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Trump looks to crush Cruz as Indiana votes Tuesday

Trump looks to crush Cruz as Indiana votes Tuesday

‘If we win Indiana, it’s over,’ says Republican front-runner; ‘I am in for the distance,’ says Texas senator   WASHINGTON (AFP) — An increasingly confident… Read More ›

Mummy portraits stolen by Nazis returned to Jewish family

Mummy portraits stolen by Nazis returned to Jewish family

Rare Roman-era paintings confiscated by Germany, acquired by author of ‘All Quiet on the Western Front,’ sold to University of Zurich, given back to heirs… Read More ›

Obama has wish about bin Laden’s last moments

Obama has wish about bin Laden’s last moments

President talks to CNN on fifth anniversary of al-Qaeda chief’s killing by US special forces at his Pakistan compound   Five years after US special… Read More ›

UK Labour chief Corbyn rejects call to denounce Hamas, Hezbollah

UK Labour chief Corbyn rejects call to denounce Hamas, Hezbollah

As senior party members said to mull resignation over handling of anti-Semitism row, leader says he will continue to engage Palestinian groups, declares Labour ‘absolutely… Read More ›

Israeli Embassy attack in Rome foiled by Italian authorities

Israeli Embassy attack in Rome foiled by Italian authorities

Italian authorites have thwarted an ISIS attack in Italy. Amongst the targets were the Israeli Embassy in Rome and the Vatican. Two members of the… Read More ›

Israeli goes missing in Hungary

Israeli goes missing in Hungary

Ofir Gross has gone missing in Hungary, and the last contact had with him was a week ago. His last known whereabouts were in Debrecen.… Read More ›

Decrease in attacks – how did it happen? IDF Samaria Division Commanders speak

Decrease in attacks – how did it happen? IDF Samaria Division Commanders speak

The number of terrorist attacks in Israel has marketdly decreased. A combination of preassure, incentives, and good management has led to this increase in security.… Read More ›

From petrol to pesco: ISIS turns to ‘non-traditional’ terror funding

From petrol to pesco: ISIS turns to ‘non-traditional’ terror funding

The US-led coalition has targeted Islamic State’s financial infrastructure, using air strikes to reduce its ability to extract, refine and transport oil.   Islamic State… Read More ›

Hamas: ‘There will be an explosion’ unless Israel lifts Gaza blockade

Hamas: ‘There will be an explosion’ unless Israel lifts Gaza blockade

Palestinian terrorist movement makes threat at an event in Gaza that presented a model of the Israeli bus that exploded in a Hamas bombing in… Read More ›

How much money is the life of the world’s richest Jew worth?

How much money is the life of the world’s richest Jew worth?

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is so valuable, in fact, that his company has spent over $12 million since 2013 to protect him.   Mark Zuckerberg,… Read More ›

UK Jewish backers of Muslim NUS head slam ‘Islamophobic witch hunt’

UK Jewish backers of Muslim NUS head slam ‘Islamophobic witch hunt’

‘We are…horrified at the Islamophobic campaign being waged against her, amidst opportunistic and false charges of anti-Semitism,’ the Jewish students wrote to the ‘Jewish Chronicle’.… Read More ›

Trump routs rivals in Northeast; Clinton carries four states

Trump routs rivals in Northeast; Clinton carries four states

Frontrunner Donald Trump easily defeats rivals John Kasich and Ted Cruz in all five states that held contests; Hillary Clinton now has 90% of the… Read More ›

Abbas faces heat for wavering on UN resolution

Abbas faces heat for wavering on UN resolution

Abbas is facing pressure over potential withdrawl of Palestinian UN resolution to officially condemn all Israeli construction over the Green Line. A set of Palestinian… Read More ›

Analysis: The limits of the Iran-Russia alliance

Analysis: The limits of the Iran-Russia alliance

Moscow has little incentive to join the mostly Shi’ite “Axis of Resistance” as this could ruin its ties with other regional powers such as Israel,… Read More ›

US senator in Syria: ‘Legitimate Assad government is fighting terrorist’ opposition

US senator in Syria: ‘Legitimate Assad government is fighting terrorist’ opposition

Republican Senator Richard Black arrived in Syria for a visit of solidarity with “the legitimate government of Assad who is fighting against terror groups.”  … Read More ›

Khamenei: US foments ‘Iranophobia’ to scare countries from trading with Tehran

Khamenei: US foments ‘Iranophobia’ to scare countries from trading with Tehran

The United States has only lifted Iranian sanctions on paper, Iran’s supreme leader charges.   The United States lifted Iranian sanctions on paper and in practice… Read More ›

Female and male terrorists attempt to stab Border Policemen

Female and male terrorists attempt to stab Border Policemen

The attack took place at Qalandiya checkpost north of Jerusalem; female assailant took out a knife from her bag and threw it at a policeman;… Read More ›

Kneeling Hitler sculpture could fetch over $10m at auction

Kneeling Hitler sculpture could fetch over $10m at auction

A controversial sculpture of a kneeling Hitler by the edgy Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan is among the highlights of a special sale at Christie’s auction… Read More ›

Suicide in Israel on decline

Suicide in Israel on decline

The Ministry of Health’s annual report on suicide and attempted suicide in Israel reveals an overall reduction in the phenomenon; immigrants and men more likely… Read More ›

Did the Exodus really happen?

Did the Exodus really happen?

Archeological researchers find no evidence that the biblical Exodus as recounted in the Passover story happened, but rather the Egyptians ruled Israel during that period… Read More ›