Ministers snub emergency Knesset meeting
A call for terror victims to receive equal recognition to that of disabled soldiers
Elkin ranked least socially-minded in Likud, but most right-wing
Report: Country's strategic sites unprotected since 2004 despite Defense Ministry takeover
*Health Scan: Helping to remember*
New technologies spread by word of mouth
**Migraine madness**
Former health minister: Israel should follow FDA in allowing blood donations from homosexuals
Tech talk: 2014 summary and what to expect in 2015
10 Israeli start-ups to watch closely in 2015
MKs applaud antitrust commissioner’s move to review Leviathan gas players
Israel Electric Company management appeals to Labor Court over general strike
Worldy sounds
On eve of 2015, Israel's population hits 8.3 million
Head of anti-drug authority kept in custody
Theater review: Fatal Attraction
Kiryat Shmona wrests back first place by blanking Hap TA
Preview: Athens adventure for Mac TA to open
Hapoel Jerusalem reaches State Cup last four in dramatic fashion
Marco Balbul takes the reins at Maccabi Haifa
Third of 2015 health basket expansion goes to hepatitis C
Grapevine: The spice of life in Israel
Poll: United Arab list headed by Tibi would get most mandates
Source: Azaria in ‘positive ongoing negotiations’ to finalize joining nascent Kulanu party
Deri quits Knesset as his Shas party crumbles
Meretz launches 'revolutionary' campaign
Likud bigwig Katz disparages Lapid for his height
Palestinian draft resolution fails in UN council
Doomed Palestinian UN gambit a domestic propaganda ploy, Israeli official says
Liberman: Those who say Yisrael Beytenu moving Left, remember Likudniks voted to leave Gaza
Palestinians demand UN vote on Israeli withdrawal, defeat likely
Soldiers shoot at vehicle after explosive hurled at them south of Bethlehem; Palestinian injured
'For US Jews, Ted Cruz is star attraction at Passover getaways '
Ex-New York Times reporter banned from UPenn conference after comparing Israel to ISIS
Hundreds attend Zagreb mass in honor of ‘one of Europe's biggest mass murderers’
Torah is Israeli deed to land, Bennett tells Orthodox gathering
Wiesenthal Center top 10 list: Worst global anti-Semitic/anti-Israel incidents of 2014
ISIS releases interview with captured Jordanian pilot: 'They will kill me'
ISIS features Netanyahu in official magazine
Islamic State claims shooting down Iranian drone
Egyptian court bans Jews from visiting Jewish mystic's grave
Obama: Iran could be very successful regional power if it curbs nuclear program
European Parliament: More words replace an anti-Semitism task force
Tolerating the intolerable: State revocation of religious conversions
December 31: Blame Channel 10
In my own write: Holier than thou
As 2014 ends
Ordinary light
The last war but one
Settler saga
Why Fitch’s A+ gets a D
‘Xtremely’ motivated
Book Review: Challenging the past
Embracing the complex
A taste of Spain’s Hanukka 2014 celebrations
A personal mission
Solomon’s solution
Grapevine: Support for survivors
How Coca-Cola became kosher
Wading Through Widowhood: Another election
Showtime
Grapevine: Replenishing ‘good deeds’
Bat Yam, a city by the sea
The non-Arab Middle East: Iran, Turkey and Israel
Campaign jockeying reveals growing cracks in haredi walls
Turkey and the Islamic State
Abandoning the diplomatic battlefield to our enemies
A song for Tevet: 'I have no other land'
צְלִילֵי קֶסֶם
אַנְשֵי הַכִּנֶרֶת
קַו הַמֶלַח
Enjoying the desert, in the respite of winter
Here to stay
Learning to cope
Corruption et élections
Coup dur pour Liberman
Changement de cap
Casser le monopole
Les mots valent mieux que la violence
Coexistence festive à Haïfa
Festival du film juif de Jérusalem, que la lumière soit !
Un autre regard sur l’Ethiopie
Loin de la campagne
1.6 million d'Israéliens sous le seuil de pauvreté
Recrutement sous haute surveillance
Retour à un monde perdu
Le califat : rêve ou cauchemar pour l’islam ?
