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Second vote on Knesset dispersal: 74-45 majority for elections
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
5/30/2019 12:04:19 AM
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Netanyahu: Liberman is now part of the Left
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
5/30/2019 12:23:57 AM
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Netanyahu: Liberman is now part of the Left
Netanyahu spoke angrily about Liberman after the vote to disperse the Knesset passed 74-45.
By TAMAR URIEL-BEERI \
5/30/2019 1:39:06 AM
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Moby cancels book tour after furor over Natalie Portman claims
Moby is canceling "all upcoming public appearances for the foreseeable future."
By REUTERS \
5/30/2019 1:03:41 AM
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Louisiana lawmakers pass bill to ban abortions as early as 6 weeks
By REUTERS \
5/30/2019 2:10:41 AM
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Jewish News wins 18-month legal battle against Polish nationalist group
The case was one of the first civil cases brought under a new Polish law that criminalizes references to Poles’ complicity in the Holocaust, the Press Gazette explained.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
5/30/2019 2:24:44 AM
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Try the capital's fine dining on Jerusalem Day
Some of Jerusalem's finest dining locations are offering special discounts on Jerusalem Day.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
5/30/2019 3:04:57 AM
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Episode of new Netflix series mocks Anne Frank
Top comedians mock historical series in the series, which was released Monday.
By MARCY OSTER/JTA \
5/30/2019 4:03:02 AM
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Facebook removes Iranian-linked accounts, citing ‘inauthentic behavior’
The social-media giant boots off 51 accounts, 36 pages, seven groups and three Instagram accounts.
By JNS.ORG \
5/30/2019 4:22:25 AM
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Jordanian king to Kushner: Pal. state only possible on pre-1967 lines
During the Six-Day War, Israel retook Jerusalem’s Western Wall and surrounding areas, in addition to gaining control of the Golan Heights.
By JACKSON RICHMAN \
5/30/2019 4:47:01 AM
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Top Israeli minds increasingly being driven abroad – study
Only a small sector of Israel’s population – under 130,000 Israelis – are keeping the economy, healthcare system and its academic bedrock among the leaders of the developed world.
By EYTAN HALON \
5/30/2019 6:05:25 AM
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Israeli volunteer delegation arrives in Puerto Rico to help local youth
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
5/30/2019 6:49:41 AM
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11 Palestinians arrested in the West Bank
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
5/30/2019 7:22:54 AM
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Jerusalem Prize for Unity awarded to Moishe House
The network of houses throughout the world are being honored for their outreach work for young Jews worldwide.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
5/30/2019 9:27:05 AM
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Likud MK Yoav Kisch accuses Liberman of trying to topple Netanyahu
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
5/30/2019 7:58:50 AM
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MK Miki Zohar slams Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
5/30/2019 8:19:29 AM
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7 South Koreans killed, 19 missing after Hungarian boat capsizes on Danube
The boat reportedly collided with another tourist vessel near the Hungarian parliament building.
By REUTERS \
5/30/2019 8:34:18 AM
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Blue and white and all over the world
More than a dozen Israeli TV series are now available on Netflix with English subtitles.
By HANNAH BROWN \
5/30/2019 8:52:09 AM
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Levin claims Liberman wanted 3 ministers, Yisrael Beytenu calls Levin liar
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
5/30/2019 9:12:50 AM
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Crowds, power and performance
Brazilian choreographer Marcelo Evelin brings ‘Suddenly Everywhere is Black with People’ to the Israel Festival
By ORI J. LENKINSKI \
5/30/2019 9:13:37 AM
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Holocaust memorial stone vandalized in Rome
The sticker was cut to perfectly fit the stone and read a message in German: “The murderer always returns to the scene of the crime.”
By ROSSELLA TERCATIN \
5/30/2019 2:24:01 PM
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Sounds Estonian
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir is the headliner act at the next edition of the Abu Ghosh Vocal Music Festival.
By BARRY DAVIS \
5/30/2019 9:34:49 AM
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Shaffir calls for Labor leadership race
"Labor needs to be rebuilt so the old style political hackery can be removed so we can become a party with determination that is open to the public and believes in its ability to win."
By GIL HOFFMAN \
5/30/2019 8:52:27 PM
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An oasis of calm
In the frenetic metropolis that is Tel-Aviv, the Hilton Hotel can always be relied on to provide an oasis of calm amid the chaos.
By GLORIA DEUTSCH \
5/30/2019 9:48:18 AM
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The rise of rosé
Or why is pink considered ‘the new white’?
