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Blinken stops short of endorsing Trump recognition of Golan Heights

Blinken stops short of endorsing Trump recognition of Golan Heights

When asked whether he regards Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, Blinken replied “I do, yes. And, more importantly, we do.”   US Secretary of State Antony… Read More ›

Protests break out in Myanmar in defiance of military coup

Protests break out in Myanmar in defiance of military coup

An Australian adviser to Myanmar’s recently deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained on Saturday as pro-democracy protests broke out in the country’s… Read More ›

Washington State Eyes ‘Billionaire Tax’ On The Ultra Rich

Washington State Eyes ‘Billionaire Tax’ On The Ultra Rich

  OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state’s richest residents — including Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates — would pay a wealth tax on some financial… Read More ›

Coronavirus strain in UK picks up mutation that could impact vaccines, experts say

Coronavirus strain in UK picks up mutation that could impact vaccines, experts say

A mutation that could allow Covid-19 to escape antibody protection has now been found in samples of a rapidly spreading strain in the UK, according… Read More ›

For Israel’s sake, Haredi parties must be kept out power

For Israel’s sake, Haredi parties must be kept out power

Opinion: The recent violence is but the tip of the iceberg as the ultra-Orthodox community that is poor, uneducated and accustomed to handouts will lead… Read More ›

Germany’s Angela Merkel Participates In Historic Torah Scroll Writing Ceremony

Germany’s Angela Merkel Participates In Historic Torah Scroll Writing Ceremony

  BERLIN (JTA) — Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel observed the finishing of a refurbished Torah scroll in an event marking Holocaust Remembrance Day in Berlin… Read More ›

GOP threatens filibuster for Mayorkas nomination to be DHS secretary

GOP threatens filibuster for Mayorkas nomination to be DHS secretary

Senate Republicans plan to object to any efforts to quickly confirm Alejandro Mayorkas as secretary of Homeland Security, further delaying his confirmation as the department… Read More ›

Israel halts all commercial flights in bid to keep virus variants at bay

Israel halts all commercial flights in bid to keep virus variants at bay

The order, in effect until January 31, marks the first time since the start of the pandemic the Jewish state is barring entry to its… Read More ›

Democrats Ask Ethics Panel To Investigate Sens. Cruz, Hawley

Democrats Ask Ethics Panel To Investigate Sens. Cruz, Hawley

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven Democratic senators on Thursday asked the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate the actions of Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh… Read More ›

Biden inheriting nonexistent coronavirus vaccine distribution plan and must start ‘from scratch,’ sources say

Biden inheriting nonexistent coronavirus vaccine distribution plan and must start ‘from scratch,’ sources say

Newly sworn in President Joe Biden and his advisers are inheriting no coronavirus vaccine distribution plan to speak of from the Trump administration, sources tell… Read More ›

Trumps’ snub of Bidens historic in its magnitude

Trumps’ snub of Bidens historic in its magnitude

On the morning of January 20, Donald Trump and Melania Trump will depart the White House as President and first lady, but they will not… Read More ›

Wary of Biden attack on Iran, Israel revisits military options – report

Wary of Biden attack on Iran, Israel revisits military options – report

President-elect Joe Biden wants to rejoin the deal if Tehran – which denies seeking the bomb – returns to strict compliance.   Israel is revising… Read More ›

Trump says his behavior on day of attack on Capitol ‘was totally appropriate’

Trump says his behavior on day of attack on Capitol ‘was totally appropriate’

Boarding plane to border wall in Texas, president says there is ‘tremendous anger’ in US over impeachment, but urges ‘no violence,’ as House discusses punitive… Read More ›

Israel’s hospitals need life support of their own

Israel’s hospitals need life support of their own

Opinion: Will politicians ever understand importance of increasing expenditure on national healthcare system, not just by expanding drugs Israelis are entitled to, but by hiring… Read More ›

Schwarzenegger says Capitol raid like Kristallnacht; recalls father’s WWII guilt

Schwarzenegger says Capitol raid like Kristallnacht; recalls father’s WWII guilt

Austrian-born film star and ex-Republican California governor compares mob’s ideology to Nazi lies, says it ‘shattered the ideas we took for granted,’ calls Trump failed… Read More ›

Syria TV: Israel air strikes target Damascus area

Syria TV: Israel air strikes target Damascus area

Military defectors says missiles targeted Iranian Revolutionary Guard bases, Syrian army says projectiles flying over Golan stuck several sites, air defenses downed some missiles Israel… Read More ›

Ministers to convene Tuesday to discuss tighter virus lockdown

Ministers to convene Tuesday to discuss tighter virus lockdown

Netanyahu appears to be in favor of a stricter closure for at least 10 days, while Gantz opposes total shutdown of schools; ministers approve new… Read More ›

Hospital heads: 3rd COVID wave shaping up to be worst yet; Edelstein: Like Italy

Hospital heads: 3rd COVID wave shaping up to be worst yet; Edelstein: Like Italy

Top doctors say rise in coronavirus patients steeper than ever; health officials said to warn of 10,000 cases a day if lockdown not tightened  … Read More ›

Eight losses, victories in Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 2020

Eight losses, victories in Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 2020

The largest victories were more about what did not happen, then what did.   While COVID-19 grabbed the headlines, Israelis and Palestinians in 2020 battled… Read More ›

Coronavirus czar: Israel may face vaccine shortage if local authorities set own rules

Coronavirus czar: Israel may face vaccine shortage if local authorities set own rules

Prof. Nachman Ash says country may need to slow pace of vaccinations if additional doses do not arrive in expedited manner, warns further restrictions may… Read More ›