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Foreign ambassadors forced to run to bomb shelter during visit to Ashdod
Netanyahu tells unruffled envoys: Hamas wants death of as many of its citizens as possible.
By JEREMY SHARON \
7/23/2014 12:01:59 AM
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Hollande meets with religious leaders after synagogue attack
‘The fight against anti-Semitism will be a national cause,’ French president tells Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Buddhist representatives
By JOSEPH STRICH \
7/23/2014 12:45:11 AM
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Khan Younis home of military wing of Hamas leader targeted bu IAF, say reports
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 12:50:48 AM
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Death toll continues to rise overnight, say Palestinian health officials
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 12:51:56 AM
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UN releases ceasefire resolution draft
Resolution is latest attempt to create ceasefire that Hamas will accept; Hamas already rejected three previous ceasefire resolutions and continued firing on Israel.
By REUTERS \
7/23/2014 12:54:56 AM
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Regulations for electric bicycles to take effect September 1
Electric bikes will be permitted a maximum power level of 250 watts and travel speed not exceeding 25 kph, the transportation ministry says.
By SHARON UDASIN \
7/23/2014 12:55:17 AM
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Yesh Atid MK: Balad should be disqualified from Knesset
Regev calls for MK Abu Arar to be prosecuted for holding demonstration in Rahat despite Home Front Command instructions
By LAHAV HARKOV \
7/23/2014 12:55:51 AM
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‘You’ll miss our kids starting first grade, bat mitzva, weddings’
Lt.-Col. Dolev Keidar laid to rest in Modi’in, highest-ranking fallen IDF officer.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
7/23/2014 1:18:35 AM
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FAA bans flights to Israel on US airlines for 24 hours
Delta flight en route to Tel Aviv diverted to Paris; Some American carriers announce indefinite suspension, several European airlines follow suit.
By NIV ELIS,LAHAV HARKOV \
7/23/2014 2:23:23 AM
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FAA responds to Netanyahu's request to allow flights to Israel
By REUTERS \
7/23/2014 2:37:19 AM
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Head of tourism union recommends operating Negev airport for international flights
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 3:35:57 AM
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IDF targets home of Hamas military head
Muhammed Deif is one of the IDF's most-wanted terrorists and held responsible for many attacks against Israeli civilians; Deif not killed in attack, but two others die as a result of the explosion.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 4:34:21 AM
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Former NY mayor flying to Israel in protest of FAA flight ban
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 4:52:38 AM
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Peres pays condolence calls to bereaved families
'Your son was a model of courage and dedication,’ president tells family of Tzafrir Baror.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
7/23/2014 4:58:03 AM
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Two soldiers killed on Tuesday in Gaza
Fatalities are 26-year-old Captain Dmitri Levitas killed by sniper fire and Lt. Natan Cohen, 23-years old of Modi'in; 20 soldiers were injured in Gaza on Tuesday, two of them seriously.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 5:25:54 AM
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Friends and family pay tribute to fallen heroes
Funerals held for soldiers from Golani, Nahal, Paratroop brigades.
By LIDAR GRAVE-LAZI,BEN HARTMAN \
7/23/2014 6:03:30 AM
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Qatar seeks to pull Hamas away from Iran
Shi’ite Iran is perhaps Qatar’s greatest adversary in the Middle East and Qatar wants to prevent Iran from intruding on its turf.
By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON \
7/23/2014 6:20:29 AM
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Magen establishes English-language support hotline
Many in the English-speaking community in Israel are unable to utilize the hotlines municipalities around the country have set up.
By SAM SOKOL \
7/23/2014 6:44:21 AM
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Christian NGO brings Sderot Holocaust survivors to Jerusalem
‘These people have gone through the Holocaust, and now they have to go through this – it is inexcusable,’ says Israel Always founder.
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
7/23/2014 6:59:19 AM
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Bill would extend comptroller protection to workplace whistleblowers
Legislation advances banning convicts from being ministers for 14 years.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
7/23/2014 7:15:55 AM
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Mac TA completes first step in European dream
Yellow-and-blue clinches 3-0 aggregate victory in Cyprus to advance to third qualifying round.
