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Jewish organizations to deliver 20,000 pounds of food to Oklahoma
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Adelsons donate $40 million to Birthright
Casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, donated $40 million to the Birthright Israel Foundation.
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Civility replaces violence in ‘Last White Night’
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Maccabi Tel Aviv back on top but coach future uncertain
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Religion at the End of The Big C
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Ehud Barak leaves Israeli politics — for now
Ehud Barak stepped down as Israeli defense minister at an official farewell event.
The Iranian Debate: Credibility or Trust?
AIPAC makes its voice heard in Washington
It was a surprisingly sunny day Tuesday, ahead of an expected snowstorm, when the 12,000 or so AIPAC delegates concluded the three-day annual “policy conference” in Washington this week, ready to move on to Capitol Hill to lobby their representatives.
Barak: consider unilateral separation from West Bank
Israel should consider unilateral steps to separate itself from the Palestinians should peace talks fail, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said.
Hagel to meet Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak in D.C.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak is scheduled to be the first foreign defense minister to meet with newly confirmed U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.
Biden to address AIPAC conference
Vice President Joe Biden will address the upcoming AIPAC policy conference.
Ehud Barak coming to Washington for consultations
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak is traveling to Washington to meet with top defense officials.
Iran says Israel will regret Syria air strike
Iran told Israel on Monday it would regret its air strike against Syria last week, without spelling out whether Iran or its ally planned any military response.
Israeli voters force Netanyahu to seek centrist partner
Israel's next government must heed voters and devote itself to bread-and-butter issues, not thorny foreign policy problems such as Iran's nuclear plans and the Palestinian conflict, senior politicians said on Thursday.
The no-alternative Israeli elections
The story of the upcoming Israeli elections, which will take place on Jan. 22, can be written in many different ways. One is with an eye to the small numbers, a story of preserving the political status quo: Back in 2009, the Kadima Party got 28 mandates.
January 16, 2013
Diskin: Netanyahu untrustworthy on Iran
Yuval Diskin, a former head of Israel’s Shin Bet security service, said he distrusts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s motives in dealing with the Iranian threat.
Yasser Arafat planned the second intifada, his widow says
Yasser Arafat planned the second intifada, his widow said in a television interview.
Hamas leader calls for third intifada
A senior Hamas leader called for a third intifada, including suicide bus bombings in Israel.
December 2, 2012
U.S. to honor Israel’s Barak, outgoing architect of Iran policy
Outgoing Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak will receive the highest award he could be given by a U.S. secretary of defense when he visits the Pentagon on Thursday, three days after announcing his exit from political life next year.
Israel’s crazy election cycle
This might be the craziest election cycle in the history of Israel. It is short, but not a week passes without shifts and changes in the political landscape: On Nov. 26, it was Defense Minister Ehud Barak resigning from his post to pursue new horizons.
As Barak bids politics bye bye, questions remain about his legacy and future
Is Ehud Barak a calculating political survivor or a military man who, in his own words, “never had any special desire” for political life? Will he be remembered as a warrior or as a seeker of peace? And what will he do next?
November 27, 2012
Ehud Barak says he’s quitting politics
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said he is leaving politics after more than half a century and will not run in the upcoming elections.
Craziest election developments of the week: Livni coming, Barak going
November 26, 2012
Should Israel have agreed to a cease-fire? The complex answer
In Tel Aviv many stay cool as rockets explode
Pleasure-loving, wheeler-dealer Tel Aviv withstood Saddam Hussein's Scud missiles 20 years ago and Palestinian suicide bomb attacks a decade later.
Israel taking steps to mobilize up to 75,000 reservists
Defence Minister Ehud Barak sought government approval on Friday to mobilize up to 75,000 reserve troops for Israel's Gaza campaign, political sources said, in a sign of preparations for a possible ground offensive.
Barak says Gaza militants to pay price for Tel Aviv rocket fire
Defense Minister Ehud Barak, signaling stronger Israeli military action against Palestinian militants, said on Thursday they would be made to pay a price for firing rockets toward Tel Aviv.
Barak: Current episode with Gaza ‘not over’
Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak said the current episode of rocket fire from Gaza is not over, during a visit to the border with Gaza.
Netanyahu in meeting with envoys talks tough on stopping Gaza barrage
Israel will "take whatever action is necessary to put a stop" to the barrage of rockets from Gaza targeting the country, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ambassadors.
Report: Netanyahu, Barak ordered preparation for Iran strike in 2010
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered the Israeli military in 2010 to prepare for an attack on Iran's nuclear sites, an Israeli news channel reported.
Barak: Iran has delayed building a nuclear bomb
Iran has pulled back from the brink of achieving a nuclear weapon, opting to use over a third of its medium-enriched uranium for civilian purposes, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told a British newspaper.
Iranian warships dock in Sudan, report says
Two Iranian warships docked in Sudan on Monday, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported, less than a week after Khartoum accused Israel of attacking an arms factory in the Sudanese capital.
Rockets slam southern Israel, striking homes and injuring workers
More than 70 rockets and mortar shells fired from Gaza have hit southern Israel in the last 24 hours, striking several homes and injuring three.
