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With 50 of 646 polling stations counted, TA mayor in lead
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 12:10:03 AM
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Kadima HQ: Results an indicator of public support ahead of Feb. elections
Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
11/12/2008 12:38:08 AM
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Analysis: Haredi voting signals weakening of sector's political establishment
Watershed event for haredi politics will likely have far-reaching implications on national level.
Matthew Wagner \
11/12/2008 12:44:31 AM
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Huldai beats Henin in TA mayor race
Incumbent mayor wins 50.7% of the vote, Hadash MK Dov Henin gets 34.2%; voter tuntout 37%.
YAAKOV LAPPIN \
11/12/2008 12:45:24 AM
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Ayalon, Paz-Pines mull move to Meretz
Labor MKs hold talks with left-wing party; Oz, Burg, Grossman, Baram organize Meretz backing group.
SHELLY PAZ \
11/12/2008 12:49:10 AM
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With 197 of 707 polling stations counted, Barkat leading in J'lem with 48%
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 1:18:13 AM
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Armed Beduin attack Sinai checkpoint
Tribesmen seize 11 Egyptian border police; IDF deploying remote-control guns on Gaza border.
yaakov Lappin and AP \
11/12/2008 1:54:42 AM
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Peres, Livni at UN for interfaith forum
Despite president's efforts, no meetings with Arab representatives planned during three-day parley.
Allison hoffman in new york and tovah lazaroff \
11/12/2008 1:56:26 AM
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Israeli ambassador speaks at UK university despite pressure to cancel
University of Edinburgh rejects calls from a radical anti-Israel group Ron Prosor's visit.
JONNY PAUL, JPost correspondent in LONDON \
11/12/2008 1:58:57 AM
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US police: Woman slain as she tried to leave KKK ritual
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Israel Radio: Jerusalemites celebrate Barkat's mayoral victory
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 3:26:46 AM
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Barkat: There's room in Jerusalem for everyone
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 3:44:57 AM
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Huldai, Henin battle for Tel Aviv's soul
YAAKOV LAPPIN \
11/12/2008 3:57:35 AM
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Nazareth mayoral race divides city
Christians and Muslims point fingers at the other for disrupting the "unity" of the city.
BRENDA GAZZAR \
11/12/2008 3:58:29 AM
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Immigrants more likely than sabras to vote in local elections
Immigration and aliyah official says issues olim focus on don't necessarily concern immigration and absorption.
Ruth Eglash \
11/12/2008 3:59:26 AM
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Analysis: Why it's hard to bring out voters for local elections
The fact that local authorities in Israel don't have a great deal of power causes indifference.
DAN IZENBERG \
11/12/2008 4:00:14 AM
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European Hoops: Hapoel wins the battle but loses the war
Jerusalem loses Eurocup qualifier on aggregate despite beating Unics Kazan at Malha.
JEREMY LAST \
11/12/2008 4:11:36 AM
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Local Soccer: Lachman to coach Sakhnin
43-year-old to start second tenure after successful first go.
ALLON SINAI \
11/12/2008 4:13:13 AM
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Sinai Says: The fight not to fight on Shabbat
All that 13-year-old Yuval Freilich wanted was a chance to compete in the European junior fencing championships.
ALLON SINAI \
11/12/2008 4:14:56 AM
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Taliban urges Obama to end Bush's foreign policies
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Final results: Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai wins with 50% of vote
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 4:42:07 AM
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With 390 of 400 polling stations counted, Haifa mayor Yahav wins race
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 5:14:13 AM
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Australian gets partial detention for euthanasia
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David Buskila wins Sderot mayorship with 45% of vote
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 6:17:56 AM
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Rubik Danilovitz defeats Beersheba mayor Turner with 60.4% of vote
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 7:10:07 AM
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Asian stocks fall as signs of slump mount
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Ashdod mayor ousted after 33 years
Rishon mayor defeated after 25 years; incumbent mayor Yona Yahav wins in Haifa, Buskila in Sderot.
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 8:12:35 AM
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American shot dead in northwest Pakistan
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34-year-old criminal seriously wounded in Yehud shooting
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 8:56:00 AM
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Iraq: Car bomb kill 3, wounds 10 in Baghdad
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13-year-old boy in serious condition after being run over near Nevatim base
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 9:36:44 AM
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US jet catches fire during takeoff in Iraq
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Investment firms cut Israel's growth outlook
"Israel, which is dependent on global trade, will be especially hit."
SHARON WROBEL \
11/12/2008 10:00:53 AM
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Israeli solar-energy firm to go public in Canada
3GSolar was founded by former Luz scientist Dr. Jonathan Goldstein and develops dye solar cell (DSC) photovoltaic modules.
EHUD ZION WALDOKS \
11/12/2008 10:04:24 AM
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Egyptian privatization bid would spread ownership of stocks
Therevamped plan that would give lower-income Egyptians a chance at owning stocks was met with a measure of skepticism.
