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New York – NYC Passes Sweeping Plan To Create More Affordable Housing

New York – NYC Passes Sweeping Plan To Create More Affordable Housing

  New York – NYC passes sweeping plan to create more affordable housing JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Many of New York… Read More ›

MH370: Possible debris found in Mozambique arrives in Australia

MH370: Possible debris found in Mozambique arrives in Australia

Two pieces of debris found in Mozambique arrived in Australia on Sunday, where experts will determine whether they are from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight… Read More ›

After Salah Abdeslam’s arrest, six critical questions

After Salah Abdeslam’s arrest, six critical questions

  A wave of relief swept through Brussels — and the Belgian security services — when Salah Abdeslam was detained on Friday. France will finally… Read More ›

Obama arrives in Cuba; hopes visit will usher in change

Obama arrives in Cuba; hopes visit will usher in change

  Havana – President Barack Obama touched down in Cuba on Sunday, definitively ending a half-century of estrangement in a dramatic personal demonstration of his core… Read More ›

Boycott stickers cropping up on Israeli products in Canada

Boycott stickers cropping up on Israeli products in Canada

Anti-Israel activists launch campaign after Vancouver government condemned divestment and sanctions   TORONTO — More stickers advising consumers not to buy products made in Israel… Read More ›

Carrying photos of relatives left behind, Ethiopian Israelis rally in Jerusalem

Carrying photos of relatives left behind, Ethiopian Israelis rally in Jerusalem

Protesters accuse government of discrimination after it cancels decision to airlift 9,000 over budgetary constraints   Hundreds of Ethiopian Israelis marched in Jerusalem on Sunday… Read More ›

Bigotry busters ADL funnel Trump money to anti-bullying program

Bigotry busters ADL funnel Trump money to anti-bullying program

Group says $56,000 to be used for programs addressing bias and scapegoating, says front-runner’s campaign ‘has mainstreamed intolerance’   The Anti-Defamation League said Sunday it… Read More ›

UK’s Labour suspends anti-Semitic member a second time

UK’s Labour suspends anti-Semitic member a second time

After tweeting in 2014 that Hitler was the ‘Zionist God’ and that Jews have ‘big noses,’ Vicki Kirby was suspended. Recently, however, she regained an… Read More ›

Obama nominates Jewish Judge Merrick Garland to Supreme Court

Obama nominates Jewish Judge Merrick Garland to Supreme Court

The Court of Appeals judge is known as a consensus builder and has a record of bipartisan support; while expected to align with the more… Read More ›

US, Germany, France criticize Israel’s ‘land grab’ near Jericho

US, Germany, France criticize Israel’s ‘land grab’ near Jericho

‘This decision sends a wrong signal at the wrong time,’ says German Foreign Ministry statement, while French Foreign Ministry says it’s ‘extremely concerned’ after Israel… Read More ›

Will Kurdish moves on federalism scuttle Syria peace drive?

Will Kurdish moves on federalism scuttle Syria peace drive?

Peace talks in Geneva enter third day; new humanitarian aid reaches Aleppo province   Rmeilan- Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Syria are expected to declare a… Read More ›

Report: 18 Palestinians dead, dozens hurt in Jordan bus accident

Report: 18 Palestinians dead, dozens hurt in Jordan bus accident

According to the daily newspaper ‘Al Ghad,’ the Palestinians were on their way to Saudi Arabia as part of their holy pilgrimage to Mecca.  … Read More ›

Israeli government report aims to answer the question, ‘How’s life?’

Israeli government report aims to answer the question, ‘How’s life?’

The report, “How’s life?” is the first of its kind issued by the government and aims to provide an all-encompassing picture of the state of… Read More ›

Israel demands world powers punish Iran for missile tests

Israel demands world powers punish Iran for missile tests

PM Netanyahu wants the P5+1 group of nations to respond to Iran’s test launch of ballistic missiles that can reach Israel, with the US and… Read More ›

As Livni visits, Swedish FM says she is against BDS

As Livni visits, Swedish FM says she is against BDS

In a visit to Stockholm, Tzipi Livni convinced Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, who has frequently criticized Israel, to publicly condemn BDS and affirm Israel’s… Read More ›

Rivlin denies favoring Katsav pardon

Rivlin denies favoring Katsav pardon

Rivlin has not supported the idea of giving clemency to Katsav, and will discuss the possibility only if the matter comes up in an appeal… Read More ›

Former Egyptian MP who met with Israeli banned from travel

Former Egyptian MP who met with Israeli banned from travel

Egypt’s parliament voted earlier this month to expel Okasha after he invited the ambassador to his home for dinner.   Egypt’s Prosecutor-General Nabil Sadek on Saturday… Read More ›

Netanyahu condemns attack on Ankara, calls for international unity in war on terror

Netanyahu condemns attack on Ankara, calls for international unity in war on terror

The prime minister condemned the attack which left at least 34 dead and dozens more injured.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement on… Read More ›

Israeli Arabs ‘ Hezbollah dilemma

Israeli Arabs ‘ Hezbollah dilemma

Arab Israelis respond to Hezbollah being listed as a terrorist organization by Saudi Arabia and the Arab League. While many Israeli-Arabs condoned the Saudi decision,… Read More ›

North Korea claims to have nuclear warheads that can fit on missiles

North Korea claims to have nuclear warheads that can fit on missiles

North Korea claims to have miniaturized nuclear warheads to fit on ballistic missiles, state-run Korea Central News Agency reported. The report comes after the country… Read More ›