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Washington –  Details On Nazi Benefit Payments Wanted By GOP Senetors

Washington – Details On Nazi Benefit Payments Wanted By GOP Senetors

Washington – Two senior Republican senators are demanding the Obama administration provide Congress with records explaining what roll the justice department played and how suspected… Read More ›

United Nations – UN Resolution: Nuclear Arms Must Be Renounced By Israel

United Nations – UN Resolution: Nuclear Arms Must Be Renounced By Israel

United Nations – The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved an Arab-backed resolution Tuesday calling on Israel to  put its nuclear facilities under international oversight and… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Eyeing Coalition With Haredim, Netanyahu Says He Opposes Criminal Sanctions For IDF Draft Dodgers

Jerusalem – Eyeing Coalition With Haredim, Netanyahu Says He Opposes Criminal Sanctions For IDF Draft Dodgers

Jerusalem – Seemingly paving the way for the formation of a new government with the haredi political parties after the coming election, Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Washington – Nazi Benefit Payments Stopped By The House

Washington – Nazi Benefit Payments Stopped By The House

Washington – The House unanimously approved a bill Tuesday that would block suspected Nazi war criminals from receiving Social Security benefits. The measure would shut… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Why Is Netanyahu Trying To Make The ‘Jewish State’ More ‘Jewish’

Jerusalem – Why Is Netanyahu Trying To Make The ‘Jewish State’ More ‘Jewish’

Jerusalem – This might seem like an interesting time for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to promulgate a new law defining Israel’s identity as “the nation… Read More ›

Paris – Recognition Of Palestinian State French Vote Urges

Paris – Recognition Of Palestinian State French Vote Urges

Paris – In the hope that it would speed up peace efforts after decades of conflict,  France’s lower house of Parliament voted Tuesday to urge the… Read More ›

New York – CDC:  Benefits Outweigh Risks In Circumcision

New York – CDC: Benefits Outweigh Risks In Circumcision

New York – U.S. health officials on Tuesday released a draft of long-awaited federal guidelines on circumcision, saying medical evidence supports having the procedure done… Read More ›

Jerusalem – As Elections Appear Imminent, Israeli Prime Minister Fires Senior Government Ministers

Jerusalem – As Elections Appear Imminent, Israeli Prime Minister Fires Senior Government Ministers

Jerusalem – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu  on Tuesday ordered the dismissal of his Finance and Justice ministers. and said he would dissolve parliament and seek… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Shekel At Two-Year Low! Israel Markets Drop On Election Talk

Tel Aviv – Shekel At Two-Year Low! Israel Markets Drop On Election Talk

Tel Aviv – Israeli financial markets fell on Tuesday, as new elections appeared inevitable. with the shekel sliding 1.3 percent to a two-year low against the… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Report: Mystery Civilian Plan Flying  Between Israel, Gulf State, Permenently

Tel Aviv – Report: Mystery Civilian Plan Flying Between Israel, Gulf State, Permenently

Tel Aviv – At Ben Gurion airport  a civilian plane has been tracked on a permanent flight path back and forth between Israel and an… Read More ›

Egypt –  Hijack Planned Of  Israeli Ship By Islamic State

Egypt – Hijack Planned Of Israeli Ship By Islamic State

Egypt – An investigation in Egypt is underway into a November 14 incident during which Islamic State members successfully hijacked an Egyptian missile boat. According… Read More ›

Kobani, Syria – Reportedly Captured By ISIS AN Israeli-Canadian Makes Contact

Kobani, Syria – Reportedly Captured By ISIS AN Israeli-Canadian Makes Contact

Kobani, Syria – A Canadian Israeli woman who was rumored to be captured by ISIS forces in Syria posted on her Facebook page on Monday… Read More ›

Washington – Tougher Iran Sanctions Being Sought By Pro-Israel Lobby

Washington – Tougher Iran Sanctions Being Sought By Pro-Israel Lobby

Washington – In response to a recent seven-month extension of nuclear talks the powerful pro-Israel lobby AIPAC is urging a dramatic escalation in sanctions on Iran.… Read More ›

Elad, Israel – Education Ministry Closes Haredi School For Discriminating Against Sephardi Girls

Elad, Israel – Education Ministry Closes Haredi School For Discriminating Against Sephardi Girls

Elad, Israel – Meir Shimoni, the director of the Haredi education sector in the Education Ministry, decided to close a  girls school in the haredi… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Yehuda Glick Leaves Hospital Without Official Security Detail

Jerusalem – Yehuda Glick Leaves Hospital Without Official Security Detail

Jerusalem – Even with the threat of an additional plan of attack against him, Temple Mount rights activist Yehuda Glick left Shaarei Tzedek hospital without… Read More ›

Amsterdam – Investigation Continues As Rabbi Eliezer Berland Not Extradited To Israel

Amsterdam – Investigation Continues As Rabbi Eliezer Berland Not Extradited To Israel

Amsterdam – Rabbi Eliezer Berland, who is accused of abuse, will not be extradited to Israel from the Netherlands as the case continues to be… Read More ›

Bnei Brak –  Netanyahu Deal Ruled Out By Rabbi Schteinman

Bnei Brak – Netanyahu Deal Ruled Out By Rabbi Schteinman

Bnei Brak – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempt to already build the next government that he would form after the next election suffered a blow… Read More ›

Jerusalem- Israel Could Be Headed To Early Election Netanyahu Says

Jerusalem- Israel Could Be Headed To Early Election Netanyahu Says

Jerusalem – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, enmeshed in a cabinet crisis, said on Monday he would call an early national election unless rebellious ministers… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Victim Of Stabbing In Monday’s Attack At Gush Etzion Speaks Out

Jerusalem – Victim Of Stabbing In Monday’s Attack At Gush Etzion Speaks Out

Jerusalem – The victim of a stabbing attack in the Gust Etzion Junction Monday is speaking out about the attack and the details involved. Israel… Read More ›

Mubarak claims: “I did nothing wrong”

Mubarak claims: “I did nothing wrong”

Mubarak acquitted under new President Morsi after two revolutions in Egypt. After being ousted once then overthrown, then ousted again, Egypt is going back to… Read More ›