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FADC convenes to discuss developments on border with Gaza
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 10:25:08 AM
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Your Taxes: How to deal with losses on securities
An understanding of Israeli tax rules for dealing with losses realized from securities in 2008 is pertinent in light of the current financial crisis.
LEON HARRIS \
11/12/2008 10:28:56 AM
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Rights group: Egypt must stop shooting at migrants
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Car bomb hits Afghan government office, killing 3
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Iran says new missile tested successfully
Country's defense minister says surface-to-surface missile has "extraordinary capability."
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IDF, Shin Bet nab senior PFLP operative
Samer Mabruk, 2 others, suspected in numerous attacks against IDF troops, vehicles and supplies.
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 11:05:51 AM
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North Korea rejects request for nuclear sampling
Washington had requested soil samples, but North Korea says sampling was never part of the verification deal.
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Parties tout triumphs in municipal battles
Hasson: Kadima has become ruling party on local level; Labor, Shas, Likud express satisfaction.
Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
11/12/2008 11:23:19 AM
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Cabinet rejects extra Gaza belt funding
PM says High Court can't dictate to gov't how to fortify.
DAN IZENBERG and TOVAH LAZAROFF \
11/12/2008 11:46:06 AM
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IDF thwarts terror attack on Gaza border
IDf troops kills 4 Palestinian gunmen.
Yaakov Lappin and jpost.com staff \
11/12/2008 11:51:48 AM
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Kudos to a comedian
The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is presented posthumously to George Carlin.
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Concert Review: Musical nostalgia brings you back to 1969
Lovers of folk-rock music would have been thrilled to leap into the time warp of a new Jerusalem-based band that performs CSNY covers.
J. R. WEINER \
11/12/2008 12:36:34 PM
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'Soma' renders glass in a new light
The Assia Gallery at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art has been transformed into an intimate sanctuary providing a modern contemplative environment.
JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
11/12/2008 12:39:55 PM
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Poets choose the next generation
Tzomet Sfarim, in Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Center, will hold a special tribute to Israeli poetry. Among the participants will be Agi Mishol, Anat Zakaria,and Nurit Zarchi.
JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
11/12/2008 12:44:30 PM
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Palestinians pelt Israeli car with stones near Hebron; none wounded
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 1:01:23 PM
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Heavy troop deployment near Egypt-Israel borders
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How the Internet helped America decide
Obama's campaign showed us a thing or two about using the Web to shape public opinion.
amir orni \
11/12/2008 1:31:32 PM
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Israel blocks foreign media from Gaza
IDF: Because Hamas isn't doing a thing to stop rocket fire into Israel, only humanitarian movement is allowed.
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Syria blames Israeli bombs for uranium traces
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Chilean diplomat says his Hebron tour was halted by Israeli police
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Syria blames IAF for uranium traces
"No one has ever asked himself what kind of Israeli bombs hit the site," says country's foreign minister.
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Saudi Arabia bans lawyer from receiving award
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Saudi gov't beheads a Chadian convicted of rape
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Iran concerned with US policies, not the president
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Palestinians and left-wing activists demonstrate in Hebron; 2 arrested
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 3:11:30 PM
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Ahmadinejad: Iran concerned with US policies, not the president
Iranian president warns that country will crush its opponents if any power shows audacity or imprudence toward Iran.
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Ariel: Two construction workers injured in lightning strike
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 3:17:20 PM
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11 reported dead in third day of Baghdad bombings
Iraqi military says it's taking measures to curb "the increasing number of terrorist attacks" in the capital.
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Kremlin reportedly rejects US missile defense offer
Officials: The Americans have presented us with several proposals. These proposals are inadequate.
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North Korea rejects request for nuclear sampling
Pyongyang's says it never agreed to such sampling, contradicting statements by US officials last month following breakthrough deal.
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US, Russia to start nuke talks Thursday in Geneva
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Paraglider seriously injured after crashing into Netanya gas station
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 4:08:55 PM
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Supreme Court orders Beit El settlement not to build on disputed land
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 4:15:39 PM
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Abbas lays cornerstone for Arafat museum in Ramallah
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700 left jobless by collapse of Mishmar cleaning company
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 4:35:38 PM
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Palestinians fire mortar shells at western Negev; no injuries or damage
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 4:46:51 PM
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Lupolianski congratulates Barkat on Jerusalem mayoral win
Elie Leshem \
11/12/2008 5:05:57 PM
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Palestinian accused of cooperating with Israel sentenced to death
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 5:29:57 PM
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Gay marriage legal in Connecticut after judge clears the way
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Olmert says Israeli Arabs have been discriminated against for sixty years
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 5:56:16 PM
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PM slams 'discrimination' against Arab Israelis
World Likud leader knocks remarks, says they are an attempt to cause past failures to be forgotten.
