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Netanyahu’s failed gamble on the world stage

Netanyahu’s failed gamble on the world stage

Opinion: The PM has made political capital of his friendships with world leaders, primarily Trump and Putin; but the American president is increasingly isolationist and… Read More ›

Pompeo to meet Netanyahu in bid to reassure Israel on Syria pullout

Pompeo to meet Netanyahu in bid to reassure Israel on Syria pullout

US Secretary of State will arrive in Israel on Friday after talks in Ankara aimed at achieving ceasefire in Turkish invasion of northern Syria; discussions… Read More ›

Report: Rivlin Unlikely To Extend Netanyahu’s Mandate To Form Coalition

Report: Rivlin Unlikely To Extend Netanyahu’s Mandate To Form Coalition

  JERUSALEM (JNS) — Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin is not expected to grant Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an extension to form a majority government and… Read More ›

Florida Jury Finds Hit-Man Guilty In Murder Of Jewish Law Professor

Florida Jury Finds Hit-Man Guilty In Murder Of Jewish Law Professor

  TALLAHASSEE (JTA) — A Tallahassee, Florida jury has found a man guilty in the murder of Dan Markel, a Jewish law professor shot outside… Read More ›

Analysis: The war against ISIS was all a waste

Analysis: The war against ISIS was all a waste

  Earlier this year I spent almost two months in northeast Syria covering what we thought was the final battle against ISIS. The so-called caliphate… Read More ›

Despite doomsday predictions, US Jewish community grew 10% in last seven years

Despite doomsday predictions, US Jewish community grew 10% in last seven years

New survey shows America’s estimated 7.5 million Jews are older, whiter and more liberal than country as a whole, and US has larger Jewish population… Read More ›

Israel shuts down for Yom Kippur

Israel shuts down for Yom Kippur

Airports, public transport cease operations, radio and television broadcasts go quiet and roads empty ahead of 25- hour Day of Atonement; IDF imposes closure on… Read More ›

Sleeping Hasidic Man Has ‘Palestine’ Sticker Placed Over His Mouth On Metro

Sleeping Hasidic Man Has ‘Palestine’ Sticker Placed Over His Mouth On Metro

UNITED KINGDOM (VosIzNeias) — Nottingham Trent University has been made aware of an apparent hate crime and have since suspended the student from it’s campus.… Read More ›

Emily Weiss: This Is About Beauty

Emily Weiss: This Is About Beauty

#41: Emily Weiss   Since a young age, Emily Weiss has expressed a love for fashion and cosmetics. She was focused on becoming a beauty… Read More ›

It’s crunch time for Netanyahu and Gantz

It’s crunch time for Netanyahu and Gantz

Opinion: Israeli politics are deadlocked and it’s the people who are suffering; both the Likud leader and his Blue and White counterpart need to make… Read More ›

Gantz to Netanyahu: Let’s Aim for a Real Unity Government Without Spin

Gantz to Netanyahu: Let’s Aim for a Real Unity Government Without Spin

Gantz called out to Netanyahu and asked him to come to the negotiation table without the bloc or any other tricks, citing the good of… Read More ›

Rivlin to begin consultations on tasking next prime minister

Rivlin to begin consultations on tasking next prime minister

President has vowed to do what he can to prevent third election in a row, but neither Gantz nor Netanyahu have a clear path to… Read More ›

Netanyahu and right wing fall short of majority for coalition

Netanyahu and right wing fall short of majority for coalition

Attention will now focus on President, Reuven Rivlin, who will choose the candidate he believes has the best chance of forming a stable coalition, but… Read More ›

Gantz, in morning-after comments, wishes Israel a ‘good unity government’

Gantz, in morning-after comments, wishes Israel a ‘good unity government’

Blue and White chairman says he hopes politics will ‘calm down a little bit’ after vote, as preliminary results show his party deadlocked with Netanyahu’s… Read More ›

Netanyahu: After Jordan Valley and settlements, I’ll annex other ‘vital areas’

Netanyahu: After Jordan Valley and settlements, I’ll annex other ‘vital areas’

Prime minister says all moves to be done in coordination with President Trump and argues, in election pitch, that he is only one capable of… Read More ›

Whole Foods is cutting medical benefits for hundreds of part-time workers

Whole Foods is cutting medical benefits for hundreds of part-time workers

  Whole Foods is cutting medical benefits for hundreds of part-time workers. The Amazon-owned company told Business Insider it was cutting benefits “to better meet the needs… Read More ›

Is Netanyahu’s Annexation Talk Payback for Trump’s New Iran Policy?

Is Netanyahu’s Annexation Talk Payback for Trump’s New Iran Policy?

Bolton’s departure, coming on the heels of Trump’s comments about meeting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, is one more ominous sign for Netanyahu.   Would it… Read More ›

Elul: Reflections And Elections

Elul: Reflections And Elections

  The Boiling Cauldron Just as Jews prepare for the coming judgment on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Israel’s politicians are preparing for their own… Read More ›

IAF Attacks Hamas Targets in Gaza in Response to Drone Attack

IAF Attacks Hamas Targets in Gaza in Response to Drone Attack

The IDF confirmed that the strikes, which lasted close to an hour, hit naval combat equipment belonging to the terror group and two military compounds.… Read More ›

South Florida County May Repeal ‘Kosher Tax’ After Complaints By Businesses

South Florida County May Repeal ‘Kosher Tax’ After Complaints By Businesses

  The heavily Jewish Broward County has been collecting permit fees for nearly 40 years, but on Sept. 10, commissioners will vote on whether or… Read More ›