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Breaking ranks, influential Likud MK blasts immunity law for Netanyahu

Breaking ranks, influential Likud MK blasts immunity law for Netanyahu

Legislation ‘offers zero benefit and exacts maximum damage,’ warns Gideon Sa’ar, drawing rebuke from Likud officials   An influential Likud lawmaker, who has butted heads… Read More ›

War with Iran Forthcoming? Most Experts Say They Don’t Think So

War with Iran Forthcoming? Most Experts Say They Don’t Think So

War between the US and Iran is probably not in the cards, even as the US ups pressure on Iran via sanctions and a military… Read More ›

Palestinian Authority PM: Israel Wants to Destroy Our Economy

Palestinian Authority PM: Israel Wants to Destroy Our Economy

Palestinian Authority asks World Bank to monitor Jewish state’s policy of withholding tax transfers over PA payments for attacks against Israelis In a significant change… Read More ›

Independence Day for Israel’s public welfare

Independence Day for Israel’s public welfare

Opinion: Israelis know they have someone to rely on in times of trouble, and that someone is our fellow citizen; grass roots initiatives that have… Read More ›

US dispatches aircraft carrier over unspecified Iran threats

US dispatches aircraft carrier over unspecified Iran threats

National security adviser John Bolton said U.S. deploying USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force to Mideast in response to ‘troubling… Read More ›

ANALYSIS: Under Trump, US a mere bystander in Israel-Hamas ceasefire efforts

ANALYSIS: Under Trump, US a mere bystander in Israel-Hamas ceasefire efforts

Preferring to stand in Jewish state’s corner, White House allows Egypt and UN to fill vacuum as mediators during Gaza conflicts in break from traditional… Read More ›

Los Angeles – Stretch Of Road In LA Renamed Obama Boulevard

Los Angeles – Stretch Of Road In LA Renamed Obama Boulevard

Los Angeles –  A stretch of road in Los Angeles has been renamed after former President Barack Obama. A concert and ceremony Saturday unveiled Obama… Read More ›

Israeli Envoy Calls for Criminalizing Antisemitism After NYT Cartoon

Israeli Envoy Calls for Criminalizing Antisemitism After NYT Cartoon

“The time for talking and having a conversation is over.” The only way to stop antisemitism is to criminalize it, Israel’s Ambassador to the UN… Read More ›

Centuries ago, women ruled Japan. What changed?

Centuries ago, women ruled Japan. What changed?

The long-term survival of the world’s oldest monarchy will depend on a schoolboy when Japan’s current emperor abdicates next week, reviving calls for an end… Read More ›

Tesla is taking direct aim at Uber and Lyft with plans to roll out 1 million robo-taxis by next year

Tesla is taking direct aim at Uber and Lyft with plans to roll out 1 million robo-taxis by next year

  On Monday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed the company’s plans to compete with Uber and Lyft by using an autonomous ride-hailing fleet, which will be made up of… Read More ›

Mueller’s report carved the overarching theme of Trump’s wild presidency into stone

Mueller’s report carved the overarching theme of Trump’s wild presidency into stone

  For months, a string of media reports have painted a picture of the overarching theme of Donald Trump’s presidency: his staff keeps saving him… Read More ›

France’s 3 richest families lead $700 million fundraising effort for Notre Dame

France’s 3 richest families lead $700 million fundraising effort for Notre Dame

London – France’s three wealthiest families are coming to the rescue of a national icon, spearheading a fundraising drive to rebuild Notre Dame that has… Read More ›

Final election results: Likud gains seat, Blue and White at 35

Final election results: Likud gains seat, Blue and White at 35

Likud at 36-35 for Blue and White; New right Party of Bennett and Shaked, fails to pass electoral threshold; Netanyahu in negotiations with right-wing parties… Read More ›

As media hung out to dry and final election results delayed, conspiracies fly

As media hung out to dry and final election results delayed, conspiracies fly

While the nerves of some politicians were taut to breaking point as they waited all day to hear their fates, they and us reporters could… Read More ›

2 ultra-Orthodox parties say they’re with Netanyahu, easing his reelection path

2 ultra-Orthodox parties say they’re with Netanyahu, easing his reelection path

Far-right URWP also declares it’s backing Netanyahu, but Liberman and Kahlon say they’ll wait until the final vote results are tallied   Both ultra-Orthodox parties… Read More ›

Iran Threatens to Strike U.S. Troops in Middle East If IRGC Designated

Iran Threatens to Strike U.S. Troops in Middle East If IRGC Designated

  Iranian Major General Mohammed Ali Jafari warned that US troops could be targets in response to reports that the US would list the Islamic… Read More ›

Jeff Bezos will still be the richest man in the world after his divorce, even though MacKenzie Bezos is keeping 25% of the Amazon shares

Jeff Bezos will still be the richest man in the world after his divorce, even though MacKenzie Bezos is keeping 25% of the Amazon shares

  Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Bezos have finalized the terms of their divorce after 25 years of marriage, the couple announced on Thursday. As part of the divorce agreement,… Read More ›

‘We identified Baumel by the Hebrew on his IDF overalls’

‘We identified Baumel by the Hebrew on his IDF overalls’

After 37 years, incredibly preserved personal items were what gave away the identity of Zachary Baumel, an MIA from the First Lebanon War; ‘we couldn’t… Read More ›

Brooklyn, NY – The End Of An Era: Skulener Rebbe, Rabbi Yisroel Avraham Portugal Passes Away

Brooklyn, NY – The End Of An Era: Skulener Rebbe, Rabbi Yisroel Avraham Portugal Passes Away

Brooklyn, NY – The Skulener Rebbe, Rabbi Yisroel Avraham Portugal, passed away this evening after having been gravely ill for the past several months.  He… Read More ›

Boeing’s fix for 737 MAX will take additional weeks

Boeing’s fix for 737 MAX will take additional weeks

Boeing’s 737 MAX jets will remain grounded for weeks after the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday afternoon that the plane maker continues to work on… Read More ›