By ELIE LESHEM AND JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 6:42:44 PM
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'Lebanon arms smuggling must end'
Livni expresses concerns to UN chief; Fayad at interfaith conference: J'lem holy to Islam, Christianity.
By JPOST.COM STAFF AND ALLISON HOFFMAN, JPOST CORRESPONDENT \
11/12/2008 7:10:04 PM
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Rights group: Egypt must stop shooting at migrants
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UK steps up wooing of oil-rich Gulf states
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Olmert to be questioned for a 10th time
ABE SELIG \
11/12/2008 7:25:13 PM
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Rights group: Egypt must stop shooting migrants
Cites border guards for killing some 33 refugees since '07, slams Israeli deportation policy.
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US ships heavy fuel to NKorea despite slowing of nuclear disarmament
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Pedestrian dies after being hit by a train in Tel Aviv
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 7:58:35 PM
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Barkat invites haredim to join J'lem coalition
Mayor-elect says he'll maintain status quo; new city council reflects swing away from Orthodox.
Etgar Lefkovits \
11/12/2008 8:15:39 PM
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Police arrest neo-Nazis suspected of attacking Jewish man in Prague
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Israeli lightly injured by stones hurled at his car near Kalkilya
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 8:52:48 PM
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Israeli lightly injured by stones hurled at his car near Kalkilya
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 8:52:59 PM
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Two Kassam rockets fired at western Negev communities; none injured
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 9:04:31 PM
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Gates: Baltic countries' Western ties no threat to Moscow
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Fifteen-year-old student dies after shooting at US high school
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Barak decides to allow only minimal fuel supplies to enter Gaza Strip
JPOST.COM STAFF \
11/12/2008 10:07:07 PM
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'Obama effect' sees 'youth' ousting incumbents
Beersheba Mayor Yaakov Terner trounced in bid for another term by a rival half his age.
DAN IZENBERG \
11/12/2008 10:08:24 PM
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Analysis: What the local vote doesn't say about nat'l elections
Despite seven years of Kassams, Sderot votes in Kadima mayor.
DAN IZENBERG \
11/12/2008 10:09:58 PM
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Analysis: Northern Sinai: A desert playground for smugglers, jihadis
25 Egyptian police officers taken hostage by Beduins in northern Sinai on Tuesday now set free.
Jonathan Spyer \
11/12/2008 10:12:48 PM
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Gov't approves aliya of some 150 Bnei Menashe from India
In over a decade, some 1,500 members of the community have immigrated to Israel thanks to Shavei Israel.
amir mizroch \
11/12/2008 10:14:01 PM
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The Gaza 'siege'
The truth is that Gaza's misfortunes are largely self-inflicted.
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One on One: Holding the proverbial umbrella
Cross-country and cross-continent cooperation's the name of the giving game, says Ronny Douek.
RUTHIE BLUM LEIBOWITZ \
11/12/2008 10:22:05 PM
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Neither flour nor Torah
Collapse of haredi economy is an opportunity to fix flaws causing it.
Sam Ser \
11/12/2008 10:26:46 PM
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Oil prices plunge below $56 a barrel as global markets stumble
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Israel and the Jewish vote
J Street poll finds US Jews agree a candidate's position on Israel played a big role.
MARK MELLMAN and MICHAEL BLOOMFIELD \
11/12/2008 10:29:35 PM
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Fabulously Observant: Can gays be 'cured' after all?
Rabbis and therapists divided over libido-reducing injections.
DAVID BENKOF \
11/12/2008 10:31:03 PM
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November 13: Missed opportunities
Here in Jerusalem, the haredi and Arab populations are not happy about the secular Zionist State, but how differently they express those feelings.
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Cheney to meet Biden at vice president's residence
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US cracks down on Hamas-linked charity
Treasury freezes Union of Good assets; organization compensated families of suicide bombers.
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Death sentence awaits Abbas approval
PA "military" court in Bethlehem finds Palestinian security agent guilty of "collaboration" with Israel.
Khaled Abu Toameh \
11/12/2008 11:34:21 PM
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Obama's likeness used to promote nanotechnology
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Rumored jump to Meretz leads Pines-Barak meeting
Sources close to Paz-Pines confirm a meeting with Oron was held, but insist no decisions were made.
SHELLY PAZ \
11/12/2008 11:37:16 PM
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Arab localities get new faces, though voting patterns largely traditional
Many supporters congratulate Sakhnin Mayor-elect Mazen Ghnaim, ex-chairman of city's soccer club.
BRENDA GAZZAR \
11/12/2008 11:38:50 PM
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Analysis: Cairo concludes Fatah-Hamas chasm won't end soon
Egypt calls off 'reconciliation' talks; many Palestinians also accept having two mini-states.
Khaled Abu Toameh \
11/12/2008 11:40:33 PM