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News Move for absentee voting prompts fire across the political spectrum By Mazal Mualem, Jonathan Lis and Lily Galili, Haaretz Correspondents Beinisch decries 'language of incitement' By Fadi Eyadat Firefighters in the south launch labor sanctions over wage cuts, old equipment By Yanir Yagna Finance Ministry wants to derail prime minister's transport development plan By Zafrir Rinat New directives would mandate pain treatment for children in hospitals By Dan Even Officials: Jewish bid for East Jerusalem home likely to fail By Nir Hasson, Haaretz Correspondent If Israel lets ex-pats vote, what's to stop enfranchising all Jews? Gideon Levy, Haaretz Correspondent Yisrael Beiteinu: No citizenship revisions, no civil marriages By Mazal Mualem Many countries allow voting abroad By Danna Harman, Haaretz Correspondent in Europe Court frees activists, raps West Bank crackdown By Nir Hasson and Barak Ravid Arson attack on judge's car may be case of mistaken identity By Jack Khoury Judges, lawyers concerned death threats against them becoming more frequent By Yaniv Kubovich Ministerial panel calls for banning fur trade altogether By Jonathan Lis At Gilad's Haifa court, it's business as usual By Fadi Eyadat Interior Ministry freezes all entry permits for Thai workers By Amiram Cohen Israeli researcher: Cold War protected Soviet ecology By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent Negev tortoise gets UN attention amid extinction threat By Zafrir Rinat Rain proves curse for endangered Arava lizard By Noah Kosharek Germany's only Jewish film festival in danger of closure By Nirit Anderman, Haaretz Correspondent, and DPA  Arts & Leisure The man behind the British Invasion By Noya Kochavi The murky world of international art crime By Avital Burg Fan favorite By Gili Izikovich The kid's got moves By Roni Dori Soundbox / The concert is the last step Noam Ben-Zeev Stage Animal / Grabbing the ibex by the horns Michael Handelzalts 'A Star is Born' changes format for new season Noya Kochavi How to be a modern grandma By Tamar Rotem Soul in a Bowl / Almond-scented French toast Doram Gaunt Designing an educational framework By Noam Dvir Mom, I'm a lesbian, I fell in love with a gay man, and he has AIDS By Roni Dori Dining Out / Modern intimacy Daniel Rogov Nightingale in the ghetto By Noam Ben-Zeev Closet of lies By Ruta Kupfer A true mensch By Maya Sela Wine and Spirits / Oak bombs away Daniel Rogov Wine and Spirits / Stars from the Rhone Valley Daniel Rogov Flashing your life before your eyes By Tahel Frosh One artist's baggage By Smadar Sheffi  Week's End Smooth sailing, but storms ahead By Aluf Benn Four things Netanyahu needs for an Israeli strike on Iran By Amir Oren One year on, most Israelis disapprove of Netanyahu By Yossi Verter Tomorrow's Netanyahus By Gideon Levy Israel, you're not Italy! By Benny Ziffer Missing landmarks on the road to OECD Mohammad Darawshe Pushed from the Wall Rivka Haut Save, don't desalinate Peretz Darr A barometer of religious intolerance Benjamin Balint Yemeni steps By Zvi Bar'el 'Land of challenging opportunities' By Sarit Menahem When in doubt, throw 'em out The government and the Bank of Israel have a plan to rid the country of illegal migrant workers and put Israelis back to work. Unfortunately, it's based on a number of misleading assumptions By Nurit Wurgaft Gap years By Tamar Rotem The Makings of History / Who owns this country? By Tom Segev Enjoying the senseless pursuit By Uri Dromi Portion of the Week / Prenuptial anxiety By Yakov Meir The truth about Tut Ukraine's heroes 'A small miracle' By Yuval Saar and Noam Dvir Pen Ultimate / Sole Searching By Michael Handelzalts  Books The root of return By Steven Silber His good name was everything to him By Ruth Schuster A