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
5/30/2019 5:17:56 PM
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Israel's national parks gear up for weekend tours
The Tomb of the Prophet Samuel is just one of the Israeli wonders that will see crowds this weekend.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
5/30/2019 11:47:00 AM
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Drama or farce?
Proposed budget of NIS 500,000 to fund the Open House’s 2019 community activities – including the Gay Pride parade scheduled for next week – was voted down at the municipal committee level.
By PEGGY CIDOR \
5/30/2019 10:25:48 AM
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THIS WEEK IN JERUSALEM: Peggy Cidor’s round-up of city affairs
“This nightlife that has developed here over the years is ruining the lives of residents in the area, and harming our income from our hard work as merchants,” said Nino Peretz.
By PEGGY CIDOR \
5/30/2019 10:41:09 AM
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Was Iran behind the Gulf oil tanker attacks? Bolton: 'Almost certainly'
US is balancing numerous developments in the region as national security adviser alleges that the Islamic republic was behind naval sabotage.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
5/31/2019 6:45:23 AM
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Guy Ritchie reveals hidden Hebrew talent in 'Aladdin' interview
Chatting about his Hebrew speaking background, Ritchie told Ynet that he also speaks with his wife in Hebrew and has been learning the language for about 15 years.
By ILANIT CHERNICK \
5/30/2019 3:48:11 PM
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Our eternal city
There is excitement in the air because on June 2, we will celebrate the 52nd anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem during the Six Day War.
By DAVID GEFFEN \
5/30/2019 11:36:06 AM
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Blast near Afghan military training center kills at least six
By REUTERS \
5/30/2019 11:29:30 AM
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A healing spark
Asher and Ruthie Kaplan treat the physical and spiritual at Spark Body & Soul in Jerusalem.
By ARIEL DOMINIQUE HENDELMAN \
5/31/2019 8:34:47 AM
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Sounds good – and looks good, too
“Music is a living medium formed between people at a given moment, in a unique form. It comes into being at a particular time and in a spontaneous manner.”
By BARRY DAVIS \
5/30/2019 11:57:11 AM
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Simon Wiesenthal drawings on display in Vienna
The world knows the late Holocaust syrvivor for his tireless work to bring Nazi criminals to justice. Few remember that before the war, he was trained as an architect.
By ROSSELLA TERCATIN \
5/30/2019 4:40:36 PM
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Grapevine: Bernie to the rescue
Bernie is quite a familiar sight in Jerusalem, accompanying Hess almost everywhere he goes, including to synagogue.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
5/30/2019 5:20:11 PM
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WikiLeaks's Assange too ill to appear via video link in extradition hearing
By REUTERS \
5/30/2019 12:20:16 PM
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Riders of the storm
“The cast is taking the terrific text that makes up Shakespeare’s last full-length play and making it their own in a highly entertaining way and that is much to their credit," said Poch.
By HARRY BROWN \
5/30/2019 5:25:13 PM
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Four Chinese infrastructure giants bid for Tel Aviv light rail tender
The tender has been described by NTA as the largest in Israel's history and worth approximately NIS 15 billion ($4.14bn.)
By EYTAN HALON \
5/31/2019 8:02:27 AM
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The Likud blames Liberman: He will pay the price in the end
"Avigdor Liberman is now part of the Left," he concluded. "You give him votes, to the Right, and he does not give his voice to the Right."
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
5/30/2019 12:40:07 PM
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Liberman: Netanyahu is the Leftist, not me
Speaking at a press conference in Tel Aviv, Liberman said he was the victim of discrediting by Likud.
By GIL HOFFMAN \
5/30/2019 12:45:41 PM
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Holy Sepulchre plans first renovation in generations
Various sects connected to the historic Jerusalem church, fraught with long-standing conflict, have agreed that renovations are necessary at the site where many believe Jesus was buried.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
5/31/2019 6:27:29 AM
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Tel Aviv welcomes world-class squash event
The British installed squash courts at their army bases. When the State of Israel was declared, they became part of the air force and the pilots became the Jewish state's first squash players.
BY Josh Halickman \
5/30/2019 1:40:54 PM
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May 31, 2019 - Jerusalem Post Crossword Puzzle: Strong pull
Jerusalem Post Crossword Puzzle
By JPOST CROSSWORD \
5/30/2019 2:05:10 PM
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Operation Claw continues as Turkey kills Kurdish fighters in Iraq
Commandos air-dropped into northern Iraq on Monday as pro-Kurdish opposition says the operation creates crisis.