By ALLON SINAI \
7/23/2014 7:37:46 AM
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Lt. Natan Cohen of Modi'in is second soldier killed Tuesday
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 8:20:00 AM
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Four mortar shells land in open areas in Eshkol
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 8:16:49 AM
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Despite FAA ban, former New York mayor Bloomberg flies to Israel on El Al
On his twitter account, Bloomberg wrote, "This evening I will be flying on El Al to Tel Aviv to demonstrate that it is safe to fly in and out of Israel."
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 8:24:36 AM
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UK ambassador to Israel blames Hamas for Gaza war
“This was a conflict triggered by Hamas raining down on Israel hundreds of rockets fired indiscriminately," Matthew Gould says.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
7/23/2014 8:37:46 AM
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WATCH: Jon Stewart does satirical send-up of contentious debate on Israel
Host of Comedy Central's popular 'Daily Show' shows difficulty in engaging in dialogue on the Middle East.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 9:06:17 AM
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Funeral of American-Israeli IDF soldier Steinberg set for 11:00
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 9:21:41 AM
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Blue-and-white juniors beaten by Austria in disappointing Euros
The national team has yet to pick up a point or score a goal after two matches in Group A, losing 3-0 to Portugal in its opener on Saturday.
By ALLON SINAI \
7/23/2014 9:38:48 AM
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Sinai says: Mekel determined to make the most of new opportunity in Dallas
After playing a little more than four minutes in total over the final three months of last season, Gal Mekel knew this summer would be crucial to the rest of his NBA career.
By ALLON SINAI \
7/23/2014 9:44:13 AM
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Israel opens second int'l airport in response to flight cancellations
Transportation minister orders that Uvda airport near Eilat be utilized to replace Ben-Gurion Airport beginning noon local time.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 10:29:58 AM
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Rocket alert siren sounds in Ashkelon and Hof Ashkelon
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 10:59:10 AM
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Kerry lands in Israel to pursue Gaza cease-fire
By REUTERS \
7/23/2014 11:03:54 AM
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Five rockets intercepted above Ashkelon
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 11:05:25 AM
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Israel rebukes UN human rights chief for suggesting IDF guilty of war crimes in Gaza
Palestinians call for investigation into "all violations" of human rights and humanitarian law that they say have been committed by Israel.
By REUTERS \
7/23/2014 11:05:57 AM
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Rocket intercepted by Iron Dome over Sderot
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 11:23:14 AM
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In Jerusalem, Kerry says some progress made toward Gaza cease-fire
US secretary of state meets with UN's Ban in capital; scheduled to meet with Netanyahu before traveling to Ramallah for talks with Abbas.
By REUTERS,JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 1:48:03 PM
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Rocket alert sirens sound in Eshkol and Ashkelon Coast
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 11:38:38 AM
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UN's Pillay says Israel may be committing war crimes
By REUTERS \
7/23/2014 11:43:41 AM
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State TV: Iran nuclear talks to resume in early September
By REUTERS \
7/23/2014 11:46:38 AM
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Liberman to Ban: Israel outraged over UNRWA turning over rockets to Hamas
UNRWA admitted itself on two different occasions since the beginning of Operation Protective Edge began 16 days ago that they discovered rockets in their facilities.
By HERB KEINON,GREER FAY CASHMAN \
7/23/2014 11:59:29 AM
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President Peres accuses Qatar of financing Hamas terrorism
Peres in meeting with the UN's Ban said Qatar has no right to spend millions of petrol dollars for Hamas rockets and tunnels.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
7/23/2014 12:04:41 PM
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Tens of thousands attend funeral of Los Angeles native Max Steinberg, who was killed in Gaza
Steinberg is one of two American nationals volunteering in the IDF to fall in Gaza since the beginning of the operation's ground incursion.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 12:20:12 PM
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Knesset committee prohibits dealing with 35 more dangerous synthetic drugs
Committee chairman Likud MK Haim Katz welcomed move but complains that the Israel Police “is not doing enough."
