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Hadar Shavit, 39, from the town of Lapid.   Shavit, a veteran pilot, revealed only upon boarding the helicopter that Ran Lapid, a distant relative of his, would be at the helm. Lapid was also killed in the crash. "I...

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is willing to show "great flexibility" regarding settlement construction in the West Bank, but Jerusalem is different, senior officials in the Prime Minister's Office said Tuesday among persistent reports that Netanyahu would soon be declaring a...

The want-to-be James Bond was spotted on Monday planting a dummy bomb under a vehicle in the bustling commercial capital by a woman passer-by, who swiftly alerted a policeman. It was only after questioning at the local police station that...

Co-founder of Twitter Biz Stone is in Israel for the first time to speak at a conference being held on Tuesday night by the College of Management Academic Studies. The networking conference, intended for the college's alumni, will focus on...

The human rights organization Yesh Din says not one of the 69 complaints filed during the past four years on damage to Palestinians' trees in the West Bank has resulted in an indictment. The organization released a report on the...

Court rejects demand to investigate Minister Ben-Eliezer for corruption The Supreme Court has rejected a petition by a non-profit organization demanding to investigate Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer for corruption, despite the attorney general's decision not to launch...

Bisogniero will head a delegation that will hold a high-level strategic dialogue for two days with the Foreign Ministry. During his visit, Bisogniero will meet Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Vice Premier Dan Meridor, Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilna'i, National Security...

Underage drinking a plague   Photo: Gil Yohanan Prime minister says police should deploy more officers to deter criminal behavior, underage drinking Efrat Weiss Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday promised to fight underage drinking, which he called "a plague...

IsraelNN.com) The Health Ministry ordered residents of the northern city of Afula on Tuesday morning to boil their drinking and cooking water until further notice.