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  12 Palestinians arrested over W. Bank firebomb attack 

  Defense Minister Ya'alon visits wounded 11-year-old Ayala Shapira in hospital, vows to apprehend perpetrators.

  By Gili Cohen | Dec 26, 2014 | 11:10 AM
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  Two police officers stabbed in Jerusalem's Old City 

  Policemen suffer light wounds; forces sweeping the area in attempt to locate attacker.

  By Nir Hasson | Dec 26, 2014 | 07:15 AM
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  Many have embezzled, but Shas has outdone them all 

  There has been none like Shas in corruption, impersonation, nepotism, incitement and betraying trust; only Lieberman and his tribe can be compared to it.

  By Yossi Sarid | Dec 26, 2014 | 08:50 AM
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  A cartel we'll have to learn to live with 

  Watchdog is right to say that the Noblel-Delek combine is a cartel, but insisting on true competition in natural gas would be too costly.

  By David Rosenberg | Dec 26, 2014 | 08:36 AM

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High Court orders largest West Bank outpost demolished

Supreme Court President Asher Grunis has ordered the evacuation and complete demolition of Amona, the largest unauthorized...

By Chaim Levinson11:53 PM

Report: One-third of Israeli children are poor – 55% increase in 15 years 

Almost one-third of Israeli children lived below the poverty line in 2013 – an increase of about 55 percent since 1998 –...

By Yarden Skop09:29 AM

Lawmakers unite to raise minimum wage after AG orders delay 

In a rare pre-election show of unity, coalition and opposition lawmakers quickly lined up on Thursday behind a plan to...

By Tali Heruti-Sover , Haim Bior , Zvi Zrahiya09:09 AM

11-year-old girl hurt in West Bank firebomb attack 

Father lightly wounded, daughter seriously wounded in Ma'ale Shomron attack.

By Gili Cohen , Chaim Levinson |Dec 25, 2014 |10:07 PM

Argentina president adopts Jewish godson for first time in country's history

Godsons in Argentina receive presidential protection, a gold medal and a scholarship for all studies until their 21st birthdays.

By JTA |Dec 26, 2014 |08:29 AM

Feast (and dance) like a true Georgian at this Galilee kibbutz 

Khachapuri, khinkali and badrijani, Georgian music, dancing between the tables and loads of warmth and bonhomie. Who knew that all this awaits in Israel's north?

By Ronit Vered |Dec 25, 2014 |08:09 AM

Yitzhak Laor to sue national lottery for canceling NIS 100,000 poetry prize 

Laor’s lawyers say Mifal Hapayis violated the prize rules and exceeded its authority in revoking the prize due to allegations of sexual harassment against Laor.

By Maya Sela |Dec 25, 2014 |09:19 AM

DIPLOMACY & DEFENSE

IDF arrests 12 Palestinians over possible links to West Bank firebomb attack 

Israeli soldiers arrested 12 Palestinians overnight Thursday in the West Bank village of Azun, near the site of a firebomb...

By Gili Cohen11:10 AM

Two police officers stabbed in Jerusalem's Old City 

Two Border Police officers were stabbed on Friday morning in Jerusalem's Old City near the Lions Gate, in a suspected...

By Nir Hasson07:15 AM

State sells mobile homes cheap to settlements 

The Finance Ministry is selling the Binyamin Regional Council, which includes the West Bank settlements of Ofra, Talmon,...

By Lior Dattel05:04 AM

MIDDLE EAST

Middle East Updates / Father of pilot captured by ISIS pleads for his release

For Thursday's updates, click here Latest updates: 10:06 A.M. Roadside bomb kills two soldiers in Egypt's...

By Haaretz10:06 AM

Pope Francis: Music of Christmas hymns accompanied by tears of terror

Pope Francis sent Christmas wishes to the Christians of the Middle East but noted that "for many of you the music of your...

By Haaretz03:13 AM

Middle East Updates / Rebel groups fighting in Syria's Aleppo agree to form alliance

For Wednesdays updates, click here Latest updates 7:18 P.M. Iraq PM: Iraq, Turkey discussing cooperating in fighting...

