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As 80 foreign leaders arrive and roads close, Jerusalem gears up for Shimon Peres funeral

As 80 foreign leaders arrive and roads close, Jerusalem gears up for Shimon Peres funeral

Public to pay last respects to former president as his body will lie in state at the Knesset all of Thursday, ahead of official ceremony… Read More ›

Comment: For Israel At Hofstra It Was Passover

Comment: For Israel At Hofstra It Was Passover

Trump vowed to immediately recognize undivided Jerusalem as Israel’s “undivided” capital if he’s elected. There was only passive reference to Israel in the 90-minute presidential… Read More ›

The 10 most important things in the world right now

The 10 most important things in the world right now

Hello! Here’s what you need to know on Tuesday. 1. Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton faced off on Monday in the first of… Read More ›

US Jews ‘more pro-choice than pro-Israel,’ new study says

US Jews ‘more pro-choice than pro-Israel,’ new study says

Ruderman Family Foundation report finds most American Jews solidly support Jewish state, but are more invested in their liberal identity WASHINGTON — A new report… Read More ›

Nearly 1.5 million without power in Puerto Rico

Nearly 1.5 million without power in Puerto Rico

  Puerto Rico has gone dark. A power outage on the island has left nearly 1.5 million people without power, according to a statement from… Read More ›

Japan: North Korea nuclear threat has reached a ‘different dimension’

Japan: North Korea nuclear threat has reached a ‘different dimension’

North Korea’s nuclear ambitions are one of the biggest threats to international peace and security, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned Wednesday. Speaking at the… Read More ›

Showdown at the top of Philippines politics: What you need to know

Showdown at the top of Philippines politics: What you need to know

The Philippines has been gripped by a political bout between the President, his biggest rival, with a special appearance by former world champion Manny Pacquiao.… Read More ›

Analsysis: With no designated deputy, Netanyahu keeps spotlight to himself

Analsysis: With no designated deputy, Netanyahu keeps spotlight to himself

In the US for 5 days and without a permanent stand-in, the PM has appointed Yuval Steinitz as the latest Likud lackey to wield no… Read More ›

Analysis: Six takeaways from another smiling display of mutual Obama-Netanyahu frustration

Analysis: Six takeaways from another smiling display of mutual Obama-Netanyahu frustration

Netanyahu hails ‘Barack,’ as Obama hails Shimon Peres; Netanyahu focuses on ‘unremitting fanaticism,’ while Obama worries about settlements   There were smiles and handshakes and… Read More ›

Analysis : Why Netanyahu remains unfazed by Obama’s settlement critique

Analysis : Why Netanyahu remains unfazed by Obama’s settlement critique

PM believes that in the conflict, as in the Mideast as a whole, circumstances are inclined to change. And time, he is convinced, is on… Read More ›

New York – Trump In Private Meeting With Egyptian President Offers Praise For ‘Peace-loving Muslims’

New York – Trump In Private Meeting With Egyptian President Offers Praise For ‘Peace-loving Muslims’

  New York – Donald Trump’s campaign is saying the Republican nominee told Egypt’s president that he has “high regard for peace-loving Muslims.” Trump met… Read More ›

St. Cloud, MN – Family Of Slain Minnesota Attacker ‘Devastated’ By His Actions

St. Cloud, MN – Family Of Slain Minnesota Attacker ‘Devastated’ By His Actions

  St. Cloud, MN – The family of a Minnesota man who wounded 10 people in a knife attack at a mall before being killed… Read More ›

New York – Bitcoin Is Money, U.S. Judge Says In Case Tied To JPMorgan Hack

New York – Bitcoin Is Money, U.S. Judge Says In Case Tied To JPMorgan Hack

  New York – Bitcoin qualifies as money, a federal judge ruled on Monday, in a decision linked to a criminal case over hacking attacks… Read More ›

Polar bears trap scientists in remote Arctic

Polar bears trap scientists in remote Arctic

  Surrounded in the Arctic tundra. By polar bears. That’s life for five Russian meteorologists on tiny Troynoy island in Russia, according to state media.… Read More ›

China set to launch Tiangong-2 space lab

China set to launch Tiangong-2 space lab

Hong Kong – China is set to launch a second space lab into orbit Thursday, a crucial step in Beijing’s ambition to have a permanent… Read More ›

Pastor interrupts Trump to stop him from attacking Clinton in church

Pastor interrupts Trump to stop him from attacking Clinton in church

  Flint, Michigan – The pastor who hosted Donald Trump at her church in Flint, Michigan, interrupted the Republican presidential nominee during his speech Wednesday… Read More ›

In leaked emails, Powell calls Trump a ‘national disgrace’

In leaked emails, Powell calls Trump a ‘national disgrace’

Retired general and ex-secretary of state also takes on Clinton, saying: “everything [she] touches she kind of screws up with hubris’   WASHINGTON (AP) —… Read More ›

Israel, PA to move ahead with Gaza gas pipeline

Israel, PA to move ahead with Gaza gas pipeline

Quartet-chaired and Dutch-supported task force to review feasibility study on route, costs and funding from donor states   Israel and the Palestinian Authority agreed to… Read More ›

Israel strikes Gaza in response to earlier mortar fire

Israel strikes Gaza in response to earlier mortar fire

IAF jets hit 3 Hamas targets in northern part of Strip; military says it holds ruling terror group responsible for all attacks from Palestinian enclave… Read More ›

Large majority of American-Jews, Israelis call for end to Orthodox monopoly in Israel

Large majority of American-Jews, Israelis call for end to Orthodox monopoly in Israel

Seventy percent of American Jews and 61% of Israeli Jews said that they support establishing a pluralistic section in the Western Wall plaza to be… Read More ›