JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dramatically bolstered his ruling coalition this week with a unity deal meant to help him thwart challenges from fringe factions. But Yoel Krois, a man with sidelocks past his shoulders and a record of confronting authorities, says he remains ready for a fight. Read full article > >

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Culture war looms as Israel pledges to end ultra-Orthodox military exemptions

Arab youth and sports ministers announced this week a boycott of sports apparel manufacturer Adidas because of its sponsorship of last month’s Jerusalem marathon. The boycott comes at a time that Arab public displeasure is expanding from the West to China and Russia because of their support for the embattled regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

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Arabs Boycott Adidas as Public Displeasure Shifts From the West to China

JERUSALEM — An escalation of cross-border violence continued for the second day on Saturday, as the death toll from Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip rose to 14 militants and militant factions fired dozens more rockets into southern Israel. Read full article > >

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“New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza” strides back into Theater J after its acclaimed 2010 run as an established hit, and the show’s success is no mystery. The David Ives script is fierce, funny and up-to-the-minute in its moral investigations. And the cast knocks it out of the park. Read full article > >

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‘New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch De Spinoza’ returns to Theater J

“New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza” strides back into Theater J after its acclaimed 2010 run as an established hit, and the show’s success is no mystery. The David Ives script is fierce, funny and up-to-the-minute in its moral investigations. And the cast knocks it out of the park. Read full article > >

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‘New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch De Spinoza’ returns to Theater J

The fall of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria would be welcome in Jerusalem, but the prospect of chaos across the border worries officials.

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Memo From Jerusalem: Israel Both Hopeful and Fearful About Unrest in Syria

JERUSALEM — Israel on Tuesday ratcheted up its accusations that Iran is waging an international campaign of terror, after a bizarre series of explosions in Bangkok during which an Iranian man armed with grenades apparently blew off one of his own legs. Read full article > >

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Bangkok blasts prompt more accusations against Iran a day after Israelis targeted

“No president since the modern state of Israel [was formed] has failed to stand by our ally Israel — only President Obama. …The president spurned the president of Egypt when he took his first foreign trip to Cairo… In May he even said that Israel should retreat to its indefensible 1967 borders… Obama’s State Department now designates Jerusalem as an international city and in a bizarre move our State Department will not even acknowledge that Jerusalem belongs to Israel.” Read full article > >

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Michele Bachmann at CPAC: History through a partisan lens

JERUSALEM – Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Wednesday that Israel was “very far off” from making a decision on a possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. The remarks appeared to be part of an effort to allay American concerns that Israel is preparing for an attack despite Washington’s objections. Read full article > >

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Barak says Israeli decision on Iran strike remains ‘far off’

JERUSALEM — Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was indicted Thursday on new corruption charges for allegedly seeking bribes in a wide-ranging real estate scandal that dwarfs the other cases in which he’s accused. According to the indictment, millions of dollars illegally changed hands to promote a series of real estate projects, including a controversial housing development in Jerusalem that required a radical change in zoning laws and earned the developers tax breaks and other benefits. Read full article > >

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Ex-Israeli leader Olmert indicted on new corruption charges in Jerusalem real estate scandal

An ultra-Orthodox demonstration in Jerusalem drew outrage after young boys wore yellow stars and striped prison camp uniforms.

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Holocaust Images in Ultra-Orthodox Protest Anger Israeli Leaders

KHAN AL-AHMAR, West Bank — A plan by the Israeli authorities to relocate about 2,000 Palestinian Bedouins living in the desert hills east of Jerusalem is raising concerns among U.N. officials and human rights advocates about Israel’s aims in a strategic area of the West Bank. The hills are dotted with more than 20 encampments of Bedouins, formerly nomadic goat and sheep herders who migrated from Israel’s southern Negev region in the early 1950s to the West Bank. Their hamlets, consisting of groups of corrugated metal and wooden shacks covered with plastic sheeting, are visible from roads crisscrossing the area. Read full article > >

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JERUSALEM — Israel’s navy boarded two small protest boats trying to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip on Friday and towed them to an Israeli port just north of the Palestinian territory, officials said. The military said no one was hurt. Troops boarded the boats without incident after repeated calls for them to turn around were ignored, the military said. Read full article > >

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Israeli navy boards 2 protest boats approaching blockaded Gaza, tows them to Israeli port

JERUSALEM — Israeli aircraft struck at Palestinian militants in Gaza on Saturday who responded with a volley of rockets which rained on southern Israeli towns, Israeli and Palestinian officials said. Palestinian officials said seven militants were killed, while on the Israeli side one civilian was killed and four others were wounded. Read full article > >

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Israeli airstrikes kill 7 militants in Gaza, Palestinian rockets kill 1 Israeli, wound 4

JERUSALEM – Egypt will release a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen held since June on suspicion of spying in exchange for 25 Egyptians jailed in Israel under a deal reached with the help of Washington, Israeli officials said Monday. A statement from the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Egypt had agreed to release Ilan Grapel, who has been held in Egypt since June 12. The Egyptian government had said Saturday that it was close to finalizing the prisoner swap. Read full article > >

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Ilan Grapel, American-Israeli accused of spying, to be released by Egypt