journey for those who wish to take it By Yael Unterman Tikkun olam begins at home By Gerald Sorin Who let the snakes out? By Shahar Ilan Cutting the tension with a knife By Eitan Bekerman A hell whose name is school By Benny Mer The good Germans By Tom Segev In a temporary state of mind By Nurit Wurgaft Questions & Answers: A conversation with Rebecca Goldstein By David B. Green Meaning of the Mount By Miriam Feinberg Vamosh The prodigy of Prinsengracht By Carol Novis If not now, when? By Joshua Davidovich Women who don't give up By Yael Shapira The ghost train of Jewish history By Omri Herzog The writer, herself and I By Liat Elkayam A marshal's scepter in his kit bag By Yechiam Weitz My electronic lover By Ido Hartogsohn The principle turned on its maker By Reuven Pedatzur Questions & Answers: A conversation with Louis Begley By David B. Green Letters to Haaretz Books Islam's Passion tale By Ina Friedman Trauma unit By Mya Guarnieri Letting go By Rochelle Furstenberg The lives of Others By Lisa Katz Call of the desert By Aya Horesh Stuck on the Nile By Yechiam Weitz The test of reality By Akiva Eldar Bedroom, delivery room, war room By Shoham Smith The fall and rise of Tevye By Benny Mer Story of love without darkness By Saguy Green Letters to Haaretz Books The Israel Effect By Ruth Schuster Born into a punch line By Gerald Sorin The art of succinct statements By Zvia Walden Rebel, with pause By Omri Herzog Two men fleeing from tidings By Efrat Esquira Real Jews don't vote Democratic By David B. Green Broken dreams, broken promises By Mark Jay Mirsky Thirteen gates to infinity By Hananel Mack Questions & Answers: A conversation with Michael Wex By David B. Green Letters: November 2009 Questions & Answers / A conversation with Reuven Miran Cooking / Not by jahnun alone Oren Kenner Questions & Answers / A conversation with Haggai Carmon David B. Green  Real Estate This land is your land, this land is our land By Ranit Nahum-Halevy Trying to sell land nobody wants won't lower housing prices in Israel By Ranit Nahum-Halevy, Haaretz Correspondent Hell no, we won't stay By Ranit Nahum-Halevy Shooting and buying By Raz Smolsky Should Africa Israel be liquidated? By Nurit Roth and Ido Baum Was your land seized? Too bad By Ranit Nahum-Halevy 'Affordable housing?' Not a word about it in Torah By Arik Mirovsky Be'er Sheva: Hot spot of the Negev By Ziv R. Maor Tel Aviv rents have never been so costly By Arik Mirovsky, TheMarker Pisgat Ze'ev to stretch out after all By Guy Liberman Deal Analysis / NIS 2.7 million for a six-room penthouse yet to go under construction in Kfar Sava Guy Liberman Farmers to get paid for land taken to build Route 6 interchanges By Ranit Nahum-Halevy How the ILA jacked up housing prices By Arik Mirovsky Hard look / The most hated government body in the land By Arik Mirovsky Reforming the ILA. You may be wondering: Deal Analysis / Kiryat Motzkin at a 17% premium By Guy Liberman  Anglo File Study slams ulpan performance, reforms may be in the works By Cnaan Liphshiz Students fear relocation of popular J'lem Hebrew-language course Raphael Ahren Young Judaea head blasts predecessor for launching program day after quitting By Raphael Ahren Centers expand English-language cultural offerings By Raphael Ahren

