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Water rates to fall 2% in January
At the beginning of January, water rates are due to fall for the first time since the water corporations were set up.
By MICHAL RAZ-CHAIMOVICH \
12/2/2013 12:11:50 AM
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TASE soars to new record, up 15% in 2013
Osem continued climbing today while mobile operators Cellcom and Partner also led the gains on the market.
By AVIV LEVY \
12/2/2013 12:16:24 AM
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Treasury sees upgrade from Fitch
Ministry of Finance officials expect a rating upgrade within a year to two years.
By SHIRI DOVER \
12/2/2013 12:20:32 AM
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Intrigue aplenty as Hapoel Jerusalem hosts Maccabi Tel Aviv
Both Jerusalem and Maccabi enter the game at 5-3, but the encounter will be about so much more than records and results.
By ALLON SINAI \
12/2/2013 12:28:56 AM
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Kashtan steps down as coach of Bnei Yehuda
Goalkeeping coach Ya’akov Asayag and fitness coach Dror Shimshon will guide the team on an interim basis.
By ALLON SINAI \
12/2/2013 12:33:46 AM
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Bayit Yehudi: Probe Arab MKs over Beduin protests
MK Orit Struck wrote a letter to Weinstein in the name of her party, extensively quoting speeches by Arab lawmakers.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
12/2/2013 12:53:47 AM
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Libya sends back 360 Egyptians arriving with forged visas
By REUTERS \
12/2/2013 12:59:34 AM
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Labor gains in polls under new head Herzog
A Smith Research poll published in the Globes newspaper and a Panels poll taken for the Knesset Channel both predicted 19 seats for Labor.
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
12/2/2013 1:25:55 AM
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Peres announcement launches race to succeed him as president
Peres said in the interviews that he intended to honor the law limiting him to one seven-year term.
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
12/2/2013 1:38:41 AM
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IDF drawing up ‘master plan’ for kidnap responses
The IDF’s Security Branch, a part of the Operations Division at General Headquarters in Tel Aviv, is overseeing the plan’s development.
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
12/2/2013 1:57:20 AM
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Egypt begins revoking citizenship of Hamas leaders
One of the Hamas leaders who received an Egyptian passport was Mahmoud Zahar, who was born to an Egyptian mother.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
12/2/2013 2:34:13 AM
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‘Israel law applies to Palestinian who works for Israeli’
The ruling was handed down in spite of Palestinians being non-citizens or residents.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
12/2/2013 2:46:45 AM
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Israel urges Germany to find 'just solution' in Nazi art case
Elkin’s comments in the Knesset on Wednesday represented the first time that the government publicly acknowledged involvement in the case.
By HENRY ROME \
12/2/2013 2:56:04 AM
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Jews in Jerusalem neighborhood demand stronger police presence in wake of attack
A two-year-old girl from the Armon Hanatziv quarter was hospitalized after being hit by a rock last week.
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
12/2/2013 3:05:25 AM
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Trial of former Jerusalem police chief on sexual assault charges opens
Nisso Shaham faces charges of sexual assault, sexual harassment, fraud and breach of trust.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
12/2/2013 3:19:07 AM
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Britain's Cameron flies to Beijing, pushing EU-China trade deal
By REUTERS \
12/2/2013 3:24:13 AM
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Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate in Toronto against JNF
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/2/2013 4:20:25 AM
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PM Harper vows 'Israel will always have Canada'
WATCH: Canadian premier sings for Israel; Harper announces first-ever visit to region next year, receives honor at annual JNF gala dinner in Toronto.
By TAMARA ZIEVE, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT \
12/2/2013 4:50:42 AM
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Amazon testing delivery with drones, CEO Bezos says
By REUTERS \
12/2/2013 5:12:12 AM
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Egypt constitution draft opens way to presidential poll first
By REUTERS \
12/2/2013 6:53:15 AM
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"Re-Goaling" for Hope
By PROFESSOR BEN CORN \
12/2/2013 8:20:00 AM
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Hasidic robot to celebrate Hanukkah
“Isaac,” a 5.5 foot robot will light a 22-foot-high “Mama Menorah” in San Francisco's Union Square on Tuesday.
