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US officials: Threats against Muslims must stop after Orlando attack

US officials: Threats against Muslims must stop after Orlando attack

Following massacre at gay nightclub, local Islamic community says it has suffered taunts and death threats   ORLANDO, Florida (AFP) — US authorities on Wednesday… Read More ›

Why the U.S. has the most mass shootings

Why the U.S. has the most mass shootings

  When a gunman opened fire Sunday at a gay nightclub in Orlando, killing 50 people, the shooter joined a long line of attackers in… Read More ›

The real terror threat in America is homegrown Peter Bergen

The real terror threat in America is homegrown Peter Bergen

  The mass killing in Orlando this weekend fits a grim pattern: Every lethal terrorist attack in the United States in the past decade and… Read More ›

GoFundMe campaign raises more than $1 million for Pulse shooting victims

GoFundMe campaign raises more than $1 million for Pulse shooting victims

A crowdfunding campaign to support the Orlando Pulse shooting victims and their families pulled in more than $1 million in 11 hours on Sunday. Equality… Read More ›

Obama: Orlando shooting was act of terror and hate

Obama: Orlando shooting was act of terror and hate

In address to nation, president says no effort will be spared to determine whether shooter was affiliated with terror group   US President Barack Obama… Read More ›

Head of Jewish LGBTQ group fears for Muslims after attack

Head of Jewish LGBTQ group fears for Muslims after attack

Idit Klein, head of Keshet, says the first calls of solidarity after Orlando shooting came from Muslim leaders   The first calls and emails Idit… Read More ›

US Jewish groups call for unity after Orlando attack

US Jewish groups call for unity after Orlando attack

ADL links Orlando, Tel Aviv attacks, expresses concern over possible backlash against American Muslims   WASHINGTON – US Jewish groups called for national unity Sunday… Read More ›

Israelis saving more

Israelis saving more

Hitting a 20-year high across private and public savings, Israel is also ranked 7th of OECD companies for saving rate; income inequality has also grown.… Read More ›

16-year-old American girl dies from hyperthermia in Negev

16-year-old American girl dies from hyperthermia in Negev

On a hike with contemporaries from her summer camp, the teenager was overcome by the heat; she was medivacked to a hospital, but died after… Read More ›

Israel’s legal war on terror

Israel’s legal war on terror

Israeli jurists have become in recent years the world’s most in-demand lecturers on all facets of handling terrorism; after a decade of preparation, the draft… Read More ›

Guests of the kingdom: How long can Jordan’s veneer of tranquility last?

Guests of the kingdom: How long can Jordan’s veneer of tranquility last?

Five years after the Syrian conflict began, more than a million Syrians are still living in Jordan with little hope of returning home.   From… Read More ›

Young generation’s self-centeredness has grave implications for Israel’s security, experts say

Young generation’s self-centeredness has grave implications for Israel’s security, experts say

Haifa University academics Tamar and Oz Almog posit that Israel’s Generation Y,is generally spoiled, cosseted, self-involved, late to mature and passive.   Omri Gilad, a… Read More ›

A little Israeli robot on the moon that could inspire others

A little Israeli robot on the moon that could inspire others

The vision of SpaceIL is to use the contest to inspire more young Israelis to study science, technology, engineering and math.   It’s 2010, three… Read More ›

U.S.: Chinese jet makes ‘unsafe’ intercept of Air Force plane

U.S.: Chinese jet makes ‘unsafe’ intercept of Air Force plane

  A U.S. Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft flying Tuesday in international airspace over the East China Sea was intercepted in an “unsafe manner” by… Read More ›

In Russian media blitz, PM warns Israel won’t let Iran open Golan front

In Russian media blitz, PM warns Israel won’t let Iran open Golan front

Ahead of Putin meeting, Netanyahu says Tehran cannot be allowed to use Hezbollah as a proxy to attack Jewish state   Israel will not let… Read More ›

In Moscow, Netanyahu slams ‘systematic persecution’ against him

In Moscow, Netanyahu slams ‘systematic persecution’ against him

Standing beside Putin, PM says media turned his wife ‘into human dust’; blasts inaccurate claims over cash he took from alleged French fraudster   Prime… Read More ›

Ties with Israel have never been closer, says Russian chief rabbi

Ties with Israel have never been closer, says Russian chief rabbi

Moscow and Jerusalem are both ‘snubbed’ by the world and have finally found each other, but there are risks, warns Berel Lazar   MOSCOW –… Read More ›

Israeli electric company to increase supply to Gaza

Israeli electric company to increase supply to Gaza

Ashkelon desalination facility has been distrupted for years as masses of Gazan sewage has piled up; Israeli Electric Corporation is planning on supplying Gaza’s sewage… Read More ›

Underwater ‘lost city’ is a natural phenomenon, say scientists

Underwater ‘lost city’ is a natural phenomenon, say scientists

  When divers discovered circular columns and paved floors, they thought they had found the ruins of a long-forgotten civilization on the shores of the… Read More ›

Terrorism, trafficking fears after Malaysian immigration scandal

Terrorism, trafficking fears after Malaysian immigration scandal

  Corruption, mismanagement and failure to adhere to standard security procedures have compromised Malaysia’s Immigration Department, leaving the country exposed to terrorists and human trafficking.… Read More ›