Editorial & Op-Ed Megalomania on the rails Haaretz Editorial If Netanyahu wants peace, he must lose Lieberman Yoel Marcus, Haaretz Correspondent The good life of the young retiree Nehemia Shtrasler When planting trees is unethical Zafrir Rinat Horses wearing blinders Na'ama Sheffi  Features Border Control / Let him go to to Haiti By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent Gay Israeli families struggle for acceptance at kids' schools By Tamar Rotem, Haaretz Correspondent Public support Tamar Rotem Keepers of the peace, and history? By Liel Keizer Ghajar residents could go to sleep in Israel, but wake up in Lebanon By Shay Fogelman Do fence us in By Zafir Rinat Fini's about-face By Sivan Kotler de Benedetti Netanyahu risks Muslim wrath over Jerusalem holy site Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent Meet the homeless woman who lives at the Western Wall By Orly Vilnai, Haaretz Correspondent Israeli propaganda is both intelligent and necessary By David Admon Sad journey in a time machine By Gideon Levy Open your eyes By Merav Gold Reverse barometer By Amir Oren U.S. ties Israeli billionaire with Chinese intelligence Yossi Melman 'An ambassador of the Yiddish language' By Maya Sela Where CD-ROMs and Rambam come together By Michael Handelzalts Neighbors / Service for the secular Zvi Bar'el Only an idiot would say Israel has frozen settlement activity Akiva Eldar Historic Tegart fortresses could also use some work Noam Dvir Neighbors / Beyond banks and hotels Zvi Bar'el Haredi plaintiffs take rabbinical judges to Israel's secular court By Yair Ettinger Finding Jerusalem's lost souls By Nir Hasson Rejoicing in Jaffa By Nirit Anderman A sorry history of subjugation By Tsafi Saar Race is on for position of next IDF chief of staff By Amos Harel Dining Out / For even the most hard-hearted curmudgeons Daniel Rogov Culture cuts Tickling ivory once Mor By Ben Shalev Evil artifact By Ofer Aderet  Business State fires Route 531 builder for missing dates By Avi Bar-Eli MK Plesner named top traveler in 2009 By Zvi Zrahiya Greek shares? Yassou! By Doron Tsur HOT raising fine on early exit from triple-play package By Barr Hayoun Drahi puts close aide at cable helm Amital Ziv Case Study: Students teach the CEOs By Ido Solomon No risk, no reward: Managers talk TheMarker Market report / Oil shares tank as stocks stage a retreat Lior Zeno BoI law passes first reading in Knesset By Zvi Zrahiya Africa Israel board approves arrangement with bondholders By Tal Levy Maalot downgrades Delek Auto because of 'aggressive financial policy', company bristles By Lior Zeno Business in Brief News in Brief  Friday Magazine Follow the money By Gidi Weitz Singin' in the rain By Sayed Kashua A winter's tale, no more By Doron Rosenblum Against the current By Ari Shavit Twilight Zone / Stuck in the mud By Catrin Ormestad Lucky in Auschwitz By Michael Handelzalts Hi, Guy Gili Izikovich Pines & the cultural revolution By Gili Izikovich Death of a text By Ariel Hirschfeld Family Affair / The Lahav Reisses By Avner Avrahami and Reli Avrahami Dishing it up / Black is the color By Haim Cohen & Eli Landau Ask the chef Letters to the editor  Food & Wine Dried delights Doram Gaunt Pleasure hunting Ronit Vered Dishing it up By Haim Cohen and Eli Landau Dining Out / As creative and fun as ever By Daniel Rogov Dining Out / Fish without pretenses Daniel Rogov Wine and Spirits / The French collection Daniel Rogov Wine from the Rhine Daniel Rogov Dining Out / Redeeming qualities Daniel Rogov Soul in a bowl / Chicken and gnocchi in beer Doram Gaunt Dining Out / Real Czech food, and no kitsch Daniel Rogov Wine and Spirits / New guys in town Daniel Rogov Soul in a bowl / Mashed potatoes with peanut butter Doram Gaunt Dining Out / A Basque revival Daniel Rogov Wine and Spirits / Italian newcomers Daniel Rogov Wine and Spirits / Local rubies Daniel Rogov  Sports Israel's top skier dreams of victory as he heads to winter games By Uri Talshir, Haaretz Correspondent Iran's first female Olympic skier to carry flag DPA Football / New Orleans' historic NFL victory / Underdogs overcome all odds to prevail: Saints lay claim to 'America's Team' title Reuters Soccer / Europa League / A time to play, a time to pray By Eli Shvidler In the Stands / When players are property Gal Friedman

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