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Monsoon washes away lives, homes and gemstones in India’s diamond district

Monsoon washes away lives, homes and gemstones in India’s diamond district

  While many die from extreme heat across the border in Pakistan, monsoon rains in an Indian state known for its diamonds have also wiped… Read More ›

More than 500 injured in explosion at Taiwan water park

More than 500 injured in explosion at Taiwan water park

  At least 510 people were injured — 183 of them hospitalized in intensive care unites — after flammable powder apparently exploded in midair at… Read More ›

US slams Israel’s treatment of Palestinian prisoners

US slams Israel’s treatment of Palestinian prisoners

Annual human rights report decries ‘killings and abuse of Palestinian detainees’; criticizes PA restrictions, Hamas killings and terrorism   The annual US State Department report… Read More ›

No injuries as Israeli ambulance in West Bank takes fire

No injuries as Israeli ambulance in West Bank takes fire

At least four bullets hit MDA vehicle near Beit El, local official blames reopening of nearby road into Palestinian town   Unknown assailants shot at… Read More ›

Seeing few gaps, New Zealand to push for Israeli-Palestinian talks

Seeing few gaps, New Zealand to push for Israeli-Palestinian talks

As Wellington takes reins of UN Security Council, foreign minister says sides not far apart, hints he won’t support resolution imposing conditions   New  Zealand… Read More ›

Website records testimonies of anti-Semitism on US campuses

Website records testimonies of anti-Semitism on US campuses

‘I am terrified knowing I may not be able to discuss my Judaism without taunts, or worse, violence,’ says Northwestern University student. A new webpage… Read More ›

Thousands protest natural gas deal

Thousands protest natural gas deal

Crowd demonstrates in Tel Aviv against government’s plan to let a American-Israeli energy group keep control of most of the country’s natural gas deposits. Thousands… Read More ›

Rift in Foreign Ministry prevents effective fight against BDS

Rift in Foreign Ministry prevents effective fight against BDS

Division developed in the ministry after professionals urged cooperating with Jewish left-wing organizations to fight boycott, with politicians choosing to brand all criticism as anti-Semitism… Read More ›

Israel and ICC on a collision course

Israel and ICC on a collision course

The UNHRC report on the 2014 Gaza war and Jerusalem’s response suggest a clash between Israel and the ICC is becoming much more likely.  … Read More ›

Haredi yeshiva with radical agenda to provide high school, higher education courses

Haredi yeshiva with radical agenda to provide high school, higher education courses

Ein Hemed Campus and Darkei Torah Yeshiva have started small enterprise maintaining websites for small businesses.   The haredi education system has long been seen as… Read More ›

Analysis: Stop the hypocrisy and defeat Islamic State

Analysis: Stop the hypocrisy and defeat Islamic State

Almost 100 people on three different continents in four countries were killed on Friday in attacks carried out by ISIS activists.   The immediate knee-jerk… Read More ›

Gas decision is the right solution for all citizens of Israel, PM says

Gas decision is the right solution for all citizens of Israel, PM says

“We are promoting a realistic solution that will bring natural gas to the Israeli market and not a populist solution that will keep the gas… Read More ›

Jewish group’s ‘gay conversion’ therapy is fraud, jury says

Jewish group’s ‘gay conversion’ therapy is fraud, jury says

In ruling hailed as ‘momentous’ for LGBT rights, New Jersey non-profit fined for promising Orthodox homosexuals it could ‘turn them straight’   JERSEY CITY —… Read More ›

Housing prices in Silicon Valley are so out of control that you can rent a tent for $899 per month

Housing prices in Silicon Valley are so out of control that you can rent a tent for $899 per month

You may have heard that real estate is expensive in the Bay Area. This is how expensive: A 9′ by 7′ tent someone has pitched… Read More ›

This is the most important sentence to come out of the Supreme Court today

This is the most important sentence to come out of the Supreme Court today

  Over the long term, the Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday on the Fair Housing Act (FHA) is potentially even more important than its Obamacare decision. There may… Read More ›

A plane carrying 9 people crashed in Alaska

A plane carrying 9 people crashed in Alaska

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A sightseeing float plane carrying eight cruise ship passengers and a pilot crashed against the granite rock face of a southeast Alaska cliff Thursday,… Read More ›

Washington – State Dept.: At Least 15 Emails Missing From Clinton Cache

Washington – State Dept.: At Least 15 Emails Missing From Clinton Cache

  Washington – Hillary Clinton did not give the U.S. State Department at least 15 emails from her personal server from her time as secretary… Read More ›

Washington – U.S. Intelligence Chief: China Top Suspect In Government Agency Hacks

Washington – U.S. Intelligence Chief: China Top Suspect In Government Agency Hacks

  Washington – U.S. intelligence chief James Clapper said on Thursday that China was the top suspect in the massive hacking of a U.S. government… Read More ›

New York, NY – Man Gets 14 Years Prison For Gun Threat In Hurricane Sandy Gas Line

New York, NY – Man Gets 14 Years Prison For Gun Threat In Hurricane Sandy Gas Line

  New York, NY – A man convicted of threatening a motorist with a handgun while cutting in line at a gas station during the… Read More ›

Wimbledon 2015: Imagine having Rafa Nadal in your bed

Wimbledon 2015: Imagine having Rafa Nadal in your bed

  Fancy having Novak Djokovic or Rafael Nadal in your bed? Or perhaps you’d prefer Serena Williams or Maria Sharapova on your couch? Well, that… Read More ›