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Wednesday May 22, 2013
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I won't succumb to extortion, Netanyahu says
Knesset expected to approve legislation to dissolve itself today, kicking off election campaign • Storm erupts at launch of Likud convention as ministers challenge Netanyahu's bid for presidency of the convention, demand secret ballot.
 
Mati Tuchfeld | Risky business for Netanyahu
The prime minister is confident going into elections, but no one knows how he will emerge.
 
Elliott Abrams | 'Standing idly by' in Syria
Hezbollah and Iran support Assad's forces with money, weapons, and forces on the ground. Where is the U.S.?
Yoram Ettinger | The problem with US mediation
American peace initiatives have not only failed to produce peace, they have inadvertently fueled Arab belligerence.
Yair Eldan | The politics of conversion
There is inherent tension in the way Jewish law views conversion — as joining a family or as joining a community of believers.
Maj. Gen. (ret.) Yaakov Borovsky | Restoring safety
The political establishment will only rethink its priorities if the public demands that its personal security be protected.
Police arrest nine suspects in murder of Beersheba father
Among the suspects is a 16-year-old girl, who re-enacted events for police at the crime scene • Police identify alleged killers just hours after the incident that left Gadi Vichman, 36, dead.
Dan Margalit | The Thin Blue Line
Eighteen years ago, there were 19,400 beat officers in Israel, now there are 19,700 men and women in blue. We need more police.
The French Revolution 2012
Nicolas Sarkozy loses in the second round to Francois Hollande • For the first time in 17 years, France has a socialist president.
Boaz Bismuth | The era of uncertainty
The outcome of French elections has done little to allay fears in world markets.
'Many of the villages in southern Lebanon will be destroyed'
Any Hezbollah retaliation to an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities would prompt Israel to launch a war in Lebanon so ferocious that it would take a decade to rebuild the villages it destroys, a senior Israeli military officer tells the British Telegraph.
'American Jews boycotting Israeli settlements is terribly wrong'
"Sometimes it seems that we, Israelis and American Jews, not only inhabit different countries but different universes, different realities," Israel Ambassador to U.S. Michael Oren says • "At stake is nothing less than the unity of a Jewish people."
Arab Israelis more active on blog sites than Jews, survey finds
New survey — "Israel in the Digital Age 2010" — looks into Israelis' online activity and information sharing on the Internet in recent years • Among notable statistics, survey finds that haredim view more videos online than secular population.
IDF launches new campaign to prevent soldier abductions
Campaign slogan "Don't catch a ride — it can catch you" focuses on pressuring soldiers to avoid hitchhiking, includes mock video showing kidnapped soldier pleading to his family for his release.
Supporters want 'Israel Loves Iran' campaign to win Nobel
Ronny Edry and Michal Tamir, web designers from Tel Aviv, attract hundreds of Facebook supporters from around the world in a bid to prevent war between Israel and Iran • Sample phrases: “Iranians we love you,” and “We will never bomb your country.”
New commander for Yamam counter-terror unit
Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino and Border Police Commander Yoram Halevi recommend a new Yamam commander, approved on Sunday by Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch.
Lieberman courts son of Likud icon as possible deputy
Yisrael Beitenu approaches son of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir • Shelly Yachimovich in talks with renegade Israeli reporter • Former Teva CEO to join Yair Lapid's recently created party.
The world's best protected building?
With 18,000 visitors per month and the nation's leadership regularly wandering its halls, the Knesset is no small security challenge • Meet the Knesset Guard's special forces units who operate to ensure that the gears of government turn smoothly.
Survey says Israel's most coveted workplace is...
Recently published survey reveals that salary is more important to job hunters than last year, along with interpersonal relations and stability • High-tech industry dominates top 10 desirable workplaces, while communications companies lose their appeal.
European Jewish leader welcomes France's Hollande
EJC President Moshe Kantor thanks outgoing French President Sarkozy, says he looks forward to working with his replacement Francois Hollande • About rise of Greece's Golden Dawn party, Kantor says: “European leaders to rethink priorities."
British Airways marks 80 years of London-Tel Aviv flights
Last year, 250,000 people flew the London–Tel Aviv route on British Airways • Original 1932 flight was on a Scipio S17, which landed on the Sea of Galilee as part of a five-day journey.