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
7/23/2014 12:27:52 PM
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Agricultural worker seriously hurt by rocket in Ashkelon Coast Regional Council
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 12:40:56 PM
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Cirque du Soleil bows out of Tel Aviv shows due to Gaza operation
The performances were scheduled to take place daily from August 6-21 at the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv.
By DAVID BRINN \
7/23/2014 12:46:20 PM
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Knesset tightens gun control with no opposition
Stricter gun control, requiring regular psychological tests for gun-owners, was voted into law with no opposition Tuesday night.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
7/23/2014 12:50:30 PM
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Thai worker dies in Ashkelon mortar shell attack
Farm laborer is third civilian fatality from Gaza projectiles since operation began; Iron Dome intercepts five rockets in the area.
By BEN HARTMAN,SHARON UDASIN \
7/23/2014 1:13:15 PM
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Sirens sound in Beersheba and Rahat
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 12:59:29 PM
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Hamas uses hospital facility to fire on IDF, army shoots back
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
7/23/2014 1:23:08 PM
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Iron Dome intercepts three rockets over Beersheba
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 1:26:16 PM
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US, UN pushing hard for immediate cease-fire in Gaza
“If Hamas really wants a cease-fire, I am sure that we can get to that, but they don’t want one,” Netanyahu tells Sky News Arabic; Arab TV reports say humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza imminent.
By HERB KEINON,KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
7/23/2014 1:31:29 PM
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Two rockets fall in open areas in Eshkol Regional Council
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 1:33:42 PM
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Israel uncovers Hamas tunnel filled with maps, weapons, and IDF uniforms
Hamas gunmen shoot at IDF from hospital, prompting return fire; IDF says hospital used as command center by Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
7/23/2014 3:29:39 PM
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Kerry says making some progress in Gaza truce efforts
By REUTERS \
7/23/2014 1:39:34 PM
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Two rockets intercepted over Ashkelon; one intercepted over Ashdod
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 1:56:52 PM
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MK Kalfa: Gov't not doing enough to protect farmers from projectiles
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 2:15:21 PM
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Rocket sirens sound in central Israel, Gaza frontier towns
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 2:35:50 PM
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Rocket interceptions over Shfela area near Yavne
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 2:54:07 PM
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Rabbi Lior: Jewish law permits destruction of Gaza to bring safety to Israel
Meretz head Zehava Gal-On condemns Lior’s comments, calls on Attorney General to open incitement investigation.
By JEREMY SHARON \
7/23/2014 3:01:18 PM
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Ukraine says pro-Russia rebels shoot down two fighter jets
By REUTERS \
7/23/2014 3:17:44 PM
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IDF uncovers another Gaza tunnel; uniforms, maps and weapons found
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
7/23/2014 3:28:51 PM
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Code Red sirens sound in Ashkelon Coast, Eshkol
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 3:49:04 PM
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Polish airline LOT suspends flights to Israel over safety concerns
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 4:01:26 PM
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Lufthansa suspend flights to Tel Aviv for additional 24 hours
By JPOST.COM STAFF,NIV ELIS \
7/23/2014 4:13:08 PM
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FAA extends ban on US flights to Israel by 24 hours
Lufthansa, Delta, US Airways extend flight bans to Israel along with US Federal Aviation Administration and most European airlines.
By NIV ELIS,REUTERS \
7/23/2014 7:46:31 PM
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Tears of Rage, Tears of Conscience
By DAVID WILDER \
7/23/2014 4:49:00 PM
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Rocket sirens sound in Ashdod, Ashkelon, surrounding areas
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 5:03:38 PM
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Report: Red cross announces temporary humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 5:39:51 PM
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Girls show their love to IDF in new Facebook page
Hundreds of young women give IDF new kind of moral support; "They need more than just clothes and food," says creator of page.
