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Jerusalem – Netanyahu Stands Behind Proposed Envoy To Brazil Share Tweet Share Mail

Jerusalem – Netanyahu Stands Behind Proposed Envoy To Brazil Share Tweet Share Mail

  Jerusalem – Israel’s prime minister says he remains firmly behind his candidate to be the new ambassador to Brazil — despite Brazil’s apparent objections… Read More ›

West Bank – Palestinians Appeal For Poet On Death Row In Saudi Arabia

West Bank – Palestinians Appeal For Poet On Death Row In Saudi Arabia

  West Bank – Palestinian intellectuals and writers have gathered in the West Bank to read poems and call for the release of a Palestinian… Read More ›

New York – NYC Mayor On Cusp Of Possible Horse Carriage Deal

New York – NYC Mayor On Cusp Of Possible Horse Carriage Deal

  New York – New York City officials are close to a deal that would save Central Park’s horse-drawn carriages from a threatened ban. When… Read More ›

The weekend is over, and the markets are falling again

The weekend is over, and the markets are falling again

  World markets are open for Monday trading, and they’re down. US futures are in the red with Dow futures down 120 points and S&P… Read More ›

Brooklyn, NY – Facing Criticism Over Spike In Crime, NYC Mayor Vows Swift Arrest In Vicious Gang Rape

Brooklyn, NY – Facing Criticism Over Spike In Crime, NYC Mayor Vows Swift Arrest In Vicious Gang Rape

Brooklyn, NY – New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday denounced the rape of a woman by five men at a Brooklyn playground, pledging… Read More ›

Washington – Transportation Watchdog: Government Not Ensuring Pilot Skills Are Sharp

Washington – Transportation Watchdog: Government Not Ensuring Pilot Skills Are Sharp

Washington – The government is falling short in ensuring airline pilots keep up their flying skills and get full training on how to monitor sophisticated… Read More ›

San Diego, CA – Florida Man Charged With Stealing $3.2 Million From Armored Car Company

San Diego, CA – Florida Man Charged With Stealing $3.2 Million From Armored Car Company

San Diego, CA – A Florida manager for armored car company Brinks was arrested in California on charges he stole $3.2 million in cash on… Read More ›

Hamas set on carrying out attacks from West Bank

Hamas set on carrying out attacks from West Bank

Analysis: The discovery of two major Hamas terror cells in the West Bank over the past month shows the terror organization’s determination in the face… Read More ›

Gov’t promoting legislation benefitting ultra-Orthodox

Gov’t promoting legislation benefitting ultra-Orthodox

United Torah Judaism demands state to fund life insurance to yeshiva students, set to cost NIS 36 million, while Bayit Yehudi MK stonewalling reform in… Read More ›

NIS 300 million worth of medications added to health basket

NIS 300 million worth of medications added to health basket

Third of budget for medical services and drugs paid for by the state allocated to cancer treatments; other additions include emergency contraceptive for victims of… Read More ›

Israel’s expansion of Gush Etzion settlement bloc harmful to peace, US says

Israel’s expansion of Gush Etzion settlement bloc harmful to peace, US says

US State Department spokesman John Kirby warned such actions undermine the possibility of a two-state solution.   The expansion of the territorial boundaries of the… Read More ›

France pays tribute to victims of Hyper Cacher attack on one-year anniversary

France pays tribute to victims of Hyper Cacher attack on one-year anniversary

On January 9, 2015 a French Islamic gunman, Amedy Coulibaly, took several people hostage in the grocery store after shooting a police officer in the… Read More ›

Taking the matrimonial bull by the horns for Jewish divorcees

Taking the matrimonial bull by the horns for Jewish divorcees

Laws that already exist can also be utilized to prevent agunot, women chained to their marraiges.   It seems that most of what we hear… Read More ›

New Druze town approved

New Druze town approved

Israel’s National Council for Building and Planning approves the establishment of a new Druze town that will initially comprise 400 apartments in the Naftaly Estate… Read More ›

IDF officer killed in training accident at Tze’elim base

IDF officer killed in training accident at Tze’elim base

Mortar shell falls in open area near another training drill that was in process, killing 1st.-Lt. Yishai Rosales and lightly injuring another soldier. An IDF… Read More ›

IDF officer to Saudi paper: Israel has ‘common language’ with moderate Arab states

IDF officer to Saudi paper: Israel has ‘common language’ with moderate Arab states

Second time an Israeli official gives interview to news outlet in recent weeks.   A senior IDF officer told Saudi news outlet Elaph in a… Read More ›

US Jewish groups back Obama on gun control initiatives

US Jewish groups back Obama on gun control initiatives

With his executive actions, Obama is directing federal agencies to take the steps he proposed.   Jewish groups praised new executive actions by President Barack… Read More ›

Germany in shock after dozens of women say were assaulted by ‘North African’ men in Cologne

Germany in shock after dozens of women say were assaulted by ‘North African’ men in Cologne

The demonstration came five days after 90 women reported being robbed, threatened or sexually molested at the New Year’s celebrations outside Cologne’s cathedral by young,… Read More ›

Reporter’s Notebook: Sending your kids to school amid hunt for an armed gunman

Reporter’s Notebook: Sending your kids to school amid hunt for an armed gunman

My phone started buzzing with countless text messages from parents in my son’s preschool WhatsApp group. It seemed most of the parents were facing the… Read More ›

Ramadi residents fleeing ISIS: ‘They wanted to use us as human shields’

Ramadi residents fleeing ISIS: ‘They wanted to use us as human shields’

Habbaniyah, Iraq – Standing in the entrance of her tent on a chilly winter night in the Iraqi desert, Nada Saleh describes the terrifying moment her… Read More ›