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The Palestinian president says Israel is 'still putting obstacles' in the path of peace talks, singles out West Bank settlement building.
24 commentsHezbollah chief emerges from bunker to hand Iran President a gun he claims was taken from Israeli soldiers during the 2006 Second Lebanon War.
0 commentsSpeaking after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's address to thousands of Hezbollah supporters in southern Lebanon, Netanyahu says: 'We will continue to build and to protect ourselves as best we can.'
31 commentsFor long a front line in conflicts with Israel, most recently in 2006, Bint Jbeil was an ideal place for Hezbollah to host its main Shi'ite ally, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a sworn enemy of Israel who has called for the state to be wiped off the map.
2 commentsAhmadinejad welcomed by thousands of people in Bint Jbeil, location of heavy fighting during Second Lebanon War, where signs hang praising Iranian president as 'protector of resistance'.
100 commentsForeign Minister Lieberman being urged by his German counterpart Guido Westerwelle to continue direct talks with the Palestinians.
3 commentsBomb explodes as man known to the police opens his car door; two passersby also lightly wounded.
0 commentsIn the midst of a successful rescue mission to save 33 Chilean miners, PMO distributes quotes from a book Netanyahu wrote in 1987.
42 comments'Under Olmert leadership, there were two wars, one Goldstone report, and thousands of missiles fired into Israel; Netanyahu government returned the calm and security to the Israeli people.'
18 commentsMaking major mistakes: what they are, why they matter, where they stand, and what you can do about it.
13 commentsIsaac Herzog is wrong when he says that fascism lurks at the fringes of Israeli society. It is now in the mainstream.
30 commentsVolatile probe into 2005 murder of Ex-Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri, upcoming Ahmadinejad visit, could easily set off a country on verge of explosion.
26 commentsCarter will visit Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories to build support for peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.
0 commentsFox News host Bill O'Reilly's comment that 'Muslims killed us on 9/11' prompted 2 hosts of 'The View' to walk off the set.
0 commentsTalks between Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany stalled in October last year, leading to a toughening of international sanctions.
0 commentsOverlapping ownerships of financial and non-finance companies portend danger that worsens as the large organizations get stronger, and the small and medium ones grow weaker.
8 commentsCommittee of 10 is to report back in four months.
1 commentsThe west thought it could confine itself to management, leaving the donkey-work to others. Big mistake.
2 commentsDespite the potential of a new movie set in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 'On the Path' doesn't succeed in overcoming its limitations.
1 commentsClaude Lanzmann confronts the question of the impossibility of representation in his new film about the Polish underground.
0 commentsKnitting needles and an eye for design made Haya Nir famous, but not rich
0 commentsMarilyn Crispell, appearing in Tel Aviv next week, was playing classical piano when a John Coltrane record opened up her world. Now she tickles the ivories without knowing where she'll end up
0 commentsAdding foreign players could narrow the quality gap but but also hurt local players
0 commentsThe debate rages on in baseball: Would using televised replays and modern technology make umpires' lives easier?
0 commentsOver the last several days, Hapoel players have been hearing something quite unfamiliar and disconcerting - that their team is not the favorite to win.
0 commentsU.S. lawmakers: Lebanon's embrace of Ahmadinejad may affect military aid
115 commentsAhmadinejad tells Lebanese at rally near Israel border: The Zionists will disappear
100 commentsAhmadinejad: Iran will continue nuclear efforts, Lebanon should follow suit
54 commentsU.S.: PLO remarks on borders shows we need direct Mideast talks
53 commentsNetanyahu: Lebanon is becoming an extension of Iran's regime
31 commentsPLO chief: We will recognize Israel in return for 1967 borders
324 commentsSettler leader drives into two Palestinian kids as they hurl rocks
281 commentsLieberman: Israel will not be the Czechoslovakia of 2010
246 commentsU.S.: We suspect Iran doesn't have Lebanon's interest at heart
155 commentsPalestinian official: PA will never recognize Israel as Jewish state
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