'Netanyahu agreed to return Golan Heights’

The US envoy to the Middle East negotiated a secret peace deal between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Syrian President Bashar Assad, according to documents seen by Yedioth Ahronoth.

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Violence that dishonours Judaism and threatens Israel

Why the BBC chose Rosh Hashanah to screen its Panorama documentary looking at the spate of "price tag" incidents in Israel is anyone's guess. Regardless, it brought to British attention a phenomenon that Israel has been grappling with for some time.

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Netanyahu and truth about an early election

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement on Tuesday that there would be elections in three months, nearly a year before the final date on which he would have to go to the country, was motivated by the government’s inability to pass a “responsible” budget for 2013. But that was only one factor.

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Can Israel really call itself a 'Jewish state'?

During his United Nations speech last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed that "a demilitarised Palestinian state recognise the one and only Jewish state".

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Speculation grows about Israeli elections date

Speculation is rife in Israel that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is close to announcing that general elections will be held in about four months.

Although senior ministers are saying that the government must first pass the budget, most insiders acknowledge that there is little chance of proposed cuts being approved by the coalition.

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