By NATI GABBAY \
7/23/2014 5:19:05 PM
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Transportation Ministry: No airlines rerouting to Ovdah in South
By NIV ELIS \
7/23/2014 5:19:38 PM
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US Airways cancels Wednesday night flights to and from Israel
By NIV ELIS \
7/23/2014 5:28:22 PM
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NGO arranging for yeshiva students to pray for soldiers in Gaza
Mateh La’Elef operates call center in Jerusalem to which family members of active soldiers phone in to submit names of their relatives.
By JEREMY SHARON \
7/23/2014 5:44:40 PM
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Jihadi cleric calls for Muslim fighters to join the fighting in Gaza
"Our heart yearns to arrive and fight the sons and brothers of the apes and pigs," says rebel fighter.
By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON \
7/23/2014 5:50:12 PM
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Germany condemns anti-Semitic protests, urges restraint from Israel
By REUTERS \
7/23/2014 5:52:30 PM
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Rocket sirens sound in Ashdod, Gadera and Gan Yavne
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 6:04:11 PM
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Germany condemns anti-Semitic protests, urges Israeli restraint
German government urges Jews living in Germany to feel safe despite anti-Semitic slogans chanted at protests against Israel.
By REUTERS \
7/23/2014 6:16:29 PM
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Iron Dome intercepts 2 rockets over Ashdod
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 6:20:07 PM
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IDF destroys empty Gaza hospital being used as Hamas command center
Video shows IDF determining al-Wafa Hospital in Gaza was abandoned by civilians and being used by Hamas before IDF forces destroy the complex.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 6:57:24 PM
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Booby trap bomb kills 3 paratroopers
Lt. Paz Eliyahu, St.-Sgt. Li Mat and St.-Sgt. Shahar Dauber killed in action; more than 200 Hamas and Islamic Jihad gunmen killed since start of ground operation.
By YAAKOV LAPPIN,JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/24/2014 12:41:01 AM
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Shin Bet, IDF coordinate strikes on senior Islamic Jihad commanders in recent days
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
7/23/2014 7:53:31 PM
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Report: Dozens of IDF reservists refuse to enter Gaza
By BEN HARTMAN \
7/23/2014 8:11:14 PM
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UN launches inquiry into possible Israeli human rights violations in Gaza
UN Human Rights Council says Israel may be committing war crimes in Gaza, declares need to investigate.
By REUTERS,JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 8:12:15 PM
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Edelstein: I could say there will be peace with Hamas, but I'd be lying
Knesset speaker expresses pessimistic but realistic, in his words, view of prospects for peace to rabbinical assembly.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
7/23/2014 8:12:31 PM
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Netanyahu greets Bloomberg at airport, calls him ‘man of principle’
PM meets former New York mayor who flew on El Al flight to Ben-Gurion to demonstrate his belief that it's still safe to travel to Israel.
By HERB KEINON \
7/23/2014 8:27:18 PM
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Israel detains IDF soldiers after WhatsApp leaks about fatalities
By REUTERS \
7/23/2014 8:37:42 PM
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Health Ministry ignores bill prohibiting gifts of tobacco to soldiers
Ministry allows donations of packs to Israeli troops in Gaza; Israel Cancer Association comes out in opposition of sending free tobacco to soldiers.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
7/23/2014 8:46:37 PM
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IDF arrests soldiers after WhatsApp leaks about fatalities in Gaza op
Military detains 3 soldiers, civilian for disseminating info over social media before families of dead, wounded were informed.
By BEN HARTMAN \
7/23/2014 8:50:48 PM
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Rivlin sworn in as president under shadow of Gaza operation
Peres gives final speech as president before Rivilin's swearing in; mayors from South attend ceremony; customary cocktail party was canceled, out of sensitivity to the security situation.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
7/24/2014 9:13:06 PM
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Dmitri Levitas, 26, Armored Corps commander, laid to rest on Har Herzl
Levitas, who made aliya from Uzbekistan at age 1 and resided in Jerusalem and Geshur, was killed by Hamas sniper fire Tuesday.
