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PM says Abbas’s condemnation of Hamas kidnappings was ‘good’
Netanyahu: Israel has no intention to deliberately harm Palestinians, adds that Israel has unequivocal proof that Hamas was behind abductions.
By HERB KEINON \
6/23/2014 1:00:33 AM
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IAF strikes targets in Syria, response to border crossfire
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
6/23/2014 6:05:27 AM
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IDF strikes nine Syrian targets in response to missile attack
Military says IDF forces hit targets, including Syrian army command post in response to missile originally fired into Israel from Syrian territory.
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
6/23/2014 1:22:07 AM
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Supreme Court Justice Edna Arbel retires
State Attorney Nitzan describes judge as tough and steadfast, but also soft and compassionate.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
6/23/2014 2:08:38 AM
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Peres says he has no words of wisdom for president-elect Rivlin
Outgoing head of state praises PA President Mahmoud Abbas as ‘the best partner Israel ever had.’
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
6/23/2014 2:31:29 AM
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Analysis: What will be Arbel’s legacy, as the Barak era finally ends?
During career Arbel indicted or tried to indict: Binyamin Netanyahu , former PM Ariel Sharon, Ruby Rivlin, former prime minister Ehud Olmert.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
6/23/2014 2:55:28 AM
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Ministry warns about cannabinoids
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
6/23/2014 3:25:35 AM
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Viewpoint: Celebrating the joy of a World Cup
Once the games started, the world was watching; corruption or not, football remains as popular as ever, and the World Cup brings people together like nothing else.
By MOSHE ARENSTEIN \
6/23/2014 3:41:29 AM
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Rebuilding in full-swing at Hap J’lem; Franco, Smith incoming
Hapoel Jerusalem gets off to fast start with addition of Franco and Smith, who will hope to build on their successful partnership at Maccabi Haifa last season.
By ALLON SINAI \
6/23/2014 3:51:19 AM
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Fighting strains Ukraine ceasefire, Putin urges dialogue
By REUTERS \
6/23/2014 3:55:34 AM
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Knesset delays vote on bill to allow force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
6/23/2014 6:13:39 AM
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Media conclave comments
By YISRAEL MEDAD \
6/23/2014 6:56:00 AM
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Knesset delays vote on bill to allow force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike
Several Palestinian prisoners still on hunger strike after more than 50 days protesting administrative detention and other practices of Israel Prison Service.
By JPOST.COM STAFF,BEN HARTMAN \
6/23/2014 7:12:18 AM
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IDF arrests 37 in overnight West Bank raids
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
6/23/2014 7:49:06 AM
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Jordanians call for Abbas to be stripped of citizenship
Group says PA president betrayed the Palestinian cause and should be barred from the Hashemite Kingdom.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
6/23/2014 8:41:50 AM
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Ya'alon: Assad regime responsible for missile attack on Israel
Defense minister warns forces loyal to Assad, Syrian opposition forces and terrorist elements operating in country against attempts to harm Israel.
By JPOST.COM STAFF,YAAKOV LAPPIN \
6/23/2014 8:48:11 AM
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Middle East scholar Fouad Ajami dies at age 68
By REUTERS \
6/23/2014 9:04:37 AM
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Possible 'price tag' attack leaves cars vandalized in Beit Hanina
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
6/23/2014 9:26:16 AM
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Kerry arrives in Iraq on unannounced visit
By REUTERS \
6/23/2014 10:04:35 AM
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Hospital in northern Israel treats 3 injured Syrians
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
6/23/2014 10:04:13 AM
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On surprise Baghdad visit, Kerry says US will not choose Iraq's leader
The trip comes as ISIS takes control of more and more areas, including Syria border strongholds over the weekend.
By REUTERS \
6/23/2014 10:21:34 AM
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Egypt court to rule in case of 3 Al Jazeera journalists
By REUTERS \
6/23/2014 10:23:32 AM
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IN PICTURES: JPost readers demand 'Bring Back Our Boys'
We asked you to send us your photos in support of the campaign calling for the release of 3 kidnapped Israeli teens: Take a look at some of the best pictures we received from across the globe.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
6/24/2014 9:28:51 AM
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Report: Sunni tribes seize Iraqi border crossing with Jordan
By REUTERS \
6/23/2014 11:38:29 AM
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Children being lured into Syrian civil war, suicide missions
A Human Rights Watch report says Syrian militants use promise of free education to recruit children from war-torn areas into combat.
