/2014 2:10:56 PM
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Ta’am Kinneret Food Festival
A festival during the week of Hanukkah bring spirit to the Jordan Valley.
By MEITAL SHARABI \
12/18/2014 2:15:56 PM
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White supremacist charged in Kansas Jewish center shootings faces competency hearing
Former Ku Klux Klan member Frazier Glenn Cross Jr., 74, also known as Glenn Miller, is charged with the shooting deaths in April in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park, could face death penalty.
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 2:17:55 PM
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Bennett rails against Palestinian statehood amid heckling
Bayit Yehudi leader: Don't give any of Land of Israel to Arabs; Steinitz calls to consider dismantling PA; Labor's Bar-Lev says Netanyahu to bring a binational state.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
12/18/2014 2:25:49 PM
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Highly skilled, highly motivated
A career acceleration program for immigrants with strong educational backgrounds is coming to Jerusalem.
By LISA SAMIN \
12/18/2014 2:29:40 PM
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The miraculous oil of the olive
Try to add some olive oil in your cooking this Hanukkah
By FAYE LEVY AND YAKIR LEVY \
12/18/2014 2:31:10 PM
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Nice guys
Have haredim adopted a new form of protest against Shabbat desecration – friendliness?
By PEGGY CIDOR \
12/18/2014 2:37:13 PM
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Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnap over 100 women, children in Nigeria
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 2:42:39 PM
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Editor of popular marijuana news website to head 'Green Leaf' party in 2015 campaign
The Green Leaf party has never made it into the Knesset in any of their previous 5 election campaigns.
By BEN HARTMAN \
12/18/2014 2:44:34 PM
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Holy night in the holy city
Those celebrating Christmas in Jerusalem can take a tour through the Old City’s Christian Quarter.
By AVIVA BAR-AM \
12/18/2014 2:50:38 PM
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Cameroon army kills 116 Boko Haram militants, defense ministry says
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 2:59:04 PM
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Three Ladies, Three Lattes: Shabbat peace
Sometimes, sitting down to a family meal is complicated.
By THREE LADIES, THREE LATTES \
12/18/2014 3:09:20 PM
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View from the hill
French Hill is a quiet, clean neighborhood with bicycle trails, parks and a new community center.
By JOHN BENZAQUEN \
12/18/2014 3:16:22 PM
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UNRWA: Twice number of Gaza homes were damaged in war than we first thought
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/18/2014 3:22:54 PM
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Abbas defends UN Security Council draft resolution: This is how we end the occupation
PA president meets with Palestinian leadership in Ramallah, details contents of newly-submitted draft resolution to force an Israeli withdrawal by 2017.
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 3:33:02 PM
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Peres in Paris: Int'l community should avoid unilateral steps on Palestinian issue
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/18/2014 3:34:30 PM
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Where we Jews (consistently) get it wrong!
By DAVID TURNER \
12/18/2014 3:36:55 PM
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This Week in Jerusalem: Peggy Cidor’s round-up of city affairs
A look at local stories from the capital.
By PEGGY CIDOR \
12/18/2014 3:39:11 PM
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Grapevine: An international ‘Marriage’
An innovative staging of Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro will be presented at the Gerard Behar Center on December 29.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
12/18/2014 4:01:13 PM
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Hanukka: The diaspora mindset
Our freedoms allow us to preserve our identity and to embrace it with pride.
By RABBI LAZER GURKOW \
12/18/2014 4:05:40 PM
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Hot off the Arab press 385091
What citizens of other countries are reading about the Middle East
By MEDIA LINE \
12/18/2014 4:10:14 PM
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Obama's Cuba 'lovefest': A real move to check Russia?
Alarmingly, the Russians in recent months have been using Cuba to build up a menacing Cold War-era presence at America’s doorstep.
By AARON KLEIN \
12/18/2014 4:12:11 PM
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Masterminding illegal immigration to Palestine: Ada Sereni
According to the figures, some 24,000 immigrants left the shores of Italy in about 30 boats, including the famous Exodus 1947.
