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Weizmann Institute scientists - Tell me why!
A magnificent new Hebrew book in which Rehovot scientists answer questions about the world will soon appear in English.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
1/7/2018 12:08:56 AM
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Egypt's Coptic Christians celebrate Christmas amid tight security
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 12:29:55 AM
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Olmert admits mistakes
“I do not avoid dealing with the mistakes I made, and by the way, they are not few, both personally and professionally,” Olmert said.
By GIL HOFFMAN \
1/7/2018 1:05:42 AM
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Soldier commits suicide on base
By ANNA AHRONHEIM \
1/7/2018 1:15:34 AM
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New ambulances for Judea and Samaria
The ambulances, which cost a total of $1 million, will be stationed in Kiryat Arba, Karnei Shomron, Efrat, Ofra and Ariel.
By JEREMY SHARON \
1/7/2018 1:19:30 AM
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Popular baby cream taken off market
Consumers are asked to return it to the store.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
1/7/2018 1:23:00 AM
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Jerusalem city workers announce general strike
‘Includes all services except the education system’
By UDI SHAHAM \
1/7/2018 1:32:41 AM
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Intelligence Ministry D-G: Iran protests show Islamic Revolution rejection
Chagai Tzuriel said the protests show “that at least part of the public in Iran is willing to take to the streets despite the fear from the from the regime’s oppressive apparatuses.”
By HERB KEINON \
1/7/2018 1:47:58 AM
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Sources: Cameroon separatist leader taken into custody in Nigeria
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 2:50:00 AM
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Do You Volunteer?
By RABBI LAZER GURKOW \
1/7/2018 4:12:40 AM
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Chief Sephardi Rabbi opposes calls for death penalty
The Sephardi Chief Rabbi said instituting the death penalty offered "no gain" for the Israeli public, only offering potential danger for world Jewry.
By AVRAHAM GOLD \
1/7/2018 9:06:49 AM
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Rohingya insurgents say they have no option but to fight Myanmar
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 5:57:15 AM
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2017 in numbers: Terrorists killed 20 Israelis, 3,617 Palestinians arrested
99 attacks originated in West Bank, down from 269 in the previous year.
By ANNA AHRONHEIM \
1/7/2018 6:00:11 AM
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Rohingya insurgents say they have no option but to fight Myanmar
The United Nations condemned the Myanmar military campaign as ethnic cleansing.
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 8:49:00 AM
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Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 strikes in northeast India
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 9:26:08 AM
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Likud asks internal court to expel rebel MK
Haskel responded that she would not give into what she called "bullying by the new chairman of the coalition."
By GIL HOFFMAN \
1/7/2018 9:57:40 AM
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France’s foremost female rabbi faces flak over Jerusalem stance
Nearly 2,000 people joined a Facebook group titled “Supporting Delphine Horvilleur” just two days after it was created.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
1/7/2018 10:49:47 AM
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Iraq returning displaced civilians from camps to unsafe areas
Critics say the Prime Minister is more interested in winning elections in May than alleviating the suffering of displaced Iraqis and returning them safely home.
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 10:50:11 AM
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard: Unrest instigated by 'foreign enemies' defeated
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 10:51:08 AM
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard: Unrest 'created by Zionist regime' defeated
"Death to America," "Death to Israel," "Death to Britain" "Death to seditionists," the demonstrators chanted.
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 11:16:40 AM
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Netanyahu to promote construction of artificial island
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/7/2018 11:47:38 AM
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UK PM May says Trump committed to best interests of United States
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 12:15:57 PM
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WATCH: Garbage piles up as Jerusalem enters day 1 of municipality strike
Jerusalem opposition leader: Barkat must pay for strike’s damage
By UDI SHAHAM \
1/7/2018 12:22:36 PM
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Global crime with a local flavor
Israeli actress Yuval Scharf is one of the stars of the new BBC show McMafia, which has received some criticism for its portrayal of organized crime in the Jewish state
By AMY SPIRO \
1/7/2018 12:37:53 PM
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Netanyahu on Bennett rebellion: Do you want to break up the coalition?
Bayit Yehudi, Likud MK holding all new bills hostage in fight over child custody law
By LAHAV HARKOV \
1/7/2018 12:56:21 PM
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Sarah Silverman's birthday post draws anti-Israel ire
Comedian wished her nephew, IDF soldier Adar Abramowitz, a happy birthday on Instagram
By AMY SPIRO \
1/7/2018 1:15:28 PM
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Netanyahu: UNRWA needs to depart from this world
'This absurdity has to stop,' he declared.
By HERB KEINON \
1/7/2018 1:19:51 PM
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France remembers Paris terror victims three years after attacks
During a three-day killing spree in January 2015, gunmen killed reporters and illustrators at satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, police officers and shoppers at a Jewish supermarket.