By REUTERS \
6/23/2014 11:54:54 AM
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Egypt court sentence 3 Al Jazeera journalists to 7 years each in jail
By REUTERS \
6/23/2014 11:54:55 AM
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Egypt court sentence 3 Al Jazeera journalists to 7 years each in jail
Court find Australian correspondent, Canadian-Egyptian bureau chief and Egyptian producer guilty on charges of aiding "terrorist organization."
By REUTERS \
6/23/2014 12:06:20 PM
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EU imposes sanctions on 12 Syrian ministers
By REUTERS \
6/23/2014 12:09:00 PM
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Police: There is enough evidence to investigate Zoabi for incitement
A-G to make final decision on whether or not to open official investigation into Balad MK over comments on West Bank kidnapping of 3 teens.
By LAHAV HARKOV,BEN HARTMAN \
6/23/2014 12:52:03 PM
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Peres to set out on last presidential trip to US
President to meet with Obama and Ban Ki-Moon while championing Israel's causes for the last time in post.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
6/23/2014 12:34:19 PM
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Syrian rights group: Israeli air raids killed at least 10 Syrian soldiers
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
6/23/2014 1:13:50 PM
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Beit Guvrin National Park declared UNESCO World Heritage Site
The decision comes two days after the World Heritage Committee's decision to inscribe the Battir hill landscape on behalf of "Palestine."
By SHARON UDASIN \
6/23/2014 1:15:15 PM
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Syrian rights group: Israeli air raids killed at least 10 Syrian soldiers
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least two Syrian tanks and two batteries of artillery were destroyed in Israeli retaliatory strikes.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
6/23/2014 1:25:10 PM
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Ya'alon tours Hebron area as searches for kidnapped teens continue
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
6/23/2014 1:37:15 PM
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Terrorist freed in Schalit deal charged with Passover shooting that killed policeman
Shin Bet reveals Hamas operative and son arrested for killing of Baruch Mizrahi; Bennett: This proves prisoner releases should be eradicated.
By BEN HARTMAN,YAAKOV LAPPIN \
6/23/2014 2:49:56 PM
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Bennett: No more prisoner releases from Israeli jails
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
6/23/2014 3:11:46 PM
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Al Jazeera condemns Egyptian jail sentences for its journalists
By REUTERS \
6/23/2014 2:12:08 PM
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UK summons Egyptian ambassador over jailed Al Jazeera journalists
By REUTERS \
6/23/2014 2:15:09 PM
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Mother of kidnapped boy to speak to UN Human Rights Council in Geneva
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
6/23/2014 2:39:50 PM
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The perfect culinary experience at the Dan Hotels
Israeli cuisine, international standards
By DAN HOTEL \
6/23/2014 2:34:14 PM
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IDF to destroy home of terrorist who shot dead Israeli on Passover
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
6/23/2014 2:42:46 PM
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Alalouf: Reducing poverty is ‘absolute responsibility’ of the government
Panel releases estimated cost for plan to reduce Israel's number of people living in poverty.
By Lidar Gravé-Lazi,NIV ELIS \
6/23/2014 9:35:49 PM
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Kuwait withdraws envoy from Iraq due to security situation
By REUTERS \
6/23/2014 2:54:29 PM
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A-G goes on blitz defending forced feeding
As Knesset prepares to vote on bill authorizing forced feeding, Weinstein notes that other democratic countries also carry out the practice.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
6/23/2014 5:32:26 PM
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Ukrainian Jewish lawmaker says assaulted near parliament
By JTA \
6/23/2014 3:10:26 PM
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Israel to renew demolition of terrorists’ homes
Sources say government will resume practice which was discontinued in 2005 amid findings that it was not having a deterrent effect.
By HERB KEINON,YONAH JEREMY BOB \
6/23/2014 3:10:59 PM
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Mac TA to face Blatt and Cavs in pre-season NBA tour
Game will take place just four months after Blatt's departure to become Cavs coach and first Israeli NBA coach.
