<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd.: News &amp; Videos about Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Haaretz_Daily_Newspaper_Ltd</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:15:06 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd.: News &amp; Videos about Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Haaretz_Daily_Newspaper_Ltd</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Ex-Australian FM: Israel, Iran held nuclear 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Jul 2009 16:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel removes illegal settler outpost on West Bank</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/21/israel.outpost/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/21/israel.outpost/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In what could be a goodwill gesture to the Obama administration, Israeli security forces removed an illegal settler outpost Thursday in the West Bank.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 12:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli military rejects Gaza abuse claims</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/30/israel.gaza.abuses/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/30/israel.gaza.abuses/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Israeli military on Monday rejected allegations that its soldiers committed atrocities against Palestinians in Gaza.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli 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offensive in the Gaza Strip.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert blasts 'damaging' reports on kidnapped Israeli soldier</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/08/israel.missing.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/08/israel.missing.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Recent media reports about the negotiations to secure the release of a kidnapped Israeli soldier are "exaggerated and damaging," outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli tank fire 'killed doctor's daughters'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/04/gaza.idf/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/04/gaza.idf/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Israeli military took the blame Wednesday for the deaths in Gaza of three daughters of a prominent Palestinian doctor during fighting in mid-January between Israeli troops and Hamas militants, the Israel Defense Forces said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Both sides wrong in Gaza</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/06/iftikhar.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/06/iftikhar.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The recent carnage in Gaza has left little doubt that within the tortured dynamic of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, both the chicken and the egg have completely and utterly lost their minds.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel bombs as tanks wait on outskirts of Gaza</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/02/israel.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/02/israel.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Israeli warplanes continued to pound 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Two Jews and a Black Man Help Phelps fulfill Olympic Dream.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rabbi, wife 'spread Jewish pride' in Mumbai</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/28/india.jewish.center.attack/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/28/india.jewish.center.attack/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Chabad House served as both a Jewish center and a rabbi's home, in Mumbai, India, but the building turned into a scene of carnage this week after five hostages held by gunmen inside were found dead.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Israeli security chief warns of assassination</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/02/israel.assassination.plot/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/02/israel.assassination.plot/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Israel's internal security 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EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Palestinian: Settlement expansion 'a stick in the wheels' of peace</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/09/mideast.settlements/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/09/mideast.settlements/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Palestinian official said Sunday that Israel's plan to expand settlements in the West Bank was "like putting a stick in the wheels of the peace process."</description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Airstrike hits Gaza ministry building</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/27/mideast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/27/mideast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least three Israeli missiles hit the Palestinian Interior Ministry in Gaza early Thursday, hours after Palestinian militants fired more than 40 Qassam rockets into southern Israel.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 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03:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli police to recommend not charging Olmert</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/29/israel.olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/29/israel.olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Israeli police will recommend not charging Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for any involvement in the privatization of Bank Leumi, Israel's second-largest bank, police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld told CNN Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Plot to kill Israeli PM foiled</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/21/olmert.plot/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/21/olmert.plot/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Palestinian militant cell planned to assassinate Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert during a recent visit to the West Bank city of Jericho, Israeli media reported 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between rival Palestinian factions.</description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2007 15:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel military chief quits under fire over war performance</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/16/israel.resigns/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/16/israel.resigns/index.html</guid><description>The Israel Defense Forces' chief of staff, Lt. 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EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beach strike shakes Hamas cease-fire</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/09/mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/09/mideast/index.html</guid><description>An Israeli navy gunboat fired shells onto a northern Gaza beach Friday, killing at least seven people and prompting the military wing of Hamas to call off a 16-month-old cease-fire with Israel.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Six dead in second day of Gaza strikes</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/08/gaza.strike/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/08/gaza.strike/index.html</guid><description>In a second day of attacks in Gaza, an Israeli airstrike Saturday targeted a training camp, killing at least six militants, Palestinian security and medical sources said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 08 Apr 2006 20:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli airstrike kills 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suspended in death of Palestinian girl</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/13/mideast.violence/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/13/mideast.violence/index.html</guid><description>After launching a criminal investigation into the shooting death of a 13-year-old Palestinian girl, the Israel Defense Forces have suspended an army commander for his involvement in the incident.</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2004 09:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Girl, 10, shot as she sat in her class, say Palestinians</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/12/mideast.violence/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/12/mideast.violence/index.html</guid><description>A 10-year-old girl is critically ill after being hit by a bullet while attending school in Gaza, Palestinian security and hospital sources said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2004 19:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tel Aviv blast kills 1, wounds 20 </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/11/israel.blast/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/11/israel.blast/index.html</guid><description>An explosion at a Tel Aviv bus stop Sunday has killed one woman and wounded more than 20 other people, according to Tel Aviv police and Israeli emergency services.</description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2004 04:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scattered violence in Mideast kills 4</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/04/mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/04/mideast/index.html</guid><description>Palestinian militants ambushed an Israeli couple traveling early Sunday in the northern West Bank, killing the man, Israeli military officials said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2004 08:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Helicopters fire into media building in Gaza City</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/28/mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/28/mideast/index.html</guid><description>Israeli helicopter gunships launched rockets into the building that houses the Palestinian news agency Ramattan and struck a workshop suspected of making weapons in a southern Gaza refugee camp Monday, witnesses and Israeli military officials said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2004 06:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Soldiers' photo exhibit strikes nerve</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/25/breaking.silence/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/25/breaking.silence/index.html</guid><description>A photographic exhibit called "Breaking the Silence" has struck a nerve in Israel where critics say the images cast Israel in a poor light.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2004 23:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon dismisses 2 rightist ministers from Cabinet</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/04/sharon.cabinet/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/04/sharon.cabinet/index.html</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Friday dismissed two rightist ministers from his Cabinet as he works to win approval for his plan to pull Israeli forces and settlements from Gaza and sections of the West Bank.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2004 07:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N. official: Rafah residents 'living in hell'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/18/mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/18/mideast/index.html</guid><description>Israeli tanks, bulldozers and helicopter gunships launched an offensive in southern Gaza Tuesday in what one Israeli commander called an operation aimed at the "gateway of terrorism."</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2004 14:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Suicide bomber kills 8 in Jerusalem</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/22/jerusalem.blast/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/22/jerusalem.blast/index.html</guid><description>A suicide bomber on Sunday killed at least eight passengers on a crowded bus in Jerusalem at the height of rush hour, according to police in the city and Israeli ambulance services.</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2004 06:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Israel to shorten West Bank barrier</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/08/mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/08/mideast/index.html</guid><description>An Israeli newspaper reported Sunday that Israel would shorten the barrier along its border with the West Bank, but a government official refused to confirm the information.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2004 21:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Israelis conduct second day of West Bank raids</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/31/mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/31/mideast/index.html</guid><description>Israeli forces entered Bethlehem early Saturday for the second day in a row, arresting three suspects and conducting house-to-house searches before pulling out, according to the Israel Defense Forces.</description><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2004 12:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharon backs envoy's art attack</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/18/israel.sweden/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/18/israel.sweden/index.html</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has praised his country's ambassador to Sweden for damaging an art exhibit depicting a Palestinian suicide bomber.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2004 12:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sweden objects to Israeli diplomat's action over artwork</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/17/sweden.israel/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/17/sweden.israel/index.html</guid><description>The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs says it plans to scold the Israeli ambassador to Sweden for damaging artwork depicting a Palestinian suicide bomber.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2004 16:25:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>