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London’s Deputy Mayor met with Jewish group to discuss anti-Semitic crime

London’s Deputy Mayor met with Jewish group to discuss anti-Semitic crime

Jewish groups had a meeting with London’s Deputy Mayor Steven Greenhalgh for Policing and Crime(MOPAC)  to discuss anti-Semitic hate crime at demonstrations and on social media.… Read More ›

US Secretary of State hopes a new Israel government will be committed to peace

US Secretary of State hopes a new Israel government will be committed to peace

“We hope that whatever government is formed is a government that will – or whether there are elections, that those elections will produce — the… Read More ›

Bethoncourt, France – Young Girls Targeted By Jihadists In Europe For Recruitment To Attack Jews

Bethoncourt, France – Young Girls Targeted By Jihadists In Europe For Recruitment To Attack Jews

Bethoncourt, France – There is an increase in adolescent girls joining Islamic jihadists after being lured by Internet recruiters, European government officials say. The New… Read More ›

United Nations -Israel Calls Iran Seeking Key UN Post ‘Absurd’

United Nations -Israel Calls Iran Seeking Key UN Post ‘Absurd’

United Nations – In a move that Israel on Tuesday compared to gangster Al Capone running the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Iran is seeking… Read More ›

Amman – Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood Smuggling Weapons Into Israel

Amman – Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood Smuggling Weapons Into Israel

Amman – Arab media reports that the Jordanian government arrested 21 Muslim Brotherhood members for smuggling weapons and money into the West Bank. The Brotherhood… Read More ›

Two Israeli start-ups are finalists in the iiAwards

Two Israeli start-ups are finalists in the iiAwards

Two Israeli start-ups, Pixoneye and Pzartech, are two of the six super finalists in the iiAwards, a world start-up competition organized by the Paris Region… Read More ›

Washington –  Details On Nazi Benefit Payments Wanted By GOP Senetors

Washington – Details On Nazi Benefit Payments Wanted By GOP Senetors

Washington – Two senior Republican senators are demanding the Obama administration provide Congress with records explaining what roll the justice department played and how suspected… Read More ›

United Nations – UN Resolution: Nuclear Arms Must Be Renounced By Israel

United Nations – UN Resolution: Nuclear Arms Must Be Renounced By Israel

United Nations – The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved an Arab-backed resolution Tuesday calling on Israel to  put its nuclear facilities under international oversight and… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Eyeing Coalition With Haredim, Netanyahu Says He Opposes Criminal Sanctions For IDF Draft Dodgers

Jerusalem – Eyeing Coalition With Haredim, Netanyahu Says He Opposes Criminal Sanctions For IDF Draft Dodgers

Jerusalem – Seemingly paving the way for the formation of a new government with the haredi political parties after the coming election, Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Washington – Nazi Benefit Payments Stopped By The House

Washington – Nazi Benefit Payments Stopped By The House

Washington – The House unanimously approved a bill Tuesday that would block suspected Nazi war criminals from receiving Social Security benefits. The measure would shut… Read More ›

Israel’s King of Blues Rock

Israel’s King of Blues Rock

If it hadn’t been for Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, Lazer Lloyd thinks he would’ve been famous by now. On the other hand, he figures that by… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Why Is Netanyahu Trying To Make The ‘Jewish State’ More ‘Jewish’

Jerusalem – Why Is Netanyahu Trying To Make The ‘Jewish State’ More ‘Jewish’

Jerusalem – This might seem like an interesting time for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to promulgate a new law defining Israel’s identity as “the nation… Read More ›

Paris – Recognition Of Palestinian State French Vote Urges

Paris – Recognition Of Palestinian State French Vote Urges

Paris – In the hope that it would speed up peace efforts after decades of conflict,  France’s lower house of Parliament voted Tuesday to urge the… Read More ›

New York – CDC:  Benefits Outweigh Risks In Circumcision

New York – CDC: Benefits Outweigh Risks In Circumcision

New York – U.S. health officials on Tuesday released a draft of long-awaited federal guidelines on circumcision, saying medical evidence supports having the procedure done… Read More ›

Jerusalem – As Elections Appear Imminent, Israeli Prime Minister Fires Senior Government Ministers

Jerusalem – As Elections Appear Imminent, Israeli Prime Minister Fires Senior Government Ministers

Jerusalem – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu  on Tuesday ordered the dismissal of his Finance and Justice ministers. and said he would dissolve parliament and seek… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Shekel At Two-Year Low! Israel Markets Drop On Election Talk

Tel Aviv – Shekel At Two-Year Low! Israel Markets Drop On Election Talk

Tel Aviv – Israeli financial markets fell on Tuesday, as new elections appeared inevitable. with the shekel sliding 1.3 percent to a two-year low against the… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Report: Mystery Civilian Plan Flying  Between Israel, Gulf State, Permenently

Tel Aviv – Report: Mystery Civilian Plan Flying Between Israel, Gulf State, Permenently

Tel Aviv – At Ben Gurion airport  a civilian plane has been tracked on a permanent flight path back and forth between Israel and an… Read More ›

Jews and Muslims can be friends

Jews and Muslims can be friends

This past summer, Armin Langer, a 24-year-old rabbinical student in Berlin, came to speak at the Sehitlik mosque in Neukoelln, a district of the German… Read More ›

Egypt –  Hijack Planned Of  Israeli Ship By Islamic State

Egypt – Hijack Planned Of Israeli Ship By Islamic State

Egypt – An investigation in Egypt is underway into a November 14 incident during which Islamic State members successfully hijacked an Egyptian missile boat. According… Read More ›

Kobani, Syria – Reportedly Captured By ISIS AN Israeli-Canadian Makes Contact

Kobani, Syria – Reportedly Captured By ISIS AN Israeli-Canadian Makes Contact

Kobani, Syria – A Canadian Israeli woman who was rumored to be captured by ISIS forces in Syria posted on her Facebook page on Monday… Read More ›