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ICC opens initial probe into 'war crimes' in Palestine

Court announces first formal step that could lead to charges against Israeli and Palestinian officials.

By The Associated Press , Haaretz | Jan 16, 2015 | 05:16 PM

International Criminal Court at The Hague

UN chief: State of Palestine will join ICC on April 1
By The Associated Press | 1
Middle East Quartet to renew peace efforts in late January
By The Associated Press

Diplomacy & Defense

Middle East Quartet to renew peace efforts in late January

The Middle East mediation group known as the Quartet will meet later this month to discuss ways of promoting...

By The Associated Press | 05:38 PM

Laying the final part of the Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline, 1969.

The Iranian debt: How Netanyahu is losing Israel's real battle with the Islamic Republic

Thursday, January 23, 2014, was a particularly happy day for the Iranian-Swiss attorney Homayoon Arfazadeh. The Geneva-based...

By Aluf Benn | 02:33 PM

Sweden's Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom attends a news conference

Sweden FM: Israel irritated allies by overreacting to Palestine recognition

REUTERS - Sweden's foreign minister said on Friday Israel had irritated close allies by overreacting to Stockholm recognizing...

By Simon Johnson, Johan Sennero, Dan Williams | 01:54 PM | 8

Middle East

Turkish protestors praise Charli Hebdo attackers, Istanbul, Jan. 16, 2015

Middle East Updates / Protesters praise Charlie Hebdo gunmen in Istanbul

For Thursday's updates, click here Latest updates: 5:44 P.M. Saudi's top clerical body condemns Prophet Mohammad...

By Haaretz | 05:50 PM

Erdogan warns of clash of civilizations following Paris attacks

REUTERS - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday warned of a "clash of civilizations" following the wake of the Islamist...

By Orhan Coskun and Jonny Hogg | 05:37 PM

Rebels fire rocket, Hama countryside June 3, 2014.

U.S. to deploy more than 400 troops to train Syrian rebels in fight against ISIS

REUTERS - The U.S. military is planning to deploy more than 400 troops to help train Syrian rebels to fight the Islamic State,...

By Phil Stewart | 08:17 AM

Video

WATCH: Sky News cuts away from guest showing Charlie Hebdo cartoon

By Haaretz | 02:07 PM

WATCH: Jon Stewart reacts to President Obama's decision not to go to France

By Haaretz | 04:42 PM

WATCH: Carter cites 'Palestinian problem' as one of causes of Paris-style terror

By Haaretz | 07:30 PM | 2

National

Police detain senior official, ex-MK over alleged graft at land authority

By Yaniv Kubovich | 06:23 PM

Mother of 7 released from two-day detention for refusing divorce

By Nir Hasson | 04:00 AM | 5

African asylum seekers at the Holot detention facility in the Negev

Asylum seekers jailed in Holot to be given heaters, state promises court

By Ilan Lior | 03:37 AM

Features

Anthony Evan Hecht (1923-2004), American writer & poet

This Day in Jewish History / Poet laureate who liberated a concentration camp dies

By David B. Green | 02:39 AM

A French soldier near the Eiffel Tower, Paris, January 12, 2015.

The lesson from France: 'No' to the politics of fear

By Eva Illouz | 04:00 PM

Miriam Naor, new president of the Israel's Supreme Court, is a woman with a mission

By Dalia Karpel | 03:32 PM

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World

pro-Russian rebels stand on guard near their position in the Donetsk airport in east Ukraine

Six Ukrainian soldiers killed by separatists in past 24 hours

By Natalia Zinets | 01:15 PM

Protesters against Charlie Hebdo in Karachi, Pakistan, January 15, 2015.

Pakistani students clash with police during Charlie Hebdo protests

By Reuters | 01:10 PM

Policemen work into a marked out perimeter in Colline street in Verviers, eastern Belgium

Belgian police arrest 13 suspects during anti-terror raids

By Philip Blenkinsop | 12:38 PM

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