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
7/23/2014 8:58:25 PM
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Air raid sirens sound across central, southern Israel
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 9:02:24 PM
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Turkish Airlines extends flights suspension to Israel by 24 hours
By REUTERS \
7/23/2014 9:25:53 PM
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Hamas leader Khaled Mashal ready to accept humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza
By REUTERS \
7/23/2014 9:35:26 PM
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Peres spends final night as President comforting families of fallen soldiers
Given the little time that he had at his disposal, what he tried to do was to make a fair selection from Israel’s demographic mosaic.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
7/23/2014 9:52:11 PM
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Mashaal: Israel must end 'siege' for humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza
Speaking in Qatar, Hamas leader stipulates terms for agreeing to halt in fighting as ending Israeli "occupation" and for the Jewish state to "disarm".
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
7/23/2014 9:53:31 PM
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How selective body counts incite more violence
The media have rarely explained why so many more Palestinians than Israelis have been killed in the recent conflict.
By ALAN DERSHOWITZ \
7/23/2014 10:03:18 PM
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The cost of fighting, the cost of not fighting
Hamas’s conduct is not irrational – merely vile. God help us if we can’t persuade them that it is irrational after all.
By ALEXANDER YAKOBSON \
7/23/2014 10:03:40 PM
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Fallen IDF soldier Max Steinberg: A Lion of Zion
Remembering the IDF volunteer and LA native who was laid to rest on Wednesday.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
7/23/2014 10:10:40 PM
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A salute to lone soldiers
Their lives and deaths highlight the heroism of lone soldiers – men and women who leave “the good life” in the Diaspora to defend the Jewish state.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
7/23/2014 10:11:16 PM
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Palestinian protest stops Maccabi Haifa match in Austria
By ALLON SINAI \
7/23/2014 10:18:19 PM
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Inside out: After Operation Protective Edge
The Hamas charter explicitly calls for the murder of Israelis and Jews, and for the destruction of the State of Israel.
By JONATHAN ROSEN \
7/23/2014 10:22:04 PM
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Security cabinet convenes to discuss Gaza operation
By HERB KEINON \
7/23/2014 10:22:15 PM
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Remembering one who died for Israel
The eulogy for St.-Sgt. Max Steinberg on Mount Herzl.
By DOV LIPMAN \
7/23/2014 10:32:34 PM
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Liberman blasts UNHCR over Gaza inquiry, charges body supports terrorism
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
7/23/2014 10:35:11 PM
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Letters
Priority to letters that are brief and topical, which bear the writer’s name and place of residence, as well as item being referred to.
By JERUSALEM POST READERS \
7/23/2014 10:43:36 PM
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Washington Watch: Is this trip necessary?
Michael Oren, Israel’s previous Israeli ambassador to Washington, suggested Kerry was sent but not invited.
By DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD \
7/23/2014 10:55:20 PM
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Encountering peace: Identifying when a crisis can become an opportunity
the only way that Hamas can be defeated – only when the Palestinian people themselves decide to get rid of them.
By GERSHON BASKIN \
7/23/2014 11:07:24 PM
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Media comment: Manipulating foreign media reports to focus on anti-Israelism
The news from abroad covered in Channel 2’s central evening news edition was exclusively devoted to anti-Israel events.
By YISRAEL MEDAD,ELI POLLAK \
7/23/2014 11:16:46 PM
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Security cabinet discusses both expanding Gaza operation, cease-fire efforts
US Secretary of State Kerry due to return to Cairo for further talks on truce after meeting with PM; Hamas leader Mashaal says willing for "humanitarian cease-fire," still has conditions.
By HERB KEINON,KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
7/23/2014 11:20:58 PM
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President Rivlin: Israel’s future starts here
On Thursday, the Israeli Knesset will convene a special session to swear in Reuven Rivlin as the president of the State of Israel.
By DANNY DANON \
7/23/2014 11:29:28 PM
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The kind of country we are – and proud of it
Since Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip in 2005, 11,000 rockets have been fired into Israel from Gaza.
By SHERWIN POMERANTZ \
7/23/2014 11:30:47 PM
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Mayor to raise 3,000 Israeli, IDF flags throughout capital
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
7/23/2014 11:53:30 PM