By REUTERS \
5/30/2019 2:17:42 PM
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Bennett to run as head of New Right Party, Shaked eyes Likud
Shaked ran in the April election on The New Right ticket that did not cross the threshold.
By GIL HOFFMAN,TOVAH LAZAROFF \
5/30/2019 10:26:46 PM
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Is Israel’s democracy in crisis?
IDI’s President Yohanan Plesner and Canadian jurist Irwin Cotler on the challenges facing Israeli democracy in the months ahead.
By STEVE LINDE \
6/3/2019 8:44:32 PM
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Despite trade war, Israeli innovators flock to Chinese investment confab
Eager for investment, more than 100 Israeli hi-tech companies and start-ups traveled this week to Jinan, the capital of China's Shandong Province, to participate in the 22nd international GoforIsrael investment conference.
By EYTAN HALON \
6/1/2019 10:47:17 PM
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Netanyahu to Kushner: We had a little event last night
The "economic workshop" in Bahrain is meant to discuss the economic aspects of the Trump peace deal without unveiling any of the political components.
By HERB KEINON \
5/30/2019 9:30:15 PM
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Is Amar’e Stoudemire leaving Hapoel Jerusalem?
The former NBA All-Star spoke to The Jerusalem Post about his contract impasse with the Reds.
By JOSHUA HALICKMAN \
5/30/2019 4:48:45 PM
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‘Too bad’ that Israel is heading for new elections, says Trump
It is the second time this week that the president addressed the political situation in Israel.
By OMRI NAHMIAS \
5/30/2019 10:25:02 PM
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Yair Netanyahu: PM appointed A-G in 2010 to close cases against Liberman
Weinstein vehemently trashed the younger Netanyahu’s claims, saying that he did not know or have any contact or relationship with Liberman until he was appointed attorney-general in 2010.
By ILANIT CHERNICK \
5/30/2019 6:32:30 PM
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A third election called in 2019? It can certainly happen - analysis
The premise was that polls at the time were predicting 61 MKs for the Center-Left bloc, which included Arab parties unwilling to enter any coalition.
By GIL HOFFMAN \
5/31/2019 8:13:27 AM
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Islamic Jihad releases video showing drones attacking Israeli tanks- watch
"Your fortresses don't stand before us."
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
5/30/2019 4:36:02 PM
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Jewish students donate stipends to help Syrian refugees in Aleppo
Last year, the ten students who are participants of the Sinai Scholars Society program at the liberal arts college jointly decided to donate their $350 participant stipends to fund an aid shipment.
By ILANIT CHERNICK \
6/3/2019 7:22:24 AM
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Lapid on Twitter: Netanyahu capitulated, was extorted
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
5/30/2019 4:31:22 PM
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IDF completes destruction of 'flagship' Hezbollah tunnel - watch
The Ramiyeh tunnel was the largest cross-border attack tunnel dug by the group.
By ANNA AHRONHEIM \
5/30/2019 5:32:04 PM
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Can the Shin Bet harness Netanyahu?
As the prime minister advances the immunity bill in the Knesset, the security agency could be the ultimate guardian of democracy
By YOSSI MELMAN \
5/31/2019 7:48:11 AM
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An eco-friendly partnership
Nespresso has been investing a lot in ecological plans, starting with the growing of the coffee and ending with recycling the capsules.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
5/30/2019 5:32:48 PM
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Best of both worlds for Netanyahu? - analysis
Netanyahu wasn’t able to form a coalition, but are new elections a defeat for him, or exactly what he wanted given the other scenarios.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
5/30/2019 5:40:04 PM
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Saudi Arabia seeks Arab unity over Iran after attacks
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have said they want to avoid war after drone strikes on oil pumping stations in the kingdom and the sabotage of tankers off the UAE.
By REUTERS \
5/30/2019 5:42:41 PM
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Woman in the shuk: Jerusalemites react to repeat election - watch
“This is how it goes, that’s politics, and it’s beyond our control,” he said.
By SHAKED KARABELNICOFF \
5/31/2019 8:07:57 AM
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U.S. top security adviser says threat from Iran is not over
"I don’t think this threat is over, but I do think you can make at least a conditional claim that the quick response and the deployment and other steps that we took did serve as a deterrent."