By RENÉE LEVINE MELAMMED \
12/18/2014 4:17:04 PM
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Parshat MIKETZ: Greece vs Jerusalem
The Dialogues of Plato deal with the most fundamental ethical and moral issues affecting human conduct.
By SHLOMO RISKIN \
12/18/2014 4:25:24 PM
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Time for a Center-Left government
Since Ehud Barak’s short, tumultuous rule in the late 1990s, Israel has had one Likud prime minister after another.
By ADI BEN-YEHEZKEL \
12/18/2014 4:32:28 PM
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Peres to Hollande: Palestinian state needed for democratic, Jewish state
Former president meets with French president in Paris after EU court rules to remove Hamas from European Union terror list.
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 4:33:12 PM
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Chopped liver, matbucha and everything in between
Israeli writer Janna Gur talks about her newest cookbook celebrating global Jewish food, and the growing international popularity of Israeli cuisine
By AMY SPIRO \
12/18/2014 4:39:41 PM
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Animal attractions
There are clear demarcations of cat colonies, whose character is reflected in Jewish populations.
By DAVID BRUMMER \
12/18/2014 4:43:24 PM
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A Fresh Perspective: Simply put - The Right does good, the Left does bad
The Right is still trying to fix the various economic problems that plague Israel due to the socialist policies with which leftists have led the country since its inception.
By DAN ILLOUZ \
12/18/2014 4:43:31 PM
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Grumpy Old Man: Misconnect controllable
It might not have been the flight from hell, but a recent attempt to make it home from the
US was surely a taste of airline purgatory.
By LAWRENCE RIFKIN \
12/18/2014 4:46:34 PM
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Crime: The campaign issue that won’t be
The police had an atrocious year, as mafia wars raged and the organization was racked by
scandal.
By BEN HARTMAN \
12/18/2014 4:49:31 PM
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The paradox of who is a Jew
There is total pandemonium when only the ideal reigns, while the realistic and the workable are ignored.
By NATHAN LOPES CARDOZO \
12/18/2014 4:52:54 PM
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Here and There: The elections merry-go-round... and its consequential fallout
There can be no doubt that the current electoral system we ‘enjoy’ in Israel will continue to provide governments that simply cannot govern.
By BRENDA KATTEN \
12/18/2014 4:53:54 PM
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A love song for Jerusalem, sung in two genders
Yiscah Smith’s multiple entries to, and exits from, Israel echo the Jewish people’s cycle of exile and redemption
By Rivkah Lambert Adler \
12/18/2014 4:54:09 PM
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Liberman: Israel hopes Palestinians will return to peace talks
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 4:55:58 PM
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Star Catcher
Astrology for the week of December 19, 2014.
By MARALLYN BEN MOSHE \
12/18/2014 5:11:25 PM
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Netanyahu: Palestinian move at UN will lead to Hamas takeover in West Bank
Prime Minister Netanyahu says Israel is not threatened by unilateral steps taken at the UN by the Palestinians.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/18/2014 5:19:04 PM
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False alert siren sounded in Beersheba area
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/18/2014 5:19:14 PM
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UN appeals for $8.4 billion for humanitarian relief to Syrians
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 5:26:56 PM
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JPost News: December 18, 2014
JPost.com brings you all the latest news on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/18/2014 5:41:18 PM
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Suicide attackers set off car bombs in Yemen city
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 5:47:06 PM
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Hebrew University archeologists uncover elaborate entryway into Herodian Hilltop Palace
Unique entryway was uncovered during excavations by the Herodium Expedition over the past year as part of a project initiated in memory of Prof. Ehud Netzer to develop the site for tourism.
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
12/18/2014 5:53:05 PM
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Jerusalem Municipality to distribute 100 free Christmas trees
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
12/18/2014 5:56:53 PM
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US general: Islamic State fight to take at least 3 years
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 6:00:50 PM
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Rape victims' group slams battalion commander under investigation but family rushes to his defense
Givati Brigade commander named as man under investigation for sexual harassment.
