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3 officers killed, 3 others injured in ‘ambush’ in Baton Rouge

3 officers killed, 3 others injured in ‘ambush’ in Baton Rouge

  Six law-enforcement officers shot in Baton Rouge. At least three killed. One officer is in critical condition. Suspected gunman dead. Two “persons of interest”… Read More ›

Senior rabbi condemns IDF for accommodating LGBT ‘perverts’

Senior rabbi condemns IDF for accommodating LGBT ‘perverts’

Religious-Zionist Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, head of a distinguished IDF preparatory yeshiva, accused, via homophobic rhetoric, the army of seeking to silence one ‘worldview’ and promote… Read More ›

One of coup’s leaders former military attaché to Israel

One of coup’s leaders former military attaché to Israel

Gen. Akın Öztürk, a former commander of the Turkish Air Force, was one of the two named orchestrators of the attempted military coup d’état; they… Read More ›

Israeli hero under online fire for testimony

Israeli hero under online fire for testimony

Lt. Col. David Shapira is the hero who stopped the terrorist in the 2008 Mercaz Harav Yeshiva attack; he also commanded Sgt. Elor Azaria when… Read More ›

ADL, Israel Policy Forum knock GOP for leaving ‘two states’ out of platform

ADL, Israel Policy Forum knock GOP for leaving ‘two states’ out of platform

Bipartisan support at risk, NGO heads say   NEW YORK – The recent talk surrounding Israel policies in the platforms of the Democratic and Republican parties… Read More ›

Politics: Political interference in Jerusalem?

Politics: Political interference in Jerusalem?

With the revelations this week that a non-profit funded by the State Department campaigned against Likud in the 2015 elections, Israel shares space on the… Read More ›

Right wing politicians scrambling to save the Amona outpost

Right wing politicians scrambling to save the Amona outpost

Amona was first built in 1995, on the edge of the Ofra settlement. It is home to some 40 families and is located in the… Read More ›

Anti-Facebook bill brought to Knesset

Anti-Facebook bill brought to Knesset

Legislation would empower courts to order social media providers to remove terrorism-promoting content.   Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked and Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan took… Read More ›

Security forces fire on vehicle during raid; Suspect killed

Security forces fire on vehicle during raid; Suspect killed

Car traveled at high speed towards soldiers; second suspect wounded; Army investigating incident.   During a raid on arms production workshop in the Palestinian town… Read More ›

Bader Ginsburg: I don’t even want to contemplate Trump presidency

Bader Ginsburg: I don’t even want to contemplate Trump presidency

Jewish Supreme Court justice rebukes Senate for not holding hearings for nominee Merrick Garland   Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said in an interview published… Read More ›

Here’s why I think Donald Trump will put Chris Christie on the ticket

Here’s why I think Donald Trump will put Chris Christie on the ticket

  “Veep-stakes” punditry is the most pathetic kind of punditry because it so nakedly consists of pure guessing. It’s one thing to look at polls… Read More ›

Box CEO fires back at Dropbox boss by comparing their relationship to Netflix and Blockbuster

Box CEO fires back at Dropbox boss by comparing their relationship to Netflix and Blockbuster

  Box and Dropbox’s 30-something star CEOs continued their public spat over who runs the better business at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen this week.… Read More ›

Possible wreckage from EgyptAir crash washes up in Israel

Possible wreckage from EgyptAir crash washes up in Israel

  Debris apparently from the crash of EgyptAir MS804 was found on a beach north of Tel Aviv on Thursday, an official in Israeli Prime… Read More ›

Noah’s Ark, splitting of Red Sea appear in newfound mosaic at ancient synagogue

Noah’s Ark, splitting of Red Sea appear in newfound mosaic at ancient synagogue

Huqoq excavations reveal more parts of ‘most extensive series of biblical stories’ from 5th century, archaeologist says   Excavations at a late-Roman era synagogue in… Read More ›

Donald Trump entertains idea he might not actually serve as president if he wins election

Donald Trump entertains idea he might not actually serve as president if he wins election

  Donald Trump entertained the idea of not serving as president if he won the November general election in a New York Times story published… Read More ›

Former police officers explain how cops typically handle concealed weapons

Former police officers explain how cops typically handle concealed weapons

  Philando Castile, a 32-year-old cafeteria worker at a Minnesota school, was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop late Wednesday night. In… Read More ›

Video footage of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile’s deaths may not hold up in court

Video footage of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile’s deaths may not hold up in court

  The fatal shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile in recent days have rekindled the national debate about police officers’ use of deadly force,… Read More ›

Hebron governor visits terrorists’ families, Israel revokes his entry permit

Hebron governor visits terrorists’ families, Israel revokes his entry permit

Kamal Hamid posted to Facebook after visiting the mourning tents of two terrorists who attacked Israelis on Friday; COGAT has revoked his entry permit into… Read More ›

Trump says star he tweeted wasn’t Star of David

Trump says star he tweeted wasn’t Star of David

The presidential candidate insists that star in anti-Clinton tweet need not necessarily be the symbol of Judaism; the original graphic was used on a neo-Nazi… Read More ›

Jerusalem minister: I oppose construction exclusively for Arabs in J’lem

Jerusalem minister: I oppose construction exclusively for Arabs in J’lem

PM and defense minister approved the construction of 800 housing units in Jewish East Jerusalem neighborhoods and Ma’ale Adumim; in addition, 600 housing units were… Read More ›