October 21, 2012
‘Israelis on Obama’ video: President ‘a mensch’ on Israel [UPDATE]
“President Obama is doing, in regards to our security, more than anything I can remember, ” Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says at the start of a new video created by The Jewish Council for Education & Research (JCER), a pro-Obama Super PAC. Barak’s comment is taken from a July 2012 CNN interview, and is just one of many interviews with Israelis in JCER’s new two-minute Web video aimed at garnering the pro-Israel vote ("Israelis on Obama").
Jewish settlers to move into contested Hebron building
Israel’s defense minister, Ehud Barak, has reportedly ordered authorities to allow the Jewish owners of a building in Hebron to move into it.
Four unsolved questions for Israel’s upcoming elections
Netanyahu may dissolve parliament in mid-October, official says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will decide before parliament reconvenes on October 15 on whether to seek a snap election, a government official said on Friday.
October 4, 2012
Netanyahu-Barak spat stokes early Israel vote talk
Friction between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak over relations with the United States fuelled talk on Wednesday of an early Israeli election.
Barak proposes unilateral withdrawal from outlying settlements, outposts
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak proposed in a newspaper interview that Israel unilaterally withdraw from outlying West Bank settlements and outposts.
Israel, not its enemies, would initiate war this year, ex-military intel chief Yadlin says
If Israel goes to war this year it will be initiated by Israel and not one of its enemies, the country's former head of military intelligence told a counterterrorism conference.
Barak: U.S. deployment against Iran ‘impressive’
Israel's defense minister, Ehud Barak, called the recent deployment of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf "impressive" and suggested that the United States is prepared to deal with Iran.
Former IDF commander: Iranian nuclear threat not imminent
Gabi Ashkenazi, the former Israeli military chief of staff, said that the threat to Israel from a nuclear Iran was not imminent.
Clinton urges Egypt, Israel to talk about Sinai
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Egypt's foreign minister to keep lines of communication open with Israel amid tensions over an Egyptian push against militants in the neighboring Sinai desert, the State Department said on Thursday.
Israel strike on Iran would be disaster, Shaul Mofaz says
A former deputy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday a pre-emptive military strike against Iran over its nuclear program could embroil Israel in a "disastrous war".
Israel’s debate about Iran is really a debate about America
Dichter quits Knesset to take home front defense ministerial position
Israeli lawmaker Avi Dichter resigned from the Kadima Party and the Knesset in order to join the government as minister of home front defense.
Egyptian troops move into Israeli border zone
Gunmen fired shots towards a police station in the main administrative center of Egypt's North Sinai on Thursday, underscoring lawlessness in the desert region bordering Israel as a Egyptian military offensive there entered its second day.
Sinai border attack seen as test in Egypt-Israel relationship
The attack this week along the Israel-Egypt border poses dilemmas both for Israel and for the new Egyptian president.
Israel ‘can only rely on itself,’ Netanyahu says after Sinai attack
Israel and Egypt have a common interest in keeping the border between them safe, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday during a tour of the site of Sunday’s deadly attack in which Sinai-based gunmen killed at least 15 Egyptian police officers and injured at least seven.
Barak calls Sinai attack, border infiltration a ‘wake-up call’ for Egypt
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak called a terrorist attack in the Sinai that killed at least 15 Egyptian soldiers a “wake-up call” for Egypt.
August 1, 2012
Barak: Strike would be less costly than nuclear Iran
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that a preemptive military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities would be less costly for Israel than Iran’s possession of a nuclear weapon.
Israel eases West Bank travel for Ramadan
Israel is easing travel restrictions for West Bank Palestinians for the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Netanyahu on deadly Bulgaria bombing: ‘All signs point to Iran’
A Black Sea coast town in Bulgaria became the scene of carnage when a bus carrying Israeli tourists exploded, killing at least five people and injuring at least 33. Nine people reportedly were missing.
Assad moves forces from Golan to suppress violence
Syria's defense minster and several other government officials were killed or hurt by a suicide bomber in Damascus, a day after Israel's army intelligence chief said that President Bashar Assad had moved his troops from the Golan Heights to the capital.
As U.S. officials descend on Israel, Republicans rally for votes
For a few days at least, the old joke about Israel being the 51st U.S. state feels true.
Clinton to Netanyahu: ‘We will continue to consult closely’
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Israeli leaders in Jerusalem Monday, fresh from a visit to Egypt, where she became the most senior U.S. official to meet newly elected President Mohamed Morsi, from the long-banned Muslim Brotherhood.
Clinton meets with Israeli leaders on Iran, Syria, Egypt and peace process
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she and Israeli President Shimon Peres spoke about "Egypt and Syria, peace efforts, Iran and other regional and global issues" during their meeting in Jerusalem.
Can Mofaz influence Netanyahu?
With his recent return to the top ranks of Israel’s government, Shaul Mofaz is receiving plenty of attention in high places for emphasizing renewed talk of peace with the Palestinians. It’s yet another high point in a relatively short political career — after 35 years of military service — that is making Mofaz a heavyweight on his country’s political scene.
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