By ALLON SINAI \
6/23/2014 3:18:51 PM
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Netanyahu: We struck Syrian army forcefully and will continue to hit those who harm us
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
6/23/2014 3:45:27 PM
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Liberman speaks out against early release of terrorists after Shin Bet arrest
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
6/23/2014 4:01:50 PM
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Mandatory standard for flame retardants in mattresses causes panic in market
Expert says such as a standard should not become universal because the chemicals used can cause cancer.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
6/23/2014 4:05:17 PM
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Jewish MP threatened in Kiev
By SAM SOKOL \
6/23/2014 4:09:14 PM
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Global chemical weapons watchdog says work in Syria will continue
By REUTERS \
6/23/2014 4:17:47 PM
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Netanyahu: We struck Syrian army forcefully and will continue to hit those who harm us
PM sends warning to Assad and vows to take further steps against Hamas, including house demolitions.
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
6/23/2014 4:46:25 PM
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5 security prisoners indicted for plan to kidnap soldiers for another Schalit deal
Cell busted after one member was caught with messages about plan before his release; members passed information between prisons to hatch scheme.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
6/23/2014 4:48:23 PM
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Jewish Federations of North America backtrack on critique of Israel's immigration plan
CEO: Concerns that there would be a “separate company” not under control of Jewish Agency were proven unfounded Sunday.
By SAM SOKOL \
6/23/2014 4:55:40 PM
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Fines for smoking in parts of sports stadiums set to pass, but enforcement not guaranteed
Except for two separate areas of open-air seats and a smoking room that could be used only during recesses from games, all smoking in stadiums will be prohibited.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
6/23/2014 4:57:12 PM
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Israel's Scailex reports problems with Samsung Galaxy S4 batteries
By REUTERS \
6/23/2014 5:02:29 PM
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Housing cabinet approves plans for bringing down cost of housing in Israel
Construction and Housing Minister Ariel aims to bring down costs by imposing new guidelines for construction companies.
By NIV ELIS \
6/23/2014 5:23:10 PM
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IDF retaliatory strike killed three Syrian soldiers
Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has not responded to the airstrikes which Israel launched early Monday morning.
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
6/23/2014 5:28:34 PM
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Kerry says US support to Iraq will be "intense and sustained"
By REUTERS \
6/23/2014 5:39:55 PM
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Kerry says he called Egypt FM over journalists' 'chilling' sentence
By REUTERS \
6/23/2014 5:48:13 PM
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IDF poised to reduce raids on Hamas, will continue large-scale search for teens
Senior military source says restrictions in Hebron region designed to stop the kidnappers from moving youths will stay in place.
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
6/23/2014 6:12:18 PM
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Rabbi Amar not running for Jerusalem chief rabbi, say associates
Bureaucratic process for holding Jerusalem chief rabbi elections close to completion.
By JEREMY SHARON \
6/23/2014 6:25:40 PM
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UN: Egypt death penalties 'obscene,' wrong to jail Jazeera trio
By REUTERS \
6/23/2014 6:33:07 PM
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European Jewish leaders from over twenty nations to meet in Jerusalem with gov't officials
Participants will take part in the 2nd Trilateral Dialogue between Israel, North American and European Jewry.
By SAM SOKOL \
6/23/2014 6:33:54 PM
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New Shas MK sworn in to replace Attias
By LAHAV HARKOV \
6/23/2014 6:37:53 PM
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Fourteen-year-old victim of Syrian cross-border fire in Golan laid to rest
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
6/23/2014 7:02:15 PM
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WATCH: Palestinian video satirizes kidnapping of the three Israeli teens
In clip, captors make demands for youths' release and force teens at gunpoint to say Allau Akbar ("God is great").
By YASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA \
6/23/2014 7:20:05 PM
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Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Shalom Cohen bans women from academic studies
Letter banning higher education for haredi girls causes bewilderment and anger, even from those within the community.
By JEREMY SHARON \
6/23/2014 7:39:02 PM
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Children of IBA employees join parents in demonstrating adjacent to PM’s residence
Young protesters carried placards at broadcasting authority demonstration that read “Bibi wake up. They want to fire my parents!”
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
6/23/2014 7:51:27 PM
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Huckabee: US must help Israel bring back captive teens
During visit at the Knesset, the ex-governor declares the kidnapping as "nothing less than an act of anti-Semitic, rabid hatred."
By LAHAV HARKOV \
6/23/2014 8:07:24 PM
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Syrian army fired anti-tank missile into Israel, security source says
Israeli retaliatory strike killed 3 Syrian soldiers and injured 10 others; Assad regime calls IDF strike a "flagrant violation" of int'l law.