By REUTERS \
5/30/2019 5:54:02 PM
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Brian Hook: Iran has cut cyber funding, 17% of Quds force
Regarding the use of force, Hook said that the US would use military force if its interests were assaulted by Iran.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
5/31/2019 7:15:00 AM
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Humanity first: Saving lives through crowdsourcing emergency responders
One extraordinary organization, United Hatzalah, has leveraged technology and some 5,000 people to save an awe-inspiring number of lives – Jewish, Christian and Muslim, Israeli and Palestinian.
By AVI JORISCH \
5/30/2019 6:13:37 PM
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Repeat elections bring ‘real fear of economic paralysis,’ to cost NIS 2b.
The association estimates that repeat elections will cost the economy as much as NIS 2 billion, also highlighting the economic impact resulting from another paid national holiday on Election Day.
By EYTAN HALON \
5/30/2019 9:08:06 PM
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Fire breaks out near Gaza border from incendiary balloon
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
5/30/2019 6:25:07 PM
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Bahrain summit will go on as planned despite elections, says U.S. official
By REUTERS \
5/30/2019 6:59:42 PM
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My Word: Jerusalem of complexes and complexities
Jerusalem, home to close to one million people, is a composite of its sounds: Church bells, the calls of muezzin to prayer and the singing emanating from synagogues and homes on Friday nights.
By LIAT COLLINS \
6/16/2019 11:54:19 PM
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Grapevine: What a difference a day made
Movers and shakers: how Israeli people shape the places of this country.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
5/30/2019 7:19:55 PM
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Overzealous targeting of terrorism - Opinion
Declaring the Muslim Brotherhood an FTO would be incorrect and counterproductive due to the Brotherhood’s diffuse and divided nature.
By SEAN F. O'BRIEN \
5/30/2019 7:38:06 PM
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Why Washington should rejoin UN’s cultural agency - Opinion
In addition to defunding UNESCO, Washington has recently abandoned it altogether. On January 1, 2019, the Trump administration officially withdrew from UNESCO.
By SIMON MAGHAKYAN \
5/30/2019 7:37:03 PM
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Hamas leader Sinwar threatens to attack Tel Aviv with double force
The Hamas leader flatly rejected any peace initiative coming from the US president, saying that "all transactions aimed at eliminating the Palestinian issue will fail."
By URI BOLLAG \
5/30/2019 8:59:54 PM
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SWU pressure leads UCLA to probe anti-Zionist incident
While SWU will maintain a watchful eye on whether UCLA follows through on promises in its response to probe the incident for evidence of discrimination and harassment, the quick response from the administration appeared to signal that it has the university’s attention.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
5/30/2019 11:06:59 PM
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Netanyahu: Kushner brought me Trump- signed map of Israel with Golan
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
5/30/2019 7:51:29 PM
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Netanyahu: Kushner brought me Trump-signed map of Israel with Golan
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF,JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
5/30/2019 8:15:43 PM
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Netanyahu: Liberman a 'serial toppler of right-wing governments'
By GIL HOFFMAN \
5/30/2019 7:56:35 PM
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Finding my family at Auschwitz-Birkenau
I have always wanted to visit Poland, but regrettably I have never managed to, so when the opportunity arose for me to spend three days in Krakow with the March of the Living I jumped at it.
By NOAM MIRVIS \
5/30/2019 7:57:53 PM
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Israel, U.S., Russia to discuss Syria in trilateral meeting in Jerusalem
The meeting will take place in June.
By HERB KEINON \
5/30/2019 8:55:59 PM
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Is the U.S. funding of Lebanese Army strengthening Hezbollah?
Today Hezbollah is not just a part of the government, but even its local opponents – headed by Prime Minister Saad Hariri – have accepted its legitimacy as an armed group and political component.
By ILAN ZALAYAT \
5/31/2019 9:03:18 PM
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Crises aside, Rivlin appears to be in exuberant mood - analysis
As things stand at the moment, the president is out of the picture until Election Day in just under 16 weeks.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
5/30/2019 9:39:11 PM
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The return of baksheesh diplomacy
The announced decision by the Trump administration to initiate its peace plan, the so-called “Deal of the Century,” with an economic summit for the Palestinians in Bahrain next month conjures up frightening feelings of déjà vu.
By NITSANA DARSHAN-LEITNER \
5/30/2019 8:46:35 PM
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Is peaceful regime change in Iran possible?
According to the research of Harvard’s Erica Chenoweth, more than half of nonviolent revolutions are successful, as long as more than 3.5% of the population participates to ensure regime change, whereas less than 25% of violent uprisings succeed.
