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ISRAEL NEWS

BREAKING NEWS

8:00 PM
Ambassador to UN attacks decision to mark Int'l Day of Solidarity with Palestinians (Army Radio)
7:50 PM
Security services kill two wanted men near Hebron; Guns, explosives found in car (Haaretz)
7:43 PM
Israel, EU reach agreement on Horizon 2020 pact (Haaretz)
7:40 PM
U.S. aircraft fly over East China Sea without informing China (Reuters)
7:30 PM
Referendum on Egypt's constitution expected for December (Reuters)
6:56 PM
Rocket alert sounds in Hof Ashkelon regional council (Haaretz)
6:32 PM
Bennett: A deal with Iran won't stop Israel from defending itself if threatened (Army Radio)
5:43 PM
Two children hit by car in Rishon Letzion, hospitalized in moderate condition (Haaretz)
5:10 PM
Members of political-security cabinet meet to deliberate next year's defense assessment (Haaretz)
4:44 PM
Car bomb kills at least 15 outside Damascus; nine civilians, six gov't troops (AP)
4:03 PM
Syria opposition: No final decision on participation in Geneva peace conference (AP)
3:16 PM
Egypt investigates disappearance of author critical of Islam (Reuters)
2:20 PM
Israeli soldier collapses due to heatstroke during training session in south (Haaretz)
2:18 PM
Security cabinet convenes to discuss annual intelligence assessment (Haaretz)
1:24 PM
Additional polio cases confirmed in two new areas of Syria (Reuters)

More Breaking News

Archaeology

In ancient Israel, women did all the work

How did the people of the ancient Levant really live? For women, it was grinding on their haunches.
By Miriam Feinberg Vamosh
Israeli archaeologists: Prehistoric men in Carmel caves held wakes for the dead

Bones found in Carmel graves 13,000 years old are clearly remains of ritual meals, not offerings or just trash tossed from the cave.
By Ran Shapira
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Mystery of perpetually replenishing antiquities supply resolved, says Authority

The stock of legal antiquities in Israel has not been depleted, despite 35 years of brisk sales; the Israel Antiquities Authority thinks it knows why.
By Nir Hasson

Stone arrowheads made of flint, found at Eshtaol (Olivier Fitoussi)

Rare, 10,000-year-old structure emerges from Judean Hills

Archaeological dig at Eshtaol reveals a prehistoric community that shows the progression from nomadic living to fixed abodes.

By Nir Hasson | Nov 25, 2013 | 03:35 PM | 8

Primitive humans made spears.

Stone spears predate man by 85,000 years, scientists say

Findings date from 280,000 years ago, before Sapiens arose.

By The Huffington Post | Nov 24, 2013 | 01:04 PM

The ruins of a recently discovered wine cellar in a Canaanite palace

Bottoms up! || Scientists uncover wine cellar in Israel that dates back to 1700 B.C.E.

This is where the Canaanites kept the good stuff 3,700 years ago.

By The Associated Press | Nov 22, 2013 | 04:50 PM | 5

Dolphin submarine - IDF Spokesperson - May 10, 2012

Wreckage of Nazi submarine found off Indonesia's coast

Acting on a tip from fisherman, archaeologists find a German, World War II submarine.

By DPA | Nov 20, 2013 | 06:00 PM

The Masada fortress.

Half a century after the big dig, Masada still excites the imagination

Beyond the tale of heroic suicide, new items uncovered at the famous fortress tell the story of its real-life population.

By Judy Maltz | Nov 20, 2013 | 03:45 PM | 3

The roughly 2,000-year old boat found at the Sea of Galilee.

Biblical archaeology: Finds in Israel from millennia of yore

From the remains of a 2,000-year old boat found on the receding shores of Lake Kinneret to an ancient etching of a fish, this photo gallery shows some of the most intriguing finds.

By The Huffington Post | Nov 18, 2013 | 05:40 PM

An archive photo of an Egyptian mummy.

Egypt: Israel has returned 90 stolen antiquities

Collection had been put on block by Jerusalem auction house.

By Haaretz | Nov 11, 2013 | 01:13 PM

Hathor as cow goddess

How a Canaanite goddess conquered ancient Egypt

Brought over by mysterious conquerors and fused with a local deity, the nameless goddess was a kinder, gentler - and yellow - goddess.

By Julia Fridman | Nov 11, 2013 | 07:32 AM

Wild boar

Archaeological bombshell: Israel's unique wild boars came from Europe

Ancient Philistines most likely shipped the porcine ancestors across the Mediterranean, archaeologists say.

By Nir Hasson | Nov 5, 2013 | 11:25 AM

Fragment of curse found in ruins in Jerusalem

1,700-year-old curse discovered in Roman villa in Jerusalem

Inscription reveals that a woman named Kyrilla sought to put a curse on a man named Iennys by invoking names of six Greek gods in apparent legal dispute.

By Nir Hasson | Oct 31, 2013 | 01:56 AM

Gabriel Stone (Huffington Post)

Mysterious Hebrew 'Gabriel Stone' unveiled in Jerusalem

Ancient limestone tablet covered with Hebrew text featuring the archangel Gabriel is at the center of a new Israel Museum exhibit.

By The Huffington Post | Oct 29, 2013 | 12:14 PM

Canaanite gate at Tel Dan

Climate change destroyed the Bible's ancient kingdoms, study finds

Scientists from Israel and Germany argue that a climate crisis did in civilizations, helping spawn the first Kingdom of Israel and other new political entities.

By Nir Hasson | Oct 25, 2013 | 08:20 AM | 4

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Archaeology from the Archive

Archaeologists unearth relics from eras of First and Second Temples

By Haaretz Service | 02:01 PM

An antiquities authority staffer exploring the recent find.

Ancient well reveals secrets of first Jezreel Valley farmers

By Eli Ashkenazi | 02:22 AM

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Herodian-era aqueduct unearthed near Jerusalem's Jaffa Gate

By Nir Hasson | 01:26 AM | 3

Travel in Israel

El Al CEO Eliezer Shkedi

What’s UP? El Al’s new low-cost brand launches one-way fares starting at $69

By Zohar Blumenkrantz | 07:07 PM

Wishing Bridge

Tourist tip #385 / The Wishing Bridge of Jaffa

By Aviva DeKornfeld | 09:10 AM

A Palestinian refugee in Syria in 1948

Tourist tip #384 / Palestinian Nakba reaches Tel Aviv big screen in debut film festival

By Asaf Shalev | 09:31 AM | 5

Culture

Rogen and Franco do Kanye.

Franco and Rogen strip down sexual stigmas in viral Kanye spoof

By Neta Alexander, Haaretz | 06:51 PM

Shlomo Artzi

Lost album by Israeli singing legend Shlomo Artzi reissued after 31 years

By Ben Shalev | 03:13 PM

Robert Friend

Poem of the Week / Aging is like beer: One day you go flat

By Vivian Eden | 12:24 PM

Jewish World

Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winning author Elie Wiesel, December 10, 2009.

Peres awards Elie Wiesel with Israel's highest civilian honor

By JTA | 05:40 PM

Efraim Zuroff of the Simon Wiesenthal Center

Campaign sparks probe into four alleged Nazi war criminals in Germany

By JTA | 05:29 PM

Canadian and the Quebec flags.

Judge orders Haredi cult return to Quebec for child protection hearing

By JTA | 05:15 PM

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