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Sunday May 19, 2013
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In swift surprise, Barak evacuates Hebron house
As government debates fate of Beit Hamachpelah, defense minister pulls rug out from under everyone's feet • Vice Prime Minister Ya’alon demands authority over Judea and Samaria settlement be removed from Barak's hands.
 
Dan Margalit | The government decides, not the settlers
Israel is facing enough existential battles – the government doesn’t need to be dealing with one house in the Jewish quarter of Hebron.
 
Isi Leibler | The relevance of Passover in our time
We are the privileged generation of Jews, blessed to be living in the era following the miraculous Jewish renaissance of our time.
Uri Heitner | Let my people vote
We must find a solution for recently demobilized soliders who are traveling or studying abroad that will enable them to vote. It is their right.
Dr. Aviad Hacohen | Life lessons of the Haggadah
We learn from the Haggadah that a good teacher does not just talk. A good teacher also, perhaps mostly, listens. This is a lesson our society has forgotten.
WATCH: Let whose people go?
On the eve of Passover, Palestinian Authority TV broadcasts an interview with a university professor who declares that Moses was actually a Muslim who led Palestinian Muslims out of Egypt and liberated Palestine.
Israel places focus on Jewish refugees from Arab countries
Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon: Compensation for Jewish refugees from Arab nations will be integral part of any future negotiations or settlement with the Arab world • Israel would insist on Palestinian refugees being integrated into a future state.
Hague rejects Palestinian suit against Israel over Gaza war
International Court of Justice rules that it has no jurisdiction in Palestinian areas • PA filed lawsuit against Israelis for alleged war crimes in Operation Cast Lead • Israel Hayom columnist Dore Gold testified for Israel at court proceedings.
'Peace with Palestinians to avoid binational state,' Netanyahu says
"We will ensure the Jewish and democratic character of Israel," prime minister says as government enters fourth year • Netanyahu scheduled to meet with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in Jerusalem next week.
US Jewish poll: Netanyahu represents ‘Jewish values’
73% believe Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu represents Jewish values well • Supreme Court Justice Elana Kagen and NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg follow with 66% and 65% • Pursuing justice is a priority issue for 84%.
Pro-Palestinians plan 'flightilla' into Ben-Gurion Airport
Some 1,500 pro-Palestinian activists from 15 countries are planning to fly into Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport on April 15 in a campaign dubbed "Welcome to Palestine."
Israeli MIT researcher caught in pedophile sex sting
Yaron Segal, who received his doctorate from Yale, is suspected of trying to organize a sexual encounter with a mother and her underage daughters • The mother turned out to be an undercover federal agent.
Peres: New Jersey governor is ‘an outstanding friend to Israel’
Israeli president and Chris Christie discuss current issues in the Middle East, the success of the Israeli economy and regional poverty • Christie: “New Jersey stands with Israel in all its endeavors.”
Clinton says Israeli strike on Iran is ‘not in anyone’s interest’
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Middle East intervention: “I think most people really want the U.S. involved. We have to be careful about how we define that involvement. We don’t want to raise expectations that would be unmet.”
Israel Museum gets the Google treatment
The Israel Museum is one of 151 museums in 40 countries showcased in Google’s Art Project, which was launched in February 2011 • Director James Snyder: “We can take the experience of our Israel Museum worldwide.”
PM: We have adopted Trajtenberg recommendations
The prime minister says while things are not perfect, the coalition is implementing many “remarkable” changes • On his new competitors, he says, “I respect Mofaz and Yachimovich, but ... Israel needs a leader who can operate in the international arena.”
Is everything illuminated? Author offers new take on Haggadah
Trendy American Jewish author Jonathan Safran Foer edits new Haggadah that, among other things, compares Hebrew midwives to Martin Luther King and quotes late Palestinian intellectual Edward Said.