By Lidar Gravé-Lazi,YAAKOV LAPPIN \
12/18/2014 6:26:34 PM
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Third times not a charm: NGO petitions to High Court to strike down migrant policy 3.0
Court had told the state in September it must close the Holot open detention center within 90 days.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
12/18/2014 6:26:47 PM
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Former Mapai and Rafi MK Gideon Ben Yisrael dies at 92
By LAHAV HARKOV \
12/18/2014 6:35:36 PM
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Hearsay
By SUKANYA DUTTA \
12/18/2014 6:41:44 PM
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Committee yet to decide on closing water companies
Talks on reorganizing the system for water acquisition and price fall short as inter-ministerial meeting fails to settle on final recommendations.
By NIV ELIS \
12/18/2014 6:48:02 PM
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Famous Egyptian writer says Hamas is “the real enemy,” not Israel
Ali Salem says there are currently Israeli factories in Egypt and normalization with Israel is necessary.
By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON \
12/18/2014 6:51:05 PM
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High Court of Justice says rabbinical court can annul conversions retroactively
Ruling could re-open the wounds of the conversion crisis in 2008.
By JEREMY SHARON \
12/18/2014 7:06:47 PM
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Mayors and nonprofits meet to address food security
Food Security has become an increasingly recognized term in social welfare programs around the world designed to address the shortage of quality food within poorer populations.
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI \
12/18/2014 7:10:48 PM
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Iraqi Kurds say they have secured route to besieged Sinjar mountain
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 7:11:30 PM
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Swedish politician calls for Jews to abandon their faith
Björn Söder, who is a deputy speaker in the Swedish parliament, causes uproar among the country’s approximately 18,000 Jews.
By SAM SOKOL,JTA \
12/18/2014 7:26:32 PM
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Letters to a Lost Soldier: A Jewish American child writes to her father overseas in Europe
By Maxine Clamage \
12/18/2014 7:35:01 PM
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Nu York, New York: Holiday soundtracks for your shopping pleasure
By ELLEN LEVITT \
12/18/2014 7:40:05 PM
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US weighs response to Sony hacking attack blamed on North Korea
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 7:44:02 PM
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Jerusalem judge issues restraining order against haredi man who threatened MK Yishai
Suspect released from police custody 3 days after arrest, ordered to stay 100 meters away from Shas politician for six months.
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
12/18/2014 8:05:15 PM
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Tekuma defers decision on split from Bayit Yehudi to rabbis
The MKs decided to ask rabbis that advise Tekuma what to do next.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
12/18/2014 8:27:01 PM
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Report: US says 3 top Islamic State leaders killed in airstrikes
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 8:36:39 PM
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IDF training civilian response squads in Gaza border communities
Armed squads have recently become component in IDF's response program to terrorist infiltration; Sderot receives one too.
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
12/18/2014 8:43:18 PM
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Exclusive: IDF indicts alleged perpetrators of West Bank terror attacks
Indictments filed in Judea Military Court over terror incidents in early December and mid-November.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
12/18/2014 9:02:22 PM
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US: We won't support Palestinian UNSC resolution on an Israeli withdrawal
Day after Jordan submits draft to United Nations Security Council, US says won't show support for it.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF,KHALED ABU TOAMEH,HERB KEINON,MAYA SHWAYDER \
12/18/2014 9:06:48 PM
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Whitening the list
The EU removed Hamas from the terror blacklist this week.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
12/18/2014 9:11:21 PM
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Politics: Wooing voters by candlelight
As the countdown to elections begins, the festival of lights is the perfect backdrop
for politicians to ignite their campaigns.
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
12/21/2014 12:44:26 AM
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December 19: Looking for logic
Has anyone a logical answer?
By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR \
12/18/2014 9:24:21 PM
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Diplomacy: Problematic ties
The case of journalist Khadija Ismayilova illustrates the dire state of human rights in Azerbaijan, but with strong relations with Iran’s next-door neighbor, Israel is unlikely to raise its voice.
