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Analysis: Cease-fire collapse means indefinite bloodletting in Syria

Analysis: Cease-fire collapse means indefinite bloodletting in Syria

This cease-fire, agreed between the US and Russia, received its death blow Monday, when a humanitarian aid convoy was bombed west of Aleppo, killing 21… Read More ›

Uptick in ‘lone wolves’ puts police on edge

Uptick in ‘lone wolves’ puts police on edge

Shin Bet to increase security measures after latest wave of attacks in Jerusalem, Hebron.   Police are on high alert in Jerusalem and Hebron after… Read More ›

Anti-gay MK bashfully admits he, too, harbors fantasies that dare not speak their name

Anti-gay MK bashfully admits he, too, harbors fantasies that dare not speak their name

Addressing once more his position that same-sex urges must be controlled, MK Bezalel Smotrich (Bayit Yehudi) confessed that he has sexual fantasies of his own,… Read More ›

UN Sec. Gen. admonishes PM over ‘ethnic cleansing’ remark, calls settlements roadblock to peace

UN Sec. Gen. admonishes PM over ‘ethnic cleansing’ remark, calls settlements roadblock to peace

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced his apprehension regarding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s response to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas saying that he would not… Read More ›

No chance for a full ceasefire in Syria

No chance for a full ceasefire in Syria

Analysis: The opposing interests of the many external and internal elements involved in the fighting in Syria make it impossible to reach any political settlement… Read More ›

Defense expert: Azaria did not kill Palestinian attacker

Defense expert: Azaria did not kill Palestinian attacker

The defense has asked the court to ignore Azaria’s initial statements about the incident, which hurt his case, claiming he was in shock.   Abdel… Read More ›

OECD report: Israel’s gender pay gap is higher than average

OECD report: Israel’s gender pay gap is higher than average

Israel also lags behind on student spending.   Israel spends less per student and maintains higher gender pay gaps than other developed countries, according to… Read More ›

Decision expected soon when to wake Peres

Decision expected soon when to wake Peres

Condition of former president remains serious but stable.   Doctors and family members of former president Shimon Peres will make a decision as early as this… Read More ›

Netanyahu stalls release of report on stores open on Shabbat

Netanyahu stalls release of report on stores open on Shabbat

Following weeks of tension regarding construction and shops opening on Shabbat, Netanyahu stalls report on findings from committee established to resolve the issue.   Prime… Read More ›

Analysis: Democrats shaken by close race as candidate faces fresh woes

Analysis: Democrats shaken by close race as candidate faces fresh woes

Clinton camp scrambles to head off fallout from brutal weekend, as aides admit her health could have been ‘handled better’   WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary… Read More ›

Netflix declares war on data caps

Netflix declares war on data caps

  Netflix hates data caps, which make it harder for people to watch Netflix. Last week, Netflix submitted a filing to the FCC urging it… Read More ›

One of North Carolina’s most prestigious universities is backing the NCAA boycottv

One of North Carolina’s most prestigious universities is backing the NCAA boycottv

  Duke University supports the NCAA’s decision to pull events out of North Carolina, according to a statement by the university. The NCAA announced Monday that… Read More ›

For the love of gefilte: Scottish inmates converting to Judaism for better meals

For the love of gefilte: Scottish inmates converting to Judaism for better meals

Inspired by an episode of ‘Orange is the New Black,’ more than 130 Scottish inmates have become Jewish to receive kosher meals, which are considered… Read More ›

Gilad Sharon to follow footsteps of father, brother into politics

Gilad Sharon to follow footsteps of father, brother into politics

More than a decade after his father split Likud to form Kadima, late Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s younger son Gilad is preparing to follow in… Read More ›

The enemy of the people

The enemy of the people

Analysis: A recent poll projected victory for Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party over Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud. Lapid’s appeals to the center seem to be… Read More ›

Jihadist terrorism enters new stage 15 years after 9/11

Jihadist terrorism enters new stage 15 years after 9/11

Terrorism is first and foremost an idea, which, like a virus, spreads, thrives under certain conditions, and changes form.   Fifteen years after al-Qaida perpetrated… Read More ›

The Israeli doctor who helped a woman have a baby at age 60

The Israeli doctor who helped a woman have a baby at age 60

‘Metro’ interviews the doctor who helped make it happen.   Last month, a 60-year-old woman gave birth at the Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot. It wasn’t… Read More ›

Analysis: ‘War on terror’ took region from bad to worse

Analysis: ‘War on terror’ took region from bad to worse

The US and the Middle East Since 9/11: taking the region from bad to worse.   Fifteen years after the US “war on terror” was launched… Read More ›

Chicago – Staying Cool: Fans Might Not Benefit Seniors In Extreme Heat

Chicago – Staying Cool: Fans Might Not Benefit Seniors In Extreme Heat

  Chicago – True or false: Electric fans are a cheap and effective way to stay cool during extreme heat waves. A tiny new experiment… Read More ›

Washington – Sorry Kids: Docs Urge Flu Shots, Not Nasal Spray, This Year

Washington – Sorry Kids: Docs Urge Flu Shots, Not Nasal Spray, This Year

  Washington – Kids may get more of a sting from flu vaccination this fall: Doctors are gearing up to give shots only, because U.S.… Read More ›