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 1:42:50 PM
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The Haqqani network: one of the world's most lethal terror groups
The group is known to maintain close ties to Al Qaida, the Pakistani Taliban and to the Pakistani military intelligence services.
By ANN M. SIMMONS / LOS ANGELES TIMES \
1/7/2018 1:53:28 PM
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Syrian army presses offensive in last rebel stronghold of Idlib
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 1:59:38 PM
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Blast injures 2 in Stockholm; police say no terrorism link
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 2:01:29 PM
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Jerusalem municipal strike over after sides agree to launch negotiations
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/7/2018 2:10:01 PM
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Feel free to breastfeed here, Pope tells mothers in Sistine Chapel
Women still face harassment for breastfeeding in public in some countries even though attitudes are changing.
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 2:19:35 PM
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Israel lists international pro-BDS organizations to be banned from country
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/7/2018 2:43:31 PM
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Member of Hamas’s armed wing dies in 'accidental explosion'
By ADAM RASGON \
1/7/2018 2:59:13 PM
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Israel lists international pro-BDS organizations to be banned from country
Representatives of 21 organizations from around the world will not be allowed to enter Israel's borders; "We have switched from defense to offense," says minister in charge.
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI \
1/7/2018 3:18:05 PM
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Crisis averted: Jerusalem strike is over
The municipality will retract the order to fire 2,150 employees, as was announced by Mayor Nir Barkat last week.
By UDI SHAHAM \
1/7/2018 3:29:12 PM
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Torah offered by sex offender to London Chabad house sparks controversy
The Chabad house says it was unaware of the donor's troubling background and will not use the Torah scroll he donated.
By TAMARA ZIEVE \
1/7/2018 4:10:31 PM
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Rare 500,000-year-old archaeological site uncovered in central Israel
The site gives new insight into the lives of our hunter-gatherer ancestors
By TAMAR BEN-OZER \
1/7/2018 4:49:49 PM
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French president: U.S., Israel, Saudi Iran policies ‘would lead us to war'
Macron's statement lays blame on France’s allies rather than its estranged trade partner Iran for a perceived risk of escalation.
By JTA \
1/7/2018 4:17:18 PM
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Israeli researchers identify symptoms of progressive blindness
Five Israelis diagnosed with blindness disease once seen only in lab mice.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
1/7/2018 4:17:23 PM
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Medically-assisted suicide sparks scandal at Canadian Jewish elderly home
An act of mercy and compassion or a covert and unethical procedure?
By ARIANE MANDELL \
1/7/2018 4:17:39 PM
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Iran bans English in primary schools after leader's warning
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 4:27:13 PM
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WATCH: Egyptian Coptic Christians celebrate Christmas in new cathedral
Islamist militants have claimed several attacks on Egypt's large Christian minority in recent years.
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 4:31:15 PM
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Two hundred migrants reach Spain after storming fence
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 4:35:51 PM
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Gazan student in Algeria flown to Israel to donate kidney to teen brother
The boy shows excellent signs of recovery, but he and his family can’t return to Gaza now because he needs medical care twice weekly.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
1/7/2018 4:50:22 PM
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Egyptian ex-PM Ahmed Shafik says won't run for presidency
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 5:02:19 PM
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Shas rabbi meets with Yishai to form coalition with Yahad
The two party leaders have been bitter enemies since Deri ousted Yishai as Shas chairman in 2013.
By JEREMY SHARON \
1/7/2018 5:13:30 PM
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Israeli singers to perform at UN to honor Holocaust Remembrance Day
Miri Mesika, David D’or and Amir Benayoun will sing in Hebrew, English and Arabic.
By AMY SPIRO \
1/7/2018 5:15:02 PM
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Israel ups electricity quota to Gaza
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/7/2018 5:52:16 PM
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More rockets fired at Israel in 2017 than previous two years
IDF says 35 rockets fired at Israel over the past year, up from 15 in 2016 and 21 in 2015
By ANNA AHRONHEIM \
1/7/2018 6:08:36 PM
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Iran bans English in primary schools after leaders' warning
The teaching of English usually starts in middle school in Iran, around the ages of 12 to 14, but some primary schools, below that age, also have English classes.
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 5:59:01 PM
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Without Research There is No Cure for the Ailing Heart
By NURIT GREENGER \
1/12/2018 1:34:27 AM
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Houthi rebels shoot down a Saudi-led coalition warplane over Yemen
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 6:02:11 PM
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Nikki Haley: Trump tweet on nuclear button keeps N. Korea's Kim 'on his toes'
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 6:44:30 PM
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NGO files lawsuit against Ponevezh Yeshiva for neglecting sexual abuse
Two prominent rabbis from the yeshiva have also been sued in the suit, who the victim says were negligent in failing to deal with his complaints when he approached them about the abusive student.
