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Saturday May 18, 2013
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'Expect Israeli strikes on Russian arms shipment to Syria-Hezbollah'
U.S. officials tell The Wall Street Journal: Another round of Israeli airstrikes could target a new Russian transfer of Yakhont advanced anti-ship missiles in the near future • CIA Director John Brennan in Israel to coordinate policy.
 
Boaz Bismuth | Moscow on the Mediterranean
Turkey and Israel, both afflicted with the same Syrian problem, are watching as a Russian return to dominance in the region unfolds. To overpower the Russians, we apparently need Ronald Reagan, not Barack Obama.
 
Dan Margalit | Obama's America
Obama's administration has become embroiled in lying over Benghazi, IRS witchhunts, and the wiretapping of journalists.
Ruthie Blum | Even Stuxnet didn't set back Iran
Stuxnet may have done more harm to the West than good.
Mati Tuchfeld | The politics behind the rabbis' election
An intriguing political battlefield currently gaining attention is the race for Chief Rabbinate.
Dror Eydar | The banality of Dror Moreh
"The Gatekeepers" director pretends to present complexity but never fulfills the promise. He shows the world as black and white, lacking in historical context.
Dan Margalit | The core of the matter
For Israel, implementing a core subject curriculum in haredi schools is even more important than military or national service.
'We won't give in, we won't enlist,' say haredi protesters
Around 30,000 haredim assemble at the Jerusalem IDF enlistment office • "No to the decree," they shout • Protesters throw stones at police, eight officers wounded • Members of the Forum for Citizen Equal Rights and Obligations attacked.
Mati Tuchfeld | Who needs core studies when you can go straight to college?
The Jerusalem College of Technology offers haredi men a year-long preparatory course in physics and English, and then a four-year course in industrial engineering. Is this a model for a way out of the core curriculum crisis?
'I guess the Galilee is not for Jews'
The government is building in Sakhnin and selling apartments in Umm el-Fahm, but there are almost no land allocations for construction in the Jewish sector • Yet only 30 housing units have been allocated for the community of Migdal in the last few years.
When money, politics and religion mix
While Yair Lapid and Aryeh Deri clash over funds to the haredi school system, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu eyes a bubbling insurgency in his own Likud party.
Gonen Ginat | Men who stare at goats
The finance minister's measures are as sour as goat milk.
Former deputy health minister suspected in fraud case
Yakov Litzman may have fraudulently granted a car to a disabled person after national insurance turned down his request • Investigation comes as police investigate car distributor for systematic fraud.
Government closer to defining price-tag attacks as terrorism
Cabinet ministers hold emergency meeting to discuss recent vandalism of Israeli Arab property • Move would require the prime minister's authorization • Experts: Strengthen Judea and Samaria police force so it can deal with such crimes more efficiently.
Is the Temple Mount really in our hands?
This week a senior official from the Foreign Ministry's Jordan desk was asked who was in charge of the Temple Mount. The official said: The de facto sovereign of the Temple Mount is not the State of Israel but rather the Kingdom of Jordan.
Report: Israel's readiness level for chemical attack is low-medium
One of the central issues is that only 60 percent of Israeli citizens have nonconventional warfare protection kits, which include age-appropriate gas masks, and that due to budget shortfalls, there are not enough kits in storage.
Antitrust Authority weighs steps to open ports to competition
Antitrust Authority head Professor David Gilo weighs declaring the Haifa and Ashdod port companies monopolistic • Economy and trade minister outlines plan to foster competition • Bennett: Measures will lead to lower prices.
Seven Egyptian security personnel abducted in Sinai
Incident marks first such kidnapping of security forces in the lawless peninsula and highlights the deteriorating security situation there • Senior Muslim Brotherhood official: Peace treaty with Israel needs amendment to better arm Egyptian soldiers.
The minister and the anchorwoman get hitched
Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar and Channel 1 news anchorwoman Geula Even were married in a small ceremony in Tel Aviv on Thursday attended by family and close friends.