By YAAKOV LAPPIN,Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
6/23/2014 8:14:50 PM
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Government approves new aliya initiative to increase European immigration
Cabinet’s approval of the two measures came as members of the Jewish Agency’s Board of Governors gathered in Jerusalem.
By SAM SOKOL \
6/23/2014 8:18:54 PM
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Rachel Fraenkel, mother of kidnapped teen Naftali, to appeal to UNHRC in Geneva
The non-profit UN Watch flew Fraenkel to Geneva on Monday, so she could address the United Nation Human Rights Council.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
6/23/2014 9:06:41 PM
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Tel Aviv parties all White Night long
The White City hosts its annual dusk-till-dawn festival.
By BARRY DAVIS \
6/23/2014 9:11:05 PM
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Your business: Investing in gourmet foods
Beware, few industries are as insecure but rewarding as food and restaurants.
By HAROLD GOLDMEIER \
6/23/2014 9:16:03 PM
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MKs to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: Help us bring home captive teens
By LAHAV HARKOV \
6/23/2014 9:18:32 PM
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The EU’s dangerous tolerance of terror
It’s starting to get very difficult to work out exactly who are the partners for peace in the Middle East.
By ELINADAV HEYMANN \
6/23/2014 9:28:09 PM
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Thoughts on hitchhiking
Hitchhiking, for many, is the primary mode of transport, not as a protest or nationalist declaration but rather as a joyful necessity.
By DINA PINNER \
6/23/2014 9:31:47 PM
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Parking the camel near my house
The desert and Jerusalem have their differences.
By MICHAEL WIDLANSKI \
6/23/2014 9:35:04 PM
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From a ‘Remission of Vows’ to an Orthodox woman MK?
MK Yakov Margi, former religious services minister, summoned three of his colleagues from the Shas party to the Jewish ceremony of Remission of Vows.
By ASHER MAOZ \
6/23/2014 9:44:13 PM
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Syria and Israel
Muhammad’s tragedy is compounded by the fact that he was seemingly safe, far from Syrian bloodletting.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
6/23/2014 9:47:51 PM
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‘We are all Peshmerga’ – a call for recognition of Kurdish statehood
The bravery and courage of the Peshmerga forces has been evident in world media in recent weeks, with reports saying they’ve protected innocent civilians from terrorist attacks leaking into Iraq from Syria.
By ZORAV DARISIRO \
6/23/2014 9:52:25 PM
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Fundamentally Freund: Why World War I continues to haunt us
A BBC feature that ran back in February, entitled, “10 interpretations of who started World War I,” clearly shows how unsettled questions about that period continue to command attention and interest.
By MICHAEL FREUND \
6/23/2014 9:55:47 PM
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Mashaal applauds kidnapping of Israelis but says Hamas has no information
By REUTERS \
6/23/2014 10:02:08 PM
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Hamas leader Mashaal applauds abduction of Israelis, but says has no information
Security sources said last week that Mashaal may have given coded message to go ahead with the kidnapping in a May speech in Doha.
By REUTERS \
6/23/2014 10:12:42 PM
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Borderline views: Academic freedom under threat
Here in Israel we have to ask ourselves some uncomfortable questions.
By DAVID NEWMAN \
6/23/2014 10:22:59 PM
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June 24: Church and territory
I presume that the Presbyterians are not stupid and therefore know that there cannot be an illegal occupation of areas whose legal ownership has been denied by its supposed owners.
By JERUSALEM POST READERS \
6/23/2014 10:26:40 PM
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On my mind: Assad’s inferno
Syria continues to descend deeper and deeper into perdition, surpassing even Dante’s legendary nine circles of hell.
By KENNETH BANDLER \
6/23/2014 10:33:27 PM
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Politics is dead, killed by art in Nablus
Peres is right. Politics is dead. Murdered by art in Nablus.
By MEL ALEXENBERG \
6/23/2014 10:40:55 PM
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No holds barred: By condemning Israel, Presbyterians are condemning themselves
In a world of moral relativism, young people especially are looking for ethical direction.
By SHMULEY BOTEACH \
6/23/2014 10:44:57 PM
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Iran boosts security along border with Iraq, as ISIL advances
By REUTERS \
6/23/2014 11:56:10 PM