By YOSSI MELMAN \
12/21/2014 6:26:09 AM
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Experts argue lifting veil on IDF combat could provide munitions in the war for legitimacy
Critics predictably bash the IDF’s conduct during Operation Protective Edge as illegal, constituting war crimes on three global grounds.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
12/20/2014 3:57:56 PM
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Sinai Today: Rededicating the Temple within
Hanukka presents an opportunity to reflect on the last 12 months, during which Israel and world Jewry have experienced traumatic times.
By RABBI WARREN GOLDSTEIN \
12/18/2014 9:34:44 PM
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Foreign affairs: Russian roulette
Having resurrected the czarist formula of maximum empire and minimum economy, Vladimir Putin is now learning its cost as oil and the ruble tumble.
By AMOTZ ASA-EL \
12/21/2014 3:51:21 AM
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Dry Bones: Keeping the flame alive
After doing the Dry Bones cartoons for more than 40 years, I’m ready for the next step.
By YAAKOV KIRSCHEN \
12/18/2014 9:43:08 PM
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Likely US presidential candidate: Egyptian option should be examined to solve Israeli-Arab conflict
Ben Carson, on his first visit here, tells ‘Post’ he is not sure that a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria ‘makes sense,’ and that Israeli settlement construction is ‘blown out of proportion.’
By HERB KEINON \
12/19/2014 12:51:58 PM
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Grapevine: Lighting the torch
In Ireland, fried jelly doughnuts go well with a pint of Guinness, and Irish expats in Israel continue to celebrate Hanukka in this way.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
12/18/2014 9:49:10 PM
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Global agenda: The Dead Parrot
Norway is indeed rich, thanks to its hydrocarbon wealth. But the economy is not humming along, and growth in recent years has been distinctly humdrum.
By PINCHAS LANDAU \
12/18/2014 9:49:11 PM
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The light of faith and courage of the heart
When we look at the story of the festival of Hanukka, we cannot help but wonder.
By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ \
12/18/2014 9:52:08 PM
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My Word: Seen, heard, ignored and the absurd
It was a week of moral outrages.
By LIAT COLLINS \
12/18/2014 9:53:03 PM
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‘Something rotten in the state of Denmark?’
It is that not Israel is being judged by criteria different to those applied to the region’s gory tyrannies, but that it is being judged by standards different to those that the EU judges itself.
By MARTIN SHERMAN \
12/18/2014 9:58:32 PM
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Bad choices
Over the last 66 years, the children of Israel have really outdone themselves.
By LIOR AKERMAN \
12/18/2014 10:01:50 PM
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Yael's corner: True candles in the darkness
By YAEL ECKSTEIN \
12/18/2014 10:05:39 PM
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UNRWA – a different perspective
UNRWA spokesman in op-ed says body welcomes legitimate discussions, as well as critical reviews, with stakeholders, including members of the media – such as 'The Jerusalem Post.'
By CHRIS GUNNESS \
12/18/2014 10:10:07 PM
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Better energy: Eight goals for the next energy minister
Spread the innovation Israeli water and green energy technologies and strategies are some of the best in the world.
By YOSEF I. ABRAMOWITZ \
12/18/2014 10:14:21 PM
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From autonomy to sovereignty: The Oslo Agreements and Palestinian statehood
Although Abbas’s demand for statehood is an abrogation of the Oslo Agreements, thus releasing Israel from its contractual obligations, the government of Israel seems unwilling.
By MOSHE DANN \
12/18/2014 10:16:28 PM
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Know Comment: International condemnations - Nu, so what!
Fret not over vacuous resolutions that ceremoniously pronounce upon Palestinian political rights.
By DAVID M. WEINBERG \
12/18/2014 10:17:58 PM
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Opinion: The US is no longer in Israel’s pocket
Deputy Knesset speaker: Israel is living on borrowed time.
By NACHMAN SHAI \
12/18/2014 10:23:16 PM
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Three top Islamic State leaders killed in air strikes
Among those killed was Abd al Basit, whom the officials described as the group's military 'emir.'
By REUTERS \
12/18/2014 10:29:00 PM