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Coalition chairman: No unity gov’t because Herzog can’t deliver

Coalition chairman: No unity gov’t because Herzog can’t deliver

Labor MK Rosenthal: It would be bad for the party and bad for the country.   A national unity government cannot be brokered with the Zionist… Read More ›

All-night prayers for forgiveness keeping up the locals

All-night prayers for forgiveness keeping up the locals

Selichot tours through the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem’s Old City before the High Holy Days are interfering with the residents’ sleep. All-night prayers for forgiveness,… Read More ›

Muscovite synagogue security guard seriously wounded by attacker

Muscovite synagogue security guard seriously wounded by attacker

A man with a container of gasoline and a gun reportedly came to the Moscow Choral Synagogue and asked to meet with the chief rabbi;… Read More ›

Still no peace between Peres and Rabin

Still no peace between Peres and Rabin

On one side, a decorated IDF chief of staff; on the other, an experienced politician; from day one to that fateful moment when three shots… Read More ›

Report: Trump may have avoided paying income tax for 18 years

Report: Trump may have avoided paying income tax for 18 years

The New York Times says Trump received large tax benefits from financial deals that went bad in the early 1990s.   WASHINGTON – Republican presidential… Read More ›

Comment: The funeral of Shimon Peres as a snapshot of Jewish history

Comment: The funeral of Shimon Peres as a snapshot of Jewish history

Before moving to Israel, Peres’s grandfather Rabbi Zvi Meltzer hugged him and said, “My child, be a Jew.”   In August 1942, Shimon Peres’s grandfather… Read More ›

The father and friend that was Shimon Peres

The father and friend that was Shimon Peres

“To me he was a young man who used his creative skills to get us to eat. Who cut sandwiches into triangles and diamonds,” recalls… Read More ›

Why is China buying up the global supply of donkeys?

Why is China buying up the global supply of donkeys?

  Gelatin produced from donkey hide is a key ingredient of one of China’s favorite traditional remedies, known as ejiao, which is used to treat… Read More ›

Video released shows officers shooting 6-year-old

Video released shows officers shooting 6-year-old

A Louisiana judge released body cam video Wednesday showing officers firing multiple rounds into a car, unknowingly striking and killing a 6-year-old boy. The incident,… Read More ›

Regime forces amass around Aleppo as diplomacy falters

Regime forces amass around Aleppo as diplomacy falters

Washington – As an estimated 10,000 Syrian-led ground troops amass east of Aleppo, the US is considering a tougher response to Russia over its support… Read More ›

Clinton on Peres: ‘When he spoke, it could be like listening to a psalm’

Clinton on Peres: ‘When he spoke, it could be like listening to a psalm’

On a Rosh Hashanah call with American Jewish leaders, Democratic candidate says she ‘made it clear’ to Netanyahu she’ll defend Israel   WASHINGTON — Democratic… Read More ›

Mahmoud Abbas to attend Peres funeral, ‘send message of peace’

Mahmoud Abbas to attend Peres funeral, ‘send message of peace’

Netanyahu said to okay visit after Palestinian leader contacts authorities to coordinate attendance with PA delegation; other Arab heads expected to skip service   Palestinian… Read More ›

Israel, world leaders set to bury founding father Shimon Peres

Israel, world leaders set to bury founding father Shimon Peres

Large parts of Jerusalem shuttered amid ‘unprecedented’ security measures as dignitaries from 70 nations gather to pay their respects   Shimon Peres, Israel’s ninth president… Read More ›

Clinton to Netanyahu: I’ll oppose any outside solution to conflict

Clinton to Netanyahu: I’ll oppose any outside solution to conflict

At NY meeting with Israel’s PM, Democratic nominee vows to fight one-sided UN motions and BDS, seek further strengthening of defense ties Democratic presidential nominee… Read More ›

Trump to Netanyahu: If I’m president, I’ll recognize undivided Jerusalem

Trump to Netanyahu: If I’m president, I’ll recognize undivided Jerusalem

Prime minister meets Republican candidate at his Manhattan office, will sit down with Hillary Clinton later Sunday Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Prime Minister… Read More ›

Analysis: Meeting with candidates, Netanyahu leaves another enigma in his wake

Analysis: Meeting with candidates, Netanyahu leaves another enigma in his wake

It’s not clear why the PM was so keen to have sit-downs with Trump and Clinton, and whether it will help the GOP candidate, as… Read More ›

Syrian forces shatter ceasefire, destroy Aleppo’s water station

Syrian forces shatter ceasefire, destroy Aleppo’s water station

Intense and ongoing airstrikes targeting rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Thursday killed 20 people and destroyed the Syrian city’s main water pumping station, an activist with… Read More ›

Tulsa police officer charged with manslaughter

Tulsa police officer charged with manslaughter

Tulsa, Oklahoma, police officer Betty Shelby has been charged with felony manslaughter in the first degree, Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler told reporters Thursday.… Read More ›

New York bomber vowed further attacks, lauded Bin Laden

New York bomber vowed further attacks, lauded Bin Laden

Federal charges include allegations Ahmad Khan Rahami, hospitalized after shoot-out with police, hoped to die in a terror rampage   NEW YORK (AP) — Ahmad… Read More ›

NY bombing suspect’s Orthodox neighbors seem resigned to backyard terror

NY bombing suspect’s Orthodox neighbors seem resigned to backyard terror

Another attack is not far off, say Jews of Elizabeth, New Jersey, with some comparing spate of attacks to situation in Israel   ELIZABETH, New… Read More ›