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UN Security Council condemns ‘barbaric’ Istanbul terror attack

UN Security Council condemns ‘barbaric’ Istanbul terror attack

Manhunt underway for gunman who killed at least 39 people, including an Israeli teen, during New Year celebration in nightclub   The UN Security Council… Read More ›

Washington – Obama Has Few Options To Protect Young Immigrants

Washington – Obama Has Few Options To Protect Young Immigrants

  Washington – Barack Obama is under pressure during his final weeks as president to do something — anything — to secure the future of… Read More ›

Trump claims he knows ‘a lot about hacking,’ says safest way to send messages is to ‘write it out and have it sent by courier’

Trump claims he knows ‘a lot about hacking,’ says safest way to send messages is to ‘write it out and have it sent by courier’

  President-elect Donald Trump claimed on Saturday to know “a lot about hacking” and said the best way to send important communications is to “have it delivered… Read More ›

Analysis: Is there a case?

Analysis: Is there a case?

Is Netanyahu really in trouble, if there is a criminal investigation?   Is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about to be interrogated under caution as part… Read More ›

Police yet to set date to question Netanyahu

Police yet to set date to question Netanyahu

Investigators have been trying to schedule questioning with the Prime Minister’s Office, to no avail. Despite that, police say Netanyahu will likely be questioned this… Read More ›

Australia kicks off global New Year party defying terror threat

Australia kicks off global New Year party defying terror threat

Under heavy police guard, over a million revelers gather in Sydney to watch fireworks after police arrest suspect who threatened annual extravaganza   SYNDEY (AFP)… Read More ›

New York – Judge: Top NYC Taxi Cab Owner Must Give Up 46 Medallions

New York – Judge: Top NYC Taxi Cab Owner Must Give Up 46 Medallions

  New York – A federal bankruptcy judge has ruled that one of New York City’s top yellow cab operators must give up 46 coveted… Read More ›

Turkey nightclub attack: Dozens killed after attacker opens fire, official says

Turkey nightclub attack: Dozens killed after attacker opens fire, official says

  Thirty-five people were killed and 40 wounded in an attack in a nightclub early Sunday as they were celebrating the new year, Istanbul governor… Read More ›

In strong attack on Israel, German foreign minister says settlements jeopardize peace

In strong attack on Israel, German foreign minister says settlements jeopardize peace

In a statement issued to Germany’s largest circulation daily, Bild, after the UN resolution, the Foreign Ministry claimed that “a democratic Israel is only achievable… Read More ›

Who’s afraid of the right-wing US ambassador?

Who’s afraid of the right-wing US ambassador?

Op-ed: This is the first time Israel can deal with fundamental questions about its future and vision without any pressure from Washington. This is the… Read More ›

Russia fumes over US sanctions, says it will wait for Trump response

Russia fumes over US sanctions, says it will wait for Trump response

Moscow lawmakers say retaliatory measures possible, accuse Obama of ‘unpredictable, aggressive’ foreign policy meant to hinder plans of incoming administration   The spokesman for President… Read More ›

Washington – AP Explains: Did Trump Just Create 8,000 Jobs?

Washington – AP Explains: Did Trump Just Create 8,000 Jobs?

  Washington – Donald Trump gave himself kudos for the creation of 8,000 new U.S. jobs by a Japanese tech mogul, saying it was proof… Read More ›

Trump on Russia sanctions: Time to move on, but I’ll meet with intelligence agencies anyway

Trump on Russia sanctions: Time to move on, but I’ll meet with intelligence agencies anyway

  President-elect Donald Trump responded Thursday to President Barack Obama’s fresh sanctions against Russia, saying that it’s “time to move on,” but that he’ll meet… Read More ›

Divide Washington, says Miri Regev

Divide Washington, says Miri Regev

Ministers from the Likud party were quick to sound their criticism of John Kerry’s speech regarding Israel’s role in the conflict.   Likud ministers competed… Read More ›

Abbas: Willing to resume peace talks if Israel freezes settlements

Abbas: Willing to resume peace talks if Israel freezes settlements

The Palestinian president says he will resume peace talks ‘the minute the Israeli government agrees to cease all settlement activities, including in and around Occupied… Read More ›

White House: Obama will veto any other UN resolution critical of Israel

White House: Obama will veto any other UN resolution critical of Israel

Administration has made ‘clear over and over’ it will not allow further UN action, Ben Rhodes says, as Netanyahu tells administration to stop playing games… Read More ›

Washington – Analysis: Kerry Leaves Stage Locked Into Failed Assumptions

Washington – Analysis: Kerry Leaves Stage Locked Into Failed Assumptions

  Washington – Long. That is likely how many will remember US Secretary of State John Kerry’s more than hour-long speech on the Middle East… Read More ›

Debbie Reynolds dies one day after daughter Carrie Fisher passes

Debbie Reynolds dies one day after daughter Carrie Fisher passes

Debbie Reynolds, one of Hollywood’s biggest stars in the 1950s and 1960s, died Wednesday, one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher passed away, Reynolds’ son… Read More ›

Lapid slams Netanyahu for skipping UN vote on Syria war crimes

Lapid slams Netanyahu for skipping UN vote on Syria war crimes

Lapid said that if his late Holocaust survivor father “could have heard that we were quiet at this moment, he would not have forgiven us.”… Read More ›

So is a honeymoon in US-Israel relations good or bad?

So is a honeymoon in US-Israel relations good or bad?

Op-ed: The argument presented by Netanyahu’s opponents appears to have changed overnight. After claiming that the prime minister is jeopardizing our relations with Obama’s US,… Read More ›