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Sunday May 26, 2013
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Beit El evacuation could shatter coalition, ministers warn
Upcoming evacuation deadline for the Ulpana neighborhood has Likud ministers, Defense Minister Barak butting heads • Prime Minister Netanyahu creates special task force as last-ditch effort to avert forced eviction next week.
 
Boaz Bismuth | France's moment of truth
Nicolas Sarkozy is not giving up, even though it's not clear even he believes in his chances of being re-elected.
Zalman Shoval | Who is sabotaging peace talks?
The Palestinians' diplomatic tactics are transparent, but Israel keeps playing the game just to make it clear who worked toward peace and who didn't.
Zvi Harel | Praising 'ordinary' soldiers
Nathan Alterman's poem "Elifelet" highlights the heroism of everyday men and women who make sacrifices in the line of duty.
Israel warns citizens vacationing in Sinai: Leave immediately
Counterterrorism Bureau issues travel warning for the Sinai Peninsula, says there is "concrete information" terrorists intend to attack Israeli tourists in coming days • Vice PM Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon: Sinai is a troublesome area exploited by al-Qaida.
Students work to honor slain Israeli athletes at London games
Catholic University of America students are spearheading a campaign to honor 11 members of the Israeli team killed at the 1972 Munich games with moment of silence • Olympic committee says games should not be political.
New video shows IDF officer striking additional activists
Human rights group B'Tselem releases Palestinian television footage showing Lt. Col. Shalom Eisner hitting a female cyclist and another activist in the back • MK Aryeh Eldad: "The Left instigated this provocation and is now enjoying its fruits."
'If Assad falls we will work toward regional peace'
Prominent Syrian opposition leader Nofal al-Dawalibi says Syrian people want stability and that Israel should welcome Assad's fall • Israel and Syria are still officially at war with each other.
Israel Border Police thwart planned terrorist attack in Samaria
Defense official says it seems the two arrested suspects, armed with pipe bombs, knives and a pistol, planned a terrorist attack at a bus stop near the Tapuach Junction on Saturday night.
Republicans eye additional $680 million for Israel's Iron Dome
Until now, U.S. has provided $205 million to support missile defense system, manufactured by Israel's Rafael defense systems • The Republican-controlled Armed Services Committee begins crafting a fiscal 2013 defense budget next week.
'Lebanon won't attack Israel in event of a strike on Iran'
On official visit to Australia, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman says his country would only launch an attack if Israel initiates aggressive action against it, and stresses that this also includes Hezbollah.
Ya'alon: Debate over Iran attack is not about if, but when
Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon says extreme jihadist ideology cannot be appeased through dialogue • Iranian envoy in Azerbaijan says Iran has evidence proving its claim that Israeli spies were operating there.
Israel commemorates 22,993 soldiers who died in line of duty
As Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism approaches, flags laid on graves of two soldiers who died last week • Youth movement launches "Adopt a Fallen Soldier" project, to preserve the memories of soldiers who have no family.
Iran says it is building copy of captured US drone
Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, chief of the aerospace division of the powerful Revolutionary Guard, tells Iranian state television that the captured surveillance drone is a "national asset" • U.S. is concerned that Iran may be able to reverse-engineer drone.
Top two Israeli soccer leagues suspended over violence
Following outbreak of on-field fighting during Friday soccer match between Hapoel Ramat Gan and Bnei Lod, Israel Football Association chief Avi Luzon cancels Premier League and National League games.
Israel marks Earth Day with music and power-saving measures
Singer Ivri Lider to headline Israel’s main Earth Day event in Tel Aviv, in a performance powered exlusively by means of renewable energy • Business owners and residents of 22 cities are asked to turn off their lights for a full hour Sunday evening.
Conservative seminary in Israel to accept gay rabbinical students
Decision ends rift with U.S. Conservative movement, which began accepting gay rabbinical students in 2006 • Israeli law gives Orthodox rabbis, who see homosexuality as an abomination, exclusive jurisdiction over ordination of clergy, marriage.
Pursuit of happiness brings psychologist to land of the kvetch
Curmudgeons beware: International happiness expert says Israel is an especially happy place because of its focus on relationships • Tal Ben-Shahar narrates a feel-good documentary about Israel to air in U.S. on Israel's Independence Day.