By Haaretz07:18 PM

JEWISH WORLD

Argentina president adopts Jewish godson for first time in country's history

Argentina’s president has accepted an official Jewish godson for the first time in the country’s history. President...

By JTA08:29 AM

Letters from Italian Jewish soldiers in World War I – who would die in the Holocaust

Letters written by Italian Jewish soldiers who fought in World War I, only to find themselves subjected to the Italian Racial...

By Micol Debash04:05 AM

Bullet fired at kosher restaurant in Paris, France

A kosher restaurant in Paris was fired on in an attack that is similar to one on a Paris synagogue days earlier. Bullet...

By JTA10:14 PM

NATIONAL

Knesset unites to raise minimum wage after attorney general orders delay 

In a rare pre-election show of unity, coalition and opposition lawmakers quickly lined up on Thursday behind a plan to...

By Tali Heruti-Sover , Haim Bior , Zvi Zrahiya09:09 AM

2014: the year Israel’s illusions of normalcy died

This was a rough year. To be fair, no year in Israel can ever be described as “easy,” but it’s been a long time since a...

By Asher Schechter03:28 AM

Study: Arab girls closing gaps with Jewish sector, but boys still lag

Despite the statistics of the Meitzav exam (a nationwide achievement test for fifth- and eighth-graders) and eligibility for...

By Yarden Skop02:02 AM

LIFE

Life-affirming observations from Holocaust survivors’ offspring 

The stereotype of Holocaust survivors as tortured souls only capable of damaging their offspring once led filmmaker Aviva...

By Marisa Fox-Bevilacqua04:28 AM

AF Football ||Rebels in one-sided Chanukah Bowl

The 6th annual Chanukah Bowl was a one-sided affair, with the Judean “Orli Print” Rebels relying on a league-record 52-point...

By Betzalel Friedman03:31 AM

The most intriguing dinosaur discoveries of 2014 

January First dinosaur discovered in Saudi Arabia Dinosaur finds in the Arabian peninsula were all but nonexistent...

By Ruth Schuster04:38 PM

WORLD

Cyber-defenders warn: Israel is vulnerable, like everyplace else 

Far away from the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, and even further away from Sony Pictures Entertainment offices in Los...

By Danna Harman02:20 AM

Despite all the publicity, the Sony hack was small-time; much worse is yet to come 

Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton described the recent hack of his company’s network as “the worst cyberattack in U.S....

By Roy Isacowitz08:24 PM

How U.S. Muslims grapple with the complexity of Xmas 

The pointy fir trees, curtains of twinkling lights and "Sale" signs decked with holly – even the Mariah Carey songs – have...

By Brian Schaefer06:33 PM |2

BUSINESS

Building green costs more and takes patience 

Living the green life sounds great. Lower electricity bills, insulation from heat, cold and noise too. So why is the demand...

By Israel Fisher12:25 AM

Sagi buys Israeli startup Adience for $20 million 

Adience, a company formed just 18 months ago and which has only 10 people on its payroll, has been acquired for $20 million...

By Inbal Orpaz12:01 AM

Hebrew University trying to remove pensions yoke 

Contacts are underway to develop a government assistance plan to help the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which has been...

By Lior Dattel06:08 AM

TRAVEL IN ISRAEL

Dreaming of a pink Christmas: Tel Aviv launches winter LGBT festival

Tel Aviv launches a two-week festival for gays and lesbians on Friday in a bid to draw tourists during the relatively warm and...

By DPA02:10 PM

Out and About December 26, 2014-January 1, 2015: Haifa celebrates a triple holiday

Tel Aviv and Center Nahum Gutman Museum Shirat Ha’Noar An exhibit of Israeli composer David Ma’aravi, showcasing his...

By Haaretz11:44 AM

A trip to the Brutalist architectural lab called Be’er Sheva

Forget the classic tour of Be’er Sheva, the one that leads to the Old City, or a walk among the weird fountains scattered...

By Moshe Gilad05:41 PM