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Tuesday May 21, 2013
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PM says US not turning the heat up enough on Iran
Senior Israeli diplomat: If decisions concerning tougher sanctions are not made immediately, the situation will become problematic • Netanyahu: While current sanctions hurting Iran's economy, they are not affecting its nuclear program.
 
Dan Margalit | Iran at the epicenter
More scientists are asking to leave Iran's nuclear program and go back to university research.
 
Yoav Limor | Iran's appetite for revenge
Thwarted in Azerbaijan, Egypt and Turkey, Iran-backed Hezbollah has now looked East for Israeli targets.
Eli Hazan | The importance of the Citizenship Law
The high Court prevented a slippery slope that would have nullified Israel's status as a Jewish and democratic state.
Nick Butler | Gas, naturally
What should Israel do with the major discoveries of natural gas off its Mediterranean coast?
Michal Toiba | Kadima's fate lies in Lapid's hands
How did Kadima go from being the largest party in the Knesset in 2006 and 2009, to having its very survival threatened now by Lapid's political debut?
US-Israeli military drill cancelled due to 'budgetary reasons'
Set for May, "Austere Challenge 12" was supposed to be the largest drill ever held between the two countries • U.S. Joint Chief of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey to arrive in Israel later this week to receive assurances from Israel that it won't strike Iran.
Israel will present document on borders before end of March
PM Netanyahu tells President Obama that sides can reach comprehensive deal before the end of the year • Fourth meeting between Israeli, PA negotiators reportedly set for Jan. 25, a day before Quartet deadline for both sides to state positions.
Israeli officials reject report Mossad killed Iranian scientist
Time Magazine cites Western intelligence sources as saying Israel killed Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan last week • Iran blames U.S., Britain and Israel for assassination, threatens "tormenting" revenge.
Israelis advised to avoid Bangkok as terror suspect still at large
Thai police arrest Swedish citizen on suspicion of belonging to Hezbollah-linked group that was planning terror attack on Israelis in Thailand • Swede tells police attack was called off after authorities discovered plot, second suspect not yet caught.
Kadima fears primaries will lead to party's division
Tensions leading up to Livni's announcement about a date for the party primary elections • Yair Lapid appears at rock concert over the weekend, says "Our parents built the country and we pay the bills on it all the time."
67 percent of murder cases in 2011 involved Israeli Arabs
Joint effort by Public Security Ministry and police aims to improve individual and communal safety in the non-Jewish sector • Special police units stationed in predominantly Arab towns of Taybeh and Nazareth.
Rick Perry: I love Israel with all my heart
Campaigning in South Carolina, Texas Governor does not hesitate when questioned on his devotion to the Jewish state • Perry is currently in fifth place as South Carolina primary looms.
Jewish population in Judea and Samaria increases by 4.3 percent
Census shows an increase of about 14,000 residents from 2010 to 2011 • About 722,000 Jews live beyond the Green Line.
Capsized cruise ship owned by American-Israeli billionaire
All eight Israeli passengers escape ship safely after it hits submerged rock and runs aground • Costa Concordia cruise ship operated by subsidiary of Israeli-American billionaire Micky Arison's Carnival Corporation.
Demjanjuk defense attorney joins the Katsav appeal team
Former President Moshe Katsav's family recruit Yoram Sheftal, the same lawyer who saved Nazi war criminal John Demanjujuk from the death penalty, to appeal his prison sentence.
IDF issues booklet instructing soldiers how to avoid abduction
In wake of a wave of threats following the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners as part of the Shalit deal, Central Command distributes a booklet telling soldiers how to avoid abduction.
Police bust suspected ultra-Orthodox false charity swindle
Police suspect Mea Shearim residents of taking millions of shekels in donations, collected from Jews around the world, for themselves • Fraud allegedly spanned 12 years, involved tens of millions of shekels annually.
Diaspora Jews join the cyberwar
Jewish hacker threatens to publish 30 million Arab email addresses • Hacker by the name of "Hannibal Lecter" will publish thousands of Arabs' email accounts daily for the next 55 years • Says he does not believe in publishing credit card information.
Hezbollah rejects UN call to lay down arms
Hezbollah leader mocks U.N. concern over arsenal • Says Hezbollah needs weapons to confront Israel • U.N. chief Ban says he requested increased protection for international peacekeepers stationed in southern Lebanon.
Egypt's ElBaradei ends presidential bid in protest
The secular candidate says that the military council "has insisted on going down the same old path, as if no revolution took place" • ElBaradei and other liberals feel the transition has now become solely an issue between the military and the Brotherhood.
New US sanctions hamper Iran's bid to recover $1.75 billion
New law requires second freeze on Iranian assets in U.S. • Iran's central bank seeks to get at funds in U.S. account • The $1.75 billion was uncovered in 2008 in a New York branch of Citibank, part of Citigroup, deposited by a Luxembourg-based bank.