Comment Abbas tire avantage de la mort d’Abou Ein
Frappes en Syrie, Damas accuse Tsahal
Al-Sissi n’est pas Moubarak
3 jours, 3 attaques : ce qu’en disent les médias français
Ce que veut Kerry, ce que veut Abbas
Mercredi noir
Ciblés parce que juifs
Rivlin: Retaliation against persecution of Christians in the Middle East is a war against extremism
Jesus the Palestinian?
A journey of faith: Pilgrims celebrate Christmas in the Holy Land
PHOTOS: A look inside Christmas Eve in Bethlehem
Netanyahu on Christmas: Middle East Christians subject to violence, persecution and fear
Holiday Cheer as KKL-JNF Distributes Christmas Trees
The Moshav Movement Honors KKL-JNF
KKL-JNF at the Diplomatic Conference
New Bike Single in Lahav Forest in the Negev
Serbian PM Plants a Tree in the Grove of Nations
Sharing and Learning - German Forestry Students Intern with KKL-JNF
Israel and Finland Connect through the Environment
KKL-JNF Experts Visit China for Future Environmental Collaborations
The Shamir Drilling Project
Graduation Ceremony for Rosh HaAyin’s Volunteer Firefighters
Nigerian Forestry Delegation Sees KKL-JNF Desert Afforestation First-hand
In his Footsteps: Heritage Excursions in Memory of Yitzhak Rabin
JNF USA Doctors Mission Connects to a Healthy Israel
KKL Brazil Holds Annual Gala Dinner in São Paulo
JNF Toronto Negev Dinner 2014 Honors Dr. Max Glassman
Israel Today and Tomorrow: KKL France Mission Visits Israel
Living Green in Israel: the Contest and the Winners
Addressing Climate Change Conference
Nurturing the Foresters of the Future
Saving the Sabras
12.31.2014 | 9 Tevet, 5775
Analysis: Despite bluster, retaliation is unlikely
Analysis: A selective use of force
Syria is starving Palestinian refugees in Damascus’s Yarmouk, says Amnesty Int’l report
Wary of jihadists, Western countries warm to Assad
Rights group: Syrian army kills 25 in Aleppo vegetable market
Syrian activist to ‘Post’: If al-Qaida helps us topple regime, let it be
Watchdog: Syria destroyed all unfilled chemical weapons munitions
Islamist fighters move nuns from captured Christian village in Syria
Islamist forces say they've seized crucial Syrian oil field
US demands Syria allow aid through to besieged Damascus suburbs
Chemical weapons watchdog says confident on Syria deadlines
Syria takes further step toward dismantling chemical weapons arsenal
Syria Crisis
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
07/22/2013 11:16
A Free Syrian Army fighter in Yarmouk refugee camp 370. (photo credit:REUTERS)
Syrian opposition activists say that the military has used chemical weapons against the Al Yarmouk district of Damascus, an area of the city comprised predominantly of Palestinian refugees, Israel Radio reported.Palestinian sources said that 22 people have been killed in the area, most from inhalation of poisonous gases.In what was considered a significant tactical and moral victory, forces battling to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad captured the Yarmouk region this past December.The Syrian conflict has split Sunni loyalties, with Hezbollah following its patron Iran in backing Assad. Last year, the leadership of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad had left Syria for Iran but still remained on good terms with the Assad regime.However, Palestinian Sunni terror group Hamas closed its offices in Damascus earlier this year, announcing in February that they were turning against the Alawite Assad and instead supporting the Sunni rebels.In October, Syrian rebels announced they had begun arming sympathetic Palestinians, who would form a group called the Liwa al-Asifa (Storm Brigade) to fight against the PFLP-GC and take its Yarmouk stronghold.The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command has accused the Liwa al-Asifa of trying to stir up trouble within the Palestinian refugee community in Yarmouk, while Syrian rebels have accused the PFLP-GC of stifling Palestinian dissent against Assad.Last year, Liwa al-Asifa fighters had critically injured a senior PFLP-GC leader and killed four others in a car bombing attack in Yarmouk.
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