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Biden Names Tom Nides, A Former Top Obama State Department Official, As Ambassador To Israel

Biden Names Tom Nides, A Former Top Obama State Department Official, As Ambassador To Israel

WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Joe Biden nominated Tom Nides, a deputy secretary of state in the Obama administration, to be his ambassador to Israel. Nides,… Read More ›

Analysis: Biden’s meeting with Putin carries historic echoes

Analysis: Biden’s meeting with Putin carries historic echoes

Joe Biden’s showdown with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Wednesday is one of the most critical summits of recent times, and not just because relations between… Read More ›

Man Stuck For Days Inside Giant Fan At California Vineyard Rescued Alive

Man Stuck For Days Inside Giant Fan At California Vineyard Rescued Alive

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities rescued a man who said he had been trapped for two days inside a large fan at a Northern… Read More ›

Israel’s political system needs fixing, and fast

Israel’s political system needs fixing, and fast

Opinion: With endless election cycles, narrow and disjointed coalitions clinging to power by a thread and no government lasting for more than 2 years, any… Read More ›

Netanyahu bemoans incitement, raps ‘dangerous left-wing’ coalition, claims fraud

Netanyahu bemoans incitement, raps ‘dangerous left-wing’ coalition, claims fraud

As he faces losing power to his rivals, PM decries ‘effort to frame the right as something violent,’ declares Israel seeing ‘greatest election fraud’ in… Read More ›

Outrage in Gaza as Mansour Abbas signs onto new government

Outrage in Gaza as Mansour Abbas signs onto new government

Palestinians in coastal enclave, with which Israel fought bitter 11-day war in May, accuse Islamist leader of being ‘opportunist’ who is motivated by self-interest and… Read More ›

Hamas: Gaza calm depends on Israeli actions in Jerusalem

Hamas: Gaza calm depends on Israeli actions in Jerusalem

Terror group says it is prepared to hold talks with Israel on prisoner exchange; organization’s leader in Gaza says he is ready for ‘immediate negotiations’… Read More ›

Police chief in Michigan apologizes for liking pro-Israel Facebook post

Police chief in Michigan apologizes for liking pro-Israel Facebook post

Lebanese-American officer in Detroit suburb with a substantial Arab American minority clarifies that he is ‘a proud Arab American, and I loudly say: #FreePalestine’ JTA… Read More ›

White House Gives GOP 1 Week To Reach Deal On Infrastructure

White House Gives GOP 1 Week To Reach Deal On Infrastructure

WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday time is running short for a bipartisan deal on infrastructure, indicating that President Joe Biden will… Read More ›

Changing the rules of the Gaza game

Changing the rules of the Gaza game

Opinion: Hamas was caught off guard following Israel’s harsh response to its provocations and now it is up to Jerusalem to demonstrate the terror outfit… Read More ›

Blinken warns Israeli leaders Sheikh Jarrah evictions could spark new violence

Blinken warns Israeli leaders Sheikh Jarrah evictions could spark new violence

Top US diplomat says he passed along concern during visit to region, during which he heard of interest from both sides in maintaining Gaza ceasefire… Read More ›

US General: As US Scales Back In Mideast, China May Step In

US General: As US Scales Back In Mideast, China May Step In

  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — As the United States scales back its military presence across the Middle East to focus on great power competition… Read More ›

Hamas postmortem: The ‘Zionists’ started Gaza fighting

Hamas postmortem: The ‘Zionists’ started Gaza fighting

Khaled Mashal, the terror group’s leader in Qatar claims victory in fiercest fighting enclave has seen since 2014; calls for West Bank intifada and accuses… Read More ›

Biden hails Israel, Hamas ceasefire, sees ‘genuine opportunity’ to move forward

Biden hails Israel, Hamas ceasefire, sees ‘genuine opportunity’ to move forward

US president thanks Netanyahu for bringing end to Gaza fighting, backs Israel’s right to self-defense, promises to replenish Israel’s Iron Dome interceptors, stop Hamas rearming… Read More ›

Changing the Dynamic of Safety Concerns in Our Communities

Changing the Dynamic of Safety Concerns in Our Communities

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt We, in the Torah community, have had a series of tragedies of late that are truly heart-wrenching.  Rachmana litzlan… Read More ›

Arab Citizens In A Jewish State: What To Know About Arab-israelis As Unrest Sweeps The Country

Arab Citizens In A Jewish State: What To Know About Arab-israelis As Unrest Sweeps The Country

  JERUSALEM (JTA) – As Israel has begun yet another round of fighting with Hamas in Gaza, another conflict, inside the country, has caught some… Read More ›

White House not bending to pressure from progressives to condemn Israel

White House not bending to pressure from progressives to condemn Israel

  President Joe Biden and the White House are showing little willingness to bend to pressure from liberal Democrats calling for more robust condemnation of… Read More ›

Tensions between Israel and Palestinians are sky-high. Here’s what you need to know

Tensions between Israel and Palestinians are sky-high. Here’s what you need to know

Conflict between Israelis and Palestinians boiled over this week, escalating rapidly into one of the worst rounds of violence between the two sides in the… Read More ›

Weak Jobs Report Spurs New Arguments Over Big Fed Spending

Weak Jobs Report Spurs New Arguments Over Big Fed Spending

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden insists an unexpected slowdown in companies’ hiring is clear new proof the U.S. needs the multitrillion-dollar federal boost… Read More ›

Countries in Africa fear they could become the next India as vaccine supplies dwindle

Countries in Africa fear they could become the next India as vaccine supplies dwindle

Johannesburg, South Africa – The funeral pyres in New Delhi tell the tragic story of an uncontrolled Covid-19 wave. For a world that’s grown numb… Read More ›