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Few Republican Jewish Coalition leaders open wallets for Trump

Few Republican Jewish Coalition leaders open wallets for Trump

Just 9 out of group’s 55 members on board of directors have donated to nominee’s campaign   NEW YORK (JTA) — The Republican Jewish Coalition… Read More ›

Hundreds of US economists warn against voting Trump

Hundreds of US economists warn against voting Trump

In letter, 370 economists among them 8 Nobel Prize winners say GOP nominee misleads public about jobs and growth, and promotes ‘magical thinking and conspiracy… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel High Court: Haredi Parties Must Explain Why Women Are Banned From Party Lists

Jerusalem – Israel High Court: Haredi Parties Must Explain Why Women Are Banned From Party Lists

  Jerusalem – The High Court of Justice has ordered haredi political parties United Torah Judaism and Shas, along with the Party Registrar, to explain… Read More ›

Washington – Top Senate Dem Says Comey May Have Broken Law

Washington – Top Senate Dem Says Comey May Have Broken Law

  Washington – The top Senate Democrat said Sunday that FBI Director James Comey may have broken the law when he disclosed 11 days before… Read More ›

Experts uncover hidden layers of Jesus’ tomb site

Experts uncover hidden layers of Jesus’ tomb site

Radar tests determined that cave walls are standing behind the marble panels of the chamber where Jesus’ body was laid before his resurrection; ‘What was… Read More ›

Abbas holds rare meeting with Hamas heads in Qatar

Abbas holds rare meeting with Hamas heads in Qatar

The Hamas leadership and Mahmoud Abbas held a business luncheon at the behest of the Qatari Foreign Minister in Doha on Thursday; the two sides… Read More ›

Mosul as an allegory of Gaza

Mosul as an allegory of Gaza

Analysis: The fighting taking place in the Iraqi city is a practical model for the IDF, which has yet to deal with the occupation of… Read More ›

J Street prepares for shift in approach under Clinton

J Street prepares for shift in approach under Clinton

Jeremy Ben-Ami: The hand-off of the baton is going to be very smooth.   WASHINGTON – A lobby that seeks to pressure Israel over its… Read More ›

Netanyahu’s coalition in jeopardy as Knesset winter session begins next week

Netanyahu’s coalition in jeopardy as Knesset winter session begins next week

Parties spar over public broadcasting, Amona outpost.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition will face its first tests of the Knesset’s winter session next… Read More ›

Old City voices split over UNESCO resolution

Old City voices split over UNESCO resolution

Outside a church in the Armenian Quarter, an Armenian historian in his 60s said he would not comment on the issue for fear of being… Read More ›

Norway welcomes US Marines amid Russian tensions

Norway welcomes US Marines amid Russian tensions

  Washington -mUS Marines are coming to Norway — a move that could send a chill down Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spine. The move, which… Read More ›

Clinton leads by 5 heading in to final two weeks

Clinton leads by 5 heading in to final two weeks

Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 5 points as the presidential campaign heads into its final two weeks, with the Democratic nominee’s support just shy… Read More ›

Militant attack on Pakistan police academy kills 44

Militant attack on Pakistan police academy kills 44

Islamabad, Pakistan – At least 44 people were killed and 118 injured when militants attacked a police training academy in Quetta, Pakistan, late Monday, the… Read More ›

Family of soldier whose body is held by Hamas says Liberman’s ‘grown soft’

Family of soldier whose body is held by Hamas says Liberman’s ‘grown soft’

Hadar Goldin’s family criticizes defense minister for failure to mention their son or Oron Shaul in interview with Palestinian paper   The family of IDF… Read More ›

Coalition unlikely to back chairman’s bill seeking to bar Israelis from speaking at UN

Coalition unlikely to back chairman’s bill seeking to bar Israelis from speaking at UN

Government source says David Bitan knows he won’t have the needed support to restrict the freedom of speech of Israeli citizens   That likelihood that… Read More ›

Dwindling at home, Central Asia’s Bukharian Jews thrive in Diaspora

Dwindling at home, Central Asia’s Bukharian Jews thrive in Diaspora

Tight-knit communities, strong identity and lack of intermarriage keep the culture alive and prospering in the US, Europe and Israel   TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (JTA) —… Read More ›

Israeli embassy says antisemitic German teacher incites hate

Israeli embassy says antisemitic German teacher incites hate

BDS Berlin activists urged customers in front of the Berlin department store, Galeria Kaufhof, to boycott Israeli products.   Israel’s embassy in the German capital… Read More ›

The colonel’s tunnel war

The colonel’s tunnel war

IDF Col. Tomer Ifrach has a long personal history with Hamas’ attack tunnels: During Operation Protective Edge he led a patrol group which was attacked… Read More ›

Russia denies Polish claim Egypt sold it warships for $1

Russia denies Polish claim Egypt sold it warships for $1

After Paris refused to sell Russia warships due to the latter’s occupation of the Crimean peninsula, the French decided to sell the Mistral class ships… Read More ›

Senior Egyptian general shot dead outside home

Senior Egyptian general shot dead outside home

An Egyptian Brigadier General in the armored division was killed by Islamic militants outside his home outside of Cairo Saturday morning; he is the highest… Read More ›