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Saturday May 25, 2013
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Suing the devil — and winning
Attorney Nitzana Darshan-Leitner is a legal trailblazer: Over the last nine years, she and her human rights organization have filed hundreds of lawsuits against terror groups and governments that support terror, winning more than $1 billion in damages.
 
Yehuda Shlezinger | A tragedy shared by all
Residents of south Tel Aviv have seen warm neighborhoods turn into mean streets of fear.
Ruthie Blum | The point of no return
Most Iranians want to extricate themselves from their radical Islamist leaders — even if blood must be spilled.
Dore Gold | The Berlin Wall of Mideast oil comes down
The historic dependence of the U.S. on Middle East oil may soon change dramatically.
'I don't think Iran is serious about ending its nuclear program'
Prime Minister Netanyahu, in Czech Republic with six other ministers to sign cooperation agreements, says Iran is "very good" at buying time • Czech Prime Minister Necas assures Israelis of Czech support.
With outpost evacuations looming, police to set up new unit
Beit El's Ulpana neighborhood and the Migron outpost could become major flashpoints if the government enforces court-mandated evacuations this summer • Security forces plan to stage simulations of confrontations with settlers.
Saving Face
An exclusive Israel Hayom report on two Israeli doctors, Eyal Gur and Arik Zaretsky, of Ichilov hospital in Tel Aviv, who are making preparations for a revolutionary procedure in facial transplants.
Streets of fear
The crime rate among illegal African immigrants around the old central bus station in Tel Aviv has reached a boiling point • Some are demanding their immediate expulsion; others believe there is a more humane solution.
On Nakba and its extensions
So-called human rights organizations have turned Israel's Jewish character into a bulls-eye and a source of "racist" guilt. Academia should be harnessed to change this.
The unfinished victory
Although it’s been 35 years since the historic political upset that brought the Likud to power, the Ashkenazi, secular, old guard, socialist, and liberal monopoly on power is far from over.
Cleaning up Sharon's mess
More than 30 years ago it was decided that settlements could only be built on state-owned land. That decision was violated by former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his friends, who called on settlers to reside on every hilltop.
Thirty years on, Yamit is still an open wound
It took Lilia Harel three decades to reach the point where she could show photographs of the land that Israel handed over to Egypt • Aliza Wiesman does not want the place that she loved to be tossed into the dustbin of history.
The Mount of Olives under attack
Years of attacks and desecration of gravestones, particularly recently, have resulted in a sharp drop in the number of Jews being buried on the Mount of Olives, the most important Jewish cemetery in the world.
Time magazine asks whether 'King Bibi' will make war or peace
With his "bulletproof majority" in Knesset and no rivals in sight, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to become longest-serving premier since Ben-Gurion • Netanyahu: Israel is a democracy, not a monarchy.
Tougher sanctions will stop Iran, says former Mossad chief
In interview with Wall Street Journal, Meir Dagan reiterates opposition to Israeli military strike on Iran, says it is in Iran's interest to change its policy • Dagan and former officials from other countries suggest "truly isolating" the Iranian regime.
Dan Margalit | Running off at the mouth
Ex-Mossad chief Meir Dagan's thoughtlessness has enormous repercussions.
US to transfer additional funds for Iron Dome this year
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta meets Defense Minister Ehud Barak and pledges to provide Israel with enough funds for additional Iron Dome batteries • U.S. has already provided $205 million for the system.
Netanyahu, Peres may get their own 'Air Force One'
Committee appointed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2009 recommends special aircraft for the prime minister and president • Committee considered cost and security issue before making its recommendation.
'Israelis will need the same strength as in 1948,' says IDF chief
Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz says Israel is facing a more complicated situation due to growing enemy attempts to infiltrate • In 1948, "the entire country became a united front. We will need that sort of strength again in the future."
Fogel massacre was my personal failure, says outgoing commander
Col. Nimrod Aloni, outgoing commander of IDF Samaria Brigade, takes responsibility for brutal murder of five family members by Palestinian terrorists in Itamar last year • Aloni: No words can describe the grief and frustration I felt on that night.
Former Arafat aide: Abbas gave millions to Israeli Arab parties
Former Arafat money man Mohammed Rashid accuses Abbas of illegally transferring millions to Israeli Arab Knesset factions • Accusation comes after PA issues arrest warrant for Rashid on charges of corruption.
Ahmadinejad wants to attend London Olympics
Iranian president says Britain has a problem with his visit • Iran had opposed the Olympic logo, saying it vaguely resembles the word "Zion" • British authorities: We will stop anyone from entering if they are "unconducive to the public good."
It's never too late: Holocaust survivors celebrate bar mitzvah
Nine survivors join Ashkelon school's bar and bat mitzvah boys and girls and celebrate the traditional Jewish ceremony they were prevented from celebrating in the concentration camps.
War veterans teach students about the fighting spirit
Youth for Jerusalem movement initiates tour series for high school and pre-army students ahead of Jerusalem Day • Tour guides are veterans of the Six-Day War in Jerusalem.