By SAM SOKOL \
12/2/2013 8:55:54 AM
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Police arrest 4 for violence at Beduin resettlement plan protests
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Tel Aviv bus bomber convicted, life sentence dropped
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Tel Aviv bus bomber convicted in plea bargain
Life sentence off the table for 19-year-old Muhammad Abed al-Jaffer Nasser Mafarja.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
12/2/2013 9:50:52 AM
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Ex-CIA director: Iran too close to nuclear bomb
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/2/2013 9:54:46 AM
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Voices of Jerusalem: Theater and the City
Loren Minsky from itraveljerusalem.com speaks to Arik Eshet, 53, the CEO of Incubator Theater.
By LOREN MINSKY/ ITRAVELJERUSALEM.COM TEAM \
12/2/2013 10:09:36 AM
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Eat This: Melding old and new in Tel Aviv
A new column, “Eat This” will explore the "what’s what" of the Israeli food scene, with a focus on Tel Aviv. From restaurant reviews and rising food trends, food enthusiast Molly Cutler is excited to share her culinary musings.
By MOLLY CUTLER \
12/2/2013 10:27:28 AM
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When fashion met technology
What do an Israeli celebrity stylist and a tech entrepreneur have in common?
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/2/2013 10:53:36 AM
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Report: Palestinian enovy to calls for strengthened cultural ties with Iran
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/2/2013 10:56:38 AM
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IDF and Syrian gunmen exchange fire over border
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
12/2/2013 11:17:30 AM
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ViewPoint: EU: Proactive, pro-Israel, pro-peace
The EU maintains unparalleled intimate relations, based on shared challenges, values and interests with Israel.
By LARS FAABORG-ANDERSEN \
12/2/2013 11:19:39 AM
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Syrian gunmen, IDF forces exchange fire over Golan border
Army unit at Kuneitra Border Crossing accurately strikes target in response to fire stemming from across Golan, IDF says.
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
12/2/2013 11:30:19 AM
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Market Place: A woman’s job
All Karnit Flug has to do is stabilize the currency, battle inflation and
deflation, cool housing prices, and fight inequality and poverty.
By SHLOMO MAITAL \
12/2/2013 11:31:41 AM
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Innovations: Calling in a cloud
The concept behind CloudBand is essentially to build little data centers in a way that what is used is the best technology in the IT space, such as open-source programs, low costs servers.
By ADAM GONN \
12/2/2013 11:47:21 AM
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Environment Ministry unit preventing waste smuggling to West Bank
Region faces a severe problem of air pollution as a result of smuggling; Unit has 10 inspectors who received training by both the ministry and by the Civil Administration.
By SHARON UDASIN \
12/2/2013 11:51:32 AM
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Confronting the past
A new film highlights uncomfortable truths about Poland’s relations with its Jews.
By RENEE GHERT -ZAND \
12/2/2013 12:00:17 PM
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Necessary Stories:Inta Omri
Um kulthum of the North built up to a clima as as she came to the end of the song 'How could they consider that part of my life? You are my life that dawns with your light!'
By HAIM WATZMAN \
12/2/2013 12:21:22 PM
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Radical rabbi
At the center of Reuven Hammer’s work is the question why he calls the Torah so revolutionary.
By MORDECHAI BECK \
12/2/2013 12:35:15 PM
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US ship readies for possible Syrian chemical arms destruction
By REUTERS \
12/2/2013 12:46:46 PM
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US ship readies for Syria arms destruction
The OPCW aims to remove the most critical chemicals out of Syria by the end of December, with the remainder due out by February 5.
By REUTERS \
12/2/2013 1:00:59 PM
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Netanyahu holds first meeting with Pope Francis
Two speak about Iran nuke program, Israeli-Palestinian talks, Christians in Israel and Mideast.
By ERIC J. LYMAN \
12/2/2013 1:17:44 PM
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Chapter Twenty-four: An American Holocaust? Assessing the threat, part 2
By DAVID TURNER \
12/2/2013 1:58:00 PM
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Syria death toll hits nearly 126,000
By REUTERS \
12/2/2013 3:21:24 PM
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Police demand media outlets turn over material from Prawer plan protest
Israeli Journalists Association to appeal court order, saying request goes against all ethical conventions in Israel.
