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Japanese travel agent honored for helping Jews in Holocaust

Japanese travel agent honored for helping Jews in Holocaust

Tatsuo Osako welcomed thousands of Jewish refugees fleeing German-occupied Europe and ensured their safe transport to Japan; more than 80 years later, Israeli government posthumously… Read More ›

IDF officer, 2 Palestinians killed in firefight near tense West Bank barrier zone

IDF officer, 2 Palestinians killed in firefight near tense West Bank barrier zone

Gunmen open fire on troops in so-called seam zone north of Jenin, killing Maj. Bar Pelah, 30; both killed in subsequent firefight   An Israel… Read More ›

Biden Hopes Ending Cancer Can Be A ‘National Purpose’ For US

Biden Hopes Ending Cancer Can Be A ‘National Purpose’ For US

  BOSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday urged Americans to come together for a new “national purpose” — his administration’s effort to end… Read More ›

Queen Elizabeth II never came to Israel – comment

Queen Elizabeth II never came to Israel – comment

Queen Elizabeth visited much of the Middle East, but she never visited Israel.   In her 70 years on the throne, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth traveled… Read More ›

Israeli leaders across political spectrum salute Queen Elizabeth II

Israeli leaders across political spectrum salute Queen Elizabeth II

President Herzog says Her Majesty ‘lived history, made history, and with her passing she leaves a magnificent inspirational legacy; Lapid says Queen leaves behind an… Read More ›

REPORT: Maimonides Hospital Lost $145M Last Year, May be Close to Collapse

REPORT: Maimonides Hospital Lost $145M Last Year, May be Close to Collapse

BROOKLYN — Boro Park’s Maimonides Medical Center may need to be “saved” even sooner than expected. In addition to its allegedly subpar conditions and poor… Read More ›

There is no religious reason not to operate Tel Aviv Light Rail on Shabbat

There is no religious reason not to operate Tel Aviv Light Rail on Shabbat

Opinion: There is a way for Israel to operate light rail on day of rest that would be acceptable to everyone – stop making it… Read More ›

Trump brands Biden ‘enemy of the state,’ says FBI raid was an ‘abuse of power’

Trump brands Biden ‘enemy of the state,’ says FBI raid was an ‘abuse of power’

At Pennsylvania rally in his 1st public speech since search of his home, ex-US president blames administration for probe, says it’ll produce backlash like ‘nobody… Read More ›

With an agreement or without, Israel may be left alone to face nuclear Iran

With an agreement or without, Israel may be left alone to face nuclear Iran

Opinion: Jewish State can’t leave decision of a potential military action in Iran, in case it fails to comply with nuclear deal terms, in hands… Read More ›

Amazon To Shutter Virtual Health Care Service Amazon Care

Amazon To Shutter Virtual Health Care Service Amazon Care

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is shutting down the hybrid virtual, in-home care service it’s spent years developing, a surprising move that underscores the challenges… Read More ›

Justice Department releases unredacted Barr memo detailing decision not to charge Trump with obstructing Russia probe

Justice Department releases unredacted Barr memo detailing decision not to charge Trump with obstructing Russia probe

  Former Attorney General Bill Barr concluded that then-President Donald Trump couldn’t be charged with obstructing the Russia probe because there wasn’t an underlying conspiracy… Read More ›

US denies Iran claim it’s delaying talks, says deal closer than it was 2 weeks ago

US denies Iran claim it’s delaying talks, says deal closer than it was 2 weeks ago

State Department says Washington reviewing Iran’s comments on EU’s ‘final’ draft proposed, as top IRGC official warns Iran capable of striking Israel without nuclear weapons… Read More ›

Israel’s back-breaking yearly inflation rate soars to 5.2%

Israel’s back-breaking yearly inflation rate soars to 5.2%

Inflation rate keeps exceeding all forecasts as consumer price index in Israel rose by 1.1% in July, sending annual inflation rate over 5% in first… Read More ›

Israeli soldier killed in apparent friendly fire incident near West Bank city

Israeli soldier killed in apparent friendly fire incident near West Bank city

Incident was first reported as an attack by Palestinian gunmen, but IDF quickly clarifies shooting was likely by another soldier   An Israeli soldier was… Read More ›

2 dead after heavy rain flooded Las Vegas streets in the wettest monsoon season in a decade

2 dead after heavy rain flooded Las Vegas streets in the wettest monsoon season in a decade

  Two people are dead after heavy rain poured into Las Vegas casinos and flooded streets Thursday night in the wettest monsoon season in a… Read More ›

Iran nuclear deal is not unrelated to Israel’s campaign in Gaza

Iran nuclear deal is not unrelated to Israel’s campaign in Gaza

Opinion: Biden believes returning to 2015 agreement will allow U.S. to remove threat of Mideast blood bath that might be ignited by nuclear Iran, just… Read More ›

Jewish Agency readying for Russia closure, but hopeful door may yet stay open

Jewish Agency readying for Russia closure, but hopeful door may yet stay open

Quasi-governmental Israel-immigration group has begun making preparations for possibility Moscow will go through with its threats, though it aims to keep some activities going  … Read More ›

Lapid offers a new path to residents of Gaza: Livelihood, dignity and peace

Lapid offers a new path to residents of Gaza: Livelihood, dignity and peace

As fighting ends, PM says Abraham Accords can be an alternative model for Gaza: ‘There is another way’; Gantz says Israel will keep using preemptive… Read More ›

Trump wanted his advisors to be like ‘German generals in WWII,’ according to a new book

Trump wanted his advisors to be like ‘German generals in WWII,’ according to a new book

Trump’s exchange is recounted in the new book “The Divider,” by married journalist couple Susan Glasser and Peter Baker and in an excerpt from The… Read More ›

Security curbs along Gaza border to stay put as Egypt tries to calm tensions

Security curbs along Gaza border to stay put as Egypt tries to calm tensions

Israel also appeals to Qatar in an effort to convey messages to Islamic Jihad, which have threatened retaliation following the arrest of terror group’s West… Read More ›