Haaretz

May 24

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May 23

Israelis ‘like’ Facebook more than any other nation: While a recent Pew Research Center survey showed usage of the social network is on the decline in the U.S., Israelis won’t be defriending it anytime soon. Read more.

Israelis ‘like’ Facebook more than any other nation: While a recent Pew Research Center survey showed usage of the social network is on the decline in the U.S., Israelis won’t be defriending it anytime soon. Read more.

May 22

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May 21

Hezbollah’s increased involvement in the civil war in Syria and the aid it is giving to President Bashar Assad’s regime is spurring support in the European Union to include the group in the EU’s list of terror groups, senior Foreign Ministry officials in Jerusalem said Tuesday. Read more.

Hezbollah’s increased involvement in the civil war in Syria and the aid it is giving to President Bashar Assad’s regime is spurring support in the European Union to include the group in the EU’s list of terror groups, senior Foreign Ministry officials in Jerusalem said Tuesday. Read more.

May 20

The Jewish women who pioneered modern Arab music: Why were Jewish female singers so prominent among the pioneers of modern Arab music? And how did it come about that in Morocco and other places, they are engraved in the collective memory and remembered with esteem − yet most Israelis never heard of them?

The Jewish women who pioneered modern Arab music: Why were Jewish female singers so prominent among the pioneers of modern Arab music? And how did it come about that in Morocco and other places, they are engraved in the collective memory and remembered with esteem − yet most Israelis never heard of them?

May 19

Thirteen years after an exchange of fire in Gaza appeared to have resulted in the death of a Palestinian boy at the start of the second intifada, an Israeli investigative panel has found “there are many indications” that Mohammed al-Dura and his father, Jamal, “were never hit by gunfire” – neither Israeli nor Palestinian – after all. Read more.

Thirteen years after an exchange of fire in Gaza appeared to have resulted in the death of a Palestinian boy at the start of the second intifada, an Israeli investigative panel has found “there are many indications” that Mohammed al-Dura and his father, Jamal, “were never hit by gunfire” – neither Israeli nor Palestinian – after all. Read more.

May 18

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May 16

Angelina Jolie’s ‘Jewish genetic mutation’: The “faulty” gene that Angelina Jolie credited with her decision to have a preventive double mastectomy is one of three genetic mutations which are common among Jews of Eastern European descent and increase their carriers’ risk of developing breast cancer. Nevertheless, relatively few Israeli women choose to undergo the same preventive surgery. Read more.

Angelina Jolie’s ‘Jewish genetic mutation’: The “faulty” gene that Angelina Jolie credited with her decision to have a preventive double mastectomy is one of three genetic mutations which are common among Jews of Eastern European descent and increase their carriers’ risk of developing breast cancer. Nevertheless, relatively few Israeli women choose to undergo the same preventive surgery. Read more.

May 15

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May 14

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