By JEREMY SHARON \
1/7/2018 6:47:08 PM
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Pakistani minister decries U.S. as 'friend who always betrays'
Small groups of students chanting "Death to America" and "Death to Trump" burnt American flags and torched photos of Trump after Friday prayers in capital Islamabad and the eastern city of Lahore.
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 6:47:14 PM
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Israel begins work to restore power supply in Gaza to previous levels
The additional 50 megawatts will slightly mitigate the power shortage in Gaza.
By ADAM RASGON \
1/7/2018 6:51:54 PM
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Netanyahu, Norwegian FM at odds over Palestinian NGO
Prime Minister Netanyahu wants to see 'hostile' NGOs de-funded by European states.
By HERB KEINON,GREER FAY CASHMAN \
1/7/2018 7:14:21 PM
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Furious Trump aide assails book, calls president a 'genius'
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 7:18:56 PM
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Source: At least 18 killed in explosion in Syria's Idlib
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 7:55:43 PM
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Egypt fumes over NYT report of official playing down Trump J'lem decision
Egypt, like Saudi Arabia, is suspected by Palestinians of being ready to sacrifice Palestinian interests, including on Jerusalem, in order to please the Trump administration
By BEN LYNFIELD \
1/7/2018 8:28:50 PM
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With friends like these...
The US should not provide welfare to a nation that openly supports the indiscriminate slaughter of innocent people.
By NITSANA DARSHAN-LEITNER \
1/7/2018 8:53:28 PM
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Jordanian minister visits the Temple Mount
Jordan is considered the guardian of Christian and Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem, according to agreements between it and Israel.
By ADAM RASGON \
1/7/2018 8:54:39 PM
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Hugo Marom, one of IAF’s founders, dies at 88
Marom flew one of the last three Spitfires supplied by the Czechs to Israel and became one of the founders of the IAF.
By ANNA AHRONHEIM \
1/7/2018 8:57:04 PM
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Barkat: throw out your ego along with our trash
Mayor Barkat, you’ve done many good things for this city during your tenure as mayor.
All those positives, however, have been overshadowed by what you’ve failed to do in other areas
By JOEL HABER \
1/7/2018 9:17:53 PM
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The inequality among Holocaust survivors
A Channel 2 report aired Saturday night highlighted this discrepancy and the plight of three elderly survivors living below the poverty line.
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI \
1/7/2018 9:28:02 PM
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Move the embassy to J’lem or the consulate to Ramallah
If deference to a final agreement is to be considered credible, it must be applied not only regarding Israeli claims to the city, but to Palestinian claims as well.
By BARUCH STEIN \
1/7/2018 9:30:19 PM
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Forging ahead, Trump team confident its peace plan appeals to Palestinians
"A peace process and a credible conclusion to that process can't happen without the US– they know that. And once the plan is revealed, it will speak for itself," a senior White House official said.
By MICHAEL WILNER \
1/7/2018 9:39:12 PM
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Protecting family and nation
We would like to believe that the security establishment decides whether or not to protect individuals based on objective criteria.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
1/7/2018 9:40:30 PM
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Reality Check: Heavy-handed 'hasbara'
Boteach’s tirade against Lorde provides more oxygen for BDS.
By JEFF BARAK \
1/7/2018 9:49:07 PM
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Downgrading Israel degrades South Africa
The South African government must now give serious consideration to whether or not to implement the ANC’s resolution.
By ROWAN POLOVIN \
1/7/2018 10:07:03 PM
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January 8, 2017: Channeling Glick
Cutting funds from the Palestinians might bring them to the negotiating table.
By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR \
1/7/2018 10:11:36 PM
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Mad in Miami about Jewish films
The Miami Jewish Film Festival is the largest Jewish cultural event in Florida and one of the three largest Jewish film festivals in the world.
By HANNAH BROWN \
1/7/2018 10:30:32 PM
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Global crime with a local flavor
Israeli actress Yuval Scharf stars in the BBC’s ‘McMafia,’ which has been criticized for its portrayal of organized crime in the Jewish state.
By AMY SPIRO \
1/7/2018 10:32:34 PM
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Batya Uziel dies at 84
Her cousin shares personal thoughts about the ‘ageless’ craftswoman
By MEIR UZIEL \
1/7/2018 10:42:57 PM
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Meretz to hold first party primary
The council approved the new procedures, with 87% voting in favor.
By GIL HOFFMAN \
1/7/2018 10:48:46 PM
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Syrian army breaks siege of army base near Damascus
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 11:09:08 PM
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At least 23 killed in explosion in Syria's Idlib
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the explosion targeted the headquarters of a minor rebel faction in Idlib.
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 11:13:52 PM
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Libyan coastguard recovers bodies of two migrants, others missing
By REUTERS \
1/7/2018 11:22:45 PM