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A beleaguered AIPAC looks to prove it’s a home for progressives

A beleaguered AIPAC looks to prove it’s a home for progressives

After Sanders and other Democrats decline to speak at annual conference kicking off Sunday, the powerful lobby sets out to showcase bipartisanship   WASHINGTON —… Read More ›

Joe Biden, Amy Klobuchar to address AIPAC by video after organization departs from 2016 rules

Joe Biden, Amy Klobuchar to address AIPAC by video after organization departs from 2016 rules

  WASHINGTON (JTA) – Two more Democratic presidential candidates are now on the speakers’ list at this year’s AIPAC conference, after the Israel lobby group… Read More ›

Opinion: Trump is failing the leadership test on coronavirus

Opinion: Trump is failing the leadership test on coronavirus

  Ranking high among the President’s powers and responsibilities is the job of communicator in chief. In times of triumph and clear and present dangers,… Read More ›

Israeli scientists: ‘In a few weeks, we will have coronavirus vaccine’

Israeli scientists: ‘In a few weeks, we will have coronavirus vaccine’

Once the vaccine is developed, it will take at least 90 days to complete the regulatory process and potentially more to enter the marketplace.  … Read More ›

Israelis arriving from Italy move freely at airport, take public transport

Israelis arriving from Italy move freely at airport, take public transport

Many Israeli nationals returning from abroad, who were ordered to self-quarantine upon arrival, say they’re amazed there was no one at Ben Gurion Airport to… Read More ›

Israeli helicopters said to attack Syrian army posts along border

Israeli helicopters said to attack Syrian army posts along border

Three Syrian troops injured in missile strikes, Syrian state news says, hours after reporting on deadly drone attack in same area   Israeli aircraft attacked… Read More ›

Israel Taxi App Sued For Alleged Discrimination Against Arab Drivers

Israel Taxi App Sued For Alleged Discrimination Against Arab Drivers

  JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli taxi service app is being sued by human rights lawyers in Jerusalem over its feature that allows riders to… Read More ›

A government whistleblower alleges US health workers treated coronavirus evacuees without proper protective gear or training

A government whistleblower alleges US health workers treated coronavirus evacuees without proper protective gear or training

  A government whistleblower alleged that the Department of Health and Human Services sent workers to help evacuees from Wuhan, China — the epicenter of… Read More ›

Interview with the legendary Emmy Award-winning Director and Producer Jerri Sher

Interview with the legendary Emmy Award-winning Director and Producer Jerri Sher

It’s all about healing the brain! Prior to the release of her new film ‘QUIET EXPLOSIONS’ Jerri reveals to us a few secrets on how to… Read More ›

Naftali Bennett signs order to seize funds transferred from Iran to Hamas

Naftali Bennett signs order to seize funds transferred from Iran to Hamas

Israel’s Defense Minister Naftali Bennett signed an order Thursday to seize some $4 million in funds transferred from Iran to Hamas in the Gaza Strip.… Read More ›

The willful ignorance of lawmakers

The willful ignorance of lawmakers

Opinion: A Likud MK recently suggested that factory workers who have lost their jobs can earn thousands of shekels a month washing dishes in Tel… Read More ›

Israeli returning from Italy has coronavirus; visitors from there to be barred

Israeli returning from Italy has coronavirus; visitors from there to be barred

As first case in Israel outside of quarantine confirmed, interior minister says he will add Italy to list of countries from which travel is blocked… Read More ›

Trump Campaign Sues NY Times For Defamation Over Putin

Trump Campaign Sues NY Times For Defamation Over Putin

NEW YORK (AP) — The campaign to reelect President Donald Trump sued The New York Times for defamation Wednesday, saying it was responsible for an… Read More ›

A California patient tested positive for coronavirus. Officials say they aren’t sure how the virus was contracted

A California patient tested positive for coronavirus. Officials say they aren’t sure how the virus was contracted

A patient being treated for novel coronavirus at UC Davis Medical Center was admitted to the facility last week but wasn’t tested until Sunday, according… Read More ›

First Israeli recovered from coronavirus, returns home from Japan

First Israeli recovered from coronavirus, returns home from Japan

“I met my family members at the airport and we cried tears of joy.”   Rachel Biton, the Israeli who recovered from the coronavirus in… Read More ›

Netanyahu still ‘King Bibi’ on Israel’s margins

Netanyahu still ‘King Bibi’ on Israel’s margins

Even after two inconclusive elections and despite ongoing legal tribulations, the veteran leader remains the champion of the lower middle classes At Ramla market, on… Read More ›

Foreign minister condemns Sanders’s ‘shocking’ comment on US embassy

Foreign minister condemns Sanders’s ‘shocking’ comment on US embassy

After Democratic front-runner says he’ll weigh moving mission from Jerusalem, Israel Katz says ‘people who very much support Israel will not tend to support him’… Read More ›

Netanyahu: Plan To Build 3,500 Housing Units In E-1 Is Moving Forward

Netanyahu: Plan To Build 3,500 Housing Units In E-1 Is Moving Forward

  JERUSALEM (JNS) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday his intent to push ahead with a plan to build 3,500 homes for… Read More ›

Iran’s deputy health minister has tested positive for the coronavirus, as the country struggles with one of the worst outbreaks beyond China

Iran’s deputy health minister has tested positive for the coronavirus, as the country struggles with one of the worst outbreaks beyond China

  Iran’s deputy health minister said Tuesday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus. In a video posted to Twitter, and later carried by the… Read More ›

Gaza is Netanyahu’s 11-year recurring nightmare – analysis

Gaza is Netanyahu’s 11-year recurring nightmare – analysis

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said 11 years ago: “We will topple Hamas’s terror regime and we will restore security to the residents of Ashkelon, Ashdod… Read More ›