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US closes embassy in Damascus due to Syria violence  |
| Monday, February 6, 2012 11:39 AM State Department announces that its embassy has suspended all operations, US ambassador to Syria has left country; Obama vows to step up pressure on Assad, says crisis can be resolved without military intervention. |
| Strike to go ahead unless agreement reached |
| Monday, February 6, 2012 12:35 PM Interior minister: Contract work is "humiliating"; Labor leader Yacimovich: Strike is embodiment of social justice. |
| Hamas, Fatah agree on unity gov't; Abbas to be PM |
| Monday, February 6, 2012 6:49 AM Mashaal says Fatah, Hamas "are serious" about ending division between the two rival factions. |
| Officer who 'forgot' soldier stripped of command |
| Monday, February 6, 2012 10:36 AM Follows incident in which Lt.-Col. Moly Cohen left a soldier behind during an operation in Palestinian village Budrus. |
| Obama: Jerusalem undecided on Iran attack |
| Monday, February 6, 2012 4:14 AM US president says Jewish state "rightly" concerned about Tehran's plans; Dan Halutz slams public discourse on Iran. |
| Kamm petitions court over 'discriminating' bill |
| Monday, February 6, 2012 9:12 AM Anat Kamm claims MK Rotem, Knesset Speaker Rivlin deliberately postponing hearing on bill that could commute her sentence. |
| Untangling the Web: News shouldn’t be free – Part 2 |
| Monday, February 6, 2012 7:37 AM In a country where people pause what they’re doing and turn up the news on the hour without thinking about it, the need for quality online journalism is obvious. |
| Police arrest 9 suspected Jerusalem cult members |
| Monday, February 6, 2012 9:42 AM Alleged cult leader, family members are suspected of witness intimidation and intent to commit a crime. |
| Austria far right leader hurt by 'new Jews' remark |
| Monday, February 6, 2012 10:09 AM Leader of Austria's Freedom Party likened anti-fascist protesters to a Nazi mob and his supporters to Jews. |
| Poll: Obama gains over Romney amid better economy |
| Monday, February 6, 2012 12:10 PM US president would beat both Romney and Gingrich if election were held now, poll finds, as economy slowly recovers. |
| Religious soldiers file complaint over treatment |
| Monday, February 6, 2012 7:45 AM In letter to comptroller, association says religious rights have been infringed upon in officers' training course. |
| Leyada high school does Hebron |
| Monday, February 6, 2012 9:29 AM How a single school trip politicized education, subverted democracy, encouraged violence. |
| Legitimate Criticism |
| Friday, February 3, 2012 10:21 PM The pro-Israel community must not refrain from criticizing Israel over outposts. |
| No longer desolate |
| Thursday, February 2, 2012 9:32 AM A look at our remarkable achievement in facilitating forest growth. |
| This Week in History: Israel’s last direct election |
| Sunday, February 5, 2012 7:48 AM On February 6, 2001, Ariel Sharon won Israel's third and final direct prime ministerial election. |
| Double exposure |
| Sunday, February 5, 2012 5:26 PM With nothing but piano and sax, Yuval Cohen and Yonatan Avishai render The Art of the Duo at TA Jazz Festival. |
| Madonna to launch world tour in Israel |
| Sunday, February 5, 2012 3:35 PM Superstar and Super Bowl halftime performer will open 2012 tour on May 31 in Ramat Gan Stadium. |
| DNA holds clues to climate change adaptation |
| Saturday, February 4, 2012 12:12 AM 30,000-year-old bison bones help scientists unravel mystery of animals adaptations to environmental change. |
| Social networks provide clues to natural selection |
| Saturday, February 4, 2012 12:06 AM Meet the Beetles: Forked fungus beetles, like other insects and animals, have their own societies. |
| Blind doctor can see again |
| Sunday, February 5, 2012 11:18 PM Retired Kaplan Medical Center pediatrician who became blind last year plans to "pay back" hospital by volunteering there. |
| Sights and Insights: A capital city on a hill |
| Monday, February 6, 2012 8:49 AM Tel Samaria remains a testimony of all earthly glory; the only beauty that remains is what was there to begin with. |
| Writer: Mel Gibson to do 'Jewish Braveheart' |
| Monday, February 6, 2012 7:46 AM Joe Eszterhas says he's convinced 'Passion of the Christ' director is right choice for film about hero Judah Maccabee. |
| Alternatively Speaking: Steps to preventing strep |
| Monday, February 6, 2012 7:21 AM Alternative medicine enthusiast Natalie Marx answers your questions: What can prevent me from catching the flu? |
| 10-year sentence is stretched to ‘indefinite’ |
| Sunday, February 5, 2012 11:10 PM In groundbreaking ruling, rabbinical courts decides Meir Gorodetzki will not leave prison until he grants wife a ‘get.’ |
| S. Africa’s last Jewish newspaper makes last stand |
| Sunday, February 5, 2012 6:54 AM If new sources of revenue are not found, paper's existence may indeed be in jeopardy. |
| Those helping Holocaust survivors to be honored |
| Sunday, February 5, 2012 12:54 AM Newly established “Medal of Light” award aims to shed light on those who work to improve lives of Shoah survivors. |
| NGOs petition High Court over air pollution program |
| Sunday, February 5, 2012 10:51 PM Tel Aviv reports drastic improvement in air over past decade. |
| KKL-JNF launches ‘social forest’ for Tu Bishvat |
| Sunday, February 5, 2012 11:37 PM Group launches project in honor of Tu Bishvat, as well as Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund’s 110th anniversary. |
| Middle East trails again in green energy growth |
| Saturday, February 4, 2012 3:42 AM Vestas estimates renewables accounts for only 0.2 percent of power production in the Middle East and North Africa. |
| Cotler’s plea on Syria |
| Sunday, February 5, 2012 6:02 PM For the sake of the Syrian people, we can only hope Russia and China join the international consensus against the Assad regime's atrocities. |
| When the moderates are radicals, you’re in trouble |
| Sunday, February 5, 2012 5:57 PM The hopes for moderation and real democracy in Egypt is limited; neither the Islamists nor many alleged moderates are moderate. |
| From Russia with love? |
| Sunday, February 5, 2012 5:47 PM Russia is again using its UN Security Council veto to block diplomatic or financial sanctions against the Syrian regime |
| Trajtenberg: More tax breaks for the rich |
| Sunday, February 5, 2012 5:28 PM Giving a few tax credits to the poor does not justify the tremendous tax cuts given to the rich. |
| Students should visit Hebron |
| Sunday, February 5, 2012 5:15 PM Even if the historical sites will not remain under Israeli sovereignty after a permanent settlement with the Palestinians, young Israeli Jews should be exposed to them. |
| Reality Check: Visit both sides of Hebron |
| Sunday, February 5, 2012 5:11 PM If school students are to be sent to areas that are at the heart of the of the country’s internal political argument, then it is vitally important that they are shown both sides of the argument. |
| The Israeli academic Left and the Im Tirtzu movement |
| Sunday, February 5, 2012 5:03 PM Calling Im Tirtzu's collection of objectionable academics a “blacklist,” with all the historical associations involved is ludicrous. |
| Putting out fires |
| Saturday, February 4, 2012 5:22 PM State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss should conduct himself impartially, not try to score popularity points by broadcasting his own sentiments. |
| How Syria’s ruling apparatus became its albatross |
| Saturday, February 4, 2012 5:18 PM The Assad dynasty as we know it will be a thing of the past, regardless of how long it takes. |