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Syrian mission to UN to continue work after regime exit, calls for Israel's withdrawal

The UN has called Israel's role in taking over the buffer zone a violation of a 1974 ceasefire agreement between Israel and Syria.

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES
Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations, Koussay Aldahhak
A northern Gaza tunnel uncovered and dismantled by the IDF.

IDF dismantles Hamas underground terror tunnel in northern Gaza

The operation is believed to have significantly disrupted Hamas's terror capabilities in the region.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MICHAEL’S MIDDLE East Buka account on X.

Inside Israel's civilian revolution: The rise of citizen-run news channels

As Israel’s seven-front war rages on and the information online grows exponentially, increasing numbers of Israelis have decided to establish their own semi-news agencies.

|ByOHAD MERLIN
A SOLDIER passes by a burned-out car in Kiryat Shmona in the aftermath of a rocket attack on the northern Israeli city, earlier this month. Since the conflict began, northern Israel has come under repeated rocket and drone attacks from Lebanon, the writer notes.

What mainstream media isn’t reporting during the Israel-Hamas war - opinion

With very little information getting out there about what’s really happening in Israel, both Jews and non-Jews in the Diaspora must arm themselves with accurate, evidence-based information.

|ByANDREA SAMUELS

IDF promises to raise soldiers' salaries to at least NIS 1,100 per month

16 percent of soldiers drop out, many because of economic distress.

NOVEMBER 11, 2014ByLAHAV HARKOV
IDF PARATROOPERS return after an intensive week of training.

TERRA INCOGNITA: Israel needs its Bobby Kennedy moment

The country needs either a transformative leader or a responsible brain trust to advise its government on how to articulate a viable future.

NOVEMBER 9, 2014BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
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The ambassadorial treatment

The future of public transportation in Israel will be the focal point of discussions at the national conference on public transportation at Tel Aviv Cinematheque this week.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Central bus station in Jerusalem

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What citizens of other countries are reading about the Middle East.

JULY 31, 2014ByCOMPILEDTHE MEDIA LINE
A member of the Saudi border guards force stands guard next to a fence on Saudi Arabia’s northern borderline with Iraq last month.

When times are tough

Europeans dust off their thinking caps.

JULY 10, 2014ByANDREAS BERGGREN
An iron dome launches rockets to intercept incoming rockets from Gaza on Tuesday.

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What citizens of other countries are reading about the Middle East.

JULY 10, 2014ByCOMPILEDTHE MEDIA LINE
A palestinian man reacts as he looks at a neighboring house which police said was destroyed in air strikes by the IDF in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday.

Extensive European media coverage of ISIS

Europe reporting daily on fears of extremist winds blowing in the turmoil of the Middle East.

JUNE 26, 2014ByANDREAS BERGGREN
Nato foreign ministers gather at the start of a meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday.

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What citizens of other countries are reading about the Middle East.

JUNE 26, 2014ByCOMPILEDTHE MEDIA LINE
Binyamin Netanyahu speaks at the Knesset on Monday

Western journalists attacked in Afghanistan

Photographer killed, another wounded; attackers wore police uniform; shootings follow wave of Taliban attacks intended to disrupt elections.

APRIL 4, 2014ByREUTERS
Taliban militants with weapons 370

Egyptian play suggests Mossad behind Arab Spring

“The Spy,” aired on the Al-Hayat TV channel, implies that Israel's Intelligence Agency, Mossad, is behind the Arab unrest.

FEBRUARY 16, 2014ByARIEL BEN SOLOMON
Egyptian anti-Semetic play.