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Israel suspends talks with EU amid settlement tagging scrap

Israel suspends talks with EU amid settlement tagging scrap

European envoy formally rebuked; deputy FM says there will be no dialogue with Europeans about Israeli-Palestinian conflict   Israel on Wednesday suspended dialogue with the… Read More ›

Teenager arrested for attack on Rabbis for Human Rights head

Teenager arrested for attack on Rabbis for Human Rights head

Itamar youth confessed to attack on Rabbi Arik Ascherman last month, was charged with aggravated assault.   Officers from the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and… Read More ›

West Bank stabber turns himself in to Palestinian security

West Bank stabber turns himself in to Palestinian security

Israel demands attacker be handed over; 48-year-old Israeli seriously hurt in Sunday attack   A Palestinian who stabbed an Israeli on Sunday near the West… Read More ›

Goldman Sachs is ditching its BRIC fund

Goldman Sachs is ditching its BRIC fund

  Fourteen years after coining a term that came to define emerging-market investing, Goldman Sachs has ditched the BRICs. The firm is merging its BRIC… Read More ›

China’s trade data was a lot of gloom

China’s trade data was a lot of gloom

On Sunday, China released its October trade figures with exports, imports, and the size of the overall trade surplus coming in lower than expected. From… Read More ›

NOW COMES FEDSPEAK: Here’s a preview of this week’s big market-moving events

NOW COMES FEDSPEAK: Here’s a preview of this week’s big market-moving events

  The US economy had a blockbuster October. US companies added a whopping 271,000 jobs during the month, crushing expectations for an increase of 185,000.… Read More ›

Meridian, MS – Mississippi Parking Lot Cave-in Swallows 12 Vehicles

Meridian, MS – Mississippi Parking Lot Cave-in Swallows 12 Vehicles

  Meridian, MS – Twelve vehicles were swallowed when a 400-foot-long section of an outdoor parking lot caved in outside a Mississippi pancake house that… Read More ›

Hyattsville, MD – Authorities: 4 Killed, Others Hurt In Fiery Maryland Crash

Hyattsville, MD – Authorities: 4 Killed, Others Hurt In Fiery Maryland Crash

  Hyattsville, MD – Four people including a child have died and 12 others have been injured after a van caught fire in a crash… Read More ›

Dallas, TX – License Plates On Limo JFK In When Killed Sell For $100K

Dallas, TX – License Plates On Limo JFK In When Killed Sell For $100K

  Dallas, TX – The license plates that were on the limousine carrying President John F. Kennedy when he was assassinated in Dallas have sold… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Yitzhak Navon, Israel’s Fifth President, Dies At The Age Of 94

Jerusalem – Yitzhak Navon, Israel’s Fifth President, Dies At The Age Of 94

  Jerusalem – Yitzhak Navon, who served as Israel’s fifth president, has died. He was 94. His family said he died Saturday. Navon was a… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Israel Worried Egypt’s Sisi Might Fall To Jihadist Insurgents

Tel Aviv – Israel Worried Egypt’s Sisi Might Fall To Jihadist Insurgents

  Tel Aviv – Israeli officials are reportedly growing concerned over the long-term viability of the current Egyptian regime in light of gains made by… Read More ›

New York – Protesters Gather In NYC To Protest Trump’s ‘SNL’ Appearance

New York – Protesters Gather In NYC To Protest Trump’s ‘SNL’ Appearance

  New York –  Demonstrators are marching through the streets of New York City to protest Donald Trump’s views on immigration hours before he hosts… Read More ›

Group: ISIS releases 37 elderly Assyrian Christians

Group: ISIS releases 37 elderly Assyrian Christians

  Nine months after their capture by ISIS, dozens of Assyrian Christians can finally head home. The Islamist extremist group released 37 elderly Assyrians Saturday… Read More ›

Magnitude-6.8 earthquake rocks Chile

Magnitude-6.8 earthquake rocks Chile

  A magnitude-6.8 earthquake rocked the central coast of Chile on Saturday, two months after a temblor struck the same area. The most recent quake… Read More ›

Netanyahu heads to US to push for $50b. military aid package

Netanyahu heads to US to push for $50b. military aid package

White House officials have previously said they are prepared to increase foreign military financing and defense aid to Israel, but have not specified to what… Read More ›

Reform Jews pass landmark resolution on transgender rights

Reform Jews pass landmark resolution on transgender rights

Unanimous decisionm hailed as ‘most far-reaching resolution on transgender rights of any major religious organization’   ORLANDO, Florida — The Reform movement, the largest in… Read More ›

Haifa woman indicted, allegedly trained to build bombs in Gaza

Haifa woman indicted, allegedly trained to build bombs in Gaza

The mother of seven, who is married to a Gazan, crossed into Israel to visit family but allegedly used her time to spy on strategic… Read More ›

El Al flight cuts movie mid-screening

El Al flight cuts movie mid-screening

Flight crew stops in-flight film after passengers complain because ”most of the passengers are ultra-Orthodox.’ A movie recently screened on recent El Al flight 614… Read More ›

US finds new media chief comments ‘offensive’

US finds new media chief comments ‘offensive’

Dr. Ran Baratz apologizes following revelation of social media posts expressing open disdain for US officials and President Rivlin, which were criticized by ministers. US… Read More ›

Netanyahu freezes appointment of new media czar who accused Obama of anti-Semitism

Netanyahu freezes appointment of new media czar who accused Obama of anti-Semitism

Ran Baratz apologizes to Netanyahu for not telling him about the Facebook posts prior to his appointment; PM distances himself from comments by new adviser… Read More ›