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Wednesday June 19, 2013
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'Iran explosion was part of a covert war led by Israel'
Iranian official with ties to regime tells the Guardian: Blast at base near Tehran was "work of sabotage by agents of Israel, aimed at halting Iran's missile program" • Explosion was latest in what some have speculated may be shadow war against Iran.
 
Uzi Baram | National vs. nationalist
The Likud must be wary of those who wish to move it in a racist direction.
Dr. Haim Shine | Democratic and rightist
The Right has shrugged off its inferiority complex and found the freedom to profess its ideology.
Isi Leibler | Searching for a Palestinian moderate
The PA appears moderate compared to Hamas. But its objectives are identical.
Elliott Abrams | The noose tightens on Assad
The Assad family has given Syria a vicious, murderous kleptocracy for decades.
Israel's Right gains ground in battle over Supreme Court
The Grunis Law, which would allow conservative Justice Asher Grunis to be appointed president of the Supreme Court, passed a first reading in the Knesset on Monday • MK Uri Ariel (National Union): The Right is finally gaining power.
Mati Tuchfeld | Holding court
The Right is fed up with the judicial system, while Kadima has forgotten that its own party also curtailed the Supreme Court's power.
US presidential candidates court Israeli-American votes
More than 250,000 Israelis can vote for the next U.S. president in 2012 • Israel has the fifth-largest pool of eligible voters outside the U.S. • MK Danny Danon urges dual citizens to elect pro-Israel candidates.
Gantz: IDF to increase preparedness in the south
IDF chief says army's focus on Israel's border with Egypt shifts from confronting infiltrators to combating terrorists planning attacks against Israel • Gantz also says Israel must initiate operation in the south, not be dragged into war.
Probe Iranian reporter in Israel, MK urges attorney-general
MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union) says Iranian television reporter approached him for an interview • Ibrahim Husseini, an English-speaking television reporter for the Iranian Press TV outlet, has been residing in East Jerusalem.
Cabinet votes to continue freezing transfer of tax revenues to PA
Tax funds will be withheld "until further notice," Political-Security Cabinet decides after Quartet meeting • Official says Palestinians "continue to create a false impression while in reality they are doing everything to undermine progress in talks."
'You have my friendship,' Sarkozy tells Netanyahu after blunder
French president, overheard last week calling Netanyahu a "liar," sends letter of condolence to prime minister after the passing of his father-in-law • "Our different perspectives on the Middle East don't influence our friendship," Sarkozy says.
'Send the Foreign Legion to Gaza and Israel will lift its blockade'
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman reportedly tells French counterpart that Israel would leave Gaza if foreign force prevented terrorist activity in Hamas-run territory • Lieberman reportedly raised the idea with French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe.
'Israel needs more than one counter-terrorism unit'
The head of Israel Police’s elite counter-terrorism unit says, "There is no such thing as a fictional scenario in Israel" • More than 1,000 candidates try out for the elite count-terror unit, while only about 100 make it to physical try-outs.
President Peres to make historic official visit to Vietnam
Delegation of business leaders to visit Vietnam at behest of Vietnamese president • Science and Technology Minister Daniel Hershkowitz and Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Orit Noked expected to accompany delegation.
Police probe firecracker attack on celebrity rabbi
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, whose home was attacked with a firecracker, will be summoned by police to provide a statement • Rabbis' associates believe the incident is related to criminal financial extortion.
Yehuda Shlezinger | Rabbis of a different generation
Today's rabbis come with media advisers, pet tycoons, and know the names of the flight attendants in business class.
Golda Meir enlisted to help fight censorship in Jerusalem
Jerusalem's public spaces have become the latest battlefield for the struggle between religious and secular • Supreme Court ruled this year that women on public buses cannot be ordered to sit in the back.
Dr. Aviad Hacohen | Jerusalem's gender battle
The exclusion of images of women from public spaces in Jerusalem should concern anyone who holds the city's future dear.
Former Teva CEO hospitalized in serious condition
Eli Hurvitz reported in serious but stable condition on Tuesday • Hurvitz is considered responsible for Teva's international success • He is known as a leader in his field and has received a number of prestigious awards, including the Israel Prize.
'We would be like Greece if Barak handled the budget'
Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz lashes out at defense minister, continuing their battle over whether to cut the Defense Ministry budget • "The Finance Ministry needs to sit, debate the economy and stop spewing slogans," Barak says.
Pressure mounts on Syria's Assad to step down
Jordan's King Abdullah says Syrian President Bashar Assad should step down for the good of his country • Syria's crackdown on uprising receives international condemnation • Syrian foreign minister apologizes for attacks on foreign embassies.
Tarantino and Baron Cohen dish out new Spaghetti Western
Renowned comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is set to act in Quentin Tarantino's upcoming film "Django Unchained" • Cohen takes on serious role as slave-buying gambler •Star-studded cast also expected to include Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio.