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Diplomacy and Politics
Lithuanian FM: Heed settlement goods label issue
Linas Linkevicius tells the 'Post' that if Israel does not label products from West Bank settlements it could lead to a boycott of all Israeli goods.
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Maj.-Gen. Eyal Izenberg, Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz, Gilad Erdan in preparations, 21st May 2013.
Gantz: If Assad escalates attacks, he'll bear consequences
IDF release video of cross-border fire in Golan Heights.
A Palestinian inmate stands behind the bars of a Hamas-run jail in Gaza City, July 23, 2012.
'Eleven Palestinians have died under PA, Hamas detention'
According to a report released by the Palestinian Independent Com...
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Steinitz: Iran wants dozens of bombs
IDF soldier killed while clearing Israeli minefield
Senior army source says mine exploded for unknown reasons during an advanced training phase of the Engineering Corps.
War drill set to test responses to chemical attack
Home Front Defense Minister Erdan says enemies have despaired at trying to conquer us so will try to terrorize civilians.
Hamas textbooks to teach about 'liberation plans'
Text part of new curriculum, which is expected to be introduced into the Gaza Strip schools next academic year.
Beersheba mayor: Our whole city is wounded
Thousands attend funerals of Beersheba bank shootout victims who were killed by a lone gunman.
Egyptian army secures Sinai in hunt for Islamists
Police forces step up roadblocks in effort to find militants who kidnapped seven security officers near the border with Gaza.
Saudi Arabia blocks access to Jpost.com
Blogger confirms on Twitter that 'Post' website blocked; Website editor: Shame Saudi regime determined to stifle freedom.
Yacimovich rejects link between murder and economy
MKs Deri, Zandberg say government’s "cruel budget" pushed Beersheba shooter to commit crimes
Suit against IDF for killing Palestinian rejected
Wrongful death case was against state for killing of Ekel Saror during clashes over West Bank security barrier in 2009.
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Syria’s rebels blame Putin for prolonged fight
President Putin meets President Assad: File Photo
A hippie mensch
Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger of The Doors.
Analysis: Words vs. pictures in al-Dura affair
Palestinian boys carrying Hamas flags in the Gaza Strip walk past graffiti showing Muhammad al-Dura.
Haredi fallout
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Opinion
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In my own write: Right to die
JUDY MONTAGU
 
From the media’s ‘gotcha’ grip to Zionist fulfillment
GIL TROY
 
Nigeria: Why Islamism succeeds, in miniature
SETH J. FRANTZMAN
 
Entrepreneurial Judaism
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An aliya reunion: 30 years and going strong
DAVID NEWMAN
 
Storming the Bastille of Israel’s religious bureaucracy
MICHAEL FREUND
 
No holds barred: Was the Holocaust punishment for sin?
SHMULEY BOTEACH
 
Social protests: A redux
CHARLES BYBLEZER
 
Jordan’s king trying to play on Israel’s fears
MUDAR ZAHRAN
 
Jewish World
US envoy Hussein to combat Holocaust denial
Special envoys Hussain, Ira Forman and imams to travel to Poland to visit Jewish communities, concentration camps.
Boruch Spiegel, Warsaw ghetto fighter, dies at 93
One of the last surviving fighters of the Warsaw ghetto uprising in 1943 dies in Montreal, 'New York Times' reports.
Chabad opens shelter for those displaced by tornado
Community Center of Southern Oklahoma collecting supplies for those left homeless by tornado that tore through Oklahoma.
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Premium Zone
an attack on Internet infrastructure
A neglected aspect of cyber warfare
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Though attention is usually focused on software aspects of the new cyber battlefield, a low-tech attack on the hardware infr
Recycling in Tel Aviv
From white city to green city?
By ABRA COHEN
Tel Aviv has implemented some initiatives to become more environmentally friendly, but there are still strides to be made in
Lifestyle
Democratic quicksand
If Tel Aviv's beach is once again to become the common ground for all of the city’s residents, it must succeed in rearranging the permeability between city and nature.
Baking Class: The bread winners
Saidel’s Bakery is an authentic, healthy, Jewish bakery that makes loaves the old-fashioned way.
A ring of truth
Sameh Zoabi’s comedy ‘Man without a Cell Phone’ should get good reception.
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National News
PM meets union reps for National Students Week
PM says education, from preschool to higher education and beyond must be improved and made more efficient.
Mourners bid farewell to victim of bank shooting
Hundreds gather at Omer cemetery to bid farewell to Avner Cohen, the 40-year-old manager of the Bank Hapoalim branch in Beersheba.
2 ultra-Orthodox soldiers attacked in Mea She'arim
Police: Beating was response to haredi protest against military service.
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Main Article Picture Israel: Leading the Way
Israeli Hospitals are leaders in the fields of emergency, trauma and mass-casualty preparedness
Environment & Technology
'Gas exports will create jobs in Israel'
Amid heated debate over exporting Israel’s gas finds, visiting US commerce VP Myron Brilliant encourages a flexible, balanced approach.
Water consumption analysis finds faults, leakages
IBM Haifa research lab and partners develop "Big Data" program.
Be’er Tuviya residents protest gas plant
Erdan: Alternatives study must occur, facility should not be in crowded shopping center.
Health & Science
Meuhedet employees hold one-day warning strike
Health fund staffers strike in protest of foot-dragging in negotiations over the last 18 months to reach a new collective agreement.
J’lem to forbid cigarette ads during Formula 1 race
Health Ministry to remind sponsor Philip Morris "to act according to the law."
Papua New Guinea seeks Israeli medical know-how
Governor of the western province of Papua New Guinea tells Health Minister German that local medicine lacks advanced technologies.
Sports
Rising Team USA baseball star headed for Israel
Robert Scherl, who has combated Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, to be part of Team USA’s baseball team at 2013 Maccabiah.
Mac TA stars the clear cream of the crop
Beitar’s Rikan the only non- yellow-and-blue or green to make All-Premier League team.
Weintraub, Sela look to crack French Open
Shahar Pe’er faces dismal prospects in Paris despite automatically qualifying for Grand Slam.
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Palestinian tragic film takes Cannes by storm
The film "Omar" about a tragic love story of two Palestinians living under occupation received a standing ovation.
Mass murder shocks Beersheba neighborhood
Shock grips residents whose quiet area is a stranger to shoot-outs, car bombs and stabbings.
Intertwined fates: The Lebanon-Syria-Iran axis
Jerusalem has drawn red lines over the proliferation of strategic arms to Hezbollah.
Outlook dim as Syria diplomacy gathers force
Friends of Syria to hear Kerry peace talks plan; Arab League, Syrian opposition to meet.
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