By BEN HARTMAN \
12/2/2013 4:40:46 PM
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Police find body of 40-year-old man in forest near Shfaram
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/2/2013 4:08:31 PM
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Anti-Zionists have their bible - international law
By STEVE APFEL \
12/2/2013 4:24:00 PM
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Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Syria death toll hits nearly 126,000
More than a third of casualties are civilians; 6,600 among dead are children; real death toll probably much higher.
By REUTERS \
12/2/2013 4:37:39 PM
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Report: Iran police chief criticises officials for social networking
By REUTERS \
12/2/2013 4:40:43 PM
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UN's human rights chief: Assad involved in crimes against humanity
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/2/2013 5:02:50 PM
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Security situation in Syria poses difficulties in removing chemical weapons
Head of UN mission in Syria Sigrid Kaag says fighting in Syria has made it impossible using key road to needed to remove weapons.
By REUTERS \
12/2/2013 5:14:10 PM
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Palestinian, int'l activists stage 'reverse flotilla' to protest IDF Gaza sea blockade
Hundreds of activists take part in flotilla; organizers say boats return to Gaza after Israeli ships, planes "make them fear for safety."
By YAAKOV LAPPIN AND JULIE STEIGERWALD \
12/2/2013 6:07:41 PM
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British diplomat to visit Iran for first time in two years
By REUTERS \
12/2/2013 5:57:39 PM
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Company for Location and Restitution of Holocaust Victims Assets increases aid to needy survivors for Hanukka
By DANIELLE ZIRI \
12/2/2013 6:14:58 PM
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UN Human Rights chief says UN has evidence implicating Assad of war crimes
Pillay denies having knowledge of secret list of war crime suspects compiled by UN investigators at the war-torn country.
By REUTERS \
12/2/2013 6:20:45 PM
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Report: Islamists take Syrian Christian town, hold nuns in monastery
By REUTERS \
12/2/2013 6:22:14 PM
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Dutch member of Nazi death squad who killed resistance fighters dies in jail at 92
Heinrich Boere was convicted in 2010 in one of Germany's last Nazi trials of killing 3 Dutch civilians.
By REUTERS \
12/2/2013 6:35:16 PM
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Bayit Yehudi vetoes 'revolutionary' tax break bill recognizing gay couples
Shaked of Bayit Yehudi says bill "defies religious status quo"; Horowitz of Meretz says move reveals Bennett's "dark worldview."
By LAHAV HARKOV \
12/2/2013 6:49:29 PM
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Army given six-month control over Lebanon's Tripoli after clashes
By REUTERS \
12/2/2013 6:59:11 PM
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Close to a million people of working age in Israel have disabilities, says JDC report
Ahead of International Day for the Rights of People with Disabilities, study shows employees with physical or emotional handicaps earn NIS 1,400 less on average.
By DANIELLE ZIRI \
12/2/2013 7:09:38 PM
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Knesset Finance Committee blocks NIS 1.82b transfer of surplus American defense aid
MK Slomiansky demands explanation on how surplus came about at time when Defense Ministry is seeking more funds.
By NIV ELIS \
12/2/2013 7:40:10 PM
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Minister Shalom promotes export of natural gas to Italy
Italian Economic Development Minister Flavio Zanonato met with Shalom on Monday in Rome.
By SHARON UDASIN \
12/2/2013 8:16:24 PM
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Chief Rabbis reimpose ban on Jews visiting Temple Mount
After an increasing number of religious people ignore rabbinate's ruling, chief rabbis reiterate their stance.
By JEREMY SHARON \
12/2/2013 8:28:49 PM
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PA police arrest Palestinian-Canadian investor after calling to oust Abbas
PA claims businessman "insulted" a PA representative, son says; was released after being held for eight hours.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
12/2/2013 8:49:28 PM
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Dror Alperon released from custody as another high profile police arrest goes nowhere
Son of murdered crime boss was arrested for alleged role in double murder in Petah Tikva earlier this year.
By BEN HARTMAN \
12/2/2013 8:55:36 PM
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Report: French envoy honors Hezbollah lawmakers in dinner reception
Dinner could be considered violation of EU sanctions outlawing contact with Hezbollah's military wing; French gov't denies report.
By Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post correspondent \
12/2/2013 9:05:03 PM
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Lady Gaga to perform in Israel for the 2nd time in the summer of 2014
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/2/2013 9:48:23 PM
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Israelis want to reduce dependency on US, poll finds
Amid tensions between Jerusalem and Washington over Iran deal, 49% of Israeli Jews believe Israel should seek new allies.
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
12/2/2013 10:02:07 PM
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Environment Ministry establishes unit to curb garbage smuggling to West Bank
New unit will sit near border crossing areas to prevent massive waste transfers often bound for pirate landfills.
By SHARON UDASIN \
12/2/2013 10:14:24 PM
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Abbas calls Deri to express condolences for Ovadia Yosef's passing, two months later
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
12/2/2013 10:19:26 PM
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Fishing across the pond
Hadag Nahash lead singer and lyricist Shaanan Streett talks about the band’s new album and their upcoming North American tour.
By Gil Stern Stern KARPAS \
12/2/2013 10:33:38 PM
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Lady Gaga to perform in Israel for the 2nd time in the summer of 2014
The pop star will likely perform at Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park; Justin Timberlake sets Tel Aviv concert date to May 14, 2014.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/2/2013 10:33:39 PM
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Residential real estate deals drop a sharp 18% in third quarter
Slide was clear in all regions of country except Jerusalem and Haifa, where transactions dipped more moderately.
By NIV ELIS \
12/2/2013 10:45:34 PM
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Putin says Ukraine protests are 'more of a pogrom than revolution'
By REUTERS \
12/2/2013 10:48:30 PM
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Bank of Israel: Growth will slow without more haredi education
Bank of Israel: "Israel is expected to fall from 16th to 26th place among OECD countries in the average number of years of schooling among the population."
By NADAV NEUMAN / GLOBES \
12/2/2013 10:51:01 PM
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Building and talking
Palestinians should hunker down and hammer out an agreement instead of transforming every future building plan into a crisis.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
12/2/2013 10:55:54 PM
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Powerful rivals don’t disappear
Why a two-state solution is basically inevitable.
By URI RESNICK \
12/2/2013 11:00:34 PM
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Finally in Israel: A girl is a girl, not a bride
Each year 4,500 children below the age of 18 marry in Israel, two thirds Muslim, one third Jewish.
By RUTH HALPERIN-KADDARI \
12/2/2013 11:06:13 PM
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Concerns about Europe and Israel
The majority of the Israeli people long for peace, a real peace. We do not want to send our children to the battlefields, to fear for their lives.
By JACQUES HELLER \
12/2/2013 11:10:55 PM
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Perhaps some Arab women want male guardianship?
If Britain wants Islamic countries to drop such a system of male guardianship, they should first ask Arab women.
By ROUBA IBRAHIMI \
10/7/2020 8:40:46 AM
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Roosevelt and Obama
There is wide similarity in these two leaders' presidential technique.
BY ALEXANDER ZVIELLI \
12/2/2013 11:20:46 PM
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Facing a painful reality
In countries such as the United States, Canada and Australia, close to full assimilation is inevitable.
By ARDIE GELDMAN \
12/2/2013 11:25:36 PM
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December 3: Still gets coverage
The amazing thing is that Ehud Olmert still gets coverage.
By JERUSALEM POST READERS \
12/2/2013 11:30:42 PM
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Fundamentally Freund: Hanukka and the spirit of Samaria
Samaria is now home to tens of thousands of inhabitants in dozens of thriving Jewish communities.
By MICHAEL FREUND \
12/2/2013 11:36:18 PM
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Sources close to Netanyahu slam Olmert as 'perpetual failure'
After Olmert's comments against public attack of Iran deal, Ch. 2 quotes PM aides as saying Israel must raise voice on such issues.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/2/2013 11:37:20 PM
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BORDERLINE VIEWS: Beduin land rights and the Prawer Committee recommendations
Like so much else in the Israel-Arab and Israel-Palestine arena, the enflamed conflict with the Beduin is a lose-lose situation.
By DAVID NEWMAN \
12/2/2013 11:40:36 PM
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No holds barred: Will the US allow Iraq to steal a Jewish treasure?
The treasures were discovered in 2003 by US troops in the basement of the Baghdad Intelligence Agency.
By SHMULEY BOTEACH \
12/2/2013 11:44:49 PM