ERIC R. MANDEL \
5/30/2019 8:51:50 PM
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Liberman made religious tyranny the enemy, not the Left - analysis
Netanyahu left the stage wide open for Liberman to immediately brand the next elections not as Left or Right, but as a right-wing battle for civil liberty versus religious tyranny.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
5/31/2019 6:22:42 AM
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Know Comment: Liberman’s cynical use of draft issue to torment Netanyahu
This was not a “struggle for the character, identity and direction of the country,” as some over-enthusiastic Liberman-supporters blathered. It was not a “struggle over Israel’s fundamental values and a push-back against the haredization of Israel.”
By DAVID M. WEINBERG \
5/30/2019 8:56:51 PM
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Your Taxes: Innovation drives the nation
The Start-Up Nation got where it is today thanks mainly to two institutions – the IDF which teaches Israelis to cope – and the Innovations Authority
By LEON HARRIS \
6/3/2019 1:59:22 PM
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Hillel's Tech Corner: Taking blood with a tap
Labs and doctors spend a lot of money on blood collection – the supplies are cheap, but the labor and overhead are expensive. It’s also very inconvenient for patients, and as a result, many patients simply don’t follow up on lab testing orders.
By HILLEL FULD \
5/30/2019 10:05:11 PM
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Climbing the 49 step ladder, Spiritual and material wealth
So, we have made it into the 40’s in our count to 49.
By AARON KATSMAN \
5/30/2019 9:16:45 PM
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Party leaders take gloves off as do-over race begins
Netanyahu accused Liberman of telling another party head that he would not join the government because if he did, "Netanyahu will last another 10 years."
By GIL HOFFMAN \
5/31/2019 5:16:41 PM
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Middle Israel: The biblical forebears of Netanyahu's downfall
Our biblical forebears wandered between three political models: dictatorship, anarchy and a tribal confederation.
By AMOTZ ASA-EL \
6/2/2019 12:37:44 AM
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Dreams go up in flames at magical moshav Mevo Modi’im
A tight-knit community struggles to rebuild their lives.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
5/31/2019 11:10:47 AM
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Political Affairs: Redoing the last season of ‘Game of Thrones’
“It’s more like One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”
By LAHAV HARKOV \
5/31/2019 9:00:05 AM
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Thank you, Gov. DeSantis
“Florida will always stand with Israel, our greatest ally in the Middle East,” DeSantis said.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
5/30/2019 9:46:47 PM
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U.S. Political Affairs: Whither the peace process?
New elections in Israel are just the latest nail in the tire of the deflating ‘Deal of the Century.’
By OMRI NAHMIAS \
5/31/2019 7:35:48 AM
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Legal Affairs: Constitutional crisis averted?
New elections may avert a battle between the PM and the Supreme Court.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
5/31/2019 7:38:23 AM
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'Post' poll: Likud, Yisrael Beytenu rise after crisis
The poll found that two thirds of Israelis are upset by the decision to disperse the Knesset a month after it was sworn in and hold another election.
By GIL HOFFMAN \
5/31/2019 8:29:03 AM
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Merkel refuses to outlaw Hezbollah, snubbing German Jews after kippah row
When asked on Wednesday by The Jerusalem Post numerous times if the German government plans to ban the Lebanese Shi’ite terrorist organization, Merkel and Seehofer refused to answer.
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL \
5/31/2019 6:29:16 AM
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IDF strengthens Jewish identity with Ukraine journey
The week-long trip is part of the MAHUT Project, whose goal is to strengthen the Jewish and Israeli identities of IDF commanders and increase their motivation to continue their meaningful service.
By ALAN ROSENBAUM \
5/30/2019 10:39:11 PM
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Around 1000 protest corruption outside Prime Minister's residence
By MAARIV ONLINE \
5/30/2019 10:43:22 PM
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New director appointed to head ‘Kadima Mada’ network
‘Kadima Mada’ works to reduce socio-economic gaps and provides equal opportunities through the advancement of scientific and technological education in the periphery.
By ALAN ROSENBAUM \
5/30/2019 10:47:10 PM
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Series of explosions in Iraq's Kirkuk kills five -medical sources
By REUTERS \
5/30/2019 11:17:43 PM
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Pakistani cleric complains about minister in 'moon-lighting controversy'
Mufti Inam-ul-Haq slams use of new calendar to fix holiday dates as ‘un-Islamic act’
By KASWAR KLASRA/THE MEDIA LINE \
5/30/2019 11:39:27 PM