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Pentagon takes computer system offline

Pentagon takes computer system offline

Washington – The unclassified email network used by Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and hundreds of military and civilian personnel was… Read More ›

Fresh clashes erupt at Beit El; state appeals demolition order

Fresh clashes erupt at Beit El; state appeals demolition order

Settlers hurl stones at police; education minister hails protesters’ efforts to prevent removal of illegal Beit El structures   Clashes between settlers and security forces… Read More ›

Netanyahu said to bitterly attack Kerry for placing Israel ‘on the menu’ of Iran deal

Netanyahu said to bitterly attack Kerry for placing Israel ‘on the menu’ of Iran deal

Responding to secretary’s decision to skip Israel on Mideast trip next week, PM reportedly snipes ‘he has no reason to come here’   Depicting Israel… Read More ›

Key committee okays bill allowing ministers to resign from Knesset

Key committee okays bill allowing ministers to resign from Knesset

So-called ‘Norwegian Law’ will enable Shuli Moalem-Refaeli, no. 9 on Jewish Home’s slate, to enter parliament   The so-called “Norwegian Law” allowing one minister from… Read More ›

UK student organization censures president over Coca-Cola ties with Israel

UK student organization censures president over Coca-Cola ties with Israel

Megan Dunn and her vice president, Richard Brooks, decided to ignore the NUS boycott of Coca-Cola by accepting its financial backing for an NUS awards… Read More ›

Iran urges respect for sovereignty after Turkey hits IS in Syria

Iran urges respect for sovereignty after Turkey hits IS in Syria

Tehran says fighting terrorism ought be ‘done with respect to international rules’ after Ankara doesn’t coordinate airstrikes with Assad   Iran, an ally of President… Read More ›

Obama lectures Kenyan president on gay rights

Obama lectures Kenyan president on gay rights

President Barack Obama on Saturday lectured Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta about his country’s gay rights record. “When you start treating people differently not because of… Read More ›

Obama cracks ‘birther’ joke in Kenya

Obama cracks ‘birther’ joke in Kenya

  Nairobi, Kenya (CNN)President Barack Obama in Kenya on Saturday cracked a joke about the most famous conspiracy theory that has dogged him since he… Read More ›

Lafayette theater shooter switched license plates, had wigs waiting in hotel

Lafayette theater shooter switched license plates, had wigs waiting in hotel

Before John Houser shot 11 people at a Louisiana movie theater, he switched his car’s license plate and kept wigs in his hotel room with… Read More ›

Israel lands in World Cup qualifier with Italy, Spain

Israel lands in World Cup qualifier with Italy, Spain

National team faces long odds to make cut for 2018 tournament in Russia after being chosen for same group as European titans   Israel’s national… Read More ›

Video: Former pilot explores the other Jerusalem

Video: Former pilot explores the other Jerusalem

Eliezer Yaari pens a book on the other side of the ‘invisible’ divide, probing Israel’s bi-national dilemma Eliezer Yaari, a native of Jerusalem, lives along… Read More ›

Conditions on Pluto: Incredibly hazy with flowing ice

Conditions on Pluto: Incredibly hazy with flowing ice

New images from New Horizons spacecraft show evidence of massive nitrogen iceflows millions of years old on dwarf planet   CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) —… Read More ›

Borough Park – Brooklyn Jewish Org. Honors NY Board Of Regents Chancellor Tisch As Dedicated Advocate For Special Needs Children

Borough Park – Brooklyn Jewish Org. Honors NY Board Of Regents Chancellor Tisch As Dedicated Advocate For Special Needs Children

  Brooklyn, NY – Tapping into her own Jewish roots, an emotional Dr. Meryl Tisch, Chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents, spoke… Read More ›

Pakistan court to hear appeal by woman sentenced to death for blasphemy

Pakistan court to hear appeal by woman sentenced to death for blasphemy

  Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to hear an appeal by a Christian woman who has been sentenced to death for blasphemy. A… Read More ›

UK soccer fans banned over racist abuse in Paris

UK soccer fans banned over racist abuse in Paris

  Four UK soccer fans who were filmed as theyphysically stopped a black man from boarding a Paris Métro train in a nasty incident of… Read More ›

Investigation finished in police shooting in Cincinnati traffic stop

Investigation finished in police shooting in Cincinnati traffic stop

The Cincinnati Police Department said Wednesday it has finished investigating the fatal shooting of an apparently unarmed black man by a University of Cincinnati police… Read More ›

Israeli police stamp out teenager’s illegal lemonade stand

Israeli police stamp out teenager’s illegal lemonade stand

A 15 year old trying to make money for his summer break is fined and harrassed by police for selling lemonade in the town of… Read More ›

Romania bans holocaust denial, facist symbols

Romania bans holocaust denial, facist symbols

President signs bill into law that could effect several organizations and symbols with a punishment of up to three years in jail. Romania’s president has… Read More ›

Strike averted as deal reached to employ 10,000 contract workers directly

Strike averted as deal reached to employ 10,000 contract workers directly

Histadrut chief Nissankorn says the agreement is “nothing short of a social revolution.”   A general strike planned for Wednesday was called off Monday, as Finance… Read More ›

Mariah Carey to give Israel performance on August 18

Mariah Carey to give Israel performance on August 18

Superstar pop singer – she of the five-octave range – to belt it out in Rishon LeZion